Survivor II: The Field Guide

This official companion guide to the second Survivor TV show series takes readers from the final tribal council of the original series through behind-the-scenes examinations of the Australian Outback preparations. Removable 14-episode charts, profiles of the 16 stranded Americans, and other details from maps to statistics makes for an exciting visual reference.

First thing I liked about this book was the color photos. The first series book was a novel with a few black and white photos here and there. This one has a map and information about each contestant, plus a lot of pictures. A good book to have next to the tv when you're watching survivor. I'm not sorry at all that I got it. Great book overall to me.

Picking up with an in-depth look at the first series' final Tribal Council, this book has everything you'd want to follow along with the new series. It has full profiles of each contestant--great for keeping track of who's who--and comments from the show's psychologist and casting director as well as interview answers from each contestant, which can give you an edge in office pools! I found the background information on the hazards of the area and the producer's take on possible player strategies to be nice bonuses, too. Definitely worth every penny I paid for it!

This book will be extremely helpful to have next to you while you watch the show, especially at the beginning, before you get to remember all the contestants. It has has profiles, quotes and a psychiatrist's evaluations of all these people and even has what they think their strategy is going to be.There's a map and a scoresheet, too, if you really want to follow along.The part with the contestants' strategies in their own words is pretty amusing, because they all believe they're going to win, and think that just because they watched the last season of Survivor, that they're not going to make the same mistakes.It was also kind of cool to read the chapters by Mark Burnett about how the show got started and the fallout after the first Survivor finished.

Are you fascinated by the media circus that one simple television show has become? Then this is the book for you! This book covers ALL aspects of the Survivor phenomenon. It was fun to read on many levels, including things like a summary of Survivor I and continuing on to a brief history of Australia. For those interested in the mind game that Survivor became, the Contestant section even includes a profile of different personality types. There are lots of color pictures, and also 2 pullouts: one is a map of the area, and the other is a chart to keep track about who in your viewing group guesses right at Tribal Council each week. Overall, an excellent book!