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Stephen King Slams Stephenie Meyer: “Can’t Write Worth a Darn”

by Will on February 3, 2009 · Comments

in Stephenie Meyer

200902031213.jpg Snap! King of Horror Stephen King has some harsh words for the work of Stephenie Meyer, and says she’s not as talented as JK Rowling–

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.”

He then goes on to brainstorm why the Twilight series has been so successful–

But then King recalls that when his mom was alive, she read all the Erle Stanley Gardner books, the Perry Mason mysteries, obsessively when he was growing up. “He was a terrible writer, too, but he was very successful,” King says. “Somebody who’s a terrific writer who’s been very, very successful is Jodi Picoult. You’ve got Dean Koontz, who can write like hell. And then sometimes he’s just awful. It varies. James Patterson is a terrible writer but he’s very very successful. 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 they’re not overtly sexual. 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.”

Exclusive: Stephen King on J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer

UPDATE: Seems like this started a bit of a firestorm–please, everyone keep it as civil as possible in the comments,and keep in mind this XKCD comic:
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  • Also, dunno if most of you can remember but Bridges of Madison County rocked the world when it was published, people just loved it. It is a tiny little book, full of cliches and ridiculous writing but it touched people.

    They are two very very different things - Writing well and telling a good story.
  • You know I think the difference here is that Stephanie Meyer writes quite simply, with a limited vocab and so it is easy to absorb (I just struggled through Atonement - it hurt to read) so it appeals to readers across the board - 10 - 100...

    That doesn't make her a bad writer though... I think it is unfair to compare her to JK Rowling, and I don't believe Meyer was competing with Rowling in the first place. I think Twilight is a great book, even if it would never win the booker prize.

    People who jump on the defence and say you aren't a fan of Twilight if you think it is anything less than the greatest book ever written, may not have read much else!! Sorry but I love Twilight, have read all the books and adored the movie (Can't wait for 20th November!!) BUT I know what it is... it is a sweet story that has captured the imagination of so many people around the world. Regardless of how well it has been written, or who says what about it, it is a good story.
  • amber1024
    That's insane! I've read plenty of books and i still dislike the whole twilight series. personally I love Harry Potter and Rowling is a better writer by a million. But that's a personal opinion. And it is very far from the greatest book ever written. I believe the reason it is so popular is because it is easy reading for those who HAVEN'T read a lot (referring to your statement "uses limited vocab") a genuinely fantastic book is one that uses a lot of vocab and expands the vocab of it's readers. =D
  • omegatwilighter
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlc-RaWEi-I

    OMG SOMEONE IS MAKING FUN OF THE COMMENTS HERE

    how dare he insult smeyer like that, stephen king is sooo wrong and twilight is the best book saga EVER!!!!!!!! and now were being made fun of for defending the best author in the wold from this stuupid dbag who cant write any better then smeyer!!!!!! THESE GUYS SUCK SOOOOOOOO BAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • An-Mochi
    YOu know, when you type like that you just fuel the Anti's fire.

    It was people like you,combined with actual TWILGHT FANS WHO WERE SANE AND ADMITTED TO SOME OF THE BOOKS' FLAWS, (Because they are numerous,) who eventually weaned me off the books. Now I'm a solid Anti. You can blame yourself for failing as a fangirl, kthxbai.
  • Nicky
    You weren't a true fan in the beginning, if other people got you off them. And do you know why lots of TwiHards have bad English BECAUSE TWILIGHT IS LIKE THE FIRST BOOK THEY'VE EVER READ. Why are you even on a Twilight fan site when you hate it so much?
  • Jean
    True fans don't exist. That's called being a mindless drone.
  • Nicky
    So you're not a fan of anything, then?
  • Carv
    Wow. You're My Hero. I've never heard a more true statement.
  • N
    so, *so* true.
  • Amy
    I wonder how King qualifies someone as a good or bad writer. King, what is your criteria? How do you judge? Just curious. Personally I believe anyone who can write a story that can touch so many individuals is a good writer. The elitist attitude is what has turned people off of literature and reading for enjoyment. It is unfortunate that an ego the size of Kings gets in the way of enjoying a book simply for the way it makes you feel. And by the way, I love King's writing as well. Only the reader can judge when a book speaks to oneself.
  • Are you serious? Seriously? Do you even know who Stephen King is? He has more than enough criteria honey, 70 books, 350 million sold and been on the best seller list more times than Meyer can dream about. And the reason her story has touched so many is that tweeners don't know good writing even if it smacked them in the face. That's what you get in our modern day of lazy education and even lazier kids who don't want to put effort into anything that isn't "shiny".

    Her work is mediocre. Mediocre writing, subpar plots and cliche vampires that....sparkle. Trust me, I'd take Salem's Lot over Twinkle Twilight any day.
  • giaphoebe
    WHAT exactly are you doing on a Twilight fansite?? and if you had your facts honey although Stephen King has been on the bestseller lists more times than Stephenie Meyer has, that's because he's written more books than her she has actually topped anyone, J.K. Rowling included, in the most booksales ever. I just can't stand people pitting them against each other because I am a solid Stephen King fan, been reading him since grade school, and although I'm disappoint that he made these comments it doesn't stop it me from being a huge fan of his work he is iconic and even Hollywood has turned many of his books into classics
  • Pandora
    Actually, Harry Potter has sold more copies, about 400 million. In comparison the Twilight series has sole 8 million copies. Math: You fail at it.
  • Blaire
    Thank you, thank you, thank you.
  • Mary
    I'm guessing you forgot about the bible?
  • Blaire
    So he's just not allowed to say anything negative? Why are you disappointed? Is it such a big deal, SERIOUSLY, for someone to say he thinks someone else can't write? So say you're in choir, and you say that the girl next to you can't sing well. Should I be disappointed in you for that?
  • Z
    It's unfortunate that you are missing the point entirely.
    Firstly, King writes to a completely different base of readers so bringing his stats into this is completely irrelevant.
    Secondly, it's not about the quality of writing that's important. It's whether people can connect to the writings on an emotional and psychological level that matters. People enjoy these books because they're interesting, personal, and are relatively easy to relate to. Besides, they're way more realistic than books about a kid who goes to a school to learn magic.
    I never felt a personal connection with the first couple of Harry Potters, but I sure as heck did with Twilight.
    Lastly, WHO ARE YOU to decide what good writing is? Are you even a tweener anyways?
  • Firstly MANY people can relate to Harry Potter, including me. because it deals with death, love, personal teen struggles, and choosing what is right and what is easy etc.
    Twilight is just as much a fantasy book as HP is.
    secondly, i'll admit stephenie's writing is sub-par compared to other writers when first reading i couldnt stand it but loved it anyway b/c of the plot and the suspense, which she is good at.
    also, comparing her to J.K. Rowling or King or any other author is stupid. His work is way different and so is J.K.'s They both have a place on a shelf together, except for King cos i dont like horror lol.
  • Casey
    Stephenie Meyer's books are for people who struggled reading The Poky Little Puppy.
  • Donna Davis
    I agree with you. I've read some King books that were so bad I couldn't finish. But I finished the Twilight series in 3 days - and yes, I ate, slept, cooked and spent time with my sons too. That's absorption. She's not Jane Austen but she knows how to hold a reader's attention.
  • edwardissexy1901
    omg mine is one of the comments on the slide show haha whoever made that is a loser
  • Outragedly Confused,uk
    me and my friend found it most fun to rip apart one of his books that we have! and then we PUT IT ON THE FIRE!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
  • mme_riphaldin
    please go read Fahrenheit 451. immediately.
  • Sarah
    You do realize he never even said Twilight sucked. He said Stephenie can't write, which I happen to agree with.
  • Teresa
    i agree with you ! I don't understand why people are being so naive!
  • JessicaLautner
    Wow. people are being so naive. seriously.
    Stephen king didn't say the books were bad. He just said that Stephanie wasn't the best writer.
    I absolutely LOVE the twilight books. no joke ive read the whole series including midnight sun in order +10 times. The plot is awesome.
    However I kinda agree with King. There are a lot of flaws. Imean some lines from the book look like they could have been written by a sixth grader. I don't think Stephanie is Horrible or anything like THAT. but i think her writing techniques COULD have been better.

    twilight is still amazing though(=
  • Heather
    Okay, I respect your opinion, but have you read other books?
    You know; Bram Stoker *hint, hint*, Mary Shelley, J.K. Rowling, Jodi Piccoult, Charles Dickens, Chalotte Bronte, Edgar Allan Poe, Dean Koontz, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE *HINT HINT*, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and so many other authors out there?
    It's an overstatement saying Meyer is the best author in the world. I can admit, she's good, but she's not the next William Shakespeare (who practically set the standards for literature). But I'm not that fond of the Twilight series either. Personally, I'd like a heroine who stands up for herself and who is someone that young women aspire to be and to have a romance that was not solely based on how the other smells or looks.
    I love Stephen King, he's not the next William Shakespeare either but I love a lot of his work. It just really grips me and it's just psychologically thrilling because that's how he knows what scares people. He does not just bring it up just because, in my opinion, he uses what he knows scares people the most and incorporates that into something that makes us not want to go near a sewer pipe again or even make fun of the weird chick in school.
    I hope you find some other books besides Twilight. Although you love Twilight, there are other books out there and a lot of them are just phenomenal. Please don't bash me, I'm just getting my own opinion across! >.<
  • SGR
    WHAT? SMeyer better writer than SK? It's a joke, right? Even the worst SK's book is far better than the entire series of Twilight.
    SMeyers best author in the world? Did you smoke pot or something? There are hundreds, thousands, millions and BILLIONS of writters better than SMeyers. That statement just show that you're either a pre-teen or somebody that has readed NOTHING in her all life.
    You know who sucks? Edward!...Oh...wait, I forgot, he doesn't suck blood, he's to "adowable", "hawt" and "perfect" to do that even if he's a vampire! FAIL!
    English is not my first language, so if my grammar or spelling is terrible...Sorry.
  • Red
    Can't write any better than Stephanie Meyer?
    You're kidding, right?

    Stephanie Meyer has sold what? 18 million copies of Twilight?

    Stephen King has sold over 350 million copies of his books.

    Stephanie Meyer sucks compared to King. Plus, don't get so wussy. He pretty much complimented her. he said the writing was bad, but the books served a good purpose. That is good.
  • Whitney
    Are you insane? Stephanie Meyer is not the best writer in the world. I can name you writers that are better then Meyer are they Mark Twain,Charles Dickinson, William Shakepearse, Emily Dickinson, Virgina Wolf,Sir Arthur Conan Doyle(sherlock Homles),Stephan King and J.K. Rowling
  • nintheuphoric
    I hope for your sake that y'all are trolling! I'm suspicious of those hideously excessive exclamation marks...
  • Abby
    Here's what I think:


    He is entitled to his opinion, and frankly, I agree with him. Only on the part that she's not a good writer, not the Harry Potter comparison. Harry Potter is a literary masterpiece and beyond comparison. SM is not a good writer. And this story is not very original at all. To boot, her main character isn't interesting at all and is an idiot. The love story isn't very realistic, I mean why were the two of them drawn together? Other than the fact that Edward couldn't resist her blood. And he's not that interesting either. The only reason I read Twilight is because of Jacob. He is my favorite character and breathes some much needed life into the series. That is the only thing I really think she did well: she created Jacob Black. Bella and Jacob's romance is believable because the progressed from being best friends, which is a very likely situation. Other than that, she hasn't done anything right. Eclipse was painful and Breaking Dawn was excruciating. She destroyed the one character that she got right. What was she thinking?
  • Name
    I like you. You have a leveled head.
  • edwardissexy1901
    im friggin sick of the twilight haters on a freaking twilight website ugh
  • ...
    Quit making stupid comments and getting upset over King's opinions about your precious series then. He doesn't like Meyer's books. Get over it, geez.
  • Roxy_Twilighter
    I agree. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one :D.
  • stephenxkingkrules
    hmm......lets see here....why is there an article about some one critiquing your prescious twilight on a twilight website? most of the haters came because of SK
  • ZTATwilighter
    I am so sick of people comparing Twilight with Harry Potter. Im sorry but there is NO COMPARISON!!! There is such a big difference between the two sagas.
  • ZTATwilighter
    I am so sick of people comparing Twilight with Harry Potter. Im sorry but there is NO COMPARISON!!! There is such a big difference between the two sagas.
  • ZTATwilighter
    I am so sick of people comparing Twilight with Harry Potter. Im sorry but there is NO COMPARISON!!! There is such a big difference between the two sagas.
  • nintheuphoric
    Of course there's room for comparison! Ugh... let's take two books: Purple Hibiscus and Where Angels Fear To Tread. PH is about a girl called Kambili and her abusive zealot of a father; it is set in Eastern Nigeria at the time of a governmental coup. WAFTT is about a woman who runs away to Italy to marry a dentist's son which causes a scandal amongst her in-laws. It is set in Sawston, England and Monteriano, Italy in the late 1800s/ early 1900s. Despite their seemingly massive differences, these books have a lot in common in terms of the themes of alienation and conflict between cultures.

    See how comparison works? Certainly the Harry Potter series and the Twilight travesty are different - but not so much so that they are incomparable. Jesus.
  • Melissa
    Well, I do not think he can write because he is too detailed and most of his stuff is about crazy clowns or kids getting hit by cars. Then again, he is famous, but has he ever made as much as Stephenie for a movie? No, most of his movies went straight to DVD or TV. The two rare movies that are shown in theaters are about those clowns and squashed children in the middle of the road. He is caught up with himself dissing all these writers, but this is going to fire back at him. I am going to laugh when he is off the bestsellers top five list, oh wait, he already is. Suck on that King. His last name does not serve him justice, in fact, it serves him way to much justice. He is the joker and Meyer is the queen. Well, he sure is funny because his stupid opinion on writing is cracking me up. This is so ironic that more people acknowledge her more then him these days. This proof that Stephenie is more talented then this stuck up dude. Get your nose out of the air.
  • Melissa
    Well, I do not think he can write because he is too detailed and most of his stuff is about crazy clowns or kids getting hit by cars. Then again, he is famous, but has he ever made as much as Stephenie for a movie? No, most of his movies went straight to DVD or TV. The two rare movies that are shown in theaters are about those clowns and squashed children in the middle of the road. He is caught up with himself dissing all these writers, but this is going to fire back at him. I am going to laugh when he is off the bestsellers top five list, oh wait, he already is. Suck on that King. His last name does not serve him justice, in fact, it serves him way to much justice. He is the joker and Meyer is the queen. Well, he sure is funny because his stupid opinion on writing is cracking me up. This is so ironic that more people acknowledge her more then him these days. This proof that Stephenie is more talented then this stuck up dude. Get your nose out of the air.
  • kosheithedeathless
    You are aware that a 'queen' is a gay man, right?
  • Melissa
    Well, I do not think he can write because he is too detailed and most of his stuff is about crazy clowns or kids getting hit by cars. Then again, he is famous, but has he ever made as much as Stephenie for a movie? No, most of his movies went straight to DVD or TV. The two rare movies that are shown in theaters are about those clowns and squashed children in the middle of the road. He is caught up with himself dissing all these writers, but this is going to fire back at him. I am going to laugh when he is off the bestsellers top five list, oh wait, he already is. Suck on that King. His last name does not serve him justice, in fact, it serves him way to much justice. He is the joker and Meyer is the queen. Well, he sure is funny because his stupid opinion on writing is cracking me up. This is so ironic that more people acknowledge her more then him these days. This proof that Stephenie is more talented then this stuck up dude. Get your nose out of the air.
  • twilight is WTFLAZER
    umm we are talking about stephen king right. i can name more movies that made it to theaters. the shining, carrie, stand by me, the shawshank redemtion, etc.
  • amfs
    twilight is WTFLAZER - Agreed. :)

    Melissa, please do your research before you type, mmkay? It's one of SMeyer's numerous writing flaws. And "Meyer is the Queen"? I'd say you're the joker, because you're making me laugh.
  • actualwriter-don't play
    I wasn't going to get involved but THIS comment made me snort out loud here honey have a go at these "couple of movies" Mr King has had made- Video Works -

    'Salem's Lot (remake)

    'Salem's Lot

    1408

    Apt Pupil

    Carrie

    Cat's Eye

    Children of the Corn

    Christine

    Creepshow 2

    Creepshow

    Cujo

    Dark Half, The

    Dead Zone, The

    Desperation

    Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The

    Dolores Claiborne

    Dreamcatcher

    Firestarter

    Golden Years

    Graveyard Shift

    Green Mile, The

    Hearts in Atlantis

    IT

    Kingdom Hospital

    Langoliers, The

    Mangler, The

    Maximum Overdrive

    Misery

    Mist, The

    Needful Things

    Night Flier, The

    Nightmares & Dreamscapes

    Pet Sematary

    Quicksilver Highway

    Riding the Bullet

    Rose Red

    Running Man, The

    Secret Window

    Shawshank Redemption, The

    Shining, The- Kubrick

    Shining, The-miniseries

    Silver Bullet

    Sleepwalkers

    Sometimes They Come Back

    Stand By Me

    Stand, The

    Storm of the Century

    Thinner

    Tommyknockers, The

    Trucks

    Some you guys make me laugh then I remember that a lot of you are twelve. Yes Meyers' books are good, sometimes the writing falters and personally I think she wrapped it up just a little too neatly made it her own personal happy ending which is an injustice to the reader as it makes you (us) seem stupid, vapid creatures unable to stomach the fact that a Cullen could actually DIE!, Doesn't mean the books didn't mean something to the individual reader though. King is not arrogant or a snob by the way if you were nearly killed would you be able to drag yourself out of bed and go on? Think about that before you fling mud. They are both well deserving of praise but vastly different.
  • stephenkingfan
    Um, what are you talking about? Stephen King has made WAY more money off of movies than Stephanie Meyer. Why don't you get YOUR nose out of the air and into one of his books? He an actually use descriptive language rather than the same repeated stuff that Meyer uses. And don't say I don't know what I'm talking about because I've read Twilight and I barely made it through without just giving up on it. And I don't think that any author in their right mind would 'diss' Stephen King. His movies normally don't go straight to tv and he actually had to WORK at his novels.

    Stephenie Meyer had a dream about vampires and that's how the Twilight Saga began. Do you research! King has made a lot more money than Meyer and I can actually watch the movies his books are made into without wanting to claw my eyes out.

    Go read the Shining or Salem's Lot and then come tell me Twilight it better.
  • Blaire
    Agreed. And how about Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption? Secret Window, Secret Garden? Both great novellas made into hugely successful movies. Either of them alone, I'm sure, could beat out both Twilight movies.

    I just don't get why everyone is pissed because he expressed his opinion. To Melissa: Step back and think about how much you are overreacting. It's ridiculous.
  • Riss<3Twilight-TeamBELLA
    If we're talking box office, like the commentor you replied to, you are completely mistaken.
    Shawshank Redemption- $28,341,469
    The Secret Garden- $31,181,347
    The Secret Window- $48,022,900


    They don't even amount to how much Twilight made domestically, or even New Moon and it's not even finished in the box office yet.

    The only ones that are pissed are the little teeny boppers. The rest of us, the ones who are actually members of this site, could give two sh*ts about his opinion.

    S. Meyer pulled me into her world, a lot better than S. King ever did. (and believe me I tried) Then again, I don't like his genre so that's part of the reason.I don't read Twilight for literary purposes, it's for entertainment. My literary reads consist of Emily Bronte, Jane Austen, Pat Frank, and Mark Twain.

    It basically boils down to everyone sharing a difference of opinion. So when you're defending people for writing their opinions on here, there's no need to deny others that right. Your comment to Melissa is unnecessary, she's entitled to same treatment. Let's not be bias here.
  • stephenxkingkrules
    erm.....two books involved clowns and children getting hit by cars.....IT....and pet sematary.....if you are gonna diss his books, at least get some background info first.
  • Courtney
    If Stephen King says it, then it is certainly true in my book.
  • Courtney
    If Stephen King says it, then it is certainly true in my book.
  • Courtney
    If Stephen King says it, then it is certainly true in my book.
  • Carrie
    Who cares what Stephen King has to say!!! He is just jealous that he didn't think of the series first. Because of the huge success it's been. I don't even like his books or him for that matter. His writing is sadistic and twisted.
  • Rika
    um yeah, ok. have you ever checked out buffy the vampire slayer? because joss did it long before her. if you ask me she just took from the buffy/angel subplot. entirely unoriginal.
  • stephenkingfan
    I find it hilarious that your name is Carrie and you're dissing Stephen King [go look it up].

    His writing is not sadistic. Just because it's a different genre than cliched romance doesn't make it twisted or horrible. I don't think Stephen King has any reason to be jealous of Stephenie Meyer because he's been a much greater success.
  • Carrie
    Who cares what Stephen King has to say!!! He is just jealous that he didn't think of the series first. Because of the huge success it's been. I don't even like his books or him for that matter. His writing is sadistic and twisted.
  • Carrie
    Who cares what Stephen King has to say!!! He is just jealous that he didn't think of the series first. Because of the huge success it's been. I don't even like his books or him for that matter. His writing is sadistic and twisted.
  • Sarah
    OMG!!! stephanie meyer is an amazing writer and i have never heard of any other authors he has mentioned, apart from jk rowling of course
  • kosheithedeathless
    You assume that little known authors are bad ones. SHAME ON YOU!
  • Sarah
    OMG!!! stephanie meyer is an amazing writer and i have never heard of any other authors he has mentioned, apart from jk rowling of course
  • steph89
    who the hell is he to say something like that?
  • kosheithedeathless
    Stephen King
  • Avril C
    Well, he might be a terrific writer (I have a friend that reads everything he writes) but I don’t like him at all…as a matter of fact I’m not a big fan of horror stories/movies, and I’m very thrill of what Stephanie did with her vampires because she took them out of the darkness to a whole new level that has captivated millions of people around the world.
    Obviously, anybody can say whatever they want but the truth is that I’m sick and tired of people criticizing Stephanie…shame on them! She has created a magical and lovely story about love, family, friendship in the middle of that fantastic world of hers that if there were Edwards out there walking on the streets (without been vampires of course) and family members now a day would treat each other with the respect and love that the Cullens do…we would certainly live in a better world.

    So, it is everything about taste and in that sense there is no right or wrong…what some people might find interesting and great others don’t and the other way around…..obviously Stephanie has legions of fans in her side to support her work and what better proof of that than the success of the movie that by the way…I don’t remember any really successful movie based on this King’s horror stories. So, stop it OK! And stop the comparison with Harry Potter also….Twilight is a whole new and wonderful world… it has nothing to do with Harry Potter.
  • Avril C
    Well, he might be a terrific writer (I have a friend that reads everything he writes) but I don’t like him at all…as a matter of fact I’m not a big fan of horror stories/movies, and I’m very thrill of what Stephanie did with her vampires because she took them out of the darkness to a whole new level that has captivated millions of people around the world.
    Obviously, anybody can say whatever they want but the truth is that I’m sick and tired of people criticizing Stephanie…shame on them! She has created a magical and lovely story about love, family, friendship in the middle of that fantastic world of hers that if there were Edwards out there walking on the streets (without been vampires of course) and family members now a day would treat each other with the respect and love that the Cullens do…we would certainly live in a better world.

    So, it is everything about taste and in that sense there is no right or wrong…what some people might find interesting and great others don’t and the other way around…..obviously Stephanie has legions of fans in her side to support her work and what better proof of that than the success of the movie that by the way…I don’t remember any really successful movie based on this King’s horror stories. So, stop it OK! And stop the comparison with Harry Potter also….Twilight is a whole new and wonderful world… it has nothing to do with Harry Potter.
  • Avril C
    Well, he might be a terrific writer (I have a friend that reads everything he writes) but I don’t like him at all…as a matter of fact I’m not a big fan of horror stories/movies, and I’m very thrill of what Stephanie did with her vampires because she took them out of the darkness to a whole new level that has captivated millions of people around the world.
    Obviously, anybody can say whatever they want but the truth is that I’m sick and tired of people criticizing Stephanie…shame on them! She has created a magical and lovely story about love, family, friendship in the middle of that fantastic world of hers that if there were Edwards out there walking on the streets (without been vampires of course) and family members now a day would treat each other with the respect and love that the Cullens do…we would certainly live in a better world.

    So, it is everything about taste and in that sense there is no right or wrong…what some people might find interesting and great others don’t and the other way around…..obviously Stephanie has legions of fans in her side to support her work and what better proof of that than the success of the movie that by the way…I don’t remember any really successful movie based on this King’s horror stories. So, stop it OK! And stop the comparison with Harry Potter also….Twilight is a whole new and wonderful world… it has nothing to do with Harry Potter.
  • Blaire
    Think about this. Think about it. You go through life criticizing people in one way or another every single day. If you're so mad about people criticizing Stephenie Meyer or comparing the series with the Harry Potter books, you shouldn't be able to live with yourself. IT IS HIS OPINION. HE CAN THINK WHATEVER HE WANTS. Calm down, for goodness's sake, and realize what you are doing.
  • Riss<3Twilight-TeamBELLA
    You do realize that these people haven't been on in close to 9 months right? Also, that they're not even regulars so they will most likely never read your comments?

    By the way, people are entitled to their opinions. However, this website is a fan site. It is meant for fans of the series. If you don't like the Twilight series and want to discuss things in that regard, I suggest you go to a discussion board.
  • bee
    both harry potter and twilight are amazing series. but completely different. the only similarity is the size and enthusiasm of the fan bases, which is why people compare them. but i love both equally and think both authors are great.
  • bee
    both harry potter and twilight are amazing series. but completely different. the only similarity is the size and enthusiasm of the fan bases, which is why people compare them. but i love both equally and think both authors are great.
  • bee
    both harry potter and twilight are amazing series. but completely different. the only similarity is the size and enthusiasm of the fan bases, which is why people compare them. but i love both equally and think both authors are great.
  • gamybla
    I am 33 years old and love Stephenie Meyer. I haven't read anything Steven King wrote in a long long time and have never spent money on his books. I think he is just jealous that Stepenie is selling books and ole Steven King isn't such a big deal anymore.
  • gamybla
    I am 33 years old and love Stephenie Meyer. I haven't read anything Steven King wrote in a long long time and have never spent money on his books. I think he is just jealous that Stepenie is selling books and ole Steven King isn't such a big deal anymore.
  • gamybla
    I am 33 years old and love Stephenie Meyer. I haven't read anything Steven King wrote in a long long time and have never spent money on his books. I think he is just jealous that Stepenie is selling books and ole Steven King isn't such a big deal anymore.
  • Stacey
    To be fair, he has every right to say that, but not because he is a successful author himself but because it is his honest opinion. He doesn't insult Stephenie Meyer really, he just states that he doesn't think that she's a great writer.


    In my opinion, I do feel that Stephenie Meyer is good. I don't think she's fantastic because there are very many other books I've read that have wonderful literacy techniques that I don't see in the Twilight Saga. I do agree with him when he talks about why he feels like the book connects to girls, especially teenagers. I mean honestly for me it's almost like a guilty pleasure reading these, everyone wishes for their own Edward or Jacob.. or they can relate to Bella.



    I think Stephenie Meyer was brilliant for creating the world of Twilight, she did a wonderful job. You get pulled into another world which is exactly the objective. I feel that Harry Potter should be classified as something else entirely.. in Harry Potter the entire series has you guessing and wondering. Rowling uses tidbits from her first books and finds reasons to explain them in the later ones (Hagrid's motorcycle, for example). Although there is some mild touching on romance in the books, it really wouldn't be classified as such whereas Twilight would.
  • Stacey
    To be fair, he has every right to say that, but not because he is a successful author himself but because it is his honest opinion. He doesn't insult Stephenie Meyer really, he just states that he doesn't think that she's a great writer.


    In my opinion, I do feel that Stephenie Meyer is good. I don't think she's fantastic because there are very many other books I've read that have wonderful literacy techniques that I don't see in the Twilight Saga. I do agree with him when he talks about why he feels like the book connects to girls, especially teenagers. I mean honestly for me it's almost like a guilty pleasure reading these, everyone wishes for their own Edward or Jacob.. or they can relate to Bella.



    I think Stephenie Meyer was brilliant for creating the world of Twilight, she did a wonderful job. You get pulled into another world which is exactly the objective. I feel that Harry Potter should be classified as something else entirely.. in Harry Potter the entire series has you guessing and wondering. Rowling uses tidbits from her first books and finds reasons to explain them in the later ones (Hagrid's motorcycle, for example). Although there is some mild touching on romance in the books, it really wouldn't be classified as such whereas Twilight would.
  • twilightlovee
    Clearly he has no idea what he's talking about. All his books leave readers wicked confused anyways so what does he know. He clearly is so cocky about himself that he can't see what other writers are talented as well. IF stephanie meyer is such a "terrible" writer than why has she sold so many copies of her books and why have they been turned into movies only to make millions and millions of dollars? hmm.. yeah.. thought so.
  • lulzmongler
    "IF stephanie meyer is such a "terrible" writer than why has she sold so many copies of her books and why have they been turned into movies only to make millions and millions of dollars? hmm.. yeah.. thought so."

    I do believe the reason for Stephanie Meyer's "success" is called "appealing to the lowest common denominator", in which you write at a low level of quality to catch the attention of readers at lower intelligence levels. Although, in Stephanie Meyer's case, the low writing skill might not be on purpose.
  • kosheithedeathless
    Because Twilight is a sort of soft porn.

    BTW, true fact: the best selling movie of all time was a porn flick.
  • twilightlovee
    Clearly he has no idea what he's talking about. All his books leave readers wicked confused anyways so what does he know. He clearly is so cocky about himself that he can't see what other writers are talented as well. IF stephanie meyer is such a "terrible" writer than why has she sold so many copies of her books and why have they been turned into movies only to make millions and millions of dollars? hmm.. yeah.. thought so.
  • twilightlovee
    Clearly he has no idea what he's talking about. All his books leave readers wicked confused anyways so what does he know. He clearly is so cocky about himself that he can't see what other writers are talented as well. IF stephanie meyer is such a "terrible" writer than why has she sold so many copies of her books and why have they been turned into movies only to make millions and millions of dollars? hmm.. yeah.. thought so.
  • Anonymous
    i agree that jk rowling is more talented. I think that she in fact is more talented than Stephen King or any other writer or Dean Koontz or anyone besides Charles Dickens.
    Also, I agree that the success of Stephenie Meyer is the timeless idea of true love in the book; I agree that it could have been written better, with more realism in it for that matter. I found that some scenes she executed perfectly, but that her dialogue left alot to be desired.

    BUT i'm not complaining because I LOVE TWILIGHT BOOKS!!!! <3
  • Anonymous
    i agree that jk rowling is more talented. I think that she in fact is more talented than Stephen King or any other writer or Dean Koontz or anyone besides Charles Dickens.
    Also, I agree that the success of Stephenie Meyer is the timeless idea of true love in the book; I agree that it could have been written better, with more realism in it for that matter. I found that some scenes she executed perfectly, but that her dialogue left alot to be desired.

    BUT i'm not complaining because I LOVE TWILIGHT BOOKS!!!! <3
  • Anonymous
    i agree that jk rowling is more talented. I think that she in fact is more talented than Stephen King or any other writer or Dean Koontz or anyone besides Charles Dickens.
    Also, I agree that the success of Stephenie Meyer is the timeless idea of true love in the book; I agree that it could have been written better, with more realism in it for that matter. I found that some scenes she executed perfectly, but that her dialogue left alot to be desired.

