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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Stephen King's opinion may drive a stake through the heart of "Twilight" author, Stephenie Meyer.
In an interview with USA Weekend, the bestselling author compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling , the author of the Harry Potter series.
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According to Stephen, "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."
Meeooww!
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While Stephen may not be a fan of Stephenie's writing, he understands the appeal of the series.
"People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because it's not overtly sexual."
He further explains, "A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not ready to deal with yet."
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LoriJTotally agree with King on this one. Hands down.report abuseposted September 30, 2009 12:50 AM PDT
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Nina%@!*# YEAHreport abuseposted September 1, 2009 2:52 PM PDT
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personcompletelty agreereport abuseposted August 30, 2009 9:07 AM PDT
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EnyaI think I might just majorly have started to respect Stephen King way more than I did before. It's about time someone stated the facts.report abuseposted August 28, 2009 5:05 PM PDT
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EnyaI think I might just majorly have started to respect Stephen King way more than I did before. It's about time someone stated the facts.report abuseposted August 28, 2009 5:05 PM PDT
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EnyaI think I might just majorly have started to respect Stephen King way more than I did before. It's about time someone stated the facts.report abuseposted August 28, 2009 5:05 PM PDT
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NormalandProudGo Stephen! The more we can put down these idiotic books the better! FFS vampires DON'T F'NG SPARKLE! (Plus some of the worst dialogue I've ever had the misfortune to read)report abuseposted August 19, 2009 12:41 PM PDT
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MichaelI apolgize for the incorrect Fan Contacts! And, really was a 1980's Fan, and liked Night Shift, Different Seasons, and Skeleton Crew the most! Kid's today may like to read IT!report abuseposted August 12, 2009 7:37 PM PDT
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JessWhy do you guys even care so much?report abuseposted August 4, 2009 8:29 PM PDT
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IsabellaI will be a future author, and if I could look up to anyone; It would be J.K Rowling and Stephen King. I am reading the 3rd Harry Potter book for the second time, I couldn’t finish the 3rd twilight novel. It was boring, it kept dragging on with the same descriptions. Sorry Stephanie, but you have no talent as an author. I swear my IQ dropped after I read those books. They have no plot, Twilightreport abuseposted July 28, 2009 6:28 AM PDT
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