{"product_id":"joss-whedon-1","title":"Joss Whedon: Geek King of the Universe - A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Packed with trivia, filled with wit and endlessly readable, this is the biography Joss’s career deserves. We can’t recommend it enough' ***** \u003cem\u003eSFX\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJoss Whedon is a male writer whose most famous creation is a girl-power icon; a geek who deals in classic themes of love, betrayal and redemption; and one of the first people in the entertainment industry to have harnessed the power of the internet to engage directly with his fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAmy Pascale became one of those fans when Buffy Summers enrolled at Sunnydale High in 1997. She has followed Whedon’s career ever since, marvelling at his ability to reimagine seemingly hackneyed genres as heartfelt human drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this revealing biography she seeks out the source of that imagination, exploring his artistic liberal upbringing in New York and teenage years at an elite English public school, before tracing his journey from a bruising start in television to his status today as a blockbuster writer and director whose every new project is pored over online by millions of loyal geeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eUsing extensive original interviews with many of Whedon’s key collaborators – as well as Joss himself – Amy presents candid behind-the-scenes accounts of the making of ground-breaking shows \u003cem\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAngel\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFirefly\u003c\/em\u003e, and considers Whedon’s distinctive contribution to cinema through movies such as \u003cem\u003eToy Story\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSerenity\u003c\/em\u003e and superhero epic \u003cem\u003eThe Avengers Assemble\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is an intimate portrait of the man who re-wrote popular culture and gave it a heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46638380318930,"sku":"0574aa2f-04bb-36b7-bf5a-9c29e11e7f63","price":27.19,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_dc7b0c66-e54e-4f2d-8951-ed4c9c4929b6.jpg?v=1764316614","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/joss-whedon-1","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}