    BUT i'm not complaining because I LOVE TWILIGHT BOOKS!!!! <3
  • SAM
    Did he get hit by a car and get mental after that. well i rest my case
  • SAM
    Did he get hit by a car and get mental after that. well i rest my case
  • Lulz
  • Lindsay
    How can Stephen King say she cant write? I havent read any of his books be cause they are all horror type books, who wants to read that? Now im not saying he cant write, cause i dont know. Stephanie Meyer is a great writer in my book. Her story line is only part of it, she puts such great detail in the small details as well as the big ones. Only a good writer could put as much thought and detail into the back stories she comes up with for her other characters. And aparently Mr.King has not been paying much attention to the fan base, which by the way goes from 13 year olds all the way to thier mothers. Also in an interview Stephanie Meyer gave to EW
    she said that she may have writen it about teenagers in high school but she did not specificaly write it for that particular age group. I have read her books many times and cant wait for midnight sun to come out so i can read it. And i am totaly excited about twilight and cant wait for new moon to come out . So to Stephen King get you nose out of the air and and stop downing other writers and their stories.
  • Lindsay
    How can Stephen King say she cant write? I havent read any of his books be cause they are all horror type books, who wants to read that? Now im not saying he cant write, cause i dont know. Stephanie Meyer is a great writer in my book. Her story line is only part of it, she puts such great detail in the small details as well as the big ones. Only a good writer could put as much thought and detail into the back stories she comes up with for her other characters. And aparently Mr.King has not been paying much attention to the fan base, which by the way goes from 13 year olds all the way to thier mothers. Also in an interview Stephanie Meyer gave to EW
    she said that she may have writen it about teenagers in high school but she did not specificaly write it for that particular age group. I have read her books many times and cant wait for midnight sun to come out so i can read it. And i am totaly excited about twilight and cant wait for new moon to come out . So to Stephen King get you nose out of the air and and stop downing other writers and their stories.
  • Lindsay
    How can Stephen King say she cant write? I havent read any of his books be cause they are all horror type books, who wants to read that? Now im not saying he cant write, cause i dont know. Stephanie Meyer is a great writer in my book. Her story line is only part of it, she puts such great detail in the small details as well as the big ones. Only a good writer could put as much thought and detail into the back stories she comes up with for her other characters. And aparently Mr.King has not been paying much attention to the fan base, which by the way goes from 13 year olds all the way to thier mothers. Also in an interview Stephanie Meyer gave to EW
    she said that she may have writen it about teenagers in high school but she did not specificaly write it for that particular age group. I have read her books many times and cant wait for midnight sun to come out so i can read it. And i am totaly excited about twilight and cant wait for new moon to come out . So to Stephen King get you nose out of the air and and stop downing other writers and their stories.
  • kosheithedeathless
    That's a misconception, they're not all horror, he has sci-fi and fantasy, too.
  • anonymous twilight fan
    i think its all a matter of opinion. what exactly defines a good writer?? meyers stories appeal to a younger crowd so its not going to be the same as kings books? i think all the series and writers are all different and to say she isnt talented is sort of an unfair statement and just because that stephen king said it doesnt mean a thing its his opinion. they are obviously all succesfull for various reasons. i actually could care less about stephen king but to say he isnt a good writer is wrong but i think his stories are boring .
  • anonymous twilight fan
    i think its all a matter of opinion. what exactly defines a good writer?? meyers stories appeal to a younger crowd so its not going to be the same as kings books? i think all the series and writers are all different and to say she isnt talented is sort of an unfair statement and just because that stephen king said it doesnt mean a thing its his opinion. they are obviously all succesfull for various reasons. i actually could care less about stephen king but to say he isnt a good writer is wrong but i think his stories are boring .
  • JulieannaClark
    I totaly agree with you. Stephen King's writings don't catch my interest. I've tried to read a few of his many books and i can't get through them because he writes without feeling. Stephenie Meyer on the other hand, reading the Twilight saga was like hanging on the edge of a cliff, or like a roller coaster. Her books are packed full of all different emotions and they sucked me in.
  • JulieannaClark
    I totaly agree with you. Stephen King's writings don't catch my interest. I've tried to read a few of his many books and i can't get through them because he writes without feeling. Stephenie Meyer on the other hand, reading the Twilight saga was like hanging on the edge of a cliff, or like a roller coaster. Her books are packed full of all different emotions and they sucked me in.
  • JulieannaClark
    I totaly agree with you. Stephen King's writings don't catch my interest. I've tried to read a few of his many books and i can't get through them because he writes without feeling. Stephenie Meyer on the other hand, reading the Twilight saga was like hanging on the edge of a cliff, or like a roller coaster. Her books are packed full of all different emotions and they sucked me in.
  • puffinstuff
    stephen king is mad because he isnt a big deal anymore. all his work is about the same thing and only appeals to a small fan base....the twilight series appeals to mainly girls who is half of the population and even guys are becoming interested in it . they probably wont admit it though. however to say that its unrealistic may be a true statement but everyone is entitled to a fantasy of some sort and what more a perfect fantasy.
  • puffinstuff
    stephen king is mad because he isnt a big deal anymore. all his work is about the same thing and only appeals to a small fan base....the twilight series appeals to mainly girls who is half of the population and even guys are becoming interested in it . they probably wont admit it though. however to say that its unrealistic may be a true statement but everyone is entitled to a fantasy of some sort and what more a perfect fantasy.
  • puffinstuff
    stephen king is mad because he isnt a big deal anymore. all his work is about the same thing and only appeals to a small fan base....the twilight series appeals to mainly girls who is half of the population and even guys are becoming interested in it . they probably wont admit it though. however to say that its unrealistic may be a true statement but everyone is entitled to a fantasy of some sort and what more a perfect fantasy.
  • lighting bug
    i think is nose hairs are starting to seep into is brain matter!!!!
  • lighting bug
    i think is nose hairs are starting to seep into is brain matter!!!!
  • lighting bug
    i think is nose hairs are starting to seep into is brain matter!!!!
  • Shannon
    I am completely disappointed that he would say that about Stephanie Meyer. I am a huge fan of Stephen King how has read 90% of what he has published. But these comments, even though they were his opinion, were completely unnecessary. I never dreamed that I would even like the Twilight sage, but it turned out that I loved it and have read all four twice now, and considering reading them again. Can’t say I was please with the movie, but I will buy it when it comes out on DVD and will go see New Moon. I am also a fan of James Patterson. I also loved the Harry Potter series. Each person has there own unique writing style. And each person has there own type of writing that they like to read. There has to be variety or we would all be reading the same thing and the authors would be out of business.
  • Shannon
    I am completely disappointed that he would say that about Stephanie Meyer. I am a huge fan of Stephen King how has read 90% of what he has published. But these comments, even though they were his opinion, were completely unnecessary. I never dreamed that I would even like the Twilight sage, but it turned out that I loved it and have read all four twice now, and considering reading them again. Can’t say I was please with the movie, but I will buy it when it comes out on DVD and will go see New Moon. I am also a fan of James Patterson. I also loved the Harry Potter series. Each person has there own unique writing style. And each person has there own type of writing that they like to read. There has to be variety or we would all be reading the same thing and the authors would be out of business.
  • Shannon
    I am completely disappointed that he would say that about Stephanie Meyer. I am a huge fan of Stephen King how has read 90% of what he has published. But these comments, even though they were his opinion, were completely unnecessary. I never dreamed that I would even like the Twilight sage, but it turned out that I loved it and have read all four twice now, and considering reading them again. Can’t say I was please with the movie, but I will buy it when it comes out on DVD and will go see New Moon. I am also a fan of James Patterson. I also loved the Harry Potter series. Each person has there own unique writing style. And each person has there own type of writing that they like to read. There has to be variety or we would all be reading the same thing and the authors would be out of business.
  • missadrian
    what his problem is, SM didn't created this crazed world, like something he would write. So of course hes going to diss it because 1.) He didn't write it. 2.) Its not up to his maniac standards.
    & Instead of her taking the book into some fantasy land, she put this in reality. So he finds it horrid.



    & Of course he has a right to say what he wants. But its just idiotic.
  • missadrian
    what his problem is, SM didn't created this crazed world, like something he would write. So of course hes going to diss it because 1.) He didn't write it. 2.) Its not up to his maniac standards.
    & Instead of her taking the book into some fantasy land, she put this in reality. So he finds it horrid.



    & Of course he has a write to say what he wants. But its just idiotic.
  • missadrian
    what his problem is, SM didn't created this crazed world, like something he would write. So of course hes going to diss it because 1.) He didn't write it. 2.) Its not up to his maniac standards.
    & Instead of her taking the book into some fantasy land, she put this in reality. So he finds it horrid.



    & Of course he has a right to say what he wants. But its just idiotic.
  • twihard17
    what the hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stephenie meyer is an amazinggg writer!!!!! who does this guy think he is???
  • twihard17
    what the hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stephenie meyer is an amazinggg writer!!!!! who does this guy think he is???
  • stephenxkingkrules
    uhm, he is ste[hen king, who has sold a hell of a lot more stuff than she has.


    not to mention almost every one of his books are movies XP
  • twihard17
    what the hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stephenie meyer is an amazinggg writer!!!!! who does this guy think he is???
  • Sarah
    my mum just said that stephen king is a weird writer! lol
  • Sarah
    my mum just said that stephen king is a weird writer! lol
  • Sarah
    my mum just said that stephen king is a weird writer! lol
  • snow white
    well i personally believe that the twilight series has been the best books i have read in years. i have never read anything by stephen king and dont think i will ever want to. and o even compare the writing styles of stepenie meyer to jk rowling is quite insane. they are 2 totally different styles books and ideas. thats what makes reading more interesting the different styles that people use to write.


    man its just rediculous for him to go publicly and say such a thing. yes its his opinion but it makes me think he is just trying to get attention because he is a has-ben!
  • snow white
    well i personally believe that the twilight series has been the best books i have read in years. i have never read anything by stephen king and dont think i will ever want to. and o even compare the writing styles of stepenie meyer to jk rowling is quite insane. they are 2 totally different styles books and ideas. thats what makes reading more interesting the different styles that people use to write.


    man its just rediculous for him to go publicly and say such a thing. yes its his opinion but it makes me think he is just trying to get attention because he is a has-ben!
  • snow white
    well i personally believe that the twilight series has been the best books i have read in years. i have never read anything by stephen king and dont think i will ever want to. and o even compare the writing styles of stepenie meyer to jk rowling is quite insane. they are 2 totally different styles books and ideas. thats what makes reading more interesting the different styles that people use to write.


    man its just rediculous for him to go publicly and say such a thing. yes its his opinion but it makes me think he is just trying to get attention because he is a has-ben!
  • Rachael &lt;3
    I'm not saying SM can't write....she is good, but because writing styles vary between writers it's hard to say who is the best and who isn't. Stephen King is a great writer in his own way and JK Rowling, and J.R.R Tolkein etc. etc. If everybody wrote the same way it'd be a pretty boring world. I mean, who wants to read the same time of writing over and over again regardless of the story.
    Anyway I guess what I'm saying is that SM must be doing something right beyond the story to keep people coming back to read the books. I mean if they were terribly written I don't think I could have gotten through the story. But the writing and the plot worked together and well....Twilight = love
  • Rachael &lt;3
    I'm not saying SM can't write....she is good, but because writing styles vary between writers it's hard to say who is the best and who isn't. Stephen King is a great writer in his own way and JK Rowling, and J.R.R Tolkein etc. etc. If everybody wrote the same way it'd be a pretty boring world. I mean, who wants to read the same time of writing over and over again regardless of the story.
    Anyway I guess what I'm saying is that SM must be doing something right beyond the story to keep people coming back to read the books. I mean if they were terribly written I don't think I could have gotten through the story. But the writing and the plot worked together and well....Twilight = love
  • Rachael &lt;3
    I'm not saying SM can't write....she is good, but because writing styles vary between writers it's hard to say who is the best and who isn't. Stephen King is a great writer in his own way and JK Rowling, and J.R.R Tolkein etc. etc. If everybody wrote the same way it'd be a pretty boring world. I mean, who wants to read the same time of writing over and over again regardless of the story.
    Anyway I guess what I'm saying is that SM must be doing something right beyond the story to keep people coming back to read the books. I mean if they were terribly written I don't think I could have gotten through the story. But the writing and the plot worked together and well....Twilight = love
  • anso
    annoyin man. she's got more succes than him - then isn't it a bit random that he suddenly feel like sayin she's an awefull writer?
    and how would you define a terrific writer? a terrific writer is someone who can catch the readers interest and got a lot of readers, is it not? well, that's how you would descripe stephenie meyer, right? she's got a fanatic fanscare, so there must be something about her writing, that's good. or else there wouldn't be soo gard damn many screaming fans. i mean, how many hits on one of stephen kings books? how many on, well whatever random book by her? who's got most succes? who's best? well, probably the one with most succes.





    and who is he to decide, anyway?
  • anso
    annoyin man. she's got more succes than him - then isn't it a bit random that he suddenly feel like sayin she's an awefull writer?
    and how would you define a terrific writer? a terrific writer is someone who can catch the readers interest and got a lot of readers, is it not? well, that's how you would descripe stephenie meyer, right? she's got a fanatic fanscare, so there must be something about her writing, that's good. or else there wouldn't be soo gard damn many screaming fans. i mean, how many hits on one of stephen kings books? how many on, well whatever random book by her? who's got most succes? who's best? well, probably the one with most succes.





    and who is he to decide, anyway?
  • anso
    annoyin man. she's got more succes than him - then isn't it a bit random that he suddenly feel like sayin she's an awefull writer?
    and how would you define a terrific writer? a terrific writer is someone who can catch the readers interest and got a lot of readers, is it not? well, that's how you would descripe stephenie meyer, right? she's got a fanatic fanscare, so there must be something about her writing, that's good. or else there wouldn't be soo gard damn many screaming fans. i mean, how many hits on one of stephen kings books? how many on, well whatever random book by her? who's got most succes? who's best? well, probably the one with most succes.





    and who is he to decide, anyway?
  • Lulz
    You're right, the one who has the most success is the better writer. Stephen King. You might want to check your facts before you start making statements like these.
  • Caro0706
    While everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I feel that Stephanie Meyer is a great author and her books do not only reach teenage girls but women and males of all ages. It's a saga that can penetrate the hearts of a wide ranged audience, and only a talented author could accomplish this task.
  • Caro0706
    While everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I feel that Stephanie Meyer is a great author and her books do not only reach teenage girls but women and males of all ages. It's a saga that can penetrate the hearts of a wide ranged audience, and only a talented author could accomplish this task.
  • Caro0706
    While everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I feel that Stephanie Meyer is a great author and her books do not only reach teenage girls but women and males of all ages. It's a saga that can penetrate the hearts of a wide ranged audience, and only a talented author could accomplish this task.
  • nessie
    he's just jealous that's all.. hahahaha poor mr. stephen king..
  • nessie
    he's just jealous that's all.. hahahaha poor mr. stephen king..
  • nessie
    he's just jealous that's all.. hahahaha poor mr. stephen king..
  • Lulz
    Of course! He's jealous of Meyer's 18 million sold books! His 350 million sold books, six Bram Stoker Awards, six Horror Guild Awards, five Locus Awards, and three World Fantasy Awards look pitiful in comparison!
  • Lulz
    There are more awards, I just didn't feel like writing all of them.
  • Lexy
    King is just an idiotic old dude that is too wrapped up in his horror stories to see any good writing these days. meyer is wayy good she can relate vampires to real life and doesnt it make you hide under your pillow at night cuz u were afraid of a flippin book!
  • edwardissexy1901
    King is just an idiotic old dude that is too wrapped up in his horror stories to see any good writing these days. meyer is wayy good she can relate vampires to real life and doesnt it make you hide under your pillow at night cuz u were afraid of a flippin book!
  • edwardissexy1901
    King is just an idiotic old dude that is too wrapped up in his horror stories to see any good writing these days. meyer is wayy good she can relate vampires to real life and doesnt it make you hide under your pillow at night cuz u were afraid of a flippin book!
  • PH&gt;KC
    waht?
    how can he say that she isnt a talented writer? I read a lot and her books are EASILY the best i've read in a while, i do agree about Jodi Picoult and JK rowling are both very good too but he's not.

    his books kinda scare me a little

    sometimes - when i can fallow and understand what he's saying
  • PH&gt;KC
    waht?
    how can he say that she isnt a talented writer? I read a lot and her books are EASILY the best i've read in a while, i do agree about Jodi Picoult and JK rowling are both very good too but he's not.

    his books kinda scare me a little

    sometimes - when i can fallow and understand what he's saying
  • PH&gt;KC
    waht?
    how can he say that she isnt a talented writer? I read a lot and her books are EASILY the best i've read in a while, i do agree about Jodi Picoult and JK rowling are both very good too but he's not.

    his books kinda scare me a little

    sometimes - when i can fallow and understand what he's saying
  • Deklin
    I totally agree with you...and who pushed a stick up his ass? he asks like he invented literature or something..news flash! dont hate because the only people who read your books are over 40....
  • Deklin
    I totally agree with you...and who pushed a stick up his ass? he asks like he invented literature or something..news flash! dont hate because the only people who read your books are over 40....
  • Deklin
    I totally agree with you...and who pushed a stick up his ass? he asks like he invented literature or something..news flash! dont hate because the only people who read your books are over 40....
  • mary
    ive got a crap on deck that can choke a donkay!
  • mary
    ive got a crap on deck that can choke a donkay!
  • mary
    ive got a crap on deck that can choke a donkay!
  • i luv twilight real bad
    it is the jelousy bug he he he sucks SOO bad dont worry peoplez he needs 2 go to a mental hospital cause he is the on who cant write 4 S***!!!! he he he
  • i luv twilight real bad
    it is the jelousy bug he he he sucks SOO bad dont worry peoplez he needs 2 go to a mental hospital cause he is the on who cant write 4 S***!!!! he he he
  • i luv twilight real bad
    it is the jelousy bug he he he sucks SOO bad dont worry peoplez he needs 2 go to a mental hospital cause he is the on who cant write 4 S***!!!! he he he
  • NATALIE
    HONESTLY I HAVE NEVER LIKE ANYTHING HE RELLY EVER WROTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT HIM. FROM A PERSONAL READING EXPERIENCE I HAVE NEVER READ A BOOK IN MY 26 YEARS AND AFTER I SAW THE MOVIE WAS GLUED I READ ALL 4 BOOKS IN LESS THEN A WEEK. I FOUND MYSELF SAYING "OK AFTER THIS CHAPTER I WILL GO TO SLEEP" BUT TOWARD THE END OF THAT CHAPTER I WAS LIKE "CRAP OK AFTER THE NEXT CHAPTER" I KEPT ME REALED IN, EVEN SOME OF THE BOREING PARTS, YOU WANT TO GET THROUGH IT JUST TO GET TO THE GREAT PARTS. I SEE SOME JEALOUSY!! I MEAN REALLY ALL HIS CRAP IS DUMB, "FOG" SEROUISLY IF THE BOOK WAS HALF AS BAD AS THE MOVIE THEN MY POINT. TWILIGHT IS NOT SCARY AND NOT A TEEN MOVIE, OR BOOK. ITS ABOUT TODAYS REALITY WITH A FANTASY TWIST. HOW COULD THAT NOT BE INTRESTING? S. KING SHOULD TAKE SOME POINTERS FROM SM!!!!!
  • NATALIE
    HONESTLY I HAVE NEVER LIKE ANYTHING HE RELLY EVER WROTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT HIM. FROM A PERSONAL READING EXPERIENCE I HAVE NEVER READ A BOOK IN MY 26 YEARS AND AFTER I SAW THE MOVIE WAS GLUED I READ ALL 4 BOOKS IN LESS THEN A WEEK. I FOUND MYSELF SAYING "OK AFTER THIS CHAPTER I WILL GO TO SLEEP" BUT TOWARD THE END OF THAT CHAPTER I WAS LIKE "CRAP OK AFTER THE NEXT CHAPTER" I KEPT ME REALED IN, EVEN SOME OF THE BOREING PARTS, YOU WANT TO GET THROUGH IT JUST TO GET TO THE GREAT PARTS. I SEE SOME JEALOUSY!! I MEAN REALLY ALL HIS CRAP IS DUMB, "FOG" SEROUISLY IF THE BOOK WAS HALF AS BAD AS THE MOVIE THEN MY POINT. TWILIGHT IS NOT SCARY AND NOT A TEEN MOVIE, OR BOOK. ITS ABOUT TODAYS REALITY WITH A FANTASY TWIST. HOW COULD THAT NOT BE INTRESTING? S. KING SHOULD TAKE SOME POINTERS FROM SM!!!!!
  • NATALIE
    HONESTLY I HAVE NEVER LIKE ANYTHING HE RELLY EVER WROTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT HIM. FROM A PERSONAL READING EXPERIENCE I HAVE NEVER READ A BOOK IN MY 26 YEARS AND AFTER I SAW THE MOVIE WAS GLUED I READ ALL 4 BOOKS IN LESS THEN A WEEK. I FOUND MYSELF SAYING "OK AFTER THIS CHAPTER I WILL GO TO SLEEP" BUT TOWARD THE END OF THAT CHAPTER I WAS LIKE "CRAP OK AFTER THE NEXT CHAPTER" I KEPT ME REALED IN, EVEN SOME OF THE BOREING PARTS, YOU WANT TO GET THROUGH IT JUST TO GET TO THE GREAT PARTS. I SEE SOME JEALOUSY!! I MEAN REALLY ALL HIS CRAP IS DUMB, "FOG" SEROUISLY IF THE BOOK WAS HALF AS BAD AS THE MOVIE THEN MY POINT. TWILIGHT IS NOT SCARY AND NOT A TEEN MOVIE, OR BOOK. ITS ABOUT TODAYS REALITY WITH A FANTASY TWIST. HOW COULD THAT NOT BE INTRESTING? S. KING SHOULD TAKE SOME POINTERS FROM SM!!!!!
  • kristenISbella
    I agree! Just bc they share a fan base doesn't mean they are the same and can be compared. Both are great on their own and entirely different from each other.
  • kristenISbella
    I agree! Just bc they share a fan base doesn't mean they are the same and can be compared. Both are great on their own and entirely different from each other.
  • kristenISbella
    I agree! Just bc they share a fan base doesn't mean they are the same and can be compared. Both are great on their own and entirely different from each other.
  • outragedly confused,uk
    me too! how could he compare twilight to harry!!!!!!edward vs. harry let the battle start now!!!!!!!!! i vote edward to win!!!!!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    me too! how could he compare twilight to harry!!!!!!edward vs. harry let the battle start now!!!!!!!!! i vote edward to win!!!!!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    me too! how could he compare twilight to harry!!!!!!edward vs. harry let the battle start now!!!!!!!!! i vote edward to win!!!!!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    STOP COMPARING THE TWO PLEASE PEOPLE WE ALL WHICH IS THE BETTER........TWILIGHT FANS FOR EVER!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    STOP COMPARING THE TWO PLEASE PEOPLE WE ALL WHICH IS THE BETTER........TWILIGHT FANS FOR EVER!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    STOP COMPARING THE TWO PLEASE PEOPLE WE ALL WHICH IS THE BETTER........TWILIGHT FANS FOR EVER!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    So true
  • outragedly confused,uk
    So true
  • outragedly confused,uk
    So true
  • TheLionFellInLuvWithCeci
    OH MY EDWARD!!!! I'M SOOOOOO PISSED THAT KING JUST SAID THAT!!! WHAT A BIG A-HOLE... C'MON WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE HATING ON SOMETHING THAT IS BEING SO SUCCESSFUL AND HUGE WORLDWIDE? YES, I SAID WORDLWIDE MR. KING!! STEPHENIE MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST WRITER BUT SHE'S JUST GETTING STARTED AND I'M THANKFUL THAT SHE WROTE THESE BEAUTIFUL BOOKS B/C NOW THEY ARE MY TREASURE AS WELL AS THEY ARE 4 MANY OTHER FANS OUT THERE... GEEZZ JUST STOP HATING MR. KING THAT UR NOT GETTING THE CREDIT NOR THE ADMIRATION THAT BEAUTIFUL MRS. MEYER IS GETTING... I LOVE YOU STEPHENIE... UR THE GREATEST AND WE ALL FREAKEN-LY, EDWARD-LY, LOVE YOU =]
  • TheLionFellInLuvWithCeci
    OH MY EDWARD!!!! I'M SOOOOOO PISSED THAT KING JUST SAID THAT!!! WHAT A BIG A-HOLE... C'MON WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE HATING ON SOMETHING THAT IS BEING SO SUCCESSFUL AND HUGE WORLDWIDE? YES, I SAID WORDLWIDE MR. KING!! STEPHENIE MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST WRITER BUT SHE'S JUST GETTING STARTED AND I'M THANKFUL THAT SHE WROTE THESE BEAUTIFUL BOOKS B/C NOW THEY ARE MY TREASURE AS WELL AS THEY ARE 4 MANY OTHER FANS OUT THERE... GEEZZ JUST STOP HATING MR. KING THAT UR NOT GETTING THE CREDIT NOR THE ADMIRATION THAT BEAUTIFUL MRS. MEYER IS GETTING... I LOVE YOU STEPHENIE... UR THE GREATEST AND WE ALL FREAKEN-LY, EDWARD-LY, LOVE YOU =]
  • TheLionFellInLuvWithCeci
    OH MY EDWARD!!!! I'M SOOOOOO PISSED THAT KING JUST SAID THAT!!! WHAT A BIG A-HOLE... C'MON WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE HATING ON SOMETHING THAT IS BEING SO SUCCESSFUL AND HUGE WORLDWIDE? YES, I SAID WORDLWIDE MR. KING!! STEPHENIE MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST WRITER BUT SHE'S JUST GETTING STARTED AND I'M THANKFUL THAT SHE WROTE THESE BEAUTIFUL BOOKS B/C NOW THEY ARE MY TREASURE AS WELL AS THEY ARE 4 MANY OTHER FANS OUT THERE... GEEZZ JUST STOP HATING MR. KING THAT UR NOT GETTING THE CREDIT NOR THE ADMIRATION THAT BEAUTIFUL MRS. MEYER IS GETTING... I LOVE YOU STEPHENIE... UR THE GREATEST AND WE ALL FREAKEN-LY, EDWARD-LY, LOVE YOU =]
  • outragedly confused,uk
    woop woop it snowed yesterday!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    woop woop it snowed yesterday!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    woop woop it snowed yesterday!
  • ZTATwilighter
    I am so sick of people comparing Twilight with Harry Potter. Im sorry but there is NO COMPARISON!!! There is such a big difference between the two sagas.
  • Deklin
    I totally agree with you...and who pushed a stick up his ass? he asks like he invented literature or something..news flash! dont hate because the only people who read your books are over 40....
  • kristenISbella
    I agree! Just bc they share a fan base doesn't mean they are the same and can be compared. Both are great on their own and entirely different from each other.
  • outragedly confused,uk
    me too! how could he compare twilight to harry!!!!!!edward vs. harry let the battle start now!!!!!!!!! i vote edward to win!!!!!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    woop woop it snowed yesterday!
  • Ashpea
    Harry Potter and Twilight are completly different ... there is no comparison on that level. Also twilight is aimed slightly older.. TWILIGHT rocks :)
  • edwardissexy1901
    dang i live in chander arizona it never snows here haha
  • Spanky
    Hey I live in Chandler, too. We should go see twilight some time!
  • edwardissexy1901
    im sry but no thank you. you havent been incredibly nice.
  • Gabriella
    Hold up...what?! wh-...uh wow. Do you realise how incredibly brainless you sound? You're like something from one of The King's books! Christ! Get a life will you?
    They're fictional characters okay? F-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-L They do not exist, no super 'roided vampire is going to show up and sweep you off your feet. Have some perspective okay? There are far more pressing matters in the world (which King's books do address!!) And you are stuck in a little "OMG EDWRD's SO SMEXY" world.
    Put your book down. Get some help. Wake up. Simple.
  • hey sexy
    I love you!!!
  • BetOnAlice
    Um yes and your cat and kid coming back from the dead is a real life pressing issue? or wait wasnt it the green glowing thing in your back yard? or wait maybe it was the clown coming to snatch you and your friends up? Yeah before you make a comment like that make sure you understand all of his work and not the most recent. King started out as a horror novelist. That is were he made his name.
  • Jet
    He didn't compare the books. He compared the authors and the writing quality which doesn't necessarily have to do with the story line.
    He's one of the most respected authors of the past few decades. People want his opinion on books. Someone obviously asked him these questions. The problem with (many) Twilight fans is that they think it's the best piece of literature out there and it's not. It's a just story.
    Also, he criticized her writing. That doesn't mean he hates her or the books. Honestly, as an author, Meyer should read criticisms of her books and use them to make her future books better.
  • kristenISbella
    I agree with what you're saying, but his criticism wasn't constructive. If that's the case then J Simpson should be thanking the tabloids for criticizing her weight. He offered nothing that would make her writing better, he just compared the two authors and simply said one was good and one was bad. He then went on to call out other authors making him sound like a bitter old man (haha). I agree constructive criticism is necessary to better her writing, but to say she can't write worth a darn isn't it.
  • Jet
    Perhaps he would, but that wasn't what he was asked, I will admit. He probably would offer constructive criticism if asked, but most fans wouldn't like that either because whenever I do it they jump down my throat. Smeyer wouldn't even read it, I'd wager. He was asked his opinion, and he gave it. Now, if he lied and said everyone was wonderful, then that would be a problem. But he gave his opinion and backed it up. Not very specifically, but he didn't just say, "I don't like so-and-so. The end."
  • i kinda agree with you...okay plp plzz dont kill me, Twilight isnt the best piece of literature out there and her writing(in comparison with some of the the best authors in history) needs a little work, as in, she could BE and GET better. but for me, i dont pay much attention to the writing. its all about the story, and i rather read twilight than any other literature master piece anytime because thats the kind of thing i enjoy reading, plus i think that story is clever. anyhow, harry potter and twilight are very different things.the guy is just answering a question according to his expertise.
  • Mrs. Jasper Hale
    i agree. but i kinda want to point out, as a avid reader, i do like her books but they kinda drag... its the way she writes and how she has to explain everything, sometimes i just want her to be like GET TO THE POINT!! but i do love her books. they are a good read, but i also like steven king. i dont think there is a "best writer ever".
  • skeptical
    I also agree w/ you on King's criticism of Meyer's writing and not the actual story. His opinion was asked and he gave it, period. However, when I initially read this story, I too felt that this was just a bitter writer lashing out at the instant success of a new writer....Meyer's first ever try at professionally writing turns to movie deals and box office success, who would have ever guessed that would happen??? Maybe King gave a better literary criticism of Meyer than what the journalist wanted to include...igniting the Twilight fanbase a little more. We may all be suckers.
  • this here
    its true. her story had much more potential besides the he's so beautiful drab that conitued in every book. i dont think she fully realised the story herself and what she had going. also the jacob aspect was so caddy i couldnt almost finish the series.
  • Elloo
    I THINK THIS GUY IS NUTS. First of all, he looks weird. Second of all, HARRY POTTER AND TWILIGHT ARE NOTHING LIKE--STOP COMPARING THEM! Also, STEPHENIE MEYER IS AN AMAZING WRITER SO THIS GUY CAN GO SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!
  • Obviously a lesson well gleaned from Twilight. If someone is not drop-dead gorgeous, they are worth nothing.
  • Michelle
    Touche. XD
  • homemade_fishfry
    nice reasoning: "first of all, he looks weird."

    ...that just depreciated the point of your entire message. or the point you were trying to make. sorry, sweetie. you fail.
  • homemade_fishfry
    he is entitled to his opinion. he has had more success than she will ever have. i'm a fan of her too, but it's true.
  • Tonytehtiger
    And Stephanie Meyer doesn't look weird?
  • TED
    IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO JEALOUSY THAT A WOMAN IS HAVING THIS MUCH SUCCESS AND THAT HIS IS OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT.

    MAYBE EVEN MORE SUCCESS THAN HE DID IN HIS HAYDAY SINCE TWILIGHT SERIES DOESN'T SHOW ANY SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.

    JUST JEALOUSY,...
    1. HE HAD SUCCESSFUL BOOKS, SO DOES MEYERS AND MAKING MORE MONEY

    2. WHOSE BOOKS HAVE REIGNED IN THE TOP SELLING LISTS LONGER THAN ANY OTHER.... MEYER'S, UNLIKE HIS

    3. HIS BOOKS WERE MADE INTO MOVIES BUT MOSTLY MADE FOR TV AND MEYERS BOOKS ARE BEING MADE INTO MOVIES FOR THE BIG SCREEN AND MAKING CRAZY MONEY

    4.HIS BOOOKS NEVER GOT THIS MUCH PUBLICITY AS MEYERS' IS

    5. NOBODY EVER MADE ANY FAN COLLECTOR MERCHANDISE FOR HIS STUFF AS MUCH AS THERE IS FOR MEYER'S BOOKS

    6. WHO HAS MORE WEBSITES, BLOGS, FORUMS, ETC. BASED ON THE POPULARITY OF THEIR BOOKS...MEYERS.
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!JEALOUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    AND HE IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE BEING IGNORED AND TRYING TO GET IN THIS SPOTLIGHT..... PITIFULLY ASKING "HEY REMEMBER ME, LOOK AT ME,LOOK AT ME"
    PITIFUL, HE JUST DROVE POSSIBLY MANY FANS OR POSSIBLE FANS AWAY FROM HIS STUFF FOR BEING SO DISRESPECTFUL.

    I FOR ONE KIND OF ENJOY(ED) HIS STUFF AND HAD NO ILL THOUGHTS TOWARD HIM UNTIL NOW, AND NOW I FEEL THE INCLINATION TO STAY AWAY FROM WHATEVER HAS TO DO WITH HIM. FUNNY HOW HATIN' ON SOMEONE WORKS TO THEIR DISADVANTAGE!
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    you are confusing quanity with quality.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    oh, and thanks for capslock rape. It just makes you look so intelligent.
  • TED
    LOL!!! <- oh look more capslock just for you), and your choice of words, meaningless off subject comments, and because someone doesn't share your thoughts makes you intelligent?

    TOUCHY AREN'T WE? <- here's more for you since you did thank me for it and you might need more...umm what you call it???
  • e
    Retard is retarded.

    Oh, TED, please endow us with more of your wisdom! You don't sound like a hypocrite at all!

    "and because someone doesn't share your thoughts makes you intelligent?"

    LOL WUT. Says the person who claims their opinions are facts.
  • homemade_fishfry
    hehehe..... awesome.
  • homemade_fishfry
    ...not TED, crispin.

    btw TED (caps...really?) your entire message is full of flaws.

    1. king has sold more books and has made more money than meyers ever will because of the percentage he gets from all his adapted works.

    2. although meyer has the best selling book among the two, she has sold only 40 million books sold worldwide, where king can boast 300 million.

    3. oh, so false! he has had some television series and afew of his big screen movies have been redone for the small screen, but the number is in no way compareable to the success he had in the theatres. to name a few: shawshank redemption, misery, the green mile, carrie, 1408, stand by me, the secret window, hearts is atlantis, children of the corn, christine, dreamcatcher, needfull things, the stand, IT....do i need to go on? all big screen adaptations of his books and there are several more.

    and i think i should mention the fact that shawshank, misery, the green mile and carrie all got oscar nods, and misery took the best actress award. something i don't see happening for twilight.

    5. over the 40 + years he has been writting you really think she's got him beat? do some fact checking before you go ranting.

