Forever Knight: A Reference Guide

The contents are adapted from the article "Forever Knight: A Reference Guide" on the Forever Knight Wiki.Forever Knight: A Reference Guide is a book written by Gwenn Musicante about the television series, Forever Knight. It was self-published in 2003 with the permission of the publishing division of Sony/Tristar,Musicante, Gwenn. Forever Knight:A Reference Guide, p. 5. and sold by the author through her fan site. (It is currently out of print.)
==Amateur Authorized Guide==
When referenced on other FK fans' websites or on the ForKNI-L mailing list, Forever Knight: A Reference Guide is always referred to as a "book", not a "fanzine" or "zine". As an amateur authorized "Guide" to a television series, Forever Knight:A Reference Guide is something hard to categorize—almost sui generis.Discussion about the best way to categorize Forever Knight: A Reference Guide can be found on its Talk page.
Although there is a section about fandom at the end, the bulk of the book comprises the sort of thing one would expect in an official book about a TV series, something sold glossy in a bookstore or on Amazon, i.e. character/episode guides plus a hefty amount of behind-the-scenes background on the making of the show. Since the book was authorized by Sony/Tristar, Gwenn had unusual access to the creative personnel involved with the show—not just a few actors at a con, but all the regular cast as well as some who played recurring roles; the creator of the series, Jim Parriott; several of the script writers; and the composer of most of the music for the show.
==Design==
Forever Knight: A Reference Guide is perfect-bound, 8¼ by 10¾ inches in size, with cardstock covers. The front and back covers have the same picture, a colour photograph of the Toronto skyline that was taken by Marg Yamanaka. Both Marg and Cloud Worley supplied photographs for the interior; these were printed in black-and-white.
==Contents==
* character biographies
* interviews with:
** James D. Parriott (creator)
** actors:
*** Geraint Wyn Davies (Nick Knight)
*** Catherine Disher (Natalie Lambert)
*** John Kapelos (Don Schanke)
*** Deborah Duchêne (Janette DuCharme)
*** Lisa Ryder (Tracy Vetter)
*** Ben Bass (Javier Vachon)
*** Greg Kramer (Screed)
*** Gary Farmer (Joe Stonetree)
*** Natsuko Ohama (Amanda Cohen)
*** Blu Mankuma (Joe Reese)
** script writers
*** Shelly Goldstein
*** Gillian Horvath
*** Gary Stephen Rieck
*** Morrie Ruvinsky
*** Michael Sadowski
** directors:
*** Timothy Bond
*** Jon Cassar
*** Bruce Pittman
** producer/writers:
*** Larry LaLonde and Phil Bedard
*** Nicholas J. Gray
** composer
*** Fred Mollin
* episode lists, with brief plot summaries
* tie-in novels:
** interviews with the authors
*** Susan Garrett
*** Susan Sizemore
*** Laura Fargas and Jayel Wylie (who wrote as "Anne Hathaway-Nayne")
* location photographs
In addition there was a small amount of material about Forever Knight fandom:
* factoids about Forever Knight fandom, including factions
* information on the Kickstart the Knight campaign
* information about conventions, including Dead of Winter Con
* information about the V4S virtual season
==External links==
* order page on Gwenn Musicante's website
References on Other Sites
* LibraryThing
==Reference List==
Category:Forever Knight
Category:2003