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despite the flack I'm going to get....
meg_evonne:
Despite flack, Stephanie Meyer's The Host from page 118 on has a strong female Heinlein style to it that I like. At least through page 200 where I am. I refuse to duck. Okay, who threw the tomato?
Apocrypha:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on July 30, 2010, 01:04:44 PM --- Okay, who threw the tomato?
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Not me, I threw the pineapple.
KWPech:
Huh? Sorry, I didnt hear you. I was working on loading the trebuchet. ;)
MoSeS:
Personally I am a love/hate patron of Meyer, I hate most of the things that make Twilight popular, but having read the books, they ironically have much going for them as they do going against them. Her prose is not bad, it's not great like Anne Rice's is, but it's not bad considering she is pretty young. It is at least better than Stephen King's prose. Her character developement is pretty good, but Twilight mostly suffers from the dialogue and girlyness.
I have heard good things about The Host, I will have to give that one a whirl.
Considering that this is early in Meyer's career, maybe if the fame hasn't gone to her head, maybe she will mature into a great author.
*Trebuchet? I learned a knew type of catapult.
Interestingly enough:
While comparing Meyer to J. K. Rowling, Stephen King stated, "the real difference [between J. K. Rowling and Meyer] is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer, and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."
Meyer was the second bestselling author of the decade, according to a list published by Amazon, beaten only by JK Rowling. Meyer had four books on the bestselling list, compared to Rowling, who had three.
Funny that King criticize's her prose when his prose is not so great and is light years behind great writer's like Anne Rice, Charles Dickens, JRR Tolkein, etc.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: MoSeS_ on July 30, 2010, 03:16:15 PM --- Her prose is not bad, it's not great like Anne Rice,
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I think you just made my head explode, dude.
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