    6. 9/10 normal, everyday people will hear the word 'twilight' and know whats going on. ask the same people unpropted who stephanie meyer is and 4/10 will know she wrote the books. i'm not talking about teenagers, i mean every age group as a whole.

    fact is, you can't make that claim. twilight has only been around for a very short time. it is a flash in the pan compared to his catalogue.

    10/10 people know who king is, what he looks like and can name at least five of his works. that is a fact.

    you are just another example of an uberfan taking things way out of proportion. the guy had an opinion. he made a point, her writting is lacking in many areas but he doesn't condemn her success. relax kid, there are bigger things in this world than a few books and a movie.

    also, learn how to take it as well as dish it out. when you lash out in capslock it makes you look like a goober.

    peace.
  • plmkhptraw
    here!!!here!!!
    awesome
  • TED
    Exactly he seems to be slamming on another author's quality because of the quantity

    At this point she might have more quantity despite the quality than any other author whose books go by way of hollywood and beyond the bookstore and beyond the U.S.

    so what if it isn't exactly classical lit that meyer's has written but sure enough it will be remembered through history to the chagrin of lit critics or not right along with all other succesful authors.

    This much fame and controversary that is certainly not going unnoticed is bound to g down in literary history or pop culture.

    I mean look at us here debating contoversy after controversy. Has any other literary work gone through this!!!!???
  • Ever heard of a book called 'Pamela'? It practically created a new genre on it's own (epistolary style- written in letter format), and was one of the most successful novels of it's time- people went into debt to buy their own copies. It caused a fire storm of controversy, because the working class heroine marries an upper class man. It was held up as an example, mercilessly condemned, admired, and ridiculed. People either loved it or hated it: one way or another, it was popular.

    Who has heard of it nowadays, besides English majors specializing in British literature? 'Twilight' is very poorly written: it's full of typos, grammatically incorrect sentences, and purple prose. It has about the same dramatic pacing as bridge construction, and has very little in the way of a plot. There's no two ways around it- Stephenie Meyer needs a real editor who will tell her when things are bad. Because an awful lot is bad.

    This isn't even getting into all the toxic messages in the books, like suicide being romantic, obsession being love, and stalking being sweet. Add that to grown men falling in love with little girls, abuse spawning instant "true love", and all the female characters but one being weak-willed milksops who cling to their men come hell or high water (or invasion of privacy, blatant disrespect, kidnapping, stealing, assaulting, and mutilating).

    Stephenie Meyer isn't just a bad writer, she writes about bad things. The sad part is, she doesn't seem to realize these awful things are anything but wonderful. I think it's about time someone took her down a peg- she's been saying that her series is better than anything Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, or the Bronte sisters wrote, and has even been comparing herself to Shakespeare. Frankly, the woman is full of herself, and it's great that a respected author isn't putting up with her shenanigans.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    kendo, that is the perfect example of what this whole Twilight phenomenon is like. It's only a big deal cause it's in the here and now. We forget that there were huge moments like this in history, because those fads came and went.
  • levans
    Bravo, Kendo! Great Comment. You hit the nail right on the head. Stephanie Meyer is a bad writer, AND the messages in her works are pure poison. The initial seed of the idea, a vampire being able to choose not to eat people, was a good one, but then S.M. went and ruined the whole thing.

    P.S. By the way, the fact that she is, or claims to be a Mormon has nothing to do with the way she writes. Most Mormons I know are disgusted with her stories.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    Capslocking an entire post is just plain annoying, but sorry for jumping the gun on your intelligence.
    Putting the point of Smeyer having more merchandise for her books isn't a comparable point though, since her and SK aren't in the same market (though, having a Pennywise doll and a killer ghost car would be cool).As for the movies, let's not get ahead of ourselves yet. SMeyer has had only one movie so far, and yes, NM and Eclipse will have theirs, but not yet. SK has more theatrical movies under his belt. As for the marketing, SMeyer has the advantage of being in the internet era. Word of mouth is spread faster and to more people than SK had even 15 years ago. That's why Twilight is so successful, not to mention that it IS a marketable medium, unlike SK whose books are more adult and deal with horror,something that even today isn't that popular (there are exceptions of course). Yet, SK will be remembered for those strange, twisted books and some of the finest movies to come out in the 20th century. We will have to see is SMeyer's success can hold up ten years from now.
  • kelzar
    Stephen King has sold 350 million copies of his books, so I doubt he's "jealous" because of her sales numbers. That's absurd. And crap literature is not "remembered" in literature courses... it's remembered for its social impact maybe, but not for its quality.

    And sweetheart, Twilight is a fad. It's not the first fad nor will it be the last. You need to stop thinking it's the Bible.
  • The Joker
    D: I'm blinded by caps rape!
    And him giving an opinion doesn't make his works any less magnificent.
  • c.c.
    LOL, because The Shining, Carrie, Stand by Me, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile weren't movies for the big screen and didn't make crazy money. King has had more major motion pictures made from his books than Stephenie Meyer has (or likely will ever have) books. Stephen King is not and never will be jealous of Stephenie Meyer.
  • Ni
    HINT: The Shawshank Redeption, The Shining, The Green Mile, Carrie... oh, and 1408 if you would rather talk about something more recent. *wink*
  • ardane1
    "3. HIS BOOKS WERE MADE INTO MOVIES BUT MOSTLY MADE FOR TV AND MEYERS BOOKS ARE BEING MADE INTO MOVIES FOR THE BIG SCREEN AND MAKING CRAZY MONEY

    4.HIS BOOOKS NEVER GOT THIS MUCH PUBLICITY AS MEYERS' IS"

    Um, you're kind of wrong.

    3. Dolores Claiborne, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption (Oscar Nominated), Cujo, Pet Semetary, Dreamcatcher, Hearts in Atlantis, The Shining (the Kubrick one) and I'm probably forgetting a couple.

    4. His Dark Tower trilogy got just as much publicity when he finished it about 4 years ago. and it has tons of merchandise and also a graphic novel about it now.

    Google, learn it please.
  • Supertails
    I'm over 40? Crap, I thought I was 16. Damn I was off big-time. =/

    And as for "he asks (I'm guessing you meant *acts*) like he invented literature", you obviously don't know who he is. He's practically renowned as one of, if not THE, greatest authors out there. He may not have invented literature, but he's damn well good enough to judge a book.

    And even so, why the Hell does it matter to you? You're mad 'cause he has an opinion? Umm....news flash! What you JUST SAID was an opinion. Go be mad at yourself now.
  • Robin
    Mmmm I remember I was 12 when I read Carrie and loved it. I am 21 now and am still reading Stephen King. Mmm curiously I am not over 40 yet.
  • Vrischika
    His opinion was asked for. And he gave it.
    Also, I've read almost all of King's books and I'm nowhere near 40.
  • giaphoebe
    same started reading SK in sixth grade
  • James
    I'm 15 and love his books.
    Kthxbai
  • heather
    im 14 and i enjoy them greatly infact i have a tad of an obbsession sorry :]
    hes legendary :D
  • twilightsux
    hahahahahahahahahah i laugh at u, i was 11 when i read IT, and harry potter is a thousand times better, it's not even meh fave book but it was briliantly writen. meyer is a horible author,

    btw, what do u think bram stoker would think of what meyers has done to his genre, THEY DONT F***ING SPARKLE!!,
    oh yeah and i did read twilight, the first seven chapters then i went 2 a corner and felt like killing myself
  • airazaneo
    Honey. Clearly you weren't paying attention to the interview. He never stated that he hated the books. His comments were directed towards her writing skills, which are admittedly lax. If you looked at the article, he talks about how there is not a definite correlation between good writing technique and success as a writer.

    Anyone with at least average intelligence - and who is not kidding themselves - would graciously admit that Stephenie's talent as a writer is more to do with her characters appealing to a specific audience and less to do with her technical writing skills.

    I personally enjoyed the books very much. I found Stephenie to be an evocative writer, particularly with regard to the teen angst element of the saga. There were parts that I found unnecessary, and seemed to play to much upon the whimsy of a romantic; but overall the story that she presented trumped the need for infallible technique. [Well, for this vampire buff it did.]

    I also enjoy Stephen King's books, and his writing skill is far above Stephenie Meyer's, as is JK Rowling's. Having published 70 odd books would make him more qualified to judge writing skill than the average person; just as having a Bachelor of Arts majoring in literature would. He has spent more time perfecting his own writing technique than Stephenie has.

    Perhaps if you spent some time reading books written by some truly amazing authors, you would see his comment for what it really was too. Try some JRR Tolkien if you're intelligent enough to stick with it.
  • Katie
    I'm a fourteen-year-old girl and I read Stephen King novels.

    Also, it's not like appealing to an older audience is a bad thing. Do you really think King was trying to appeal to Meyers demographic of teenaged girls when he wrote his books? Are teenagers somehow better than your average forty-year-olds in your opinion?
  • outragedly confused,uk
    STOP COMPARING THE TWO PLEASE PEOPLE WE ALL WHICH IS THE BETTER........TWILIGHT FANS FOR EVER!
  • homemade_fishfry
    i think you mean "TWILIGHT FANS FOREVER....OR UNTIL THE NEXT BIG THING HITS AND I FORGET THAT TWILIGHT WAS EVER MORE THAN A TIME OF DAY!"
  • Christina
    I agree with you completely! Sure they're both fantasy but there are so many different fantasy stories out there. Whenever someone asks me if i like twilight or harry potter better i say they're not comparable. They're about two totally different things.
  • loveacloudyday
    The above cartoon of the stick figure on the computer is hilarious!!!!!!!
  • Fred
    Yes, there really is no comparison. Twilight sucks. HP doesn't.
  • jjaaccoobb
    Then why the hell are you on this site?!
  • truely_unique
    i liked harry poter when i was like 10! i am now like 18!
    plus harry poter dragged on in the end the 1st 3 books were fine and then it became dursleys, travel,hogwarts,sport, trouble, wheyhey harry beat voldermort AGAIN!! it became predicatble.
    in new moon you wernt expecting edward to leave, yea the book has flaws ALL books do!!
    sk has a right to voice his professional opinion but its about time people stopped comparing sm an jkr as they are two completly diferent genres (except myths)
  • Nicky
    SO TRUE! They are only getting compared b/c of the huge impact they've had on teenagers. JKR and SMeyer are two completely different people, therefore, so are their writing styles. GET OVER COMPARING!
  • Buddy
    I mean seriously, I am getting tired of people saying Stephenie Meyer a bad author. First of all, what you like is subjective, so to say I READ the books, but I didn't like them is one thing, but to say I hate those books and to have never read them is another. Also I think if you can get millions of young teens, and adults reading, then i think you are a freakin awesome author. Honestly i have read several of Stephen Kings books, and I dont enjoy them, but atleast i give them a chance.


    Message to Stephenie, Write what you like, cause obviously it works!!!
  • Buddy
    I mean seriously, I am getting tired of people saying Stephenie Meyer a bad author. First of all, what you like is subjective, so to say I READ the books, but I didn't like them is one thing, but to say I hate those books and to have never read them is another. Also I think if you can get millions of young teens, and adults reading, then i think you are a freakin awesome author. Honestly i have read several of Stephen Kings books, and I dont enjoy them, but atleast i give them a chance.


    Message to Stephenie, Write what you like, cause obviously it works!!!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    go away u r not a true twilighter if u say that!!!!! are u agreing with him?! he is dissin us girl!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    go away u r not a true twilighter if u say that!!!!! are u agreing with him?! he is dissin us girl!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    go away u r not a true twilighter if u say that!!!!! are u agreing with him?! he is dissin us girl!
  • MelissaIsATwilightLover
    Well, I do not think he can write because he is too detailed and most of his stuff is about crazy clowns or kids getting hit by cars. Then again, he is famous, but has he ever made as much as Stephenie for a movie? No, most of his movies went straight to DVD or TV. The two rare movies that are shown in theaters are about those clowns and squashed children in the middle of the road. He is caught up with himself dissing all these writers, but this is going to fire back at him. I am going to laugh when he is off the bestsellers top five list, oh wait, he already is. Suck on that King. His last name does not serve him justice, in fact, it serves him way to much justice. He is the joker and Meyer is the queen. Well, he sure is funny because his stupid opinion on writing is cracking me up. This is so ironic that more people acknowledge her more then him these days. This proof that Stephenie is more talented then this stuck up dude. Get your nose out of the air.
  • Alex
    Actually, a bunch of the books and short stories Stephen has written that became movies were released in theaters. The Green Mile. He wrote that. The Shawshank Redemption. He wrote that. Carrie. He wrote that one too. Oh and all three were nominated for Oscars. Check your facts out before you bash on him.
  • hannaa
    let's mot forget the shining... one of the best books out there as well as one of the best movies...
  • MelissaIsATwilightLover
    Well, I do love IT, but his books are only horror, there is a difference between sci-fi and horror. His work is only famous because he made some of his first books into a movie. Twilight had more fans then he did before the movie was made. The Oscars have nothing to do with Stephen King, all the movies they choose are really bad. He says we love these books because they mention sex, no we love them because it is an adventurous love story. Maybe he should check his facts also?
  • kelzar
    Idiot. He doesn't write only horror; have you heard of, say, The Dark Tower series, an epic fantasy? Check for facts before you make a fool of yourself in defense of a bad author.
  • Keahi Faye
    Wow!!!! Did you really just say that? Please, please tell me that you are not saying Stephen King is only popular now because he made it big with his first few pieces. That was at one time an enormous misconception; however, King wrote four novels under the pen name of Backman. Readers were sworming for this new writer and devouring each letter until they registered how much he reminded them of King and flipped. Most of King's fans took up the defensive and faught saying that Backman was stealing King's works. If nothing else, that prooved it was his style and writing that they loved not just his name.
    Secondly, it is a little slow to compare King to Meyer right now. King has done many many pieces and Meyer has four, technically one if you consider the fact that Twilight is the head of a saga and that they are not four completely seperate standng books. Meyer may or may not amount to what King is but only time will tell. For all we know she could be the next Lewis or Tolkein or she could be a one (or four) hit wonder and fade back into oblivian like so many authors do.
    Thirdly, He is not bashing the books. Did you read the entire comment before throwing a tantrum. I mean really, and this goes for all of you that keep saying he is jealous or whatever. He backs his comment by saying that the reason he compares Rowling and Meyer is because, while the books are different, they address relatively the same audience. The person that said Twilight is meant for the older individuals, did you read the last three books in the series of Potter, They were meant to grow with their audience and did so very nicely. As a result, they merger directly with the base for the twilight saga. That makes his comparison a valid consideration.
    Fourthly, and this continues to the jealousy claimers, HE DISSES HIMSELF TOO!!!! He takes care to acknoledge that he enjoys a different generation than we do. The whole point of mentioning his mother was to say that the generation before him would probably argue that he couldn't write and yet he still had success. So maybe, just maybe, she could be a good writer and just not to his generational taste. His going on to mention other authors was just to further his initial point of it depends on who you ask.
    Next, He isn't insulting the readers of the saga. He is saying that based on the facts he listed, she has some qualities as a writer that are worth being considered. If anything you could take it as a glint that he still may respect her as an author, if not as one he would enjoy. Really, does anyone look at the statement rationally or even bother to read it straight through to the end before flying off the handle.
    I am a big fan of King and I enjoyed Meyer a good deal. Some say that she gets too depictive, but I enjoy the analyzing of characters so that fact was actually to my likeing. No two authors are the exact same and no two readers are going to view her the same way. The greats are not determined by who sold the most or made the biggest names. They are determined by what stands firm over time. I mean really, I can't read more than five pages of Dickens 50 page Christmas Carol without needing someone to cmack me in the head to wake up. But the meaning behind the writing and its ability to remain relavent through the generations makes it a classic. He gave his opinion just as any human has the right to do. Are you going to stand there and sream foul play just because the words are coming from a fellow writer and not a common reader. And its not that he says we love the books for being about sex. He's saying that he appreciates she was able to address the topic that because more and more prevalent to teen girls in such a way that it doesn't become a porn novel. At least thats how I took it. In closing, please take the whole piece into consideration, not just what you want to use to fuel an arguement, look at the facts first, yelling at people just because they don't agree (even if it is just in cap locks on a computer) is ignorant and mean, excuse my horrible spelling and remember that it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all ability to doubt it. And oh yeah, i'm two weeks into being 21 not 40 for those of you that claim the old age fan base for King and I only picked him up because I got sick of a large number of my friends discussion his books and not having a clue what they were talking about. Actually, my sister in law never shutting up about them is the only reason I read the twilight saga, so I guess the two have more in common than even I thought lol :) - pieces with your reeces and GB -
  • giaphoebe
    Bachman. Richard Bachman :)
  • Danny
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_based_on_Ste...

    Get your facts straight before you talk trash sweetheart.
  • kelzar
    I laughed hard at that claim too. And besides, 'Salem's Lot' is ten times the movie Twilight was, much less the vampires themselves.
  • Milo
    Salem's Lot vampires are, you know, terrifying. Instead of sparkly.
  • homemade_fishfry
    again. the first four sentances you typed are entirely false. do you think any of steph's books will get oscar nods for their screen adaptations? because at least four of his did. and one won.

    relax.
  • strangegirl1316
    You're trying to defend Stephenie Meyer by saying he's too detailed?

    Again obvious fangirl who is so narrow minded she can't get HER nose out of the air.

    Nice one.
  • Insanity
    King's to detailed...? Look at Twilight. It would be half the size if it wasn't describing Edward. King has gotten alot of movies to the big screen and are wayy better than Twilight. And you call King cocky? SMeyers think she is better than Shakesphere! If you don't call that cocky, then you're blind.
  • Keahi Faye
    Ok sorry, while I agree most of the way, I have to object to one thing. I wouldn't say that Kings movies have all been better. I forone HATED (ment for emphasis not yelling) the Mist. The story is one of my favorites though and I felt that they butchered my favorite parts, mostly the ending. Though you could be right on the same note because the inaccuracies are the reason I didn't like such films. On the other end of things, Stand By Me is my all time favorite and this is coming from a movie addict. I have almost 300 in my possesion and I've probably watched thousands. Stand By Me has never fallen off the top seat. So maybe you're right. sorry I'm rambling I'll go now ; ) - piecies with your reeces and GB -
  • CURIOUS!!
    hey, what's the interview or transcript or whatever that mentions her saying she's better than Shakespeare?????
    i can't find it anywhere and i'm curios to see how she worded it
  • TWILIGHT LOVER
    TWILIGHT vs HARRY POTTER LET ME THINK .............TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    i love robert pattinson!!!!
  • TWILIGHT LOVER
    TWILIGHT vs HARRY POTTER LET ME THINK .............TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    i love robert pattinson!!!!
  • screw you king she is a way better author then you she is at least on the top seller list you havent been there for a while have you and just to say i think she is a wonderful writter the series is great and just to say can anyone say......................jealous...........lol cause i can and thats what king is soo just be quiet and talk when another one of your books becomes a big success like twilight was and there.......thats all i have to say............sorry for the rant lol lmao
  • screw you king she is a way better author then you she is at least on the top seller list you havent been there for a while have you and just to say i think she is a wonderful writter the series is great and just to say can anyone say......................jealous...........lol cause i can and thats what king is soo just be quiet and talk when another one of your books becomes a big success like twilight was and there.......thats all i have to say............sorry for the rant lol lmao
  • Courtney
    If Stephen King says it, then it is certainly true in my book.
  • outragedly confused,uk
    go away u r not a true twilighter if u say that!!!!! are u agreing with him?! he is dissin us girl!
  • Courtney
    Ouch? I am very glad i stay away from this fanbase. I love twilight, but yes, i do believe the writing is not that good (especially when compared to King). It has nothing to do with 'dissin', its just a statement. Even if the writing is not that amazing, the series itself is.
  • hanna
    i actually agree i really like twilight books but they are full of typos... and the writing is ment for teens... i'm a bit older myself and one of the only ones among my friend group who even have heard or read about twilight before the movie came out... the movie is a big deal and the books too in their own category and meyer is a good writer not ecxellent like king.. sorry but it's true... everyone just needs to chill cause king really has the right to have an opinion..
  • Courtney
    Thank you! You took the words out of my mouth. People can have their own opinions. And just because King does not like the way the series was written, doesn't mean he is 'jealous' because 'he didnt think of it first'. This 'jealous' matter me confuses me to no end.
  • strangegirl1316
    Off topic but you know the way you type and your attitude? Yeah that's the tone and grammar we use to mock the crazy fangirls (NOT Courtney. She's a sane fan that the haters love) so you just kinda proved that the rabid fans are illiterate idiots. Again, nice one.
  • tlhmh359
    i agree... yes i am a true twilighter... he was just being asked his opinion... I love all his books and short stories he is one of my favorite authors....
  • sam
    what are you some stephen king worshipper? if stephen king says, "Jump off a building." would you do it?
  • Courtney
    Certainly not! I 'worship' H.P. Lovecraft, mind you. I just happen to like quite a few of King's books and i agree with what was said. Don't get your panties in a bunch, now.
  • homemade_fishfry
    im' thinkin if smeyer told you to jump you would do it without question.

    calm. down. remember, opinions are good things.
  • Tess
    Honestly, as much as I love LOVE LOVE Twilight (Im reading breaking dawn for time number 6!!! in two months!) the books aren't written the best. I love them for the story and I love them because I can get lost in the world that is Edward and Bella. I love them because they are 'fluff' books. They don't take a lot to get through or to understand. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT THOUGH. I don't think it's the jealously bug. King will always be more well know and more successful than Meyer. Period.
  • Tess
    Honestly, as much as I love LOVE LOVE Twilight (Im reading breaking dawn for time number 6!!! in two months!) the books aren't written the best. I love them for the story and I love them because I can get lost in the world that is Edward and Bella. I love them because they are 'fluff' books. They don't take a lot to get through or to understand. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT THOUGH. I don't think it's the jealously bug. King will always be more well know and more successful than Meyer. Period.
  • outragedly confused,uk
    u go girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    u go girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Rachaael
    The picture says it all for me tbh.
  • Rachaael
    The picture says it all for me tbh.
  • TWILIGHT!!!!
    STEPHEN LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING:.........YOUR BOOKS SU*CKKKKKKKKKKK!!


    I THINK HE IS JUST JEALOUS, HE WANTS PUBLICITY.



    STEPHENIE IS NOT A BAD WRITER, HER BOOKS ARE ONLY EASY TO READ. IN MY POINT OF VIEW IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU WRITE, ITS MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD STORY,WHICH THIS MAN DOESN'T HAVE :P



    GEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZ HERE I HAVE ANOTHER REASON TO DISLIKE THIS MAN.
  • TWILIGHT!!!!
    STEPHEN LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING:.........YOUR BOOKS SU*CKKKKKKKKKKK!!


    I THINK HE IS JUST JEALOUS, HE WANTS PUBLICITY.



    STEPHENIE IS NOT A BAD WRITER, HER BOOKS ARE ONLY EASY TO READ. IN MY POINT OF VIEW IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU WRITE, ITS MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD STORY,WHICH THIS MAN DOESN'T HAVE :P



    GEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZ HERE I HAVE ANOTHER REASON TO DISLIKE THIS MAN.
  • Carrie
    Who cares what Stephen King has to say!!! He is just jealous that he didn't think of the series first. Because of the huge success it's been. I don't even like his books or him for that matter. His writing is sadistic and twisted.
  • JulieannaClark
    I totaly agree with you. Stephen King's writings don't catch my interest. I've tried to read a few of his many books and i can't get through them because he writes without feeling. Stephenie Meyer on the other hand, reading the Twilight saga was like hanging on the edge of a cliff, or like a roller coaster. Her books are packed full of all different emotions and they sucked me in.
  • Keahi Faye
    Grrr... that the whole point though. I'm mildly off topic here but still. Carrie, beautiful job placing defenition to an author you don't like. The fact his works are so sadistic and twisted is one the things that makes them so great. They are written without feeling, they are written to play on our most basic instincts and fears. His writing shows us a side of ourselves that we'd probably rather not face. I for one was dumb enough to read the mist in the middle of a nasty storm at 1 in the morning and nearly skipped classes the next day because I was too freaked to go outside and had nightmares of killer spiders for about a month. Meyers just emits a different emotion and set of feelings. New Moon was one of the few books that almost got me fo cry from the pain Bella felt in regards to Edward. - piecies with your reeces and GB -
  • Quintilian
    Read Dan Brown. You will LOVE him...

    Epic adventure, non-stop action and emotion, masterful characterization, magnificent use of literary devices such as foreshadowing and symbolism, realistic relationships, and well-thought out plot with spine-tingling endings. Meyer and Brown got it going on!

    Yeah, if you love Meyer, you'll love Dan Brown!

    No doubt. No. Doubt.
  • outragedly confused,uk
    So true
  • ...
    What is the hell is there about Meyer's work to be jealous of? King made millions writing books with ideas and plots that are actually original.

    Meyer? She's just a woman who had a hawt dream about a sexy guy and decided to slap him and a self insert of herself into a crappy novel with a mediocre plot.
  • sam
    killer clowns aren't original, but mutant killer half-vampires are. : ) go renesmee!
  • Dhampirs are not original at all. There have been legends about them around for much longer than there have been clowns to have legends about killer clowns. There's nothing original at all in Stephenie Meyer's books, beyond the fact that she can't keep a single line of mythology straight. That, and the fact that she fails at science so hard it can make one's head spin. Everything in her stories is deriative and bastardized.
    Her ideas for wars between vampires and werewolves? Done.
    Her idea for a half-vampire child? Done.
    Her idea for insanely beautiful vampires? Done.
    Her idea for a teenage girl falling in love with a vampire? Done.
    Her idea for vampires that suck animal blood instead of human, because they have massive guilt complexes about being murderers? Done.
    Her idea for vampires with super-special powers and almost no weaknesses? Done.
    Her idea for vampires who aren't destroyed in the sunlight? Done.

    What has she done that's original, besides make a ridiculous explanation for why her vampires are glittery? After all, if they're rock-solid, they should be unable to move, and should also always be slightly cooler than room temperature, not ice cold.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    and who's the best Dhampir of them all??? Vampire Hunter D!!
  • Sanity
    Haha, your name is 'Carrie'. XD

    You obviously have no idea who you're talking about when you say he's 'just jealous'. Do you have any idea as to the extent of his fame and fortune he's amassed over the years? Why would he be 'jealous' of a no talent hack?
  • Sarah
    OMG!!! stephanie meyer is an amazing writer and i have never heard of any other authors he has mentioned, apart from jk rowling of course
  • Keahi Faye
    Give me a moment to stare at you wondering where you get your delusions from. I wouldn't call her amazing. Not yet anyway. This was only her first taste of published writing and she says herself that she hadn't expected it to get picked up. She is a toddler in the world of writing, just begining to walk without falling down every five minutes. Rowling has had seven, well at least eight now, books to develope her skills and pass into elementary school where as King is like a senior in high school or a freshman in college and the greats like Shakes, have graduated with their masters in hand. few authors reach that point of skills and notation. Also, he mentions several other authors in this quote (praising several) alone. so how can you say Rowlings is the only other author he comments on? For someone defending an author, you sure don't read very well. - pieces with your reeces and GB -
  • TEAM EDWARD!!!
    you cant even start to compare the 2. there is no longer a reason to read harry potter because npw there is twilight but i mean really come on you cant try to tell me that stephenie isnt a good writter if she wasnt why have i read all the books like 6 times?
  • TEAM EDWARD!!!
    you cant even start to compare the 2. there is no longer a reason to read harry potter because npw there is twilight but i mean really come on you cant try to tell me that stephenie isnt a good writter if she wasnt why have i read all the books like 6 times?
  • Christina
    I agree with you completely! Sure they're both fantasy but there are so many different fantasy stories out there. Whenever someone asks me if i like twilight or harry potter better i say they're not comparable. They're about two totally different things.
  • Christina
    I agree with you completely! Sure they're both fantasy but there are so many different fantasy stories out there. Whenever someone asks me if i like twilight or harry potter better i say they're not comparable. They're about two totally different things.
  • Christina
    I agree with you completely! Sure they're both fantasy but there are so many different fantasy stories out there. Whenever someone asks me if i like twilight or harry potter better i say they're not comparable. They're about two totally different things.
  • steph89
    who the hell is he to say something like that?
  • Jet
    A very famous author. People who aren't fans of the book are told that they can't criticize it because we've never written bestselling novels. Lo and behold, here is a bestselling novelist telling you that he doesn't like her writing. He's being honest about it. However, that doesn't seem to be enough to criticize a book either. Make up your minds, Twilighters.
  • ...
    What is the hell is there about Meyer's work to be jealous of? King made millions writing books with ideas and plots that are actually original.


    Meyer? She's just a woman who had a hawt dream about a sexy guy and decided to slap him and a self insert of herself into a crappy novel with a mediocre plot.
  • ...
    What is the hell is there about Meyer's work to be jealous of? King made millions writing books with ideas and plots that are actually original.


    Meyer? She's just a woman who had a hawt dream about a sexy guy and decided to slap him and a self insert of herself into a crappy novel with a mediocre plot.
  • ...
    What is the hell is there about Meyer's work to be jealous of? King made millions writing books with ideas and plots that are actually original.


    Meyer? She's just a woman who had a hawt dream about a sexy guy and decided to slap him and a self insert of herself into a crappy novel with a mediocre plot.
  • Molly
    Stephenie Meyer is a brilliant storyteller, but not a good writer. I'm not saying she didn't do a good job with TWILIGHT, obviously she's doing something right. As I stated, she's a good storyteller, but not writer. If you bother looking up any of the "complex" words she uses, you'll find most of them are out of context or don't make sense altogether. In addition to that, she'll take a bigger word and use it several times close together and then one never sees it again. She seems like a "thesuarus writer". It's purely a surface story too, something Meyer has admitted to. Well written works have depth and meaning behind the story. There's no depth, no symbolism, nothing.


    Don't get me wrong, it is VERY entertaining, even King agreed to that in so many words, but her writing could've been better. Anyone will agree TWILIGHT was a successful novel, but numbers don't equate the quality of a book. Besides, a lot of twilighters often say how it's the first book they ever enjoyed so, frankly, if TWILIGHT is the only book a person read they wouldn't have much to compare it to.



    Also, who is Edward outside of loving Bella and being a good looking gentleman who wrote one song for her? He had more of a personality in the first one, but in the next three he's always obsessed with her safety. He lost his sense of humor. The characters don't have very much depth outside of their "love" for each other. Who is Bella outside of loving Edward? She's stubborn and likes reading, but what about her personality? What are her goals in life?



    Stephenie Meyer also contradicts herself a lot and the last book was full of weakly constructed back-stories. A good writer will have a story outlined from beginning to end and will use something called foreshadowing. Meyer seems to make her story up as she goes along. When asked if she would change anything about TWILIGHT she said herself that she wishes it would've been better written.
  • Molly
    Stephenie Meyer is a brilliant storyteller, but not a good writer. I'm not saying she didn't do a good job with TWILIGHT, obviously she's doing something right. As I stated, she's a good storyteller, but not writer. If you bother looking up any of the "complex" words she uses, you'll find most of them are out of context or don't make sense altogether. In addition to that, she'll take a bigger word and use it several times close together and then one never sees it again. She seems like a "thesuarus writer". It's purely a surface story too, something Meyer has admitted to. Well written works have depth and meaning behind the story. There's no depth, no symbolism, nothing.


    Don't get me wrong, it is VERY entertaining, even King agreed to that in so many words, but her writing could've been better. Anyone will agree TWILIGHT was a successful novel, but numbers don't equate the quality of a book. Besides, a lot of twilighters often say how it's the first book they ever enjoyed so, frankly, if TWILIGHT is the only book a person read they wouldn't have much to compare it to.



    Also, who is Edward outside of loving Bella and being a good looking gentleman who wrote one song for her? He had more of a personality in the first one, but in the next three he's always obsessed with her safety. He lost his sense of humor. The characters don't have very much depth outside of their "love" for each other. Who is Bella outside of loving Edward? She's stubborn and likes reading, but what about her personality? What are her goals in life?



