The Unofficial X-Files - Companion Part Two

X-Files Companion #1

by N. E. Grenge, Nana Visitor (Narrator)

The demand for information concerning this hot FOX-TV series is moving toward that of Star Trek. Included here are insights into the stories--with true life detail--and the lives of the actors and staff of the show. 2 cassettes.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Tv, Media Tie In, Science Fiction Fantasy, Pop Culture

Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Alejandro]

One of the best X-Files' reference books ever!


THE TRUTH IS IN HERE!

While it's an unofficial guide, I can assure that this is one of the best reference guides to the iconic The X-Files tv series (which Season 11 will begin tonight (Jan-03-2018) ).

You have to consider that this is the volume 1 in this unofficial series, so you won't find the whole original seasons here, but still you'll find the first two produced seasons.

You'll find a through guide of all the episodes with the highlights of them, but also "out-there" facts of real life related to the plots of the episodes.

Moreover, a great guide of the main characters along with the recurrent ones.

Definitely this one (along with the following "unofficial" guides covering the rest of the original seasons) is an essential item to any hardcore The X-Files fans.

I STILL want to believe!

[Octavia Cade]

A background guide to the first two seasons of The X-Files, a show which I adored as an adolescent and still enjoy today. Given that, I'd hoped to like this book more than I did. It's a good idea - taking one or two aspects of each episode and giving a potted history, such as the history of circuses for the episode "Humbug," or the development of handwriting analysis for the episode "Young and Heart." It can get a little dull, however - something which is not helped by quite a lot of useless padding. For instance, do we really need a timeline where at least half the entries are dated as "EXACT DATE UNKNOWN" or a list of potential colleagues for Mulder and Scully (where most of that list appeared briefly and then died, rendering them useless as potential colleagues)? It's filler, and boring filler at that.

More concerning, to the meat of the background material at any rate, is illustrated in the entry for "Ice." This describes an Antarctic ice borer, discovered by scientist Aprile Pazzo, which has a hotplate on its head to more easily tunnel through ice and hunt penguins. It's concerning because Genge apparently doesn't realise that this was a practical joke run by Discover magazine ("Aprile Pazzo" translates to "April Fool"). It makes me wonder how much of the rest of the background information is equally ill-researched.

[Pietro Bellini]

Le curiosità sulle prime due stagioni di X-files, comprato in piena sbornia da Mulder e Scully.
Ovviamente solo per i cultori della serie...

[Sheila Myers]

I never watched X-Files a lot, but I'll read almost anything. I enjoyed reading the information about events, people, and things that inspired the various episodes in the series.

[Kayoc]

An interesting read. I did like the backstories on the episodes.

[SmarterLilac]

Yes, there was once a day when I considered this book worth my time. (I was 17, give me a break.) It's fairly intellectual, considering its focus, and contains a lot of great, little-known trivia factoids about the series.

[Kevin]

Kind of a fun read, not scholarly at all. In fact, the author writes that Area 51 is in New Mexico. WRONG. how can you fuck that up?

[Rob Higgins]

This was an interesting read

[Cupof Tea]

"scientific" was my best one word description of this book in junior high.

[Steni]

I'll just stick with watching the show.

[Claire]

Molto interessante perché soddisfa le curiosità più leggere sugli attori e le puntate, ma anche ricco di spiegazioni storiche sui fenomeni e fatti che fanno da sfondo agli episodi.