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MormonTimes.com: Stephenie Meyer, the million-dollar vampire mom

CMW | 3:19 p.m. Nov. 28, 2008

Meyer will never come close to being the next Harry Potter because her books have such a narrow audience, and unlike Harry Potter, which was a complex moral story with hundreds of characters which were all highly developed and relatable, Twilight basically is a simplistic haliquin romance with characters that lack personalities, and is basically a unhealthy obsession masqurading as love, without actually being love.

J.K. Rowling might not be shakespere, but Meyer is not Rowling. by this time in Rowling's career, she had sold over 100million copies and was getting rave reviews from esteemed literary critics and fans alike. 4 years in, meyer has sold 17 million copies, and has been blasted lately by literary professonals and critics, along with many of her fans for her latest book, which has been blasted for its rough sex, glorified pedophillia, graphic and vulger birthing sequences, and lack of consitancy with the first three books along with the lack of any real editing.

No, Twilight and meyer is not the next Harry Potter.

"The Next" Talk is Silly | 6:51 p.m. Nov. 28, 2008

News flash for anyone caught up in "the next JK Rowling" hype: THERE NEVER WILL BE ANOTHER JK ROWLING. There was only one to begin with--why would there ever be another?

Was there ever another William Shakespeare? Jane Austen? Charles Dickens? Percy Shelley--and Mary Shelley, too, for that matter? Mark Twain? CS Lewis? JRR Tolkien? Zora Neale Hurston? Stephen King? NNOOO!!!! There wasn't! EVER!

Moral of the story: Learn to appreciate an author for what he--and she--is. "Twilight" is a distinctly different series from "Harry Potter." Comparison is interesting analytically, but trying to pretend one author really IS someone else is flat-out dumb. Enjoy the books, but stop trying to conflate the authors' identities, for heck's sakes.

Ahn | 4:55 a.m. Nov. 29, 2008

Twilight will NEVER reach the greatness of harry potter, and meyer will never be the next rowling. period.

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