    Stephenie Meyer also contradicts herself a lot and the last book was full of weakly constructed back-stories. A good writer will have a story outlined from beginning to end and will use something called foreshadowing. Meyer seems to make her story up as she goes along. When asked if she would change anything about TWILIGHT she said herself that she wishes it would've been better written.
  • VeeCee
    Sorry, I don't care how much anyone loves Twilight, Stephen King is a great author.
    As far as I'm concered, he can say whatever he wants about anyone.
  • VeeCee
    Sorry, I don't care how much anyone loves Twilight, Stephen King is a great author.
    As far as I'm concered, he can say whatever he wants about anyone.
  • Avril C
    Well, he might be a terrific writer (I have a friend that reads everything he writes) but I don’t like him at all…as a matter of fact I’m not a big fan of horror stories/movies, and I’m very thrill of what Stephanie did with her vampires because she took them out of the darkness to a whole new level that has captivated millions of people around the world.
    Obviously, anybody can say whatever they want but the truth is that I’m sick and tired of people criticizing Stephanie…shame on them! She has created a magical and lovely story about love, family, friendship in the middle of that fantastic world of hers that if there were Edwards out there walking on the streets (without been vampires of course) and family members now a day would treat each other with the respect and love that the Cullens do…we would certainly live in a better world.
    So, it is everything about taste and in that sense there is no right or wrong…what some people might find interesting and great others don’t and the other way around…..obviously Stephanie has legions of fans in her side to support her work and what better proof of that than the success of the movie that by the way…I don’t remember any really successful movie based on this King’s horror stories. So, stop it OK! And stop the comparison with Harry Potter also….Twilight is a whole new and wonderful world… it has nothing to do with Harry Potter.
  • Twi
    Stephenie tok vampires in to the light?
    Anne Rice is kida: Mother of the modern vampires
  • Keahi Faye
    I hate to burst your bubble deary, but thats part of the point of good writing. It inspires people to take another look and to question themselves and the things around them. To simply say we should be inspired or not and keep our mouths shut does nothing. It is an American Constitutional right to argue our beliefs and one that we seem to be forgetting. King has reasserted my respect for being willing to speak an opinion that may not be popular and if you really think that your view is the only valid one then you are diluted, arragant or ignorant, (I'm not sure which is worse in this case) and have missed the point of the books that you just described completely. - pieces with your reeces and GB -
  • bee
    both harry potter and twilight are amazing series. but completely different. the only similarity is the size and enthusiasm of the fan bases, which is why people compare them. but i love both equally and think both authors are great.
  • gamybla
    I am 33 years old and love Stephenie Meyer. I haven't read anything Steven King wrote in a long long time and have never spent money on his books. I think he is just jealous that Stepenie is selling books and ole Steven King isn't such a big deal anymore.
  • Sam
    Uh, no. Because everyone, EVERYONE, like him or not, knows who Stephen King is. Stephenie Meyer? Eh, not so much. So yeah, I'd say that King is a pretty damn "big deal."

    Especially considering that he has made millions of dollars writing books (good books, unlike Meyer) and making movies. I don't care what Meyer does, she will never ever ever ever EVER be as famous, as rich, or as good as Stephen King.

    Also, saying that you're 33 and like her isn't some badge of honor. It's embarassing.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*
    FAIL.
  • Jean
    I love him. He's absolutely right.
  • Jean
    I love him. He's absolutely right.
  • Stacey
    To be fair, he has every right to say that, but not because he is a successful author himself but because it is his honest opinion. He doesn't insult Stephenie Meyer really, he just states that he doesn't think that she's a great writer.

    In my opinion, I do feel that Stephenie Meyer is good. I don't think she's fantastic because there are very many other books I've read that have wonderful literacy techniques that I don't see in the Twilight Saga. I do agree with him when he talks about why he feels like the book connects to girls, especially teenagers. I mean honestly for me it's almost like a guilty pleasure reading these, everyone wishes for their own Edward or Jacob.. or they can relate to Bella.

    I think Stephenie Meyer was brilliant for creating the world of Twilight, she did a wonderful job. You get pulled into another world which is exactly the objective. I feel that Harry Potter should be classified as something else entirely.. in Harry Potter the entire series has you guessing and wondering. Rowling uses tidbits from her first books and finds reasons to explain them in the later ones (Hagrid's motorcycle, for example). Although there is some mild touching on romance in the books, it really wouldn't be classified as such whereas Twilight would.
  • LisaM0014
    I was going to post a message, but you took the words right out of my mouth. I have read each of the 4 books in the saga twice. More time than I have ever spent on any other books. Not because it is a literary masterpiece, but because it sucks you into another world and is quite romantic and heart wrenching. I am a 29 year old married mother of 2 preschoolers and a nursing student. I sometimes welcome getting sucked into a fantasy. Although I don't completely agree with King, he does have a point .
  • Roxy_Twilighter
    Twilight was the first book that EVER reeled me in. I've read Stephen King's Desperation and well quite frankly it bored me. It was all about a f***ing crazy-ass cop that lived in an old mining town and it was just screwed up. SK SUCKS!!!! I never want to read his books again. And also I didn't get what he was talking about half the time in that book. I had to re-read the chapters before I finally got it. The surprizing thing is that I'm a HUGE fan of horror stuff. Twilight kept me reading without skipping a beat. I agree with NATALIE I also found myself saying that I'd stop reading after two chapters and then I would keep going from there, I lost sleep because of these books. I LOVE these books so much that I've read them about five or six times and I'm re-reading New Moon again. I just love how Stephenie created a book that I can actually READ without having to re-read a whole chapter just to get it (UNLIKE SK'S BOOKS!) and my mother (she's a lot like me. Loves horror stuff and she's a really tough women.) even said that SK's stuff sucked. She hasn't read Twilight...yet...I'm gonna make her someday... :D. But anyway, back to the subject...Stephen King just is--in my opinion--jealus and a stuck-up creep that doesn't appreciate good liturature that has wonderful feelings. His books don't have the kind of romance I'm looking for (Twilight Romance is what I call it... :D). And he says that Twilight is ONLY for teenage girls? Umm excuse me dumb ass, but either you're not acknoledging that guys also like Twilight or you're calling guy Twilighters, like my brother, girls! So if I were you Stephen King, I would shut the hell up! Okay...I think I've made myself clear... until someone else pisses me off, talk to ya people later! :D :P
  • Roxy_Twilighter
    Twilight was the first book that EVER reeled me in. I've read Stephen King's Desperation and well quite frankly it bored me. It was all about a f***ing crazy-ass cop that lived in an old mining town and it was just screwed up. SK SUCKS!!!! I never want to read his books again. And also I didn't get what he was talking about half the time in that book. I had to re-read the chapters before I finally got it. The surprizing thing is that I'm a HUGE fan of horror stuff. Twilight kept me reading without skipping a beat. I agree with NATALIE I also found myself saying that I'd stop reading after two chapters and then I would keep going from there, I lost sleep because of these books. I LOVE these books so much that I've read them about five or six times and I'm re-reading New Moon again. I just love how Stephenie created a book that I can actually READ without having to re-read a whole chapter just to get it (UNLIKE SK'S BOOKS!) and my mother (she's a lot like me. Loves horror stuff and she's a really tough women.) even said that SK's stuff sucked. She hasn't read Twilight...yet...I'm gonna make her someday... :D. But anyway, back to the subject...Stephen King just is--in my opinion--jealus and a stuck-up creep that doesn't appreciate good liturature that has wonderful feelings. His books don't have the kind of romance I'm looking for (Twilight Romance is what I call it... :D). And he says that Twilight is ONLY for teenage girls? Umm excuse me dumb ass, but either you're not acknoledging that guys also like Twilight or you're calling guy Twilighters, like my brother, girls! So if I were you Stephen King, I would shut the hell up! Okay...I think I've made myself clear... until someone else pisses me off, talk to ya people later! :D :P
  • Jet
    He didn't compare the books. He compared the authors and the writing quality which doesn't necessarily have to do with the story line.
    He's one of the most respected authors of the past few decades. People want his opinion on books. Someone obviously asked him these questions. The problem with (many) Twilight fans is that they think it's the best piece of literature out there and it's not. It's a just story.

    Also, he criticized her writing. That doesn't mean he hates her or the books. Honestly, as an author, Meyer should read criticisms of her books and use them to make her future books better.
  • Jet
    He didn't compare the books. He compared the authors and the writing quality which doesn't necessarily have to do with the story line.
    He's one of the most respected authors of the past few decades. People want his opinion on books. Someone obviously asked him these questions. The problem with (many) Twilight fans is that they think it's the best piece of literature out there and it's not. It's a just story.

    Also, he criticized her writing. That doesn't mean he hates her or the books. Honestly, as an author, Meyer should read criticisms of her books and use them to make her future books better.
  • Jet
    He didn't compare the books. He compared the authors and the writing quality which doesn't necessarily have to do with the story line.
    He's one of the most respected authors of the past few decades. People want his opinion on books. Someone obviously asked him these questions. The problem with (many) Twilight fans is that they think it's the best piece of literature out there and it's not. It's a just story.

    Also, he criticized her writing. That doesn't mean he hates her or the books. Honestly, as an author, Meyer should read criticisms of her books and use them to make her future books better.
  • Troll.
    HAHAHAHAHAHA!


    Most people here are idiots, but you shine above the rest.



    King is not jealous believe me, he is a proper writer who deserves his success. He is known and respected in most countries while the Twilight craze is centred mainly in the US.



    It doesn't matter how you write...if your a writer? That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I shouldn't even have to explain this one. Meyer is the one without the good story here. Vampire/Human romance is a dead pony that's been continually beaten over the years, she's introduced nothing new or interesting. King is a true innovator, you would know that if you had the mental capacity to deal with his books.



    And I have another reason to hate Twilighters.
  • Troll.
    HAHAHAHAHAHA!


    Most people here are idiots, but you shine above the rest.



    King is not jealous believe me, he is a proper writer who deserves his success. He is known and respected in most countries while the Twilight craze is centred mainly in the US.



    It doesn't matter how you write...if your a writer? That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I shouldn't even have to explain this one. Meyer is the one without the good story here. Vampire/Human romance is a dead pony that's been continually beaten over the years, she's introduced nothing new or interesting. King is a true innovator, you would know that if you had the mental capacity to deal with his books.



    And I have another reason to hate Twilighters.
  • Jet
    A very famous author. People who aren't fans of the book are told that they can't criticize it because we've never written bestselling novels. Lo and behold, here is a bestselling novelist telling you that he doesn't like her writing. He's being honest about it. However, that doesn't seem to be enough to criticize a book either. Make up your minds, Twilighters.
  • Jet
    A very famous author. People who aren't fans of the book are told that they can't criticize it because we've never written bestselling novels. Lo and behold, here is a bestselling novelist telling you that he doesn't like her writing. He's being honest about it. However, that doesn't seem to be enough to criticize a book either. Make up your minds, Twilighters.
  • Jet
    A very famous author. People who aren't fans of the book are told that they can't criticize it because we've never written bestselling novels. Lo and behold, here is a bestselling novelist telling you that he doesn't like her writing. He's being honest about it. However, that doesn't seem to be enough to criticize a book either. Make up your minds, Twilighters.
  • twilightlovee
    Clearly he has no idea what he's talking about. All his books leave readers wicked confused anyways so what does he know. He clearly is so cocky about himself that he can't see what other writers are talented as well. IF stephanie meyer is such a "terrible" writer than why has she sold so many copies of her books and why have they been turned into movies only to make millions and millions of dollars? hmm.. yeah.. thought so.
  • Jet
    They're not confusing if you have the smarts or attention span to understand them. I like books that make me think. I also like my brain, so I exercise it as much as I can.
  • Trilies
    Heh, yeah, you said it. CLEARLY a famous novelist who's written millions of books (some which inspired awesome movies) has no idea what he's talking about when he's talking about books. Oh, how silly!
    As for your question about why Twilight is so popular, well... Let's be honest. Popularity =/= good.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*

    FAIL.
  • Reyairia
    Stephen King is a great author, much better than Meyer can ever hope for with that degree in English in one of the worst universities ever.
    Oh, and George Bush got re-elected in 04 with the popular vote. It didn't make him the best president ever now, did it?
  • tlhmh359
    haha nice one
  • Troll.
    The books are meant to bloody scare you! They're horror!


    Meyer is NOT a talented writer. There are inconsistencies, grammar and spelling mistakes all on top of undeveloped characters. All of these point towards amateur writing.



    King is a genius, Meyer is an idiot who lucked out.
  • Troll.
    The books are meant to bloody scare you! They're horror!


    Meyer is NOT a talented writer. There are inconsistencies, grammar and spelling mistakes all on top of undeveloped characters. All of these point towards amateur writing.



    King is a genius, Meyer is an idiot who lucked out.
  • Troll.
    The books are meant to bloody scare you! They're horror!


    Meyer is NOT a talented writer. There are inconsistencies, grammar and spelling mistakes all on top of undeveloped characters. All of these point towards amateur writing.



    King is a genius, Meyer is an idiot who lucked out.
  • Jet
    They're not confusing if you have the smarts or attention span to understand them. I like books that make me think. I also like my brain, so I exercise it as much as I can.
  • Jet
    They're not confusing if you have the smarts or attention span to understand them. I like books that make me think. I also like my brain, so I exercise it as much as I can.
  • Jet
    They're not confusing if you have the smarts or attention span to understand them. I like books that make me think. I also like my brain, so I exercise it as much as I can.
  • Troll.
    What do you idiots not understand about horror?


    The point of horror is to scare you!



    If you take it so seriously that you're up all night out of fear, then you're not mature enough to read (let alone appreciate) his books.
  • Troll.
    What do you idiots not understand about horror?


    The point of horror is to scare you!



    If you take it so seriously that you're up all night out of fear, then you're not mature enough to read (let alone appreciate) his books.
  • Troll.
    What do you idiots not understand about horror?


    The point of horror is to scare you!



    If you take it so seriously that you're up all night out of fear, then you're not mature enough to read (let alone appreciate) his books.
  • LisaM0014
    I was going to post a message, but you took the words right out of my mouth. I have read each of the 4 books in the saga twice. More time than I have ever spent on any other books. Not because it is a literary masterpiece, but because it sucks you into another world and is quite romantic and heart wrenching. I am a 29 year old married mother of 2 preschoolers and a nursing student. I sometimes welcome getting sucked into a fantasy. Although I don't completely agree with King, he does have a point .
  • LisaM0014
    I was going to post a message, but you took the words right out of my mouth. I have read each of the 4 books in the saga twice. More time than I have ever spent on any other books. Not because it is a literary masterpiece, but because it sucks you into another world and is quite romantic and heart wrenching. I am a 29 year old married mother of 2 preschoolers and a nursing student. I sometimes welcome getting sucked into a fantasy. Although I don't completely agree with King, he does have a point .
  • LisaM0014
    I was going to post a message, but you took the words right out of my mouth. I have read each of the 4 books in the saga twice. More time than I have ever spent on any other books. Not because it is a literary masterpiece, but because it sucks you into another world and is quite romantic and heart wrenching. I am a 29 year old married mother of 2 preschoolers and a nursing student. I sometimes welcome getting sucked into a fantasy. Although I don't completely agree with King, he does have a point .
  • Sammi7393
    i actually agree with what he said, i love the twilight books, don't get me wrong, but stephenie isn't a good writer, i think she just got lucky with a good story. i refuse to read the host because i know it won't be as good as twilight. i don't know how many times while i was reading it i washed she would call edward something other than god-like or just saying jacob had russet skin and long hair. she's not good at descriptions or anything fancy, but i am glad she but her thoughts to paper and wrote a good story, she just didn't write it well
  • Sammi7393
    i actually agree with what he said, i love the twilight books, don't get me wrong, but stephenie isn't a good writer, i think she just got lucky with a good story. i refuse to read the host because i know it won't be as good as twilight. i don't know how many times while i was reading it i washed she would call edward something other than god-like or just saying jacob had russet skin and long hair. she's not good at descriptions or anything fancy, but i am glad she but her thoughts to paper and wrote a good story, she just didn't write it well
  • kristenISbella
    I agree with what you're saying, but his criticism wasn't constructive. If that's the case then J Simpson should be thanking the tabloids for criticizing her weight. He offered nothing that would make her writing better, he just compared the two authors and simply said one was good and one was bad. He then went on to call out other authors making him sound like a bitter old man (haha). I agree constructive criticism is necessary to better her writing, but to say she can't write worth a darn isn't it.
  • kristenISbella
    I agree with what you're saying, but his criticism wasn't constructive. If that's the case then J Simpson should be thanking the tabloids for criticizing her weight. He offered nothing that would make her writing better, he just compared the two authors and simply said one was good and one was bad. He then went on to call out other authors making him sound like a bitter old man (haha). I agree constructive criticism is necessary to better her writing, but to say she can't write worth a darn isn't it.
  • kristenISbella
    I agree with what you're saying, but his criticism wasn't constructive. If that's the case then J Simpson should be thanking the tabloids for criticizing her weight. He offered nothing that would make her writing better, he just compared the two authors and simply said one was good and one was bad. He then went on to call out other authors making him sound like a bitter old man (haha). I agree constructive criticism is necessary to better her writing, but to say she can't write worth a darn isn't it.
  • Lindsay
    How can Stephen King say she cant write? I havent read any of his books be cause they are all horror type books, who wants to read that? Now im not saying he cant write, cause i dont know. Stephanie Meyer is a great writer in my book. Her story line is only part of it, she puts such great detail in the small details as well as the big ones. Only a good writer could put as much thought and detail into the back stories she comes up with for her other characters. And aparently Mr.King has not been paying much attention to the fan base, which by the way goes from 13 year olds all the way to thier mothers. Also in an interview Stephanie Meyer gave to EW
    she said that she may have writen it about teenagers in high school but she did not specificaly write it for that particular age group. I have read her books many times and cant wait for midnight sun to come out so i can read it. And i am totaly excited about twilight and cant wait for new moon to come out . So to Stephen King get you nose out of the air and and stop downing other writers and their stories.
  • Trilies
    1. Mr. King can say that because he has years of experience in this field.
    2. Clearly people want to read the horror genre, or it wouldn't exist. Besides, quite a few of his works became movies, dont'cha know.
    3. Meyer's whole thing with backstories could definitely work to her advantage, except she never DOES anything with them. I mean, I was truly fascinated with Alice's backstory, but we never hear of it ever again. Instead, all we get is Cullen and Bella's "lust-not-love" relationship... Over and over and over again.
    3b. Detail is good. Repeating thousands of times how pretty Cullen is... Um, boring. And repetitive.
    4. How do you know that Mr. King has his nose in the air? Do I have my nose in the air because I think the Twilight series is badly written? No! It's his personal opinion. He may be a famous novelist, but he's still a person. I'm sure he likes quite a few new authors, but Meyer just isn't one of them.
  • anonymous twilight fan
    i think its all a matter of opinion. what exactly defines a good writer?? meyers stories appeal to a younger crowd so its not going to be the same as kings books? i think all the series and writers are all different and to say she isnt talented is sort of an unfair statement and just because that stephen king said it doesnt mean a thing its his opinion. they are obviously all succesfull for various reasons. i actually could care less about stephen king but to say he isnt a good writer is wrong but i think his stories are boring .
  • lover of twiligt
    I ABSOLUTLY HATE IT!!!!! HARRY POTTER VS TWILIGHT HMMMMM NOT THAT GARD TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HANDS DOWN TWILIGHT GOD IM ANNOYED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
  • A. Nonymous
    All his work is about the same thing? You haven't actually read any of his books, have you?
  • A. Nonymous
    All his work is about the same thing? You haven't actually read any of his books, have you?
  • A. Nonymous
    All his work is about the same thing? You haven't actually read any of his books, have you?
  • hisgoldeneyes
    You realize that Stephanie Meyer isn't that great of a writer. Read the Host and you'll find out. I mean she just hit home with the Twilight series because it's a genius idea! I still think that the comparison between Twilight and the Harry Potter series is wrong. They are two way different ideas so why compare them. I have read all the Harry Potter books before I discovered Twilight and I have to say they were good. Twilight is also amazing but it's a different brand of good.
  • hisgoldeneyes
    You realize that Stephanie Meyer isn't that great of a writer. Read the Host and you'll find out. I mean she just hit home with the Twilight series because it's a genius idea! I still think that the comparison between Twilight and the Harry Potter series is wrong. They are two way different ideas so why compare them. I have read all the Harry Potter books before I discovered Twilight and I have to say they were good. Twilight is also amazing but it's a different brand of good.
  • Ashley
    he is stupid! He is just mad that a bunch af teenage girls dont read his books
  • Ashley
    he is stupid! He is just mad that a bunch af teenage girls dont read his books
  • A. Nonymous
    Please explain why it was unnecessary for him to express his opinion when he was asked for it.
  • A. Nonymous
    Please explain why it was unnecessary for him to express his opinion when he was asked for it.
  • A. Nonymous
    Please explain why it was unnecessary for him to express his opinion when he was asked for it.
  • A. Nonymous
    He thinks he's Stephen King, a far, FAR more respected author than Meyer ever will be.
  • A. Nonymous
    He thinks he's Stephen King, a far, FAR more respected author than Meyer ever will be.
  • A. Nonymous
    He thinks he's Stephen King, a far, FAR more respected author than Meyer ever will be.
  • puffinstuff
    stephen king is mad because he isnt a big deal anymore. all his work is about the same thing and only appeals to a small fan base....the twilight series appeals to mainly girls who is half of the population and even guys are becoming interested in it . they probably wont admit it though. however to say that its unrealistic may be a true statement but everyone is entitled to a fantasy of some sort and what more a perfect fantasy.
  • A. Nonymous
    All his work is about the same thing? You haven't actually read any of his books, have you?
  • tlhmh359
    I was about to say the same thing lol
  • Sanity
    All his work 'only appeals to a small fan base'? You haven't been living under a rock for the past thirty years have you?
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*

    FAIL.
  • Taichi
    Small fanbase?

    Go do some research before spouting out crap.
  • A. Nonymous
    Seek professional help.
  • A. Nonymous
    Seek professional help.
  • A. Nonymous
    Seek professional help.
  • lighting bug
    i think is nose hairs are starting to seep into is brain matter!!!!
  • Shannon
    I am completely disappointed that he would say that about Stephanie Meyer. I am a huge fan of Stephen King how has read 90% of what he has published. But these comments, even though they were his opinion, were completely unnecessary. I never dreamed that I would even like the Twilight sage, but it turned out that I loved it and have read all four twice now, and considering reading them again. Can’t say I was please with the movie, but I will buy it when it comes out on DVD and will go see New Moon. I am also a fan of James Patterson. I also loved the Harry Potter series. Each person has there own unique writing style. And each person has there own type of writing that they like to read. There has to be variety or we would all be reading the same thing and the authors would be out of business.
  • A. Nonymous
    Please explain why it was unnecessary for him to express his opinion when he was asked for it.
  • hehehe
    stephen king has the right to express his opinion but he could of expressed it in a more mature way....like really the man is old enough that he was taught some manners.....
  • A. Nonymous
    Excellent! Meyer has taught you well: Appearance is EVERYTHING.
  • A. Nonymous
    Excellent! Meyer has taught you well: Appearance is EVERYTHING.
  • missadrian
    what his problem is, SM didn't created this crazed world, like something he would write. So of course hes going to diss it because 1.) He didn't write it. 2.) Its not up to his maniac standards.
    & Instead of her taking the book into some fantasy land, she put this in reality. So he finds it horrid.

    & Of course he has a right to say what he wants. But its just idiotic.
  • Dear girl, did you read what he said? If he disses things that he didn't write, he would have bashed J.K Rowling as well. There is nothing wrong with having literary standards, either. His books are all based in the same reality as 'Twilight', only instead of having sparkling, emotionally stunted vampires wangsting around, he goes into the deepest recesses of human fears and develops his monsters based on that. I don't think Stephenie Meyer could get any deeper than 'I wish Edward would have sex with me!'. The sex drive may be a distinctly human urge, but it's not a particularly deep one, and exploiting it takes no real effort.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*

    FAIL.
  • Sparks
    Are you going to do that for every comment that doesn't agree with what you think or are you actually going to read one?
  • Hey, if she really wants to get mad, she should read my blog :D
  • twihard17
    what the hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stephenie meyer is an amazinggg writer!!!!! who does this guy think he is???
  • A. Nonymous
    He thinks he's Stephen King, a far, FAR more respected author than Meyer ever will be.
  • hehehe
    he think he is so good that he can bash other wirters and just because he doesnt like stephenie meyer becasue her books arnt about unreastic horror her books are heart wrenching, keep you up all night reastic fantasy love stories
  • A. Nonymous
    So, which of King's books have you read? Clearly, you've read them all, if you can definitively say that 'his books suck'. (I'm paraphrasing you, of course, because I'm not going to abuse my 'k' key like that.) So I'm curious, which ones stood out for you? And why? What did you not like about them?
  • A. Nonymous
    So, which of King's books have you read? Clearly, you've read them all, if you can definitively say that 'his books suck'. (I'm paraphrasing you, of course, because I'm not going to abuse my 'k' key like that.) So I'm curious, which ones stood out for you? And why? What did you not like about them?
  • Sarah
    my mum just said that stephen king is a weird writer! lol
  • tlhmh359
    he had a troubled childhood... and he is an awesome writer
  • A. Nonymous
    Because you're easily amused? Because you haven't tried anything else? Because you don't want to be challenged? Stop me when I get close...
  • A. Nonymous
    Because you're easily amused? Because you haven't tried anything else? Because you don't want to be challenged? Stop me when I get close...
  • snow white
    well i personally believe that the twilight series has been the best books i have read in years. i have never read anything by stephen king and dont think i will ever want to. and o even compare the writing styles of stepenie meyer to jk rowling is quite insane. they are 2 totally different styles books and ideas. thats what makes reading more interesting the different styles that people use to write.

    man its just rediculous for him to go publicly and say such a thing. yes its his opinion but it makes me think he is just trying to get attention because he is a has-ben!
  • Rachael <3
    I'm not saying SM can't write....she is good, but because writing styles vary between writers it's hard to say who is the best and who isn't. Stephen King is a great writer in his own way and JK Rowling, and J.R.R Tolkein etc. etc. If everybody wrote the same way it'd be a pretty boring world. I mean, who wants to read the same time of writing over and over again regardless of the story.
    Anyway I guess what I'm saying is that SM must be doing something right beyond the story to keep people coming back to read the books. I mean if they were terribly written I don't think I could have gotten through the story. But the writing and the plot worked together and well....Twilight = love
  • Person #423456
    Because everyone wants a bunch of braindead teen girls creaming over their series.
  • Person #423456
    Because everyone wants a bunch of braindead teen girls creaming over their series.
  • anso
    annoyin man. she's got more succes than him - then isn't it a bit random that he suddenly feel like sayin she's an awefull writer?
    and how would you define a terrific writer? a terrific writer is someone who can catch the readers interest and got a lot of readers, is it not? well, that's how you would descripe stephenie meyer, right? she's got a fanatic fanscare, so there must be something about her writing, that's good. or else there wouldn't be soo gard damn many screaming fans. i mean, how many hits on one of stephen kings books? how many on, well whatever random book by her? who's got most succes? who's best? well, probably the one with most succes.


    and who is he to decide, anyway?
  • Trilies
    Who is he? Oh, I don't know. Perhaps Stephen King, a super famous and respected author with tons of experience under his belt, right next to the millions of books he's written and movies that have spawned from those?

    Also, it's not random. From what I understand, he was asked this by an interviewist, and he told the truth. He gave his honest opinion.

    By your logic, Stephen King is the better author, since he has the most success. Am I right?
  • Caro0706
    While everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I feel that Stephanie Meyer is a great author and her books do not only reach teenage girls but women and males of all ages. It's a saga that can penetrate the hearts of a wide ranged audience, and only a talented author could accomplish this task.
  • Natasha
    Thank you for being like the first person to not be so upset by this... let me just say that i totally agree that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. So what if another author doesn't like a book! Just because he says he didn't like it, is that going to change your view on the book? NO! so would everyone please just calm down and stop bashing King. Honestly, her books aren't the best written...i've read better.... but that doesn't mean that Twilight saga isn't my favorite! because it certainly is! I think both authors are accomplished, but you have to understand that their writing styles are completely different. So just let him have his opinion and you can have yours.
  • Nebu
    Stephen King, you are a genius. SMeyer is a shitty-ass writer. Good on you for giving that woman the critique she deserves~
  • nessie
    he's just jealous that's all.. hahahaha poor mr. stephen king..
  • Trilies
    I'm really not getting the logic that you Twifans keep repeating.
    Why the hell would he be jealous? I mean, he's already a famous author, he's already made who-knows-how-much on his books, he's sold millions of books. WHY would he be jealous? Jeez, you twifans just can't make up your mind. Like some one's already said, Anti-Twilighters are always told that we have no right to judge because we haven't sold a best-selling novel yet. Then, when a best-selling novelist actually does speak up, you guys don't listen to him either and just say he's jealous!
    Le sigh.
  • hehehe
    us "Twifans" call him jealous for a simple that right now he is not in the spot light of books stephenie meyer is and i dont think that his books had such an instant fanbase like her's has..... ANd I am not saying he is a bad writer but really who is he to tell who sucks at writing and who doesnt just becasue he is a famous author doesnt mean he is the leader of books....and any who is he to judge who's writing style is totally different than herr's (like really horror and fanstasy know wonder he doesnt like it) and anyway if her writing sucks so much how could her books suck you in and take you on a rollercoaster ride with emotions only great writers can acomplish that...
  • homemade_fishfry
    you 'twifans' call him jealous because you 'twihards' are experts at over reacting.

    but you'twihards are also very bad at the pre-rant fact check. he told his opinion because he was asked for it. he can judge her writting because of his immennse experience and because he was asked to do so. i very much doubt he is going for this "leader of the books" title. and he doesn't only write horror, he has written comedy, drama, action and thriller as well.

    ...and his stories produce oscars. maybe i hadn't noticed, but i don't think twilight was nominated this year....
  • sasstwi
    I feel bad for Stephenie!
  • sasstwi
    I feel bad for Stephenie!
  • TwilightHater
    Stephen King is not stupid- he is an absolutely amazing writer. He is completely out of the league of Meyer, who wrote a silly (yes i said it- SILLY!) "fake vampire" highschool trash. What he says about the books are completely true, and it makes me so angry when anyone says the the twilight books even come close to Harry Potter.
  • TwilightHater
    Stephen King is not stupid- he is an absolutely amazing writer. He is completely out of the league of Meyer, who wrote a silly (yes i said it- SILLY!) "fake vampire" highschool trash. What he says about the books are completely true, and it makes me so angry when anyone says the the twilight books even come close to Harry Potter.
  • Brittney
    How dare he!!! Who is he to dis other authors. That screams "huge ego". Seriously, just b/c Stephenie writes differently than him, that does not give him the right to judge her style. And honestly, I remember having to read one of his stories for a class and for one thing, I just about died of boredom and, for another, it was one of the dumbest stories I've ever read in my life. That's my view of his writing. At least Meyer captures realistic human emotion and not some ridiculous weird sci-fi crap.
    And I don't care how great of an author people make him out to be, it's all opinionated. And it's really pathetic that he feels the urge to put down other authors who enjoy writing. Ugh! He needs to get a life!
  • Brittney
    How dare he!!! Who is he to dis other authors. That screams "huge ego". Seriously, just b/c Stephenie writes differently than him, that does not give him the right to judge her style. And honestly, I remember having to read one of his stories for a class and for one thing, I just about died of boredom and, for another, it was one of the dumbest stories I've ever read in my life. That's my view of his writing. At least Meyer captures realistic human emotion and not some ridiculous weird sci-fi crap.
    And I don't care how great of an author people make him out to be, it's all opinionated. And it's really pathetic that he feels the urge to put down other authors who enjoy writing. Ugh! He needs to get a life!
  • TwilightHater
    "realistic human emotion"


    ???????????????????????????????????????



    how can you even SAY that Stephanie Meyers puts that in her book. REALISTIC? when a guy leaves a girl, it is not realistic for her to cry over him for months and cut off every other aspect of her life. It is not realistic to forgive people the way Bella forgives Edward all the time and sparkling vampires and "realistic" can never be used in the same sentence!



    and if you want boring, read New Moon.
  • TwilightHater
    "realistic human emotion"


    ???????????????????????????????????????



    how can you even SAY that Stephanie Meyers puts that in her book. REALISTIC? when a guy leaves a girl, it is not realistic for her to cry over him for months and cut off every other aspect of her life. It is not realistic to forgive people the way Bella forgives Edward all the time and sparkling vampires and "realistic" can never be used in the same sentence!



    and if you want boring, read New Moon.
  • edwardissexy1901
    King is just an idiotic old dude that is too wrapped up in his horror stories to see any good writing these days. meyer is wayy good she can relate vampires to real life and doesnt it make you hide under your pillow at night cuz u were afraid of a flippin book!
  • Troll.
    What do you idiots not understand about horror?

    The point of horror is to scare you!

    If you take it so seriously that you're up all night out of fear, then you're not mature enough to read (let alone appreciate) his books.
  • edwardissexy1901
    dude seriously whats your problem ppl arejust telling what they think and then theres you being rude to everyone!
  • Troll.
    I'm not the only person here being rude.

    'King is just an idiotic old dude'

    I am prepared to respond to others in the manner they present themselves.
  • Spanky
    How many Stephen King books have you read?
  • PH>KC
    waht?
    how can he say that she isnt a talented writer? I read a lot and her books are EASILY the best i've read in a while, i do agree about Jodi Picoult and JK rowling are both very good too but he's not.
    his books kinda scare me a little
    sometimes - when i can fallow and understand what he's saying
  • Troll.
    The books are meant to bloody scare you! They're horror!

    Meyer is NOT a talented writer. There are inconsistencies, grammar and spelling mistakes all on top of undeveloped characters. All of these point towards amateur writing.

    King is a genius, Meyer is an idiot who lucked out.
  • hehehe
    that is your opinion not a fact and king is a old man who has nothing else better to do but to act like a grumpy old man
  • Troll.
    That is your opinion, not a fact.

