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Farscape: The Illustrated Season 3 Companion
by Paul Simpson and Ruth Thomas
The main difference with this volume compared to the last two is this one has an 8 page colour insert showing some of the key cast and make-up effects.
A real tour de force for any Farscape fan. If you’re a fan, then you’ve probably got a copy by now, especially if you want a first edition. The earlier editions have gone into reprint a long while back. Some of my criticism from the previous volumes still stands. What’s the point of having an episode synopsis which doesn’t go right to the end? More so when you turn the page and there’s the start of the next episode. It’s hardly like it should spoil any surprises for any fan of the series. Episode guidebooks are there for historical reference in the years to come when it’s quicker to check through than running through a video or DVD copy to find something out. To short-change like that isn’t really serving fans right. This isn’t an outright criticism of Titan. Too many other publishers do this as well. I do think it’s about time some publisher bucked this trend and did it properly. As I commented above, the failure in the episode synopsises is made up for with the interviews. The actors give some insight into how they perceive their characters are developing. The crew into how they achieved their effects. With the producers’ desire to re-invent ‘Farscape’ every season, this is a good score card of what everyone feels about it on the set. Buy it already. GF Willmetts
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OTHER REVIEWS - July 2002
NEW NOVELS Redemption
Ark by Alastair Reynolds Perdido
Street Station by China Miéville Behind
The Mask Of Spider-Man: by Mark Cotta Vaz Swan
Songs by Brian Stableford Farscape:
The Illustrated Season 3 Companion UFO
DVD Collector’s Edition Volume 2 The
Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett The
Tomorrow People 1:3: The Vanishing Earth
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In
a desert when there’s still far too little Farscape book material
outside of non-canon novels, I end up buying these books when I
see them. 
Other
than that, it’s pretty much a mix of episode guide with interviews.
There’s a chapter devoted to the animation episode - together with
character designs - as well as the usual extensive look at the effects.
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