tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post4651939965984653524..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Twilight -- Stephenie Meyermybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-72718049656520126262008-05-22T17:51:00.000-05:002008-05-22T17:51:00.000-05:00Take it in to your local Half-Price Books. You'll ...Take it in to your local Half-Price Books. You'll get top dollar for it. Well as top as a percentage of half is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-19649512413254263792008-05-22T13:38:00.000-05:002008-05-22T13:38:00.000-05:00Oh, you should report those to Thog, and his agent...Oh, you should report those to Thog, and his agent Dave Langford. I'd like to be able to hiss "Edward," myself...takes skill.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-46169151423726741382008-05-22T12:18:00.000-05:002008-05-22T12:18:00.000-05:00Just plain bad writing. "Edward," I hissed.". . . ...Just plain bad writing. <BR/><BR/>"Edward," I hissed.<BR/><BR/>". . . he said. His tone was livid."<BR/><BR/>Rarely does anyone say anything. People press or mutter or retort. Or hiss.<BR/><BR/>More adverbs per page than the next-to-last J. K. Rowling.<BR/><BR/>I won't go on. I didn't intend to go this far.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-18971000332760380992008-05-22T11:39:00.000-05:002008-05-22T11:39:00.000-05:00From a Time magazine article a couple of weeks ago...From a Time magazine article a couple of weeks ago, I got the impression that the series is Dr. Laura, in an Anne Rice mask, for 13-14 year-old girls. Apparently it's immensely popular.<BR/><BR/>When I was a YA, the big read for 13-14 year-old girls was JUNIOR MISS by Sally Benson. Mind you, this was 1962-63 or thereabouts, and JUNIOR MISS had been published in the 1940s.Fred Blosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307848103704970189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-85851250046852792912008-05-22T11:04:00.000-05:002008-05-22T11:04:00.000-05:00I must admit, I'm intrigued. Wonder if whatever pu...I must admit, I'm intrigued. Wonder if whatever put you off, Bill, and and didn't thrill you, Bish, is true of her new hyped adult novel.<BR/><BR/>Pretty damned fairy tale-subtext suggestive cover, that.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-83432353929535593232008-05-22T08:53:00.000-05:002008-05-22T08:53:00.000-05:00I don't think I'll ever read the others.I don't think I'll ever read the others.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-5963156318112836502008-05-22T08:50:00.000-05:002008-05-22T08:50:00.000-05:00Hmmm. I read this for the same reasons you did, b...Hmmm. I read this for the same reasons you did, but had a better reaction to it -- possibly because I kept reminding myself the audience at which it was aimed. I could, however, make myself read the remaining books in the series.Paul Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02102723351945251883noreply@blogger.com