    And it is a fact that there are inconsistencies, grammar and spelling mistakes. An example would be at some point in Breaking Dawn (I think) Bella serves Charlie waffles, only to have him 'frown into his cereal bowl'. A good writer would proof read and pick up on this. Meyer regularly uses dashes where commas are required and commas where dashes are required. I wont even go into the spelling mistakes.
  • Keahi Faye
    What part of writing and story do yall not get. There is a big difference between a good story and good writing just like there is a difference between good acting and a good script. Look at is like this. You can have the best design for a house ever created, but a bad contractor can make it less worthy than a set of three tin walls with a coke dispenser door for a roof (which I have seen done) He did not insult the books he just said he didn't like her writing for them. And if he scared you with his books then he did his job. - piecies with your reeces and GB -
  • Alex
    Actually, a bunch of the books and short stories Stephen has written that became movies were released in theaters. The Green Mile. He wrote that. The Shawshank Redemption. He wrote that. Carrie. He wrote that one too. Oh and all three were nominated for Oscars. Check your facts out before you bash on him.
  • Alex
    Actually, a bunch of the books and short stories Stephen has written that became movies were released in theaters. The Green Mile. He wrote that. The Shawshank Redemption. He wrote that. Carrie. He wrote that one too. Oh and all three were nominated for Oscars. Check your facts out before you bash on him.
  • Alex
    Actually, a bunch of the books and short stories Stephen has written that became movies were released in theaters. The Green Mile. He wrote that. The Shawshank Redemption. He wrote that. Carrie. He wrote that one too. Oh and all three were nominated for Oscars. Check your facts out before you bash on him.
  • Lisa
    I love your books Stephen King and I agree with you 100%. Stephenie Meyer is a bitchy hack and all of these fangirls who have never even read your books don't have any right to compare the two of you because you will always be an epic win who actually puts thought into your stories and makes them a billion times more beautiful than Twilight will ever be. The Green Mile is by far my favorite book that you have written and the vampires from Salem's Lot are also a billion times better than the Cullens.


    I don't think you are ever going to read this but in the unlikely event that you do, just remember that most of these little girls bitching about how great their idiotic fluff author is don't even know who you are.
  • hannaa
    let's mot forget the shining... one of the best books out there as well as one of the best movies...
  • hannaa
    let's mot forget the shining... one of the best books out there as well as one of the best movies...
  • hannaa
    let's mot forget the shining... one of the best books out there as well as one of the best movies...
  • Ashpea
    Harry Potter and Twilight are completly different ... there is no comparison on that level. Also twilight is aimed slightly older.. TWILIGHT rocks :)
  • Ashpea
    Harry Potter and Twilight are completly different ... there is no comparison on that level. Also twilight is aimed slightly older.. TWILIGHT rocks :)
  • Ashpea
    Harry Potter and Twilight are completly different ... there is no comparison on that level. Also twilight is aimed slightly older.. TWILIGHT rocks :)
  • MasterGareth
    Okay, let’s weigh up the facts here:


    King: 100 novels and a cornucopia of (amazing) short stories published

    Meyer: 5 novels published



    King: classic adaptations of his work - Shining, Shawshank, Green Mile, Stand By Me

    Meyer: one adaption = one of the worst movies ever made



    Knowing you're right in this argument

    Priceless.
  • MasterGareth
    Okay, let’s weigh up the facts here:


    King: 100 novels and a cornucopia of (amazing) short stories published

    Meyer: 5 novels published



    King: classic adaptations of his work - Shining, Shawshank, Green Mile, Stand By Me

    Meyer: one adaption = one of the worst movies ever made



    Knowing you're right in this argument

    Priceless.
  • Jean
    I doubt he has a bigger ego compare to Meyer.


    Actually he does have the right. As I recall it's a published put out in the public.



    And no, Meyer isn't realistic. She's just awful.
  • Jean
    I doubt he has a bigger ego compare to Meyer.


    Actually he does have the right. As I recall it's a published put out in the public.



    And no, Meyer isn't realistic. She's just awful.
  • Jet
    Perhaps he would, but that wasn't what he was asked, I will admit. He probably would offer constructive criticism if asked, but most fans wouldn't like that either because whenever I do it they jump down my throat. Smeyer wouldn't even read it, I'd wager. He was asked his opinion, and he gave it. Now, if he lied and said everyone was wonderful, then that would be a problem. But he gave his opinion and backed it up. Not very specifically, but he didn't just say, "I don't like so-and-so. The end."
  • Jet
    Perhaps he would, but that wasn't what he was asked, I will admit. He probably would offer constructive criticism if asked, but most fans wouldn't like that either because whenever I do it they jump down my throat. Smeyer wouldn't even read it, I'd wager. He was asked his opinion, and he gave it. Now, if he lied and said everyone was wonderful, then that would be a problem. But he gave his opinion and backed it up. Not very specifically, but he didn't just say, "I don't like so-and-so. The end."
  • Jet
    Perhaps he would, but that wasn't what he was asked, I will admit. He probably would offer constructive criticism if asked, but most fans wouldn't like that either because whenever I do it they jump down my throat. Smeyer wouldn't even read it, I'd wager. He was asked his opinion, and he gave it. Now, if he lied and said everyone was wonderful, then that would be a problem. But he gave his opinion and backed it up. Not very specifically, but he didn't just say, "I don't like so-and-so. The end."
  • Jean
    There's is no gap. She's just lucky.
  • Jean
    There's is no gap. She's just lucky.
  • Jean
    I doubt you are, otherwise you would have understood it better. It's not that hard to even understand.


    He's wrote more books, has more fans, can actually write good literature, had his book turned into movies, and has been on the bestseller many times and he's jealous of Meyer? I really doubt that. Of course, his romance isn't what you're looking for, he doesn't write romance.



    And Twlight is only for girls or they're gay.
  • Jean
    I doubt you are, otherwise you would have understood it better. It's not that hard to even understand.


    He's wrote more books, has more fans, can actually write good literature, had his book turned into movies, and has been on the bestseller many times and he's jealous of Meyer? I really doubt that. Of course, his romance isn't what you're looking for, he doesn't write romance.



    And Twlight is only for girls or they're gay.
  • MireilleMasen
    Stephenie Meyer is a wonderful writer. Her books are so captivatiing and far beyond horrible. I loved her Twilight series and her other book, The Host, is just as great and it's different. Stephen King is entitled to his opinion but he doesn't have to be so negative on Meyer's success. He does have lots of good work but he and Meyer or like from two different universes when it come to writing. Just because millions of her fans are teenage girls that doesn't mean that we're only looking for sex. There are tons of adults, men and women, who like Stephenie Meyer's books because it's about a truly wondreful romance. He's just being totally ridiculous. He has his way of writing things and she has her's. He if doesn't like it so much then he shouldn't even entertain it and just ignore Meyer's work then trying to start controversy.
  • MireilleMasen
    Stephenie Meyer is a wonderful writer. Her books are so captivatiing and far beyond horrible. I loved her Twilight series and her other book, The Host, is just as great and it's different. Stephen King is entitled to his opinion but he doesn't have to be so negative on Meyer's success. He does have lots of good work but he and Meyer or like from two different universes when it come to writing. Just because millions of her fans are teenage girls that doesn't mean that we're only looking for sex. There are tons of adults, men and women, who like Stephenie Meyer's books because it's about a truly wondreful romance. He's just being totally ridiculous. He has his way of writing things and she has her's. He if doesn't like it so much then he shouldn't even entertain it and just ignore Meyer's work then trying to start controversy.
  • mary
    ive got a crap on deck that can choke a donkay!
  • twihard17
    seriously?? maybe this King guy is more famous but he's also like-what 30 or 40 years older than Stephenie Meyer? He's been publishing books for a lottt longer than she has. I'm not sure if your completely oblivious or something but there tons of other countries that love the Twilight series too.
    Stephenie has introduced something new and exciting. Have you ever heard a story like the Twilight saga before?? Sure maybe you've heard of vampires and humans but that doesn't mean she is repeating a story. Saying Stephenie hasn't introduced something new is just like saying Stephen King hasn't. He has written tons of horror stories. Are you going to say that his stuff isn't interesting because he has written the same type of story over and over again??? Have people never heard of horror before him?? Exactly. Now what do you have to say to that??



    Oh and two more question. If you hate these books so much, why are you wasting your time commenting over and over again about them?? Do you not have anything better to do with your life??
  • twihard17
    seriously?? maybe this King guy is more famous but he's also like-what 30 or 40 years older than Stephenie Meyer? He's been publishing books for a lottt longer than she has. I'm not sure if your completely oblivious or something but there tons of other countries that love the Twilight series too.
    Stephenie has introduced something new and exciting. Have you ever heard a story like the Twilight saga before?? Sure maybe you've heard of vampires and humans but that doesn't mean she is repeating a story. Saying Stephenie hasn't introduced something new is just like saying Stephen King hasn't. He has written tons of horror stories. Are you going to say that his stuff isn't interesting because he has written the same type of story over and over again??? Have people never heard of horror before him?? Exactly. Now what do you have to say to that??



    Oh and two more question. If you hate these books so much, why are you wasting your time commenting over and over again about them?? Do you not have anything better to do with your life??
  • ILoveTheTwilightSaga
    I THINK THIS GUY IS NUTS. First of all, he looks weird. Second of all, HARRY POTTER AND TWILIGHT ARE NOTHING LIKE--STOP COMPARING THEM! Also, STEPHENIE MEYER IS AN AMAZING WRITER SO THIS GUY CAN GO SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!
  • ILoveTheTwilightSaga
    I THINK THIS GUY IS NUTS. First of all, he looks weird. Second of all, HARRY POTTER AND TWILIGHT ARE NOTHING LIKE--STOP COMPARING THEM! Also, STEPHENIE MEYER IS AN AMAZING WRITER SO THIS GUY CAN GO SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!
  • ILoveTheTwilightSaga
    I THINK THIS GUY IS NUTS. First of all, he looks weird. Second of all, HARRY POTTER AND TWILIGHT ARE NOTHING LIKE--STOP COMPARING THEM! Also, STEPHENIE MEYER IS AN AMAZING WRITER SO THIS GUY CAN GO SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!
  • Sunny
    Stephen King should go back to the dark hole he lives in and refrain from making comments about things he knows nothing about...specifically Twilight related stuff. Since when is he the go-to-guy for expert advice on authors and their books. He's just trying to pull a Camilla Belle and get his name in the media by saying something about Stephanie Meyer or the Twilight series.
  • Sunny
    Stephen King should go back to the dark hole he lives in and refrain from making comments about things he knows nothing about...specifically Twilight related stuff. Since when is he the go-to-guy for expert advice on authors and their books. He's just trying to pull a Camilla Belle and get his name in the media by saying something about Stephanie Meyer or the Twilight series.
  • i kinda agree with you...okay plp plzz dont kill me, Twilight isnt the best piece of literature out there and her writing(in comparison with some of the the best authors in history) needs a little work, as in, she could BE and GET better. but for me, i dont pay much attention to the writing. its all about the story, and i rather read twilight than any other literature master piece anytime because thats the kind of thing i enjoy reading, plus i think that story is clever. anyhow, harry potter and twilight are very different things.the guy is just answering a question according to his expertise.
  • i kinda agree with you...okay plp plzz dont kill me, Twilight isnt the best piece of literature out there and her writing(in comparison with some of the the best authors in history) needs a little work, as in, she could BE and GET better. but for me, i dont pay much attention to the writing. its all about the story, and i rather read twilight than any other literature master piece anytime because thats the kind of thing i enjoy reading, plus i think that story is clever. anyhow, harry potter and twilight are very different things.the guy is just answering a question according to his expertise.
  • i kinda agree with you...okay plp plzz dont kill me, Twilight isnt the best piece of literature out there and her writing(in comparison with some of the the best authors in history) needs a little work, as in, she could BE and GET better. but for me, i dont pay much attention to the writing. its all about the story, and i rather read twilight than any other literature master piece anytime because thats the kind of thing i enjoy reading, plus i think that story is clever. anyhow, harry potter and twilight are very different things.the guy is just answering a question according to his expertise.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    For those who think that Stephen King's books haven't been made into successful movies...ahem...


    Carrie

    Christine

    Salems Lot

    The Shining

    Cujo

    The Dead Zone

    firestarter

    Stand By Me

    Pet Semetary

    IT

    Misery

    The Shawshank Redemption

    Dolored Claiborne

    The Green Mile



    my work here is done
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    For those who think that Stephen King's books haven't been made into successful movies...ahem...


    Carrie

    Christine

    Salems Lot

    The Shining

    Cujo

    The Dead Zone

    firestarter

    Stand By Me

    Pet Semetary

    IT

    Misery

    The Shawshank Redemption

    Dolored Claiborne

    The Green Mile



    my work here is done
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    ah, beat me too it!
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    ah, beat me too it!
  • i luv twilight real bad
    it is the jelousy bug he he he sucks SOO bad dont worry peoplez he needs 2 go to a mental hospital cause he is the on who cant write 4 S***!!!! he he he
  • Soli
    Really? If he can't write than how is it that he has sold so many books, a good handful of which were made into movies that have pulled in some big names when they were made and have won Oscars?

    He was asked for his opinion, he gave it.
  • NATALIE
    HONESTLY I HAVE NEVER LIKE ANYTHING HE RELLY EVER WROTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT HIM. FROM A PERSONAL READING EXPERIENCE I HAVE NEVER READ A BOOK IN MY 26 YEARS AND AFTER I SAW THE MOVIE WAS GLUED I READ ALL 4 BOOKS IN LESS THEN A WEEK. I FOUND MYSELF SAYING "OK AFTER THIS CHAPTER I WILL GO TO SLEEP" BUT TOWARD THE END OF THAT CHAPTER I WAS LIKE "CRAP OK AFTER THE NEXT CHAPTER" I KEPT ME REALED IN, EVEN SOME OF THE BOREING PARTS, YOU WANT TO GET THROUGH IT JUST TO GET TO THE GREAT PARTS. I SEE SOME JEALOUSY!! I MEAN REALLY ALL HIS CRAP IS DUMB, "FOG" SEROUISLY IF THE BOOK WAS HALF AS BAD AS THE MOVIE THEN MY POINT. TWILIGHT IS NOT SCARY AND NOT A TEEN MOVIE, OR BOOK. ITS ABOUT TODAYS REALITY WITH A FANTASY TWIST. HOW COULD THAT NOT BE INTRESTING? S. KING SHOULD TAKE SOME POINTERS FROM SM!!!!!
  • Sanity
    ^ This exemplifies why Stephenie Meyer is a horrid writer. Just look at the lack of intelligence her fans display.
  • hehehe
    Exuse me, just because we don't like writing like this on all time, that doesn't make us not inteligent. And anyway you dumb king fans are just like us standing up the author who happen to like
  • sam
    i agree
  • Keahi Faye
    One is it really that vital that you have to yell at everyone. Act your age please. Two, Twilight is a modernday romeo and juliet meets dracula spin off. Thirdly it was MIST not Fog, and the movie sucked compared to the story. Finally, at this point, SM is like the vanilla ice of rap where as King is the Alfred Hitchkock of writers. His name is horror, hers is lets wait and she if she flops with the fad or her next book. - piecies with your reeces and GB -
  • Troll.
    Really? I live in Britain and it is not nearly as well publicised as it seems to be in America. You've had midnight showings, we've had a couple of posters.


    Yes, I have heard of a story like Twilight before. Everything is recycled.



    Werewolf vs Vampire? Check.



    New girl? Check.



    Bad boy? Check.



    Freaky pregnancy? Check.



    Coven? Check.



    But I concede the Meyer has brought one new thing in. Sparkling vampires. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing. By making them sparkle, she has removed everything scary about vampires.



    King hasn't written the same story all over again. Read The Shining and then read the Dark Tower books. Vastly different. I read Twilight, and I read The Host. Both had the archetypal boy and the archetypal girl.



    People have heard of horror before, it would be idiotic to assume otherwise. But what King did was bring a new slant to horror, he (as well as others) made horror psychological instead of ghosts saying 'boo'. Tell me, has Meyer done that? I never once related to Bella, but I could (on a certain level) relate to Jack's frustration in the Shining.



    And as to whether or not I have anything better to do; it's the evening for me. I'm relaxing after a day spent with my friends. I happen to enjoy a little bit of a debate to keep my brain active.
  • Troll.
    Really? I live in Britain and it is not nearly as well publicised as it seems to be in America. You've had midnight showings, we've had a couple of posters.


    Yes, I have heard of a story like Twilight before. Everything is recycled.



    Werewolf vs Vampire? Check.



    New girl? Check.



    Bad boy? Check.



    Freaky pregnancy? Check.



    Coven? Check.



    But I concede the Meyer has brought one new thing in. Sparkling vampires. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing. By making them sparkle, she has removed everything scary about vampires.



    King hasn't written the same story all over again. Read The Shining and then read the Dark Tower books. Vastly different. I read Twilight, and I read The Host. Both had the archetypal boy and the archetypal girl.



    People have heard of horror before, it would be idiotic to assume otherwise. But what King did was bring a new slant to horror, he (as well as others) made horror psychological instead of ghosts saying 'boo'. Tell me, has Meyer done that? I never once related to Bella, but I could (on a certain level) relate to Jack's frustration in the Shining.



    And as to whether or not I have anything better to do; it's the evening for me. I'm relaxing after a day spent with my friends. I happen to enjoy a little bit of a debate to keep my brain active.
  • Troll.
    [applause]
  • Troll.
    [applause]
  • MireilleMasen
    [applause] lol. Exactly!
  • MireilleMasen
    [applause] lol. Exactly!
  • Troll.
    For the record (I know you're probably not addressing me) I'm a teenage girl.


    And I hate Twilight.



    Gasp, shock, horror.
  • Troll.
    For the record (I know you're probably not addressing me) I'm a teenage girl.


    And I hate Twilight.



    Gasp, shock, horror.
  • TheLionFellIn<3W/Ceci-ROBECI
    OH MY EDWARD!!!! I'M SOOOOOO PISSED THAT KING JUST SAID THAT!!! WHAT A BIG A-HOLE... C'MON WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE HATING ON SOMETHING THAT IS BEING SO SUCCESSFUL AND HUGE WORLDWIDE? YES, I SAID WORDLWIDE MR. KING!! STEPHENIE MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST WRITER BUT SHE'S JUST GETTING STARTED AND I'M THANKFUL THAT SHE WROTE THESE BEAUTIFUL BOOKS B/C NOW THEY ARE MY TREASURE AS WELL AS THEY ARE 4 MANY OTHER FANS OUT THERE... GEEZZ JUST STOP HATING MR. KING THAT UR NOT GETTING THE CREDIT NOR THE ADMIRATION THAT BEAUTIFUL MRS. MEYER IS GETTING... I LOVE YOU STEPHENIE... UR THE GREATEST AND WE ALL FREAKEN-LY, EDWARD-LY, LOVE YOU =]
  • A. Nonymous
    Seek professional help.
  • twihard17
    i think you're the one who needs the help.....you're sitting there at your computer spending God knows how much time reading tons and tons of comments about a series YOU HATE! and even worse, you are RESPONDING TO THEM.... atleast everyone else commenting is commenting b/c another author bashed one of their favorite authors. How many comments have you made??? its a little sad that you continue to even though you've said nothing positive about the twilight series...THIS WEBSITE IS ABOUT NEW MOON PART OF THE TWILIGHT SERIES WHY ARE YOU ON IT IF YOU HATE THE SERIES SO MUCH?!?!?
  • A. Nonymous
    Because it is an article about Stephen King, an author I am a fan of. And because seeing comments such as yours makes me laugh. I mean, seriously, do you really think TYPING ALL IN CAPS or abusing exclamation points/question marks gets your point across any better?
  • twihard17
    yeah actualllyyy how did you just randomly stumble across this article?? oh and you know thats funny, cuz YOUR comments make me laugh 2!!! i mean seriously, even if you do love Stephen King how would you know that there was going to be an article about him on this site?
  • Sanity
    Because A. Nonymous is omnipotent and omniscient. ^_^
  • Pyro
    BECAUSE SOMETIMES GOOGLE GIVES USEFUL RESULTS

    CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
  • twihard17
    oh so if i typed in stephen king on google this article would pop up?? are you sure about that? cuz you realize that A. Nonymous said he was on this website because S.K. is his fav. author right? why would anyone ever think that S.K. would be in any way related to twilight?
  • Trilies
    You want the honest truth?
    I saw this on yahoo and thus found my way here. TA DA. Wow, it's so mysterious, that connection!

    Of course, that was just me. :) Just yahoo. Who knows what others sites could link to here.
  • TheLionFellIn<3W/Ceci-ROBECI
    =]
    thx 4 backing me up... but seriously don't even waste ur time w/ stupid idiotic ppl that are on a TWILIGHT SAGA fan website talking smack b/c they can't do anything better w/ their stupid lives... =]
  • homemade_fishfry
    wait.... are you talking about the sk fans, or yourself. because really it applies to both.
  • TheLionFellIn<3W/Ceci-ROBECI
    wow... haha oh my God i can't believe this moron... i'm not even gonna waste my time telling you what i think... just... haha... wow!!
  • TC
    Your Not going to "Waste your time" because you cant think of a retaliation. Go fail somewhere else, please.
  • TheLionFellIn<3W/Ceci-ROBECI
    "Go fail somewhere else, please?"
    Haha... another moron who just happens 2 be on a TWILIGHT SAGA fan website talking smack b/c they can't do anything productive in thier lives!
    You go FAIL somewhere else and if you don't happen to have something good to say just shut up b/c honestly I'm not about to continue wasting my time w/ immature ppl who TRY 2 be tough on the interne haha... GOOD BYE!!
  • Tarie
    Gee, where do I start? Go fail somewhere else yourself. Look you can't even spell to, TO blood hell. not two or 2 TO. yesh. Twihards, they are my daily laugh giver.
  • Mrs. Jasper Hale
    i agree. but i kinda want to point out, as a avid reader, i do like her books but they kinda drag... its the way she writes and how she has to explain everything, sometimes i just want her to be like GET TO THE POINT!! but i do love her books. they are a good read, but i also like steven king. i dont think there is a "best writer ever".
  • Mrs. Jasper Hale
    i agree. but i kinda want to point out, as a avid reader, i do like her books but they kinda drag... its the way she writes and how she has to explain everything, sometimes i just want her to be like GET TO THE POINT!! but i do love her books. they are a good read, but i also like steven king. i dont think there is a "best writer ever".
  • Mrs. Jasper Hale
    i agree. but i kinda want to point out, as a avid reader, i do like her books but they kinda drag... its the way she writes and how she has to explain everything, sometimes i just want her to be like GET TO THE POINT!! but i do love her books. they are a good read, but i also like steven king. i dont think there is a "best writer ever".
  • Natasha
    Thank you for being like the first person to not be so upset by this... let me just say that i totally agree that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. So what if another author doesn't like a book! Just because he says he didn't like it, is that going to change your view on the book? NO! so would everyone please just calm down and stop bashing King. Honestly, her books aren't the best written...i've read better.... but that doesn't mean that Twilight saga isn't my favorite! because it certainly is! I think both authors are accomplished, but you have to understand that their writing styles are completely different. So just let him have his opinion and you can have yours.
  • Natasha
    Thank you for being like the first person to not be so upset by this... let me just say that i totally agree that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. So what if another author doesn't like a book! Just because he says he didn't like it, is that going to change your view on the book? NO! so would everyone please just calm down and stop bashing King. Honestly, her books aren't the best written...i've read better.... but that doesn't mean that Twilight saga isn't my favorite! because it certainly is! I think both authors are accomplished, but you have to understand that their writing styles are completely different. So just let him have his opinion and you can have yours.
  • Natasha
    Thank you for being like the first person to not be so upset by this... let me just say that i totally agree that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. So what if another author doesn't like a book! Just because he says he didn't like it, is that going to change your view on the book? NO! so would everyone please just calm down and stop bashing King. Honestly, her books aren't the best written...i've read better.... but that doesn't mean that Twilight saga isn't my favorite! because it certainly is! I think both authors are accomplished, but you have to understand that their writing styles are completely different. So just let him have his opinion and you can have yours.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    and you know how to spell and use correct grammar.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    and you know how to spell and use correct grammar.
  • NATALIE
    IM NOT A TEEN. IM 26 YRS OLD AND HAVE 3 KIDS. I AM JUST A HERO FAN. I LIKE VAMPIRES, WAREWOLFS, SPIDERMAN, WIZARDS, WITCHES. ALMOST ANY MOIVE THAT HAS A PERSON WITH SPEACIAL POWERS IM IN.. HONESTLY I COULDN'T READ TWILIGHT WHEN MY SISTER GAVE IT TO ME. LIKE I SAID IM NOT A READER EVER!! I READ LIKE 3 PGS AND STOPPED TILL THE MOVIE CAME OUT THEN I WAS ALL IN..I NEVER READ THE HARRY BOOKS, AGAIN EVEN THOUGHT I LOVE THE MOVIES, IT DOESN'T CATCH MY ATTENTION THAT MUCH.. BUT I LOVE BOTH MOVIES. FOR TOTALY DIFFERENT REASONS.
  • NATALIE
    IM NOT A TEEN. IM 26 YRS OLD AND HAVE 3 KIDS. I AM JUST A HERO FAN. I LIKE VAMPIRES, WAREWOLFS, SPIDERMAN, WIZARDS, WITCHES. ALMOST ANY MOIVE THAT HAS A PERSON WITH SPEACIAL POWERS IM IN.. HONESTLY I COULDN'T READ TWILIGHT WHEN MY SISTER GAVE IT TO ME. LIKE I SAID IM NOT A READER EVER!! I READ LIKE 3 PGS AND STOPPED TILL THE MOVIE CAME OUT THEN I WAS ALL IN..I NEVER READ THE HARRY BOOKS, AGAIN EVEN THOUGHT I LOVE THE MOVIES, IT DOESN'T CATCH MY ATTENTION THAT MUCH.. BUT I LOVE BOTH MOVIES. FOR TOTALY DIFFERENT REASONS.
  • Natasha
    Thank you! my comment is somewhere above yours and im not going to type it again so i'll just say that i agree!
  • Natasha
    Thank you! my comment is somewhere above yours and im not going to type it again so i'll just say that i agree!
  • Buddy
    I mean seriously, I am getting tired of people saying Stephenie Meyer a bad author. First of all, what you like is subjective, so to say I READ the books, but I didn't like them is one thing, but to say I hate those books and to have never read them is another. Also I think if you can get millions of young teens, and adults reading, then i think you are a freakin awesome author. Honestly i have read several of Stephen Kings books, and I dont enjoy them, but atleast i give them a chance.

    Message to Stephenie, Write what you like, cause obviously it works!!!
  • TWILIGHT LOVER
    TWILIGHT vs HARRY POTTER LET ME THINK .............TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    i love robert pattinson!!!!
  • outragedly confused,uk
    u go girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Trilies
    Wanna hear a funny story? My da runs the local Young People's section of his library. Every week, he makes a "Celebrity Island Death Match" where people vote for who wins. The
    'celebs' don't have to be real people, even.
    So, one day, guess who he puts up: Harry Potter VS Edward Cullen. By the end of the week, the results were as so...
    Harry Potter > Edward Cullen.
    ;D
    The masses have spoken. Twilight doesn't win after all, oh ho.
  • TC
    And Rob Pattinson Hates Twilight.
  • truely_unique
    if you look at interviews he said he hadnt realy heard of it but since then he has grown to love the books in a new way
  • tlhmh359
    i agree... yes i am a true twilighter... he was just being asked his opinion... I love all his books and short stories he is one of my favorite authors....
  • tlhmh359
    i agree... yes i am a true twilighter... he was just being asked his opinion... I love all his books and short stories he is one of my favorite authors....
  • tlhmh359
    i agree... yes i am a true twilighter... he was just being asked his opinion... I love all his books and short stories he is one of my favorite authors....
  • edwardissexy1901
    dude seriously whats your problem ppl arejust telling what they think and then theres you being rude to everyone!
  • edwardissexy1901
    dude seriously whats your problem ppl arejust telling what they think and then theres you being rude to everyone!
  • edwardissexy1901
    dude seriously whats your problem ppl arejust telling what they think and then theres you being rude to everyone!
  • screw you king she is a way better author then you she is at least on the top seller list you havent been there for a while have you and just to say i think she is a wonderful writter the series is great and just to say can anyone say......................jealous...........lol cause i can and thats what king is soo just be quiet and talk when another one of your books becomes a big success like twilight was and there.......thats all i have to say............sorry for the rant lol lmao
  • Trilies
    It was also a very incoherent rant, dearie. Might want to get that fixed. If you're going to defend something you love, you might actually want to, y'know, make sense.
    Also, when Meyer has sold as many books as he has, has years of experience, and has some of her movies become oscar nominees, then I'll believe what you're saying to a degree. If Meyer can do all that, then MAYBE she'll be on King's level.

    I also have the sneaking suspicion that you have never read any of his books, have you?
  • i have read his books and i am not saying i dont like them i just like twilight better and please dont call me dearie cause that isnt very nice if you are trying to speak down to me i am just giving my two-cents so lets just agree to disagree thank you
  • hehehe
    how oyu even read twilight, new moon, eclipse or brfeaking dawn who asked fot your opinion
  • em
    Amen to that.


    couldn't have said it better myself =)
  • em
    Amen to that.


    couldn't have said it better myself =)
  • edwardissexy1901
    if you keep tlakign your gonna get your butt kicked by all these twilight fans!
  • edwardissexy1901
    if you keep tlakign your gonna get your butt kicked by all these twilight fans!
  • Tess
    Honestly, as much as I love LOVE LOVE Twilight (Im reading breaking dawn for time number 6!!! in two months!) the books aren't written the best. I love them for the story and I love them because I can get lost in the world that is Edward and Bella. I love them because they are 'fluff' books. They don't take a lot to get through or to understand. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT THOUGH. I don't think it's the jealously bug. King will always be more well know and more successful than Meyer. Period.
  • tlhmh359
    I was about to say the same thing lol
  • tlhmh359
    I was about to say the same thing lol
  • tlhmh359
    I was about to say the same thing lol
  • Rachaael
    The picture says it all for me tbh.
  • A. Nonymous
    Excellent! Meyer has taught you well: Appearance is EVERYTHING.
  • TWILIGHT!!!!
    STEPHEN LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING:.........YOUR BOOKS SU*CKKKKKKKKKKK!!

    I THINK HE IS JUST JEALOUS, HE WANTS PUBLICITY.

    STEPHENIE IS NOT A BAD WRITER, HER BOOKS ARE ONLY EASY TO READ. IN MY POINT OF VIEW IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU WRITE, ITS MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD STORY,WHICH THIS MAN DOESN'T HAVE :P

    GEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZ HERE I HAVE ANOTHER REASON TO DISLIKE THIS MAN.
  • Troll.
    HAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Most people here are idiots, but you shine above the rest.

    King is not jealous believe me, he is a proper writer who deserves his success. He is known and respected in most countries while the Twilight craze is centred mainly in the US.

    It doesn't matter how you write...if your a writer? That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I shouldn't even have to explain this one. Meyer is the one without the good story here. Vampire/Human romance is a dead pony that's been continually beaten over the years, she's introduced nothing new or interesting. King is a true innovator, you would know that if you had the mental capacity to deal with his books.

    And I have another reason to hate Twilighters.
  • twihard17
    seriously?? maybe this King guy is more famous but he's also like-what 30 or 40 years older than Stephenie Meyer? He's been publishing books for a lottt longer than she has. I'm not sure if your completely oblivious or something but there tons of other countries that love the Twilight series too.
    Stephenie has introduced something new and exciting. Have you ever heard a story like the Twilight saga before?? Sure maybe you've heard of vampires and humans but that doesn't mean she is repeating a story. Saying Stephenie hasn't introduced something new is just like saying Stephen King hasn't. He has written tons of horror stories. Are you going to say that his stuff isn't interesting because he has written the same type of story over and over again??? Have people never heard of horror before him?? Exactly. Now what do you have to say to that??

    Oh and two more question. If you hate these books so much, why are you wasting your time commenting over and over again about them?? Do you not have anything better to do with your life??
  • Troll.
    Really? I live in Britain and it is not nearly as well publicised as it seems to be in America. You've had midnight showings, we've had a couple of posters.

    Yes, I have heard of a story like Twilight before. Everything is recycled.

    Werewolf vs Vampire? Check.

    New girl? Check.

    Bad boy? Check.

    Freaky pregnancy? Check.

    Coven? Check.

    But I concede the Meyer has brought one new thing in. Sparkling vampires. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing. By making them sparkle, she has removed everything scary about vampires.

    King hasn't written the same story all over again. Read The Shining and then read the Dark Tower books. Vastly different. I read Twilight, and I read The Host. Both had the archetypal boy and the archetypal girl.

    People have heard of horror before, it would be idiotic to assume otherwise. But what King did was bring a new slant to horror, he (as well as others) made horror psychological instead of ghosts saying 'boo'. Tell me, has Meyer done that? I never once related to Bella, but I could (on a certain level) relate to Jack's frustration in the Shining.

    And as to whether or not I have anything better to do; it's the evening for me. I'm relaxing after a day spent with my friends. I happen to enjoy a little bit of a debate to keep my brain active.
  • edwardissexy1901
    if you keep tlakign your gonna get your butt kicked by all these twilight fans!
  • Sanity
    ... you do realize this is the internet, right?
  • edwardissexy1901
    well you freakin kno what i mean. all these freaking twilight fanatics are gonna go a wall if ppl keep talking crap about it
  • twihard17
    lol i think that if people had common sense they would understand you and it is so true :)
  • Troll.
    Ok. Right. Let's make personal threats instead of attempting to form a coherent argument.

    This is the internet, I am allowed to comment just as much as you are. How I choose to go about it may be a tad rude, but you're not being particularly pleasant yourselves.

