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The complete critical companion to The X-Files

In Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files ,
TV critics Zack Handlen and Todd VanDerWerff look back at exactly what
made the long-running cult series so groundbreaking. Packed with
insightful reviews of every episode-including the tenth and eleventh
seasons and both major motion pictures- Monsters of the Week
leaves no mystery unsolved and no monster unexplained. This crucial
collection includes a foreword by series creator Chris Carter as well as
exclusive interviews with some of show´s stars and screenwriters,
including Carter, Vince Gilligan, Mitch Pileggi, James Wong, Robert
Patrick, Darin Morgan, and more. Monsters of the Week is the definitive guide to The X-Files -whether you´re a lifelong viewer or a new fan uncovering the conspiracy for the first time.

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Zack Handlen is a freelance writer whose work regularly appears online at The A.V. Club . He is also the author of If You Like Monty Python... He lives in Maine. Todd VanDerWerff is the critic at large for Vox and The A.V. Club ´s first TV editor. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Salon , and Grantland . He lives in Los Angeles.

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