    And for the record; yes. This is the internet. The only 'butt kicking' will be verbal, and it's clear you're not going to get very far.
  • JessicaLautner
    Hah. you guys are funny.
    People have opinions- quit hatin on eachother. like seriously-- it's a book. Some people will like it-- or in my case love it. but others may hate it. Who cares. honestly.

    btw- although ive said before that i LOVE the twilight saga.

    i once again have to agree with king- Stephanie is not the most skilled writer-- imean have you guys read her book The Host yet? She had horrible writing techniques, and the plot was devastatingly slow.
  • Spanky
    People might take you more seriously if you write intelligently; you know spelling, punctuation, etc. It's great to love something, but it's inappropriate to attack and threaten others for not agreeing with you.
  • tlhmh359
    I completely agree with you
  • tlhmh359
    I completely agree with you
    sorry my other post was meant to be here
  • hehehe
    How the hell can you say that? Have you seriously read a hit popular book about a vampire and a human? King writes books about horror like come on that is dead beaten. And really you never see him writing a different type of horror book? because in horror there is only 1 path which is everyone dies how can you say SM has written nothing new when King writes the same book leading to the same ending DEATH....he can create a differnt path for the death but its only leading to death.
    What is new and intresting in that??
  • Troll
    There's hundreds of them out there, far too many to count. There's also tons in television. Buffy for example (while extremely well done) showcases vampire/human.

    What makes King's books new and interesting is what goes on in the books. Sure many of them end in death but what makes his books interesting is, like you said, the path to the death. His premises and the events in the books are what makes for an interesting read.

    The premise for Twilight is a girl falls in love with a vampire.
  • A. Nonymous
    So, which of King's books have you read? Clearly, you've read them all, if you can definitively say that 'his books suck'. (I'm paraphrasing you, of course, because I'm not going to abuse my 'k' key like that.) So I'm curious, which ones stood out for you? And why? What did you not like about them?
  • tlhmh359
    he had a troubled childhood... and he is an awesome writer
  • tlhmh359
    he had a troubled childhood... and he is an awesome writer
  • tlhmh359
    he had a troubled childhood... and he is an awesome writer
  • edwardissexy1901
    i dont understand why all these twilight haters are on the new moon movie website! all this site is about is twilight and its sequels just plz someone tell me why. maybe they just dont have lives. cuz this site wasnt easy for me to find so something is definately wrong with you ppl
  • edwardissexy1901
    i dont understand why all these twilight haters are on the new moon movie website! all this site is about is twilight and its sequels just plz someone tell me why. maybe they just dont have lives. cuz this site wasnt easy for me to find so something is definately wrong with you ppl
  • justme
    Hmm a wee bit jealous Mr. King?Like he's the best writer in the world. And a book doesn't have to be overtly sexual to be good.
  • justme
    Hmm a wee bit jealous Mr. King?Like he's the best writer in the world. And a book doesn't have to be overtly sexual to be good.
  • Bella
    omg!!!! ugh twilight isnt the same as harry potter and it never will be! Twilight is so much better! and no its not sexual!!! theres only 2 sexual scenes which is in last book, and their married already!!! geez he makes it sound like another cheap teen book! its an amzing teen novel about finding ur soul mate! its the best series ever <3
  • Bella
    omg!!!! ugh twilight isnt the same as harry potter and it never will be! Twilight is so much better! and no its not sexual!!! theres only 2 sexual scenes which is in last book, and their married already!!! geez he makes it sound like another cheap teen book! its an amzing teen novel about finding ur soul mate! its the best series ever <3
  • NATALIE
    you know they secretly want to know all the news about Twilight :) they just can't admit it!
  • NATALIE
    you know they secretly want to know all the news about Twilight :) they just can't admit it!
  • twihard17
    i think you're the one who needs the help.....you're sitting there at your computer spending God knows how much time reading tons and tons of comments about a series YOU HATE! and even worse, you are RESPONDING TO THEM.... atleast everyone else commenting is commenting b/c another author bashed one of their favorite authors. How many comments have you made??? its a little sad that you continue to even though you've said nothing positive about the twilight series...THIS WEBSITE IS ABOUT NEW MOON PART OF THE TWILIGHT SERIES WHY ARE YOU ON IT IF YOU HATE THE SERIES SO MUCH?!?!?
  • twihard17
    i think you're the one who needs the help.....you're sitting there at your computer spending God knows how much time reading tons and tons of comments about a series YOU HATE! and even worse, you are RESPONDING TO THEM.... atleast everyone else commenting is commenting b/c another author bashed one of their favorite authors. How many comments have you made??? its a little sad that you continue to even though you've said nothing positive about the twilight series...THIS WEBSITE IS ABOUT NEW MOON PART OF THE TWILIGHT SERIES WHY ARE YOU ON IT IF YOU HATE THE SERIES SO MUCH?!?!?
  • twihard17
    i think you're the one who needs the help.....you're sitting there at your computer spending God knows how much time reading tons and tons of comments about a series YOU HATE! and even worse, you are RESPONDING TO THEM.... atleast everyone else commenting is commenting b/c another author bashed one of their favorite authors. How many comments have you made??? its a little sad that you continue to even though you've said nothing positive about the twilight series...THIS WEBSITE IS ABOUT NEW MOON PART OF THE TWILIGHT SERIES WHY ARE YOU ON IT IF YOU HATE THE SERIES SO MUCH?!?!?
  • edwardissexy1901
    i love this website by the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! random comment i know.
  • tlhmh359
    I completely agree with you
  • tlhmh359
    I completely agree with you
  • Mel
    Stephanie Myer is an amazing STORYTELLER not Writer, there is a big difference.. I happen to LOVE the books, have read them all 3 times; however her writing style is a bit lacking. Again, I love the books, this is not a bash, but the writing skill is upstaged by her amazing stores & creativity. I am not a Stephen King fan, but to clarify, he didn't compare Harry Potter & Twilight (as many often do). He compared two authors of successful sagas, it had nothing to do with story concept & more to do with writing abilities.
  • Mel
    Stephanie Myer is an amazing STORYTELLER not Writer, there is a big difference.. I happen to LOVE the books, have read them all 3 times; however her writing style is a bit lacking. Again, I love the books, this is not a bash, but the writing skill is upstaged by her amazing stores & creativity. I am not a Stephen King fan, but to clarify, he didn't compare Harry Potter & Twilight (as many often do). He compared two authors of successful sagas, it had nothing to do with story concept & more to do with writing abilities.
  • edwardissexy1901
    im friggin sick of the twilight haters on a freaking twilight website ugh
  • edwardissexy1901
    im friggin sick of the twilight haters on a freaking twilight website ugh
  • TEAM EDWARD!!!
    you cant even start to compare the 2. there is no longer a reason to read harry potter because npw there is twilight but i mean really come on you cant try to tell me that stephenie isnt a good writter if she wasnt why have i read all the books like 6 times?
  • A. Nonymous
    Because you're easily amused? Because you haven't tried anything else? Because you don't want to be challenged? Stop me when I get close...
  • tlhmh359
    I have read harry potter way more times than the twilight saga....
  • TC
    Because your a simpleton.
  • Bella
    uhhmm yehhh if ur soul mate left u, then u would cry for the rest of ur exsitence. edward left beacuse he loved her so much. and yes its all very realistic. fyi vampires and werewolves,and all that stuff is real. just cause u cant see it doesnt mean it doesnt exist!
  • Bella
    uhhmm yehhh if ur soul mate left u, then u would cry for the rest of ur exsitence. edward left beacuse he loved her so much. and yes its all very realistic. fyi vampires and werewolves,and all that stuff is real. just cause u cant see it doesnt mean it doesnt exist!
  • tlhmh359
    I have read harry potter way more times than the twilight saga....
  • tlhmh359
    I have read harry potter way more times than the twilight saga....
  • Annie
    did he at least read the book(s)? i mean really! at least read the books before you bash them!!! and his books don't really appeal to our age group.... harry potter is for like obsessive pre-teens..... twilight is for obsessive teenagers!!!


    oh come on!! if you are on this site then you are obsessed..... just admit it and live with it!!! :-)
  • Annie
    did he at least read the book(s)? i mean really! at least read the books before you bash them!!! and his books don't really appeal to our age group.... harry potter is for like obsessive pre-teens..... twilight is for obsessive teenagers!!!


    oh come on!! if you are on this site then you are obsessed..... just admit it and live with it!!! :-)
  • edwardissexy1901
    i agree to the storytelling part. i havent read any of his books but ive seen the hsining and it was a little crazy i mean seiously. kinda like whoa weirdness. but mrs. meyer definately has a way with creativity
  • edwardissexy1901
    i agree to the storytelling part. i havent read any of his books but ive seen the hsining and it was a little crazy i mean seiously. kinda like whoa weirdness. but mrs. meyer definately has a way with creativity
  • Annie
    yea i ment to start a new paragraph... i know that he didn't write harry potter!!! sry!
  • edwardissexy1901
    why dont you just click on the reply button......?
  • edwardissexy1901
    why dont you just click on the reply button......?
  • edwardissexy1901
    i kno right. seriously i had an early release today so ive had a lot of time on my hands. bu i always check this site to see whats new then i saw some of the stupid things that troll person was saying and i was all hold up
  • edwardissexy1901
    i kno right. seriously i had an early release today so ive had a lot of time on my hands. bu i always check this site to see whats new then i saw some of the stupid things that troll person was saying and i was all hold up
  • edwardissexy1901
    ME TOO AND I OWE IT ALL TO MY BEST FRIEND AND MY COUSINS HAHA!!
  • edwardissexy1901
    ME TOO AND I OWE IT ALL TO MY BEST FRIEND AND MY COUSINS HAHA!!
  • edwardissexy1901
    lol its cool it just makes evrything easier to keep track haha
  • edwardissexy1901
    lol its cool it just makes evrything easier to keep track haha
  • Molly
    Stephenie Meyer is a brilliant storyteller, but not a good writer. I'm not saying she didn't do a good job with TWILIGHT, obviously she's doing something right. As I stated, she's a good storyteller, but not writer. If you bother looking up any of the "complex" words she uses, you'll find most of them are out of context or don't make sense altogether. In addition to that, she'll take a bigger word and use it several times close together and then one never sees it again. She seems like a "thesuarus writer". It's purely a surface story too, something Meyer has admitted to. Well written works have depth and meaning behind the story. There's no depth, no symbolism, nothing.

    Don't get me wrong, it is VERY entertaining, even King agreed to that in so many words, but her writing could've been better. Anyone will agree TWILIGHT was a successful novel, but numbers don't equate the quality of a book. Besides, a lot of twilighters often say how it's the first book they ever enjoyed so, frankly, if TWILIGHT is the only book a person read they wouldn't have much to compare it to.

    Also, who is Edward outside of loving Bella and being a good looking gentleman who wrote one song for her? He had more of a personality in the first one, but in the next three he's always obsessed with her safety. He lost his sense of humor. The characters don't have very much depth outside of their "love" for each other. Who is Bella outside of loving Edward? She's stubborn and likes reading, but what about her personality? What are her goals in life?

    Stephenie Meyer also contradicts herself a lot and the last book was full of weakly constructed back-stories. A good writer will have a story outlined from beginning to end and will use something called foreshadowing. Meyer seems to make her story up as she goes along. When asked if she would change anything about TWILIGHT she said herself that she wishes it would've been better written.
  • Natasha
    Thank you! my comment is somewhere above yours and im not going to type it again so i'll just say that i agree!
  • em
    Amen to that.

    couldn't have said it better myself =)
  • belle2929
    you're awesome.
  • Yuki
    And suddenly I love the man more. He's always been one of my favorite writers, because even if I couldn't relate to the characters, I could see, hear, feel them. When he wanted it scary, it was scary. And there was never any of the cop-out fake battles that you deal with in the Twilight books. It was a do or die. It was a question of how a character will react to another's death...by their own hand. It was genius.


    Honestly, people? The question wasn't "How can Meyer be a better writer?" It was more a "How do writers influence the next generation?" And he stated his opinion. It wasn't even a horribly insulting opinion, by the way...unlike quite a few comments. Case closed.
  • Yuki
    And suddenly I love the man more. He's always been one of my favorite writers, because even if I couldn't relate to the characters, I could see, hear, feel them. When he wanted it scary, it was scary. And there was never any of the cop-out fake battles that you deal with in the Twilight books. It was a do or die. It was a question of how a character will react to another's death...by their own hand. It was genius.


    Honestly, people? The question wasn't "How can Meyer be a better writer?" It was more a "How do writers influence the next generation?" And he stated his opinion. It wasn't even a horribly insulting opinion, by the way...unlike quite a few comments. Case closed.
  • twihard17
    lol i am trying to figure out the same thing!!!
  • twihard17
    lol i am trying to figure out the same thing!!!
  • twilighter_forever
    Oh My Edward!!! Thats the effect of getting old hahahah Obviously, he's very insecure with Stephenie Meyer because her books are the number 1 bestseller all over the world.
    And to Mr. Stephen King... i admire you before, but what you did and say was quite very disappointing... You're sourgraping waaaaaahhhh!!!

    and one more thing.... the books does not only capture teenagers... maybe he should try to see TwilightMOMS website so that he'll know many Moms all over the world are crazy over Twilight and Edward as well.... including myself hahahah!
  • twilighter_forever
    Oh My Edward!!! Thats the effect of getting old hahahah Obviously, he's very insecure with Stephenie Meyer because her books are the number 1 bestseller all over the world.
    And to Mr. Stephen King... i admire you before, but what you did and say was quite very disappointing... You're sourgraping waaaaaahhhh!!!

    and one more thing.... the books does not only capture teenagers... maybe he should try to see TwilightMOMS website so that he'll know many Moms all over the world are crazy over Twilight and Edward as well.... including myself hahahah!
  • tlhmh359
    Thank you :D
  • tlhmh359
    Thank you :D
  • edwardissexy1901
    i agree hes written some good books ive heard great things. but he and YOU shouldnt be baggin on other authors. everyone has a unique style to his or her writing and everyone has a preferance in books but you dont have to be so rude just explain what you think and be done with it
  • edwardissexy1901
    i agree hes written some good books ive heard great things. but he and YOU shouldnt be baggin on other authors. everyone has a unique style to his or her writing and everyone has a preferance in books but you dont have to be so rude just explain what you think and be done with it
  • edwardissexy1901
    ppl are just gay
  • VeeCee
    Sorry, I don't care how much anyone loves Twilight, Stephen King is a great author.
    As far as I'm concered, he can say whatever he wants about anyone.
  • Yuki
    I believe that might be in order. If he can write a new novel about a book taking over people's minds and making them batshit insane, cultish, and generally intolerant of others, then I'll be sure to read it.


    It's as if the only thing said so far is "OMG HE IS SO INSECURE BECAUSE HE'S OLD AND UGLY." Don't forget he's got best-sellers on best-sellers, that he has movies that are practically classics by now. People still refer to The Shining, Carrie, The Green Mile, Cujo, Pet Semetary...not to mention The Dark Tower saga. What's there to be insecure about?
  • Yuki
    I believe that might be in order. If he can write a new novel about a book taking over people's minds and making them batshit insane, cultish, and generally intolerant of others, then I'll be sure to read it.


    It's as if the only thing said so far is "OMG HE IS SO INSECURE BECAUSE HE'S OLD AND UGLY." Don't forget he's got best-sellers on best-sellers, that he has movies that are practically classics by now. People still refer to The Shining, Carrie, The Green Mile, Cujo, Pet Semetary...not to mention The Dark Tower saga. What's there to be insecure about?
  • despina apun
    stephen king dont hate becuz your books were probably not as good as stephenie meyer twilight series.harry potter series and twilight series are so different so people stop saying there the same or comparing it to twilight it annoying
  • despina apun
    stephen king dont hate becuz your books were probably not as good as stephenie meyer twilight series.harry potter series and twilight series are so different so people stop saying there the same or comparing it to twilight it annoying
  • Jean
    I love him. He's absolutely right.
  • edwardissexy1901
    dudes im not a reader like ever. i dont even read for book projects (im not the best student) but! BUT! i read twilight. the whole series too. and when ppl compare it to harry potter im like what?!?reason why was because evryone was like read harry potter and i was all hell no i never read. the story just didnt intrest me. but then i heard about twilight and i was so excited to read it because i loved the story line. stephenie meyer is the only auther i will ever read. so i dont give a crap about what staphen whats his name says so whatever. there is my story.
  • edwardissexy1901
    dudes im not a reader like ever. i dont even read for book projects (im not the best student) but! BUT! i read twilight. the whole series too. and when ppl compare it to harry potter im like what?!?reason why was because evryone was like read harry potter and i was all hell no i never read. the story just didnt intrest me. but then i heard about twilight and i was so excited to read it because i loved the story line. stephenie meyer is the only auther i will ever read. so i dont give a crap about what staphen whats his name says so whatever. there is my story.
  • tlhmh359
    I honestly think he is not jealous... why would he be? he is one of the bestselling authors in the world... all his books and short stories are great. All the movies that were based on his novels were awesome... Carrie, The shinning, IT, The shawshank redemption... i could go on and on...


    when i was watching Nightmares and dreamscapes i couldn't go to sleep for like an hour after that... yes I read the books and i like them but i agree she is not that great of a writer... i really did not like BD... i felt like it was being rushed just to get everything to end and to get to the "happy ending"
  • tlhmh359
    I honestly think he is not jealous... why would he be? he is one of the bestselling authors in the world... all his books and short stories are great. All the movies that were based on his novels were awesome... Carrie, The shinning, IT, The shawshank redemption... i could go on and on...


    when i was watching Nightmares and dreamscapes i couldn't go to sleep for like an hour after that... yes I read the books and i like them but i agree she is not that great of a writer... i really did not like BD... i felt like it was being rushed just to get everything to end and to get to the "happy ending"
  • ZTATwilighter
    I know that he compared the authors here. But just reading this sent me over the edge, because a lot of people do compare the two and i just got sick of it and i guess i snapped, lol.
  • ZTATwilighter
    I know that he compared the authors here. But just reading this sent me over the edge, because a lot of people do compare the two and i just got sick of it and i guess i snapped, lol.
  • ZTATwilighter
    I know that he compared the authors here. But just reading this sent me over the edge, because a lot of people do compare the two and i just got sick of it and i guess i snapped, lol.
  • Roxy_Twilighter
    Twilight was the first book that EVER reeled me in. I've read Stephen King's Desperation and well quite frankly it bored me. It was all about a f***ing crazy-ass cop that lived in an old mining town and it was just screwed up. SK SUCKS!!!! I never want to read his books again. And also I didn't get what he was talking about half the time in that book. I had to re-read the chapters before I finally got it. The surprizing thing is that I'm a HUGE fan of horror stuff. Twilight kept me reading without skipping a beat. I agree with NATALIE I also found myself saying that I'd stop reading after two chapters and then I would keep going from there, I lost sleep because of these books. I LOVE these books so much that I've read them about five or six times and I'm re-reading New Moon again. I just love how Stephenie created a book that I can actually READ without having to re-read a whole chapter just to get it (UNLIKE SK'S BOOKS!) and my mother (she's a lot like me. Loves horror stuff and she's a really tough women.) even said that SK's stuff sucked. She hasn't read Twilight...yet...I'm gonna make her someday... :D. But anyway, back to the subject...Stephen King just is--in my opinion--jealus and a stuck-up creep that doesn't appreciate good liturature that has wonderful feelings. His books don't have the kind of romance I'm looking for (Twilight Romance is what I call it... :D). And he says that Twilight is ONLY for teenage girls? Umm excuse me dumb ass, but either you're not acknoledging that guys also like Twilight or you're calling guy Twilighters, like my brother, girls! So if I were you Stephen King, I would shut the hell up! Okay...I think I've made myself clear... until someone else pisses me off, talk to ya people later! :D :P
  • Jean
    I doubt you are, otherwise you would have understood it better. It's not that hard to even understand.

    He's wrote more books, has more fans, can actually write good literature, had his book turned into movies, and has been on the bestseller many times and he's jealous of Meyer? I really doubt that. Of course, his romance isn't what you're looking for, he doesn't write romance.

    And Twlight is only for girls or they're gay.
  • belle2929
    you are so right, Jean. why would he jealous..
  • Roxy_Twilighter
    Well then you proved that my brother is gay. It's not like I didn't already know that. My friends always say that he is gay and we call him a fruitcake. :D It's fun to annoy him. You wanna help????? xD
  • Celestina
    Honestly, the fact that you couldn't understand his writing says more about you than it does about him.
  • Roxy_Twilighter
    Hey. I was 9 years old when I started 2 read it. OKAY? Is it okay if I'm not a very smart person??? Now I'm 13 years old and I STILL can't read that stuff cause I don't understand. Now you might be a smart person and can understand it. I on the other hand can't. And my last post on here was my opinion.
  • Celestina
    9 years old isn't exactly an ideal age to be reading King...nor is 13, unless you have an above-average reading level. Little wonder you think he sucks. Try him again when you're older, you might be pleasantly surprised.

    Anyway, you're young. I read a lot of crap when I was your age too. I didn't think a bad book existed. But now that I've gone through tons upon tons of English courses, I've learned what constitutes as bad writing. I've learned to analyze books. And as you get older, you may too. Maybe you'll find that Twilight isn't as great as you thought it was. Sure, you might still like it, but maybe you'll also realize that it does have its flaws and isn't the best book ever.
  • Roxy_Twilighter
    Maybe. I'm gonna try to read The Shining once when I finally get it, then I'm gonna watch the movie. But I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get bored of Twilight soon, but I haven't just yet.
  • stephenxkingkrules
    I'm 13, and reading stephen king books, sure they are a bit confusing at times, but I've gone through about 10 of his books already and love all of them
  • tlhmh359
    oh and one more thing... why did u choose that picture of him?lol it totally does not help him...
  • tlhmh359
    oh and one more thing... why did u choose that picture of him?lol it totally does not help him...
  • mjadea
    Stephenies last book was awful, but I really love the first three. Stephen King has probably published some brilliant literature but I think Stephenie also has a knack for really making you feel your inside the story and in place of the characters. Yes, some of it is a bit cliched but also at the same time is still ashamedly so fun to read. She quite cleverly found a gap in the market, so obviously there wasnt much like it out there. People love it...
  • Jean
    There's is no gap. She's just lucky.
  • belle2929
    you're awesome.
  • belle2929
    you're awesome.
  • MireilleMasen
    This stuff is getting a little bit out of hand. He stated an opinion and he's entitled to that. I don't like what he said but that's what he thinks. Doesn't mean people have to go overboard with it and bash the guy. Stephenie Meyer is a wonderful writer in my opinion, but there are authors who I think are better than she is. She's new so maybe after a while she'll be a more respected author and become a better writer. As for this King stuff just let it go.
  • MireilleMasen
    This stuff is getting a little bit out of hand. He stated an opinion and he's entitled to that. I don't like what he said but that's what he thinks. Doesn't mean people have to go overboard with it and bash the guy. Stephenie Meyer is a wonderful writer in my opinion, but there are authors who I think are better than she is. She's new so maybe after a while she'll be a more respected author and become a better writer. As for this King stuff just let it go.
  • belle2929
    you are so right, Jean. why would he jealous..
  • belle2929
    you are so right, Jean. why would he jealous..
  • Yuki
    That's a pretty good question. King's not the best looking man out there...


    I'm guessing it was meant to scare the hell out of people. I get the feeling he's going to crawl out of my computer monitor and attack me D:
  • Yuki
    That's a pretty good question. King's not the best looking man out there...


    I'm guessing it was meant to scare the hell out of people. I get the feeling he's going to crawl out of my computer monitor and attack me D:
  • sctwilightmom
    The comments may seem a little harsh but they were only an opinion from one person. I have read all the authors mentioned with the exception of James Patterson, though I may have to check him out yet. All are so different in their styles and content. I am tired of the comparisons between the Harry Potter series and Twilight series. Both have good in their own way. JK Rowland created an amazing world filled with all the fasciating characters and events where the Twilight Meyers is a sweet love story with wonderful characters. I grew up reading Stephen King and Dean Koontz stories. Stephen King's storytelling is epic, and have created some sleepless nights for me. But both of those writers are in the same genre. Both have good books but Stephen King has also had some that were bad (Thinner, Pet Semetary). Stephen King is the best of that genre. None are going to win Pultzer Prizes but they know how to entertain their audiences, same goes for Jodi Picoult who is also a good writer. I love the Twilight series, and I'm in my late 30's as well Harry Potter. His opinion is his opinion but it doesn't effect my reading choices because I can see good & bad in the stories so I just ignore what I don't like and let myself get sucked into the characters and story.
  • sctwilightmom
    The comments may seem a little harsh but they were only an opinion from one person. I have read all the authors mentioned with the exception of James Patterson, though I may have to check him out yet. All are so different in their styles and content. I am tired of the comparisons between the Harry Potter series and Twilight series. Both have good in their own way. JK Rowland created an amazing world filled with all the fasciating characters and events where the Twilight Meyers is a sweet love story with wonderful characters. I grew up reading Stephen King and Dean Koontz stories. Stephen King's storytelling is epic, and have created some sleepless nights for me. But both of those writers are in the same genre. Both have good books but Stephen King has also had some that were bad (Thinner, Pet Semetary). Stephen King is the best of that genre. None are going to win Pultzer Prizes but they know how to entertain their audiences, same goes for Jodi Picoult who is also a good writer. I love the Twilight series, and I'm in my late 30's as well Harry Potter. His opinion is his opinion but it doesn't effect my reading choices because I can see good & bad in the stories so I just ignore what I don't like and let myself get sucked into the characters and story.
  • twilighter_forever
    if he's not insecure, then why would he say stuffs like that??? he should have shut his mouth if he has nothing good to say... especially about Stephenie Meyer....
    obviously, he's jealous because no one is buying his books already...even if these books are good... and he should accept the fact that Twilight Series are the #1 bestseller all over the world... So for those who hate twilight... better go home... why are you here??? you're just hurting yourself hahahaha!!!
  • twilighter_forever
    if he's not insecure, then why would he say stuffs like that??? he should have shut his mouth if he has nothing good to say... especially about Stephenie Meyer....
    obviously, he's jealous because no one is buying his books already...even if these books are good... and he should accept the fact that Twilight Series are the #1 bestseller all over the world... So for those who hate twilight... better go home... why are you here??? you're just hurting yourself hahahaha!!!
  • edwardissexy1901
    yeah im actually readin the series again because i zone a lot. but im only on twilight i read slow
  • edwardissexy1901
    yeah im actually readin the series again because i zone a lot. but im only on twilight i read slow
  • edwardissexy1901
    tell me about it
  • edwardissexy1901
    tell me about it
  • Yuki
    Oh, let's see, Twilight_forever. Maybe it's because it was an interview about his opinions on other authors? But of course, he couldn't possibly pick on the immaculate Stephenie Meyer. No one could! Never mind that people are still buying his books, world wide, that he has several practically-classic stories, and that there's a comic series and a movie soon to come out for the Dark Tower Saga.


    Or, you know, you could grow a couple and realize that he has free speech and that Stephenie isn't the best time EVAR. Perhaps you should shut your mouth if you have nothing good to say? I'm just here for the lulz - keep providing them, baby!
  • tlhmh359
    I completely agree with you
    sorry my other post was meant to be here
  • tlhmh359
    I completely agree with you
    sorry my other post was meant to be here
  • Yuki
    Lol ttly. We should bash him because he's ttly hating on everyone! And like, everyone who hates Twilight is soooo stupid! They should all die!


    Yeah, some of us find your words hypocritical, yet hilarious. Keep it up.
  • Yuki
    Lol ttly. We should bash him because he's ttly hating on everyone! And like, everyone who hates Twilight is soooo stupid! They should all die!


    Yeah, some of us find your words hypocritical, yet hilarious. Keep it up.
  • Sammi7393
    i actually agree with what he said, i love the twilight books, don't get me wrong, but stephenie isn't a good writer, i think she just got lucky with a good story. i refuse to read the host because i know it won't be as good as twilight. i don't know how many times while i was reading it i washed she would call edward something other than god-like or just saying jacob had russet skin and long hair. she's not good at descriptions or anything fancy, but i am glad she but her thoughts to paper and wrote a good story, she just didn't write it well
  • edwardissexy1901
    who was that thank you to?
  • edwardissexy1901
    who was that thank you to?
  • angi
    I AM A TWILIGHT MOM. First of all, Stephen King was giving his opinion on her writing from a critics point of view, NOT a readers point of view. His comments were appropriate IN THE CONTEXT. When a person reads a book, they don't look for a particular writing style, or the dynamics of writing fiction, they read it for the story. If the story appeals to them enough, the rest doesn't matter. Jealousy is so not the issue at hand, he's had more success than almost any other modern writer. If you know anything about him, he writes because he loves it, not to make money or to be on the bestseller list. Those things just kind of happened along the way. Many many more of his books could have been made into movies. He's had many offers and turned them down because he values his work and didn't want it devauled by Hollywood like so many great books are. Stephanie herself has worked very hard to prevent this from happening as well. He did mention her success and the good things about the series. It's not that he doesn't get the appeal, he is just giving his opinion. I love Stephen King books and I also love all of Stephanie Meyers books and they're very different. I like them each for different reasons. Not everyone is going to like the Twilight series, be realistic. They're not for everyone, just like his books aren't for everyone. She is still young and new to the game, and there's always room for improvement for everyone. I can't wait to see where she goes next. As for Stephen King, his writing is and always will be brilliant. His early works are very different from what he writes today. He has grown as a writer and so will she.
  • angi
    I AM A TWILIGHT MOM. First of all, Stephen King was giving his opinion on her writing from a critics point of view, NOT a readers point of view. His comments were appropriate IN THE CONTEXT. When a person reads a book, they don't look for a particular writing style, or the dynamics of writing fiction, they read it for the story. If the story appeals to them enough, the rest doesn't matter. Jealousy is so not the issue at hand, he's had more success than almost any other modern writer. If you know anything about him, he writes because he loves it, not to make money or to be on the bestseller list. Those things just kind of happened along the way. Many many more of his books could have been made into movies. He's had many offers and turned them down because he values his work and didn't want it devauled by Hollywood like so many great books are. Stephanie herself has worked very hard to prevent this from happening as well. He did mention her success and the good things about the series. It's not that he doesn't get the appeal, he is just giving his opinion. I love Stephen King books and I also love all of Stephanie Meyers books and they're very different. I like them each for different reasons. Not everyone is going to like the Twilight series, be realistic. They're not for everyone, just like his books aren't for everyone. She is still young and new to the game, and there's always room for improvement for everyone. I can't wait to see where she goes next. As for Stephen King, his writing is and always will be brilliant. His early works are very different from what he writes today. He has grown as a writer and so will she.
  • edwardissexy1901
    me? or sydney?
  • edwardissexy1901
    me? or sydney?
  • hisgoldeneyes
    You realize that Stephanie Meyer isn't that great of a writer. Read the Host and you'll find out. I mean she just hit home with the Twilight series because it's a genius idea! I still think that the comparison between Twilight and the Harry Potter series is wrong. They are two way different ideas so why compare them. I have read all the Harry Potter books before I discovered Twilight and I have to say they were good. Twilight is also amazing but it's a different brand of good.
  • sctwilightmom
    I hated Pet Semetary book & movie. Both sucked. Overall I agree the man is a genius. For those that don't know there are magazines (Entertainment Weekly I think) that have him do book reviews. I agree and disagree with some of his remarks but there is no doubt the impact he has had that his opinion is respected by many. Many people who are younger on here may not know that he wrote one of the scariest vampire stories with Salem's lot. The little boy vampire hanging outside the window. Not the warm & fuzzy vampires.
  • sctwilightmom
    I hated Pet Semetary book & movie. Both sucked. Overall I agree the man is a genius. For those that don't know there are magazines (Entertainment Weekly I think) that have him do book reviews. I agree and disagree with some of his remarks but there is no doubt the impact he has had that his opinion is respected by many. Many people who are younger on here may not know that he wrote one of the scariest vampire stories with Salem's lot. The little boy vampire hanging outside the window. Not the warm & fuzzy vampires.
  • Ashley
    he is stupid! He is just mad that a bunch af teenage girls dont read his books
  • edwardissexy1901
    dan i live in chander arizona it never snows here haha
  • edwardissexy1901
    dang i live in chander arizona it never snows here haha
  • edwardissexy1901
    dang i live in chander arizona it never snows here haha
  • edwardissexy1901
    she deleted her commetn arg
  • edwardissexy1901
    she deleted her commetn arg
  • tlhmh359
    to crispin
  • tlhmh359
    to crispin
  • Theresa
    I think he is an amazing writer, but I also love SM and the Twilight saga and JKR and Harry Potter...but above any of his writings...strangely enough one of my all time favorite novels was written by Tabitha King...yes, his wife. It is called "One on One" and a teenage angst love story...would if he ever have dissed her writing to interviewers/media??? Just curious.
  • Theresa
    I think he is an amazing writer, but I also love SM and the Twilight saga and JKR and Harry Potter...but above any of his writings...strangely enough one of my all time favorite novels was written by Tabitha King...yes, his wife. It is called "One on One" and a teenage angst love story...would if he ever have dissed her writing to interviewers/media??? Just curious.
  • twilightguy
    this guy is a nass, twilght is HOT, nothing wrong with that! :)
  • twilightguy
    this guy is a nass, twilght is HOT, nothing wrong with that! :)
  • A. Nonymous
    Because it is an article about Stephen King, an author I am a fan of. And because seeing comments such as yours makes me laugh. I mean, seriously, do you really think TYPING ALL IN CAPS or abusing exclamation points/question marks gets your point across any better?
  • A. Nonymous
    Because it is an article about Stephen King, an author I am a fan of. And because seeing comments such as yours makes me laugh. I mean, seriously, do you really think TYPING ALL IN CAPS or abusing exclamation points/question marks gets your point across any better?
  • A. Nonymous
    Because it is an article about Stephen King, an author I am a fan of. And because seeing comments such as yours makes me laugh. I mean, seriously, do you really think TYPING ALL IN CAPS or abusing exclamation points/question marks gets your point across any better?
  • Melissa
    Well, I do love IT, but his books are only horror, there is a difference between sci-fi and horror. His work is only famous because he made some of his first books into a movie. Twilight had more fans then he did before the movie was made. The Oscars have nothing to do with Stephen King, all the movies they choose are really bad. He says we love these books because they mention sex, no we love them because it is an adventurous love story. Maybe he should check his facts also?
  • Melissa
    Well, I do love IT, but his books are only horror, there is a difference between sci-fi and horror. His work is only famous because he made some of his first books into a movie. Twilight had more fans then he did before the movie was made. The Oscars have nothing to do with Stephen King, all the movies they choose are really bad. He says we love these books because they mention sex, no we love them because it is an adventurous love story. Maybe he should check his facts also?
  • Melissa
    Well, I do love IT, but his books are only horror, there is a difference between sci-fi and horror. His work is only famous because he made some of his first books into a movie. Twilight had more fans then he did before the movie was made. The Oscars have nothing to do with Stephen King, all the movies they choose are really bad. He says we love these books because they mention sex, no we love them because it is an adventurous love story. Maybe he should check his facts also?
  • sasstwi
    I feel bad for Stephenie!
  • Melissa
    Get off this damn site!
  • emma
    i don't really care about the literature and if he thinks it's good or not!! Books to me are about the story that they tell, and Stephanie Meyer told a great story, if her writing was really bad there wouldn't have been a great story, but million upon millions of people brought her books so i think thats saying something!! and i am a fan of james patterson who he also dissed, who is also an awesome writer and i am a harry potter fan so i like JKR as well. every writer is different, If every writer wrote the same it would be boring!! We all have different opinions, he's entitled to his, we love what we love and thats what makes us different!
  • emma
    i don't really care about the literature and if he thinks it's good or not!! Books to me are about the story that they tell, and Stephanie Meyer told a great story, if her writing was really bad there wouldn't have been a great story, but million upon millions of people brought her books so i think thats saying something!! and i am a fan of james patterson who he also dissed, who is also an awesome writer and i am a harry potter fan so i like JKR as well. every writer is different, If every writer wrote the same it would be boring!! We all have different opinions, he's entitled to his, we love what we love and thats what makes us different!
  • aussiegrlnz
    How dare he!!! Who is he to dis other authors. That screams "huge ego". Seriously, just b/c Stephenie writes differently than him, that does not give him the right to judge her style. And honestly, I remember having to read one of his stories for a class and for one thing, I just about died of boredom and, for another, it was one of the dumbest stories I've ever read in my life. That's my view of his writing. At least Meyer captures realistic human emotion and not some ridiculous weird sci-fi crap.
    And I don't care how great of an author people make him out to be, it's all opinionated. And it's really pathetic that he feels the urge to put down other authors who enjoy writing. Ugh! He needs to get a life!
  • Jean
    I doubt he has a bigger ego compare to Meyer.

    Actually he does have the right. As I recall it's a published put out in the public.

    And no, Meyer isn't realistic. She's just awful.
  • Melissa
    I just think that he is talented, but this is unnecessary to say. This kind of stuff hurts people's feeling and it is rude. Oh and sorry for the comment up there.
  • Melissa
    I just think that he is talented, but this is unnecessary to say. This kind of stuff hurts people's feeling and it is rude. Oh and sorry for the comment up there.
  • rfun6
    I think there are different kinds of writers for different kinds, or groups of people. I don't think if I were Stephen King, that I would comment on another persons writing. I like both writers. But there are so many different tastes and styles and likes and dislikes in this world. I am glad she wrote the twilight series. I am glad for Carrie and all the books that Stephen wrote. Everyone starts somewhere. I would say by the fan base and readers that she has done quite well for herself. Go Stephenie !!
  • rfun6
    I think there are different kinds of writers for different kinds, or groups of people. I don't think if I were Stephen King, that I would comment on another persons writing. I like both writers. But there are so many different tastes and styles and likes and dislikes in this world. I am glad she wrote the twilight series. I am glad for Carrie and all the books that Stephen wrote. Everyone starts somewhere. I would say by the fan base and readers that she has done quite well for herself. Go Stephenie !!
  • TwilightHater
    "realistic human emotion"

    ???????????????????????????????????????

    how can you even SAY that Stephanie Meyers puts that in her book. REALISTIC? when a guy leaves a girl, it is not realistic for her to cry over him for months and cut off every other aspect of her life. It is not realistic to forgive people the way Bella forgives Edward all the time and sparkling vampires and "realistic" can never be used in the same sentence!

    and if you want boring, read New Moon.
  • Bella
    uhhmm yehhh if ur soul mate left u, then u would cry for the rest of ur exsitence. edward left beacuse he loved her so much. and yes its all very realistic. fyi vampires and werewolves,and all that stuff is real. just cause u cant see it doesnt mean it doesnt exist!
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    nah, too easy.
  • RDJ
    No, Bella's just pathetic. I did lose the most important person in my life, and I still miss her and wish she were back. But guess what? I also learned to move past the pain and live my life again, and learn to find happiness again.

    And I assure you, no one could love me more than her.
  • TwilightHater
    Soulmates don't exist. especially not sparkly ones.

    and seriously...if you still believe in vampires and shizz you need a reality check
  • Anonymous
    No, only a weakling would cry for the rest of their existence. Real people would cry for about a few days and then get over it. Face it, Twilight is not the best of literature and it will never be. And they're not vampires; they're sparkly venemous stone people with Mary Sue qualities.
  • Concerned bystander
    You really wouldn't. Hell, not even Bella did. She got up and started speaking to Jacob again, didn't she? (after a ridiculously long period of time).

    I'm telling you this out of concern for your health, not out of a desire to attack you. Please, if a guy dumps you, *no matter how much you loved him*, play Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and get on with your life. Because it's really unlikely that he'll have dumped you for *your* benefit, and you would owe it to yourself and your family to move on.

    If you don't believe me, talk to an adult that you trust - chances are they'll have experienced it themselves.

    (I liked Twilight, by the way, and up until now I didn't see any harm in the books. But if they're making people believe that Bella's reaction to Edward's disappearance is healthy, then...)
  • Jacob_Black_Fan
    Please tell me you're joking, or being sarcastic here. It's really hard to tell. Some of these twi-girls write the craziest crap!
  • edwardissexy1901
    probably i dont think ppl like us very much cuz we are right and they just cant handle it
  • edwardissexy1901
    probably i dont think ppl like us very much cuz we are right and they just cant handle it
  • cake
    He's write. She can't write. She substitutes substance and plot for fluffy language, excessive adjectives and purple prose.
  • cake
    He's write. She can't write. She substitutes substance and plot for fluffy language, excessive adjectives and purple prose.
  • cake
    Stephen King is a more successful author than Stephanie Meyer, he has no reason to be jealous. He is stating facts.
  • cake
    Stephen King is a more successful author than Stephanie Meyer, he has no reason to be jealous. He is stating facts.
  • cake
    The fact that people bought her books doesn't mean they're good. Millions of people buy crap every day. The story she told was not great either, it was a sterilized version of the vampire/paranormal romances that the likes of Anne Rice have been writing for years. Just because a story is enjoyed doesn't make it great.
  • cake
    The fact that people bought her books doesn't mean they're good. Millions of people buy crap every day. The story she told was not great either, it was a sterilized version of the vampire/paranormal romances that the likes of Anne Rice have been writing for years. Just because a story is enjoyed doesn't make it great.
  • twihard17
    yeah actualllyyy how did you just randomly stumble across this article?? oh and you know thats funny, cuz YOUR comments make me laugh 2!!! i mean seriously, even if you do love Stephen King how would you know that there was going to be an article about him on this site?
  • twihard17
    yeah actualllyyy how did you just randomly stumble across this article?? oh and you know thats funny, cuz YOUR comments make me laugh 2!!! i mean seriously, even if you do love Stephen King how would you know that there was going to be an article about him on this site?
  • twihard17
    yeah actualllyyy how did you just randomly stumble across this article?? oh and you know thats funny, cuz YOUR comments make me laugh 2!!! i mean seriously, even if you do love Stephen King how would you know that there was going to be an article about him on this site?
  • MasterGareth
    Okay, let’s weigh up the facts here:

    King: 100 novels and a cornucopia of (amazing) short stories published
    Meyer: 5 novels published

    King: classic adaptations of his work - Shining, Shawshank, Green Mile, Stand By Me
    Meyer: one adaption = one of the worst movies ever made

    Knowing you're right in this argument
    Priceless.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    ah, beat me too it!
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    EXCUSE MEEEHHH!!! "ONE OF THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE????" THEN WHY DOES IT EARNED $340 MILLION FOR JUST 3 MONTHS????
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    Well, that is both domestic and foreign sales put together. Madagascar 2 made more than Twilight in domestic and foreign sales, so did Iron Man, WALL-E, Hancock, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Mama Mia, Sex in the City and Quantam of Solice. (I won't even mention The Dark Knight...oh wait, I just did,$998.5 million)Twilight is #14 in box office worldwide, Horton Hears a Who!, Wanted, 10,000 BC and HSM3 trailing right behind it.Not exactly Oscar material is it? But the point is, it's entertaining! Look at the box office number as of today. Taken,Paul Blartt:Mall Cop, My Bloody Valentime 3D and Hotel for Dogs are in the top box office sales! It's mindless entertainment that pulls in the big bucks! That's just common knowledge.
  • Anonymous
    Because a whole bunch of bored teenage girls with half a brain and mouths the size of the Grand Canyon wasted a whole bunch of money to see the trash film again and again and again...
  • rae
    Most of the people I know went just to laugh at it.
  • OhMyEdward!!! &quot;_
    FOR TWILIGHT HATERS AND THOSE WHO DO NOT LIKE STEPHENIE MEYER!!!! JUST GO HOME AND SLEEP!!!!! THIS SITE IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR YOU!!!!
  • lostmystic76
    Oh he's always been an a$$hole anyway - no one really pays attention to what he says - lol. Whatever.
  • lostmystic76
    Oh he's always been an a$$hole anyway - no one really pays attention to what he says - lol. Whatever.
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    hahahahah!!! She deleted her comments!
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    hahahahah!!! She deleted her comments!
  • cake
    Whatever helps you sleep at night.
  • cake
    Whatever helps you sleep at night.
  • Sanity
    Haha, your name is 'Carrie'. XD


    You obviously have no idea who you're talking about when you say he's 'just jealous'. Do you have any idea as to the extent of his fame and fortune he's amassed over the years? Why would he be 'jealous' of a no talent hack?
  • Sanity
    Haha, your name is 'Carrie'. XD


    You obviously have no idea who you're talking about when you say he's 'just jealous'. Do you have any idea as to the extent of his fame and fortune he's amassed over the years? Why would he be 'jealous' of a no talent hack?
  • Sanity
    Haha, your name is 'Carrie'. XD


    You obviously have no idea who you're talking about when you say he's 'just jealous'. Do you have any idea as to the extent of his fame and fortune he's amassed over the years? Why would he be 'jealous' of a no talent hack?
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    oh come on Mr HAter!!! Just GO HOME!!! YOU'RE HURTINIG YOURSELF HERE!!! AHAHAHAH
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    EXCUSE MEEEHHH!!! "ONE OF THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE????" THEN WHY DOES IT EARNED $340 MILLION FOR JUST 3 MONTHS????
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    EXCUSE MEEEHHH!!! "ONE OF THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE????" THEN WHY DOES IT EARNED $340 MILLION FOR JUST 3 MONTHS????
  • Sanity
    All his work 'only appeals to a small fan base'? You haven't been living under a rock for the past thirty years have you?
  • Sanity
    All his work 'only appeals to a small fan base'? You haven't been living under a rock for the past thirty years have you?
  • Sanity
    All his work 'only appeals to a small fan base'? You haven't been living under a rock for the past thirty years have you?
  • Sanity
    ^ This exemplifies why Stephenie Meyer is a horrid writer. Just look at the lack of intelligence her fans display.
  • Sanity
    ^ This exemplifies why Stephenie Meyer is a horrid writer. Just look at the lack of intelligence her fans display.
  • Sanity
    ^ This exemplifies why Stephenie Meyer is a horrid writer. Just look at the lack of intelligence her fans display.
  • TED
    IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO JEALOUSY THAT A WOMAN IS HAVING THIS MUCH SUCCESS AND THAT HIS IS OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT.


    MAYBE EVEN MORE SUCCESS THAN HE DID IN HIS HAYDAY SINCE TWILIGHT SERIES DOESN'T SHOW ANY SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.



    JUST JEALOUSY,...

    1. HE HAD SUCCESSFUL BOOKS, SO DOES MEYERS AND MAKING MORE MONEY



    2. WHOSE BOOKS HAVE REIGNED IN THE TOP SELLING LISTS LONGER THAN ANY OTHER.... MEYER'S, UNLIKE HIS



    3. HIS BOOKS WERE MADE INTO MOVIES BUT MOSTLY MADE FOR TV AND MEYERS BOOKS ARE BEING MADE INTO MOVIES FOR THE BIG SCREEN AND MAKING CRAZY MONEY



    4.HIS BOOOKS NEVER GOT THIS MUCH PUBLICITY AS MEYERS' IS



    5. NOBODY EVER MADE ANY FAN COLLECTOR MERCHANDISE FOR HIS STUFF AS MUCH AS THERE IS FOR MEYER'S BOOKS



    6. WHO HAS MORE WEBSITES, BLOGS, FORUMS, ETC. BASED ON THE POPULARITY OF THEIR BOOKS...MEYERS.

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!JEALOUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



    AND HE IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE BEING IGNORED AND TRYING TO GET IN THIS SPOTLIGHT..... PITIFULLY ASKING "HEY REMEMBER ME, LOOK AT ME,LOOK AT ME"

    PITIFUL, HE JUST DROVE POSSIBLY MANY FANS OR POSSIBLE FANS AWAY FROM HIS STUFF FOR BEING SO DISRESPECTFUL.



    I FOR ONE KIND OF ENJOY(ED) HIS STUFF AND HAD NO ILL THOUGHTS TOWARD HIM UNTIL NOW, AND NOW I FEEL THE INCLINATION TO STAY AWAY FROM WHATEVER HAS TO DO WITH HIM. FUNNY HOW HATIN' ON SOMEONE WORKS TO THEIR DISADVANTAGE!
  • TED
    IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO JEALOUSY THAT A WOMAN IS HAVING THIS MUCH SUCCESS AND THAT HIS IS OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT.


    MAYBE EVEN MORE SUCCESS THAN HE DID IN HIS HAYDAY SINCE TWILIGHT SERIES DOESN'T SHOW ANY SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.



    JUST JEALOUSY,...

    1. HE HAD SUCCESSFUL BOOKS, SO DOES MEYERS AND MAKING MORE MONEY



    2. WHOSE BOOKS HAVE REIGNED IN THE TOP SELLING LISTS LONGER THAN ANY OTHER.... MEYER'S, UNLIKE HIS



    3. HIS BOOKS WERE MADE INTO MOVIES BUT MOSTLY MADE FOR TV AND MEYERS BOOKS ARE BEING MADE INTO MOVIES FOR THE BIG SCREEN AND MAKING CRAZY MONEY



    4.HIS BOOOKS NEVER GOT THIS MUCH PUBLICITY AS MEYERS' IS



    5. NOBODY EVER MADE ANY FAN COLLECTOR MERCHANDISE FOR HIS STUFF AS MUCH AS THERE IS FOR MEYER'S BOOKS



    6. WHO HAS MORE WEBSITES, BLOGS, FORUMS, ETC. BASED ON THE POPULARITY OF THEIR BOOKS...MEYERS.

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!JEALOUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



    AND HE IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE BEING IGNORED AND TRYING TO GET IN THIS SPOTLIGHT..... PITIFULLY ASKING "HEY REMEMBER ME, LOOK AT ME,LOOK AT ME"

    PITIFUL, HE JUST DROVE POSSIBLY MANY FANS OR POSSIBLE FANS AWAY FROM HIS STUFF FOR BEING SO DISRESPECTFUL.



    I FOR ONE KIND OF ENJOY(ED) HIS STUFF AND HAD NO ILL THOUGHTS TOWARD HIM UNTIL NOW, AND NOW I FEEL THE INCLINATION TO STAY AWAY FROM WHATEVER HAS TO DO WITH HIM. FUNNY HOW HATIN' ON SOMEONE WORKS TO THEIR DISADVANTAGE!
  • TED
    IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO JEALOUSY THAT A WOMAN IS HAVING THIS MUCH SUCCESS AND THAT HIS IS OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT.


    MAYBE EVEN MORE SUCCESS THAN HE DID IN HIS HAYDAY SINCE TWILIGHT SERIES DOESN'T SHOW ANY SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.



    JUST JEALOUSY,...

    1. HE HAD SUCCESSFUL BOOKS, SO DOES MEYERS AND MAKING MORE MONEY



    2. WHOSE BOOKS HAVE REIGNED IN THE TOP SELLING LISTS LONGER THAN ANY OTHER.... MEYER'S, UNLIKE HIS



    3. HIS BOOKS WERE MADE INTO MOVIES BUT MOSTLY MADE FOR TV AND MEYERS BOOKS ARE BEING MADE INTO MOVIES FOR THE BIG SCREEN AND MAKING CRAZY MONEY



    4.HIS BOOOKS NEVER GOT THIS MUCH PUBLICITY AS MEYERS' IS



    5. NOBODY EVER MADE ANY FAN COLLECTOR MERCHANDISE FOR HIS STUFF AS MUCH AS THERE IS FOR MEYER'S BOOKS



    6. WHO HAS MORE WEBSITES, BLOGS, FORUMS, ETC. BASED ON THE POPULARITY OF THEIR BOOKS...MEYERS.

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!JEALOUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



    AND HE IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE BEING IGNORED AND TRYING TO GET IN THIS SPOTLIGHT..... PITIFULLY ASKING "HEY REMEMBER ME, LOOK AT ME,LOOK AT ME"

    PITIFUL, HE JUST DROVE POSSIBLY MANY FANS OR POSSIBLE FANS AWAY FROM HIS STUFF FOR BEING SO DISRESPECTFUL.



    I FOR ONE KIND OF ENJOY(ED) HIS STUFF AND HAD NO ILL THOUGHTS TOWARD HIM UNTIL NOW, AND NOW I FEEL THE INCLINATION TO STAY AWAY FROM WHATEVER HAS TO DO WITH HIM. FUNNY HOW HATIN' ON SOMEONE WORKS TO THEIR DISADVANTAGE!
  • Sanity
    Because A. Nonymous is omnipotent and omniscient. ^_^
  • Sanity
    Because A. Nonymous is omnipotent and omniscient. ^_^
  • Sanity
    Because A. Nonymous is omnipotent and omniscient. ^_^
  • Sanity
    ... you do realize this is the internet, right?
  • Sanity
    ... you do realize this is the internet, right?
  • MireilleMasen
    Stephenie Meyer is a wonderful writer. Her books are so captivatiing and far beyond horrible. I loved her Twilight series and her other book, The Host, is just as great and it's different. Stephen King is entitled to his opinion but he doesn't have to be so negative on Meyer's success. He does have lots of good work but he and Meyer or like from two different universes when it come to writing. Just because millions of her fans are teenage girls that doesn't mean that we're only looking for sex. There are tons of adults, men and women, who like Stephenie Meyer's books because it's about a truly wondreful romance. He's just being totally ridiculous. He has his way of writing things and she has her's. He if doesn't like it so much then he shouldn't even entertain it and just ignore Meyer's work then trying to start controversy.
  • ...
    Ignore it? Are you kidding me?

    He was asked about what he thought about Meyer's work and he was giving his honest opinion about. With all they overrated hype about Meyer, he probably read the books thinking they might be great and was disappointed that they weren't up to his standards.
  • MireilleMasen
    Believe me I hate what he said about Meyer's work and it's not something you can just ignore at first but if she were to reply to his message with something just as bad as he said I would be very disappointed becuase I think she's a much better person then to throw nasty remarks back at King. She should just take the criticism and move on trying to become a better writer.
  • Sanity
    Oh yes, God forbid anyone exercise their first amendment rights.
  • Sanity
    Oh yes, God forbid anyone exercise their first amendment rights.
  • Sanity
    Hi Yuki!


    ~ pippiperson
  • Sanity
    Hi Yuki!


    ~ pippiperson
  • Sunny
    Stephen King should go back to the dark hole he lives in and refrain from making comments about things he knows nothing about...specifically Twilight related stuff. Since when is he the go-to-guy for expert advice on authors and their books. He's just trying to pull a Camilla Belle and get his name in the media by saying something about Stephanie Meyer or the Twilight series.
  • Anonymous
    Considering that he has been writing for a much longer time than Meyer has and his books are highly popular, I say he's entitled to criticize Meyer. If she can't take criticism, she doesn't deserve to be an author. Weaklings bawl and throw hissy fits when they're criticized; real authors buckle down and try to improve.
  • emma
    get of ur high horse!! if u don't like her works why are u on here??? and ur telling me that if you like something you don't think its good/great??? my point was that everyone is different, everyone likes and dislikes different things!!! if you weren't so narrow minded you would look at some of the comments on here and see that!! yes some people are disisng him but i haven't dissed his writing or anyones!!! plenty of people can see his pov and hers!! i just said that if we all wrote what he thinks is great literature life would be boring!! what would we do without useless crap?? by the way are u a literary?? or do you somehow know stephen king, because u seem to be doing all you can to praise him!!
  • emma
    get of ur high horse!! if u don't like her works why are u on here??? and ur telling me that if you like something you don't think its good/great??? my point was that everyone is different, everyone likes and dislikes different things!!! if you weren't so narrow minded you would look at some of the comments on here and see that!! yes some people are disisng him but i haven't dissed his writing or anyones!!! plenty of people can see his pov and hers!! i just said that if we all wrote what he thinks is great literature life would be boring!! what would we do without useless crap?? by the way are u a literary?? or do you somehow know stephen king, because u seem to be doing all you can to praise him!!
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    For those who think that Stephen King's books haven't been made into successful movies...ahem...

    Carrie
    Christine
    Salems Lot
    The Shining
    Cujo
    The Dead Zone
    firestarter
    Stand By Me
    Pet Semetary
    IT
    Misery
    The Shawshank Redemption
    Dolored Claiborne
    The Green Mile

    my work here is done
  • Troll.
    [applause]
  • edwardissexy1901
    i agree hes written some good books ive heard great things. but he and YOU shouldnt be baggin on other authors. everyone has a unique style to his or her writing and everyone has a preferance in books but you dont have to be so rude just explain what you think and be done with it
  • Sanity
    Oh yes, God forbid anyone exercise their first amendment rights.
  • tlhmh359
    Thank you :D
  • edwardissexy1901
    who was that thank you to?
  • tlhmh359
    to crispin
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    don't thank me, thank logic!
  • sctwilightmom
    I hated Pet Semetary book & movie. Both sucked. Overall I agree the man is a genius. For those that don't know there are magazines (Entertainment Weekly I think) that have him do book reviews. I agree and disagree with some of his remarks but there is no doubt the impact he has had that his opinion is respected by many. Many people who are younger on here may not know that he wrote one of the scariest vampire stories with Salem's lot. The little boy vampire hanging outside the window. Not the warm & fuzzy vampires.
  • Jacob_Black_Fan
    'Salem's Lot (the book, not the movie from the '70s) scared the Bejesus out of me!!! Yes, the little vampire outside the window!!! I'm totally freaking out just thinking about it! Thanks for reminding me ;) Think I'll read it again!
  • Milo
    Don't forget The Mist.
  • RACHEL
    OME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM SO PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY FACE IS RED AND IM GOING TO EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOMEONE SHOULD CRITICIZE HIM!!!!!!!!WHATS WRONG WITH HIS FACE?????????STEPHENIE MEYER IT TRULEY THE GREATEST AUTOR EVER!!!!!!SHE USES SO MUCH DESCRIPTION,GREAT WORDS,AND EVERY TIME I READ THE BOOKS,I WANT A GUY LIKE EDWARD!!!!!HE DOESNT KNOW GOOD BOOKS.I WISH EMMETT TURNED ME INTO A VAMPIRE SO I COULD KILL HIM!!!!! I WOULDNT EVEN WANT TO SUCK HIS GROSS BLOOD OUT!!!!!!!!!YOU ROCK STEPHENIE!!!!!!!!!!!YOU ARE AMAZINGLY TALENTED AND I WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF YOUR LOYAL FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • RACHEL
    OME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM SO PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY FACE IS RED AND IM GOING TO EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOMEONE SHOULD CRITICIZE HIM!!!!!!!!WHATS WRONG WITH HIS FACE?????????STEPHENIE MEYER IT TRULEY THE GREATEST AUTOR EVER!!!!!!SHE USES SO MUCH DESCRIPTION,GREAT WORDS,AND EVERY TIME I READ THE BOOKS,I WANT A GUY LIKE EDWARD!!!!!HE DOESNT KNOW GOOD BOOKS.I WISH EMMETT TURNED ME INTO A VAMPIRE SO I COULD KILL HIM!!!!! I WOULDNT EVEN WANT TO SUCK HIS GROSS BLOOD OUT!!!!!!!!!YOU ROCK STEPHENIE!!!!!!!!!!!YOU ARE AMAZINGLY TALENTED AND I WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF YOUR LOYAL FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Lindsay
    You forgot some more Stephen King movies: Secret Window, Dreamcatcher, Rose Red, Children of the Corn.. the list goes on and on; google it - his works have been made into over 50 movies/miniseries/etc.
    While I think what he said was a little harsh, I don't think he sucks at all. They are both completely different writers. I agree with what many people said here - Stephanie is an amazing STORYTELLER, but writer... well, I didn't think she did a bad job, but it wasn't amazing. Her storytelling abilities make up for it, in my opinion, because I read A LOT and it's rare that I find a book that I'm so in enthralled in. I thought her books were awesome because you get so into the characters and the story; you feel what they feel, want what they want, etc. But I agree with what others have said; how her characters can be shallow/undeveloped outside of their love for one another.

    I'd love to know how many Stephen King novels most of you posters have read - I'm betting the majority of you have read 0. Like I said, I read a lot - doesn't mean I know more about books than you, but I have read many, many books and I can usually tell (for me, anyways) when a book is going to be garbage. I enjoy his novels; I've read quite a few of them too (my favorite has to be The Stand) He has his flaws, too of course; my biggest gripe with him is that he drags scenes out that SHOULD last 3-5 pages but last 20-30 pages, sometimes whole chapters... it kills me. He also usually kills off the people I like the most, lol, but that's not really a writing flaw...

    Anyways, what I was trying to say is that they are both different authors and both attract different readers. He was just expressing his opinion, and I would hope we would all be mature enough to accept that not EVERYONE on the face of the planet is going to be all omgz Twilight rulez!!! Don't bash another author until you've read them and decided for yourself; personal opinions don't reflect talent/ability anyways.
  • Lindsay
    You forgot some more Stephen King movies: Secret Window, Dreamcatcher, Rose Red, Children of the Corn.. the list goes on and on; google it - his works have been made into over 50 movies/miniseries/etc.
    While I think what he said was a little harsh, I don't think he sucks at all. They are both completely different writers. I agree with what many people said here - Stephanie is an amazing STORYTELLER, but writer... well, I didn't think she did a bad job, but it wasn't amazing. Her storytelling abilities make up for it, in my opinion, because I read A LOT and it's rare that I find a book that I'm so in enthralled in. I thought her books were awesome because you get so into the characters and the story; you feel what they feel, want what they want, etc. But I agree with what others have said; how her characters can be shallow/undeveloped outside of their love for one another.

    I'd love to know how many Stephen King novels most of you posters have read - I'm betting the majority of you have read 0. Like I said, I read a lot - doesn't mean I know more about books than you, but I have read many, many books and I can usually tell (for me, anyways) when a book is going to be garbage. I enjoy his novels; I've read quite a few of them too (my favorite has to be The Stand) He has his flaws, too of course; my biggest gripe with him is that he drags scenes out that SHOULD last 3-5 pages but last 20-30 pages, sometimes whole chapters... it kills me. He also usually kills off the people I like the most, lol, but that's not really a writing flaw...

    Anyways, what I was trying to say is that they are both different authors and both attract different readers. He was just expressing his opinion, and I would hope we would all be mature enough to accept that not EVERYONE on the face of the planet is going to be all omgz Twilight rulez!!! Don't bash another author until you've read them and decided for yourself; personal opinions don't reflect talent/ability anyways.
  • Pyro
    BECAUSE SOMETIMES GOOGLE GIVES USEFUL RESULTS


    CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
  • Pyro
    BECAUSE SOMETIMES GOOGLE GIVES USEFUL RESULTS


    CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
  • Pyro
    BECAUSE SOMETIMES GOOGLE GIVES USEFUL RESULTS


    CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
  • Danny
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_based_on_Ste...


    Get your facts straight before you talk trash sweetheart.
  • Danny
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_based_on_Ste...


    Get your facts straight before you talk trash sweetheart.
  • Danny
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_based_on_Ste...


    Get your facts straight before you talk trash sweetheart.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    don't thank me, thank logic!
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    don't thank me, thank logic!
  • ocdrox
    what ever ur oppinion does not matter i bet u just made alot of girls hate u plus u wouldnt see it in our way because UR NOT A GIRL TEENAGER JEEZ GO BOTHER SOME 1 ELSE AND BTW THE TWILIGHT SERIS ARE THE BOMB SO JUST GOO AWAY JEEZ
  • MireilleMasen
    [applause] lol. Exactly!
  • Troll.
    For the record (I know you're probably not addressing me) I'm a teenage girl.

    And I hate Twilight.

    Gasp, shock, horror.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    and you know how to spell and use correct grammar.
  • sam
    and you are on here because....?
  • Anonymous
    What do you think? To laugh at the stupidity of some people.
  • Roxy_Twilighter
    It's okay if you're not a Twilighter. It's not like ALL teenage girls HAVE to like Twilight. It's just that some do. It's your opinion. And if people are stupid enough to hate you just because you don't like Twilight, well they're morons (probably planning on having a Twilight propaganda right now. And if I'm right well then, flee for your life!) But anyway as I was saying it would be pretty damn boring if EVERYONE liked the same stuff. :D Am I right? :]
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    Well written !
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    Well written !
  • ocdrox
    OO YEA LET ME JUST ADD Y r the Twilight haters on this site jeez get a life !!!!!! and totally agree with Brittney a bunch of sci-fi crap tht no one needs in their life at least the twilight seris hav a unique touch to them the twilight seris rlly brings out wat it is like to be a girl !!! UR JUST JELOUS UR NOT LIKE EDWARD CULLEN !!!!!!!! HAHAHAHA
  • ...
    What else? To knock some sense into the fans throwing a hissy fit over King's opinion. They asked what he thought about her work and he gave an honest opinion. Get over it, you losers and quit dissing him.
  • aradiannon
    I'm kind of dissapointed in Stephen king for saying that. And I myself enjoyed many of his books in the past that I have read. I don't think its very professional or , good taste to say negative things about other writers who are actually very successful.
    Sounds to me like maybe he is a bit envious since his success is currently now just a shadow. Maybe he should follow up with a new book since he thinks hes a better writer than her.
  • aradiannon
    I'm kind of dissapointed in Stephen king for saying that. And I myself enjoyed many of his books in the past that I have read. I don't think its very professional or , good taste to say negative things about other writers who are actually very successful.
    Sounds to me like maybe he is a bit envious since his success is currently now just a shadow. Maybe he should follow up with a new book since he thinks hes a better writer than her.
  • aradiannon
    ..and to compare the twilight series to harry potter-that is completely retarded. One is not like the other at all.
  • aradiannon
    ..and to compare the twilight series to harry potter-that is completely retarded. One is not like the other at all.
  • Courtney
    Ouch? I am very glad i stay away from this fanbase. I love twilight, but yes, i do believe the writing is not that good (especially when compared to King). It has nothing to do with 'dissin', its just a statement. Even if the writing is not that amazing, the series itself is.
  • Courtney
    Ouch? I am very glad i stay away from this fanbase. I love twilight, but yes, i do believe the writing is not that good (especially when compared to King). It has nothing to do with 'dissin', its just a statement. Even if the writing is not that amazing, the series itself is.
  • Courtney
    Ouch? I am very glad i stay away from this fanbase. I love twilight, but yes, i do believe the writing is not that good (especially when compared to King). It has nothing to do with 'dissin', its just a statement. Even if the writing is not that amazing, the series itself is.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    you are confusing quanity with quality.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    you are confusing quanity with quality.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    you are confusing quanity with quality.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    oh, and thanks for capslock rape. It just makes you look so intelligent.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    oh, and thanks for capslock rape. It just makes you look so intelligent.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    oh, and thanks for capslock rape. It just makes you look so intelligent.
  • NATALIE
    IM NOT A TEEN. IM 26 YRS OLD AND HAVE 3 KIDS. I AM JUST A HERO FAN. I LIKE VAMPIRES, WAREWOLFS, SPIDERMAN, WIZARDS, WITCHES. ALMOST ANY MOIVE THAT HAS A PERSON WITH SPEACIAL POWERS IM IN.. HONESTLY I COULDN'T READ TWILIGHT WHEN MY SISTER GAVE IT TO ME. LIKE I SAID IM NOT A READER EVER!! I READ LIKE 3 PGS AND STOPPED TILL THE MOVIE CAME OUT THEN I WAS ALL IN..I NEVER READ THE HARRY BOOKS, AGAIN EVEN THOUGHT I LOVE THE MOVIES, IT DOESN'T CATCH MY ATTENTION THAT MUCH.. BUT I LOVE BOTH MOVIES. FOR TOTALY DIFFERENT REASONS.
  • TED
    Exactly he seems to be slamming on another author's quality because of the quantity


    At this point she might have more quantity despite the quality than any other author whose books go by way of hollywood and beyond the bookstore and beyond the U.S.



    so what if it isn't exactly classical lit that meyer's has written but sure enough it will be remembered through history to the chagrin of lit critics or not right along with all other succesful authors.



    This much fame and controversary that is certainly not going unnoticed is bound to g down in literary history or pop culture.



    I mean look at us here debating contoversy after controversy. Has any other literary work gone through this!!!!???
  • TED
    Exactly he seems to be slamming on another author's quality because of the quantity


    At this point she might have more quantity despite the quality than any other author whose books go by way of hollywood and beyond the bookstore and beyond the U.S.



    so what if it isn't exactly classical lit that meyer's has written but sure enough it will be remembered through history to the chagrin of lit critics or not right along with all other succesful authors.



    This much fame and controversary that is certainly not going unnoticed is bound to g down in literary history or pop culture.



    I mean look at us here debating contoversy after controversy. Has any other literary work gone through this!!!!???
  • TED
    Exactly he seems to be slamming on another author's quality because of the quantity


    At this point she might have more quantity despite the quality than any other author whose books go by way of hollywood and beyond the bookstore and beyond the U.S.



    so what if it isn't exactly classical lit that meyer's has written but sure enough it will be remembered through history to the chagrin of lit critics or not right along with all other succesful authors.



    This much fame and controversary that is certainly not going unnoticed is bound to g down in literary history or pop culture.



    I mean look at us here debating contoversy after controversy. Has any other literary work gone through this!!!!???
  • Abby
    Here's what I think:


    He is entitled to his opinion, and frankly, I agree with him. Only on the part that she's not a good writer, not the Harry Potter comparison. Harry Potter is a literary masterpiece and beyond comparison. SM is not a good writer. And this story is not very original at all. To boot, her main character isn't interesting at all and is an idiot. The love story isn't very realistic, I mean why were the two of them drawn together? Other than the fact that Edward couldn't resist her blood. And he's not that interesting either. The only reason I read Twilight is because of Jacob. He is my favorite character and breathes some much needed life into the series. That is the only thing I really think she did well: she created Jacob Black. Bella and Jacob's romance is believable because the progressed from being best friends, which is a very likely situation. Other than that, she hasn't done anything right. Eclipse was painful and Breaking Dawn was excruciating. She destroyed the one character that she got right. What was she thinking?
  • The Joker
    D: I'm blinded by caps rape!
    And him giving an opinion doesn't make his works any less magnificent.
  • The Joker
    D: I'm blinded by caps rape!
    And him giving an opinion doesn't make his works any less magnificent.
  • TED
    LOL!!! <- oh look more capslock just for you), and your choice of words, meaningless off subject comments, and because someone doesn't share your thoughts makes you intelligent?


    TOUCHY AREN'T WE? <- here's more for you since you did thank me for it and you might need more...umm what you call it???
  • TED
    LOL!!! <- oh look more capslock just for you), and your choice of words, meaningless off subject comments, and because someone doesn't share your thoughts makes you intelligent?


    TOUCHY AREN'T WE? <- here's more for you since you did thank me for it and you might need more...umm what you call it???
  • TED
    LOL!!! <- oh look more capslock just for you), and your choice of words, meaningless off subject comments, and because someone doesn't share your thoughts makes you intelligent?


    TOUCHY AREN'T WE? <- here's more for you since you did thank me for it and you might need more...umm what you call it???
  • edwardissexy1901
    i dont understand why all these twilight haters are on the new moon movie website! all this site is about is twilight and its sequels just plz someone tell me why. maybe they just dont have lives. cuz this site wasnt easy for me to find so something is definately wrong with you ppl
  • Trilies
    I found my way here through Yahoo, which was displaying the same article on its front page. So there you go. Answer to your question. Yahoo can't be the only site that has this article.
  • Anonymous
    Well, you see, I'm here to see the number of Twitards that meet opposition to the series with hissy fits and bad spelling. Also, I'm here because I want to laugh at the Twitards.
  • justme
    Hmm a wee bit jealous Mr. King?Like he's the best writer in the world. And a book doesn't have to be overtly sexual to be good.
  • Pyro
    I don't think you realize the irony in that statement. He specifically stated that girls flocked to it because it was not overt. It's the subtleties that people don't pick up on at first glance that are what make it popular. Whether I agree with him, well...
  • Pyro
    I don't think you realize the irony in that statement. He specifically stated that girls flocked to it because it was not overt. It's the subtleties that people don't pick up on at first glance that are what make it popular. Whether I agree with him, well...
  • Pyro
    I don't think you realize the irony in that statement. He specifically stated that girls flocked to it because it was not overt. It's the subtleties that people don't pick up on at first glance that are what make it popular. Whether I agree with him, well...
  • Bella
    omg!!!! ugh twilight isnt the same as harry potter and it never will be! Twilight is so much better! and no its not sexual!!! theres only 2 sexual scenes which is in last book, and their married already!!! geez he makes it sound like another cheap teen book! its an amzing teen novel about finding ur soul mate! its the best series ever <3
  • So... all the begging for sex? All the obsessing about every bit of physical contact with Edward? All the drooling over how good-looking he is- to the point where she doesn't even mention his personality until the second book? That's not sexual? Please, tell me how it's not, I'm really curious.
  • NATALIE
    you know they secretly want to know all the news about Twilight :) they just can't admit it!
  • uh..
    Gotta love SK for giving it to you straight.. while I agree 100% with him... it destroys and respect I had for him. Hes a professional.. he should act like one.


    Truth is.. nobody gives a damn about SK books anymore, and hes just seeking some headlines. SK is the past.. Meyer may or may not be the future, but he shouldn't be bashing other authors.
  • uh..
    Gotta love SK for giving it to you straight.. while I agree 100% with him... it destroys and respect I had for him. Hes a professional.. he should act like one.


    Truth is.. nobody gives a damn about SK books anymore, and hes just seeking some headlines. SK is the past.. Meyer may or may not be the future, but he shouldn't be bashing other authors.
  • Pyro
    Well, generally you read something before you criticize it. To do otherwise shows ignorance and idiocy *AHEM HEM*
  • Pyro
    Well, generally you read something before you criticize it. To do otherwise shows ignorance and idiocy *AHEM HEM*
  • edwardissexy1901
    i love this website by the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! random comment i know.
  • Mel
    Stephanie Myer is an amazing STORYTELLER not Writer, there is a big difference.. I happen to LOVE the books, have read them all 3 times; however her writing style is a bit lacking. Again, I love the books, this is not a bash, but the writing skill is upstaged by her amazing stores & creativity. I am not a Stephen King fan, but to clarify, he didn't compare Harry Potter & Twilight (as many often do). He compared two authors of successful sagas, it had nothing to do with story concept & more to do with writing abilities.
  • edwardissexy1901
    i agree to the storytelling part. i havent read any of his books but ive seen the hsining and it was a little crazy i mean seiously. kinda like whoa weirdness. but mrs. meyer definately has a way with creativity
  • Syra
    FINALLY someone talks sense in here! Totally agree with you. I love her books too, and think she really is amazing storyteller, but what comes about writing... it could be better. Stephen King has written a lot, but I've never liked his books very much. And I don't think he is as good storyteller as Meyer(just my opinion, donät kill me King fans).
  • ocdrox
    I LUV UR SITE TOO LOL
  • edwardissexy1901
    why dont you just click on the reply button......?
  • ocdrox
    oo well now i know sorry
  • edwardissexy1901
    lol its cool it just makes evrything easier to keep track haha
  • Annie
    did he at least read the book(s)? i mean really! at least read the books before you bash them!!! and his books don't really appeal to our age group.... harry potter is for like obsessive pre-teens..... twilight is for obsessive teenagers!!!

    oh come on!! if you are on this site then you are obsessed..... just admit it and live with it!!! :-)
  • Annie
    yea i ment to start a new paragraph... i know that he didn't write harry potter!!! sry!
  • Pyro
    Well, generally you read something before you criticize it. To do otherwise shows ignorance and idiocy *AHEM HEM*
  • Pyro
    yea i dun reedz eether cuz reedinz 4 nerdz lol n cuz wehnevr i try 2 reed tehn im liek "i not a nerdz" n soz nowz i iz unedukated n i live on de streat but I <3 TWILIHGT OMGOMGOMG
  • Pyro
    yea i dun reedz eether cuz reedinz 4 nerdz lol n cuz wehnevr i try 2 reed tehn im liek "i not a nerdz" n soz nowz i iz unedukated n i live on de streat but I <3 TWILIHGT OMGOMGOMG
  • ocdrox
    i Agree edwardissexy1901 its like they dont hav lives!! lol
  • edwardissexy1901
    i kno right. seriously i had an early release today so ive had a lot of time on my hands. bu i always check this site to see whats new then i saw some of the stupid things that troll person was saying and i was all hold up
  • ocdrox
    DUDE, is she a sasquatch is that why her name is troll hahahaha
  • edwardissexy1901
    probably i dont think ppl like us very much cuz we are right and they just cant handle it
  • Troll.
    You're clearly not educated in internet sub-types. I am gladly taking on the persona of a troll, someone who purposefully antagonises others by presenting opposing opinions.

    Alternatively;

    Trolls (in most fairy stories) are usually associated with poor grasp of language and low intelligence. I have so far demonstrated an understanding of spelling and grammar. You on the other hand...
  • twihard17
    why do all the twilight haters keep bothering us abour our grammer? are we writing essays for school or something? y the hell does it matter if we use correct punctuation?
    does ths bther u guyz 2 mch tht u hve to keep brnging it up? u can obviously understand what people are saying so get over it
  • TC
    We bother you for spelling and grammer because there is a difference between "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" and "I helped my uncle jack off a horse". Plus Its painful to read.
  • twihard17
    oohh wow you are sooo cooooollll
    if its so painful to read then dont read it or dont come on the website at all..........
    sry if writng like ths bthers u so mch i didnt realize people could be so high maintenance!
  • ocdrox
    yea seriously im not in school right now soo jeez our grammar does not have to be perfect ok?
  • twihard17
    lol exactly!!
  • Troll.
    When one is arguing about literature (I use this term loosely) and attempting to prove a point it is common sense to try and make yourself appear more intelligent, make your argument readable and clear. By using bad grammar your sentence structures become confusing and it's possible that you will be misunderstood.

    Humans are also creatures of habit. The more you continue to use chat speak (even on the internet) to more likely you are to use it in school because it has become a force of habit.
  • twihard17
    umm actually considering we arent arguing about our writing i dont think we have to make oursleves look smarter.... i dont even think tlking lke this mkes us lok dumb
    and i dont write like this in school! so i think im gonna be okay i dont need your input on how the computer is gonna effect what i do in school...thanks tho
  • Troll
    We are commenting on the writing of another so we must show we actually understand what the laws of the English language.

    I am less likley to take your comments on the writing of another seriously if I am not given sufficient evidence that you know what you're talking about.

    You might not write 'lik dis' at school NOW but a few years down the line? Who's to say?
  • edwardissexy1901
    your like my freaking teacher.
  • Summer
    I admire your words, Troll, you should join a debate club.

    I disagree with Stephen King, Stephenie Meyer isn't a terrible writer; she just needs some improvement.

    I think she is a good author, but certainly not better than Stephen King, J.K Rowling, Sidney Sheldon, or even C.S. Lewis!

    I like Twilight, but its definitely not the best book ever. I personally think that only brain-dead teenagers who obviously haven't read any other book besides Twilight, think that Twilight is "teh best book in the wolrd".

    Thank you.
  • ocdrox
    IM PROUD TO SAY THT I AM OBSESSED!!!
  • edwardissexy1901
    ME TOO AND I OWE IT ALL TO MY BEST FRIEND AND MY COUSINS HAHA!!
  • Yuki
    And suddenly I love the man more. He's always been one of my favorite writers, because even if I couldn't relate to the characters, I could see, hear, feel them. When he wanted it scary, it was scary. And there was never any of the cop-out fake battles that you deal with in the Twilight books. It was a do or die. It was a question of how a character will react to another's death...by their own hand. It was genius.

    Honestly, people? The question wasn't "How can Meyer be a better writer?" It was more a "How do writers influence the next generation?" And he stated his opinion. It wasn't even a horribly insulting opinion, by the way...unlike quite a few comments. Case closed.
  • Sanity
    Hi Yuki!

    ~ pippiperson
  • twilighter_forever
    Oh My Edward!!! Thats the effect of getting old hahahah Obviously, he's very insecure with Stephenie Meyer because her books are the number 1 bestseller all over the world.
    And to Mr. Stephen King... i admire you before, but what you did and say was quite very disappointing... You're sourgraping waaaaaahhhh!!!
    and one more thing.... the books does not only capture teenagers... maybe he should try to see TwilightMOMS website so that he'll know many Moms all over the world are crazy over Twilight and Edward as well.... including myself hahahah!
  • Yuki
    I believe that might be in order. If he can write a new novel about a book taking over people's minds and making them batshit insane, cultish, and generally intolerant of others, then I'll be sure to read it.

    It's as if the only thing said so far is "OMG HE IS SO INSECURE BECAUSE HE'S OLD AND UGLY." Don't forget he's got best-sellers on best-sellers, that he has movies that are practically classics by now. People still refer to The Shining, Carrie, The Green Mile, Cujo, Pet Semetary...not to mention The Dark Tower saga. What's there to be insecure about?
  • Ever heard of a book called 'Pamela'? It practically created a new genre on it's own (epistolary style- written in letter format), and was one of the most successful novels of it's time- people went into debt to buy their own copies. It caused a fire storm of controversy, because the working class heroine marries an upper class man. It was held up as an example, mercilessly condemned, admired, and ridiculed. People either loved it or hated it: one way or another, it was popular.


    Who has heard of it nowadays, besides English majors specializing in British literature? 'Twilight' is very poorly written: it's full of typos, grammatically incorrect sentences, and purple prose. It has about the same dramatic pacing as bridge construction, and has very little in the way of a plot. There's no two ways around it- Stephenie Meyer needs a real editor who will tell her when things are bad. Because an awful lot is bad.



    This isn't even getting into all the toxic messages in the books, like suicide being romantic, obsession being love, and stalking being sweet. Add that to grown men falling in love with little girls, abuse spawning instant "true love", and all the female characters but one being weak-willed milksops who cling to their men come hell or high water (or invasion of privacy, blatant disrespect, kidnapping, stealing, assaulting, and mutilating).



    Stephenie Meyer isn't just a bad writer, she writes about bad things. The sad part is, she doesn't seem to realize these awful things are anything but wonderful. I think it's about time someone took her down a peg- she's been saying that her series is better than anything Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, or the Bronte sisters wrote, and has even been comparing herself to Shakespeare. Frankly, the woman is full of herself, and it's great that a respected author isn't putting up with her shenanigans.
  • Ever heard of a book called 'Pamela'? It practically created a new genre on it's own (epistolary style- written in letter format), and was one of the most successful novels of it's time- people went into debt to buy their own copies. It caused a fire storm of controversy, because the working class heroine marries an upper class man. It was held up as an example, mercilessly condemned, admired, and ridiculed. People either loved it or hated it: one way or another, it was popular.


    Who has heard of it nowadays, besides English majors specializing in British literature? 'Twilight' is very poorly written: it's full of typos, grammatically incorrect sentences, and purple prose. It has about the same dramatic pacing as bridge construction, and has very little in the way of a plot. There's no two ways around it- Stephenie Meyer needs a real editor who will tell her when things are bad. Because an awful lot is bad.



    This isn't even getting into all the toxic messages in the books, like suicide being romantic, obsession being love, and stalking being sweet. Add that to grown men falling in love with little girls, abuse spawning instant "true love", and all the female characters but one being weak-willed milksops who cling to their men come hell or high water (or invasion of privacy, blatant disrespect, kidnapping, stealing, assaulting, and mutilating).



    Stephenie Meyer isn't just a bad writer, she writes about bad things. The sad part is, she doesn't seem to realize these awful things are anything but wonderful. I think it's about time someone took her down a peg- she's been saying that her series is better than anything Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, or the Bronte sisters wrote, and has even been comparing herself to Shakespeare. Frankly, the woman is full of herself, and it's great that a respected author isn't putting up with her shenanigans.
  • Ever heard of a book called 'Pamela'? It practically created a new genre on it's own (epistolary style- written in letter format), and was one of the most successful novels of it's time- people went into debt to buy their own copies. It caused a fire storm of controversy, because the working class heroine marries an upper class man. It was held up as an example, mercilessly condemned, admired, and ridiculed. People either loved it or hated it: one way or another, it was popular.


    Who has heard of it nowadays, besides English majors specializing in British literature? 'Twilight' is very poorly written: it's full of typos, grammatically incorrect sentences, and purple prose. It has about the same dramatic pacing as bridge construction, and has very little in the way of a plot. There's no two ways around it- Stephenie Meyer needs a real editor who will tell her when things are bad. Because an awful lot is bad.



    This isn't even getting into all the toxic messages in the books, like suicide being romantic, obsession being love, and stalking being sweet. Add that to grown men falling in love with little girls, abuse spawning instant "true love", and all the female characters but one being weak-willed milksops who cling to their men come hell or high water (or invasion of privacy, blatant disrespect, kidnapping, stealing, assaulting, and mutilating).



    Stephenie Meyer isn't just a bad writer, she writes about bad things. The sad part is, she doesn't seem to realize these awful things are anything but wonderful. I think it's about time someone took her down a peg- she's been saying that her series is better than anything Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, or the Bronte sisters wrote, and has even been comparing herself to Shakespeare. Frankly, the woman is full of herself, and it's great that a respected author isn't putting up with her shenanigans.
  • Pyro
    Oh Edwardm ny darling, my dear, my love Jacob whispered to his vvampie lover. Edward blushed (a/n lol on the inside cuz vampires can't blush lol ) and kissed Jacob passionetly on the Jacob's finger tips. Jacob smiled and Edward farted, and a cloud of sparkles came out of butthole, showing Jacob in sparkles. Jacob gasped in delight!
  • Pyro
    Oh Edwardm ny darling, my dear, my love Jacob whispered to his vvampie lover. Edward blushed (a/n lol on the inside cuz vampires can't blush lol ) and kissed Jacob passionetly on the Jacob's finger tips. Jacob smiled and Edward farted, and a cloud of sparkles came out of butthole, showing Jacob in sparkles. Jacob gasped in delight!
  • Steven Anbro
    Stephen King is a complete moron. He looks in the mirror to get inspiration for his FREAK novels. Personally, I think he was dropped on that FUGLY face way too many times as a child. It addled his brain too. Because he is one disturbed mofo, and he can't write worth a damn. I fell asleep reading that piece of crap first book in his Dark Tower series. And he took forever to write that series too, and it STILL sucks. Stephenie Meyer is a literary genius and King can't handle it cuz he sucks so much
  • Steven Anbro
    Stephen King is a complete moron. He looks in the mirror to get inspiration for his FREAK novels. Personally, I think he was dropped on that FUGLY face way too many times as a child. It addled his brain too. Because he is one disturbed mofo, and he can't write worth a damn. I fell asleep reading that piece of crap first book in his Dark Tower series. And he took forever to write that series too, and it STILL sucks. Stephenie Meyer is a literary genius and King can't handle it cuz he sucks so much
  • despina apun
    stephen king dont hate becuz your books were probably not as good as stephenie meyer twilight series.harry potter series and twilight series are so different so people stop saying there the same or comparing it to twilight it annoying
  • Trilies
    1. Read the above comments, sweetheart. He wasn't comparing the two series.
    2. Maybe you should actually read some of his books before you say they weren't as good, hm? When you don't do that, you just look foolish.
  • edwardissexy1901
    well you freakin kno what i mean. all these freaking twilight fanatics are gonna go a wall if ppl keep talking crap about it
  • edwardissexy1901
    well you freakin kno what i mean. all these freaking twilight fanatics are gonna go a wall if ppl keep talking crap about it
  • edwardissexy1901
    dudes im not a reader like ever. i dont even read for book projects (im not the best student) but! BUT! i read twilight. the whole series too. and when ppl compare it to harry potter im like what?!?reason why was because evryone was like read harry potter and i was all hell no i never read. the story just didnt intrest me. but then i heard about twilight and i was so excited to read it because i loved the story line. stephenie meyer is the only auther i will ever read. so i dont give a crap about what staphen whats his name says so whatever. there is my story.
  • ocdrox
    same here its the only book I acctually got into lol
  • edwardissexy1901
    yeah im actually readin the series again because i zone a lot. but im only on twilight i read slow
  • ocdrox
    yea i wish she would do a epilouge to breaking dawn *sigh*
  • Pyro
    yea i dun reedz eether cuz reedinz 4 nerdz lol n cuz wehnevr i try 2 reed tehn im liek "i not a nerdz" n soz nowz i iz unedukated n i live on de streat but I <3 TWILIHGT OMGOMGOMG
  • tlhmh359
    I honestly think he is not jealous... why would he be? he is one of the bestselling authors in the world... all his books and short stories are great. All the movies that were based on his novels were awesome... Carrie, The shinning, IT, The shawshank redemption... i could go on and on...

    when i was watching Nightmares and dreamscapes i couldn't go to sleep for like an hour after that... yes I read the books and i like them but i agree she is not that great of a writer... i really did not like BD... i felt like it was being rushed just to get everything to end and to get to the "happy ending"
  • tlhmh359
    oh and one more thing... why did u choose that picture of him?lol it totally does not help him...
  • Yuki
    That's a pretty good question. King's not the best looking man out there...

    I'm guessing it was meant to scare the hell out of people. I get the feeling he's going to crawl out of my computer monitor and attack me D:
  • MelissaIsATwilightLover
    I just think that he is talented, but this is unnecessary to say. This kind of stuff hurts people's feeling and it is rude. Oh and sorry for the comment up there.
  • Jean
    It's not unneccessary when it's his criticism.
  • MelissaIsATwilightLover
    I believe that people should not criticize anyone's work because it is all good. Yes, some of the things people write needs a few tweaks, but in the end it is good. These type of things are offensive and not needed. People need to keep their comments to themselves.
  • ***
    "People need to keep comments to themselves."

    Wow, freedom of speech is foreign concept to you, isn't it?
  • twihard17
    oh so if i typed in stephen king on google this article would pop up?? are you sure about that? cuz you realize that A. Nonymous said he was on this website because S.K. is his fav. author right? why would anyone ever think that S.K. would be in any way related to twilight?
  • twihard17
    oh so if i typed in stephen king on google this article would pop up?? are you sure about that? cuz you realize that A. Nonymous said he was on this website because S.K. is his fav. author right? why would anyone ever think that S.K. would be in any way related to twilight?
  • twihard17
    oh so if i typed in stephen king on google this article would pop up?? are you sure about that? cuz you realize that A. Nonymous said he was on this website because S.K. is his fav. author right? why would anyone ever think that S.K. would be in any way related to twilight?
  • MireilleMasen
    This stuff is getting a little bit out of hand. He stated an opinion and he's entitled to that. I don't like what he said but that's what he thinks. Doesn't mean people have to go overboard with it and bash the guy. Stephenie Meyer is a wonderful writer in my opinion, but there are authors who I think are better than she is. She's new so maybe after a while she'll be a more respected author and become a better writer. As for this King stuff just let it go.
  • Dear girl, did you read what he said? If he disses things that he didn't write, he would have bashed J.K Rowling as well. There is nothing wrong with having literary standards, either. His books are all based in the same reality as 'Twilight', only instead of having sparkling, emotionally stunted vampires wangsting around, he goes into the deepest recesses of human fears and develops his monsters based on that. I don't think Stephenie Meyer could get any deeper than 'I wish Edward would have sex with me!'. The sex drive may be a distinctly human urge, but it's not a particularly deep one, and exploiting it takes no real effort.
  • Dear girl, did you read what he said? If he disses things that he didn't write, he would have bashed J.K Rowling as well. There is nothing wrong with having literary standards, either. His books are all based in the same reality as 'Twilight', only instead of having sparkling, emotionally stunted vampires wangsting around, he goes into the deepest recesses of human fears and develops his monsters based on that. I don't think Stephenie Meyer could get any deeper than 'I wish Edward would have sex with me!'. The sex drive may be a distinctly human urge, but it's not a particularly deep one, and exploiting it takes no real effort.
  • Dear girl, did you read what he said? If he disses things that he didn't write, he would have bashed J.K Rowling as well. There is nothing wrong with having literary standards, either. His books are all based in the same reality as 'Twilight', only instead of having sparkling, emotionally stunted vampires wangsting around, he goes into the deepest recesses of human fears and develops his monsters based on that. I don't think Stephenie Meyer could get any deeper than 'I wish Edward would have sex with me!'. The sex drive may be a distinctly human urge, but it's not a particularly deep one, and exploiting it takes no real effort.
  • kelzar
    Idiot. He doesn't write only horror; have you heard of, say, The Dark Tower series, an epic fantasy? Check for facts before you make a fool of yourself in defense of a bad author.
  • kelzar
    Idiot. He doesn't write only horror; have you heard of, say, The Dark Tower series, an epic fantasy? Check for facts before you make a fool of yourself in defense of a bad author.
  • kelzar
    Idiot. He doesn't write only horror; have you heard of, say, The Dark Tower series, an epic fantasy? Check for facts before you make a fool of yourself in defense of a bad author.
  • Obviously a lesson well gleaned from Twilight. If someone is not drop-dead gorgeous, they are worth nothing.
  • Obviously a lesson well gleaned from Twilight. If someone is not drop-dead gorgeous, they are worth nothing.
  • Obviously a lesson well gleaned from Twilight. If someone is not drop-dead gorgeous, they are worth nothing.
  • kelzar
    I laughed hard at that claim too. And besides, 'Salem's Lot' is ten times the movie Twilight was, much less the vampires themselves.
  • kelzar
    I laughed hard at that claim too. And besides, 'Salem's Lot' is ten times the movie Twilight was, much less the vampires themselves.
  • kelzar
    I laughed hard at that claim too. And besides, 'Salem's Lot' is ten times the movie Twilight was, much less the vampires themselves.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    Capslocking an entire post is just plain annoying, but sorry for jumping the gun on your intelligence.
    Putting the point of Smeyer having more merchandise for her books isn't a comparable point though, since her and SK aren't in the same market (though, having a Pennywise doll and a killer ghost car would be cool).As for the movies, let's not get ahead of ourselves yet. SMeyer has had only one movie so far, and yes, NM and Eclipse will have theirs, but not yet. SK has more theatrical movies under his belt. As for the marketing, SMeyer has the advantage of being in the internet era. Word of mouth is spread faster and to more people than SK had even 15 years ago. That's why Twilight is so successful, not to mention that it IS a marketable medium, unlike SK whose books are more adult and deal with horror,something that even today isn't that popular (there are exceptions of course). Yet, SK will be remembered for those strange, twisted books and some of the finest movies to come out in the 20th century. We will have to see is SMeyer's success can hold up ten years from now.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    Capslocking an entire post is just plain annoying, but sorry for jumping the gun on your intelligence.
    Putting the point of Smeyer having more merchandise for her books isn't a comparable point though, since her and SK aren't in the same market (though, having a Pennywise doll and a killer ghost car would be cool).As for the movies, let's not get ahead of ourselves yet. SMeyer has had only one movie so far, and yes, NM and Eclipse will have theirs, but not yet. SK has more theatrical movies under his belt. As for the marketing, SMeyer has the advantage of being in the internet era. Word of mouth is spread faster and to more people than SK had even 15 years ago. That's why Twilight is so successful, not to mention that it IS a marketable medium, unlike SK whose books are more adult and deal with horror,something that even today isn't that popular (there are exceptions of course). Yet, SK will be remembered for those strange, twisted books and some of the finest movies to come out in the 20th century. We will have to see is SMeyer's success can hold up ten years from now.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    Capslocking an entire post is just plain annoying, but sorry for jumping the gun on your intelligence.
    Putting the point of Smeyer having more merchandise for her books isn't a comparable point though, since her and SK aren't in the same market (though, having a Pennywise doll and a killer ghost car would be cool).As for the movies, let's not get ahead of ourselves yet. SMeyer has had only one movie so far, and yes, NM and Eclipse will have theirs, but not yet. SK has more theatrical movies under his belt. As for the marketing, SMeyer has the advantage of being in the internet era. Word of mouth is spread faster and to more people than SK had even 15 years ago. That's why Twilight is so successful, not to mention that it IS a marketable medium, unlike SK whose books are more adult and deal with horror,something that even today isn't that popular (there are exceptions of course). Yet, SK will be remembered for those strange, twisted books and some of the finest movies to come out in the 20th century. We will have to see is SMeyer's success can hold up ten years from now.
  • sctwilightmom
    The comments may seem a little harsh but they were only an opinion from one person. I have read all the authors mentioned with the exception of James Patterson, though I may have to check him out yet. All are so different in their styles and content. I am tired of the comparisons between the Harry Potter series and Twilight series. Both have good in their own way. JK Rowland created an amazing world filled with all the fasciating characters and events where the Twilight Meyers is a sweet love story with wonderful characters. I grew up reading Stephen King and Dean Koontz stories. Stephen King's storytelling is epic, and have created some sleepless nights for me. But both of those writers are in the same genre. Both have good books but Stephen King has also had some that were bad (Thinner, Pet Semetary). Stephen King is the best of that genre. None are going to win Pultzer Prizes but they know how to entertain their audiences, same goes for Jodi Picoult who is also a good writer. I love the Twilight series, and I'm in my late 30's as well Harry Potter. His opinion is his opinion but it doesn't effect my reading choices because I can see good & bad in the stories so I just ignore what I don't like and let myself get sucked into the characters and story.
  • twilighter_forever
    if he's not insecure, then why would he say stuffs like that??? he should have shut his mouth if he has nothing good to say... especially about Stephenie Meyer....
    obviously, he's jealous because no one is buying his books already...even if these books are good... and he should accept the fact that Twilight Series are the #1 bestseller all over the world... So for those who hate twilight... better go home... why are you here??? you're just hurting yourself hahahaha!!!
  • ocdrox
    sooo true bout the twilight hater thing
  • edwardissexy1901
    tell me about it
  • Yuki
    Lol ttly. We should bash him because he's ttly hating on everyone! And like, everyone who hates Twilight is soooo stupid! They should all die!

    Yeah, some of us find your words hypocritical, yet hilarious. Keep it up.
  • edwardissexy1901
    me? or sydney?
  • ocdrox
    yea im curious to know?? please tell
  • edwardissexy1901
    she deleted her commetn arg
  • ocdrox
    i think she got annoyed
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    hahahahah!!! She deleted her comments!
  • cake
    Stephen King is a more successful author than Stephanie Meyer, he has no reason to be jealous. He is stating facts.
  • Jean
    Because he's expressing his opinion. That's not hard to see.

    Look him up please. People are buying his books. And she's not a bestseller all over the world. That's reserved for good writers.
  • kelzar
    Stephen King has sold 350 million copies of his books, so I doubt he's "jealous" because of her sales numbers. That's absurd. And crap literature is not "remembered" in literature courses... it's remembered for its social impact maybe, but not for its quality.


    And sweetheart, Twilight is a fad. It's not the first fad nor will it be the last. You need to stop thinking it's the Bible.
  • kelzar
    Stephen King has sold 350 million copies of his books, so I doubt he's "jealous" because of her sales numbers. That's absurd. And crap literature is not "remembered" in literature courses... it's remembered for its social impact maybe, but not for its quality.


    And sweetheart, Twilight is a fad. It's not the first fad nor will it be the last. You need to stop thinking it's the Bible.
  • kelzar
    Stephen King has sold 350 million copies of his books, so I doubt he's "jealous" because of her sales numbers. That's absurd. And crap literature is not "remembered" in literature courses... it's remembered for its social impact maybe, but not for its quality.


    And sweetheart, Twilight is a fad. It's not the first fad nor will it be the last. You need to stop thinking it's the Bible.
  • TheLionFellInLuvWithCeci
    wow... haha oh my God i can't believe this moron... i'm not even gonna waste my time telling you what i think... just... haha... wow!!
  • TheLionFellInLuvWithCeci
    wow... haha oh my God i can't believe this moron... i'm not even gonna waste my time telling you what i think... just... haha... wow!!
  • So... all the begging for sex? All the obsessing about every bit of physical contact with Edward? All the drooling over how good-looking he is- to the point where she doesn't even mention his personality until the second book? That's not sexual? Please, tell me how it's not, I'm really curious.
  • So... all the begging for sex? All the obsessing about every bit of physical contact with Edward? All the drooling over how good-looking he is- to the point where she doesn't even mention his personality until the second book? That's not sexual? Please, tell me how it's not, I'm really curious.
  • TheLionFellInLuvWithCeci
    =]
    thx 4 backing me up... but seriously don't even waste ur time w/ stupid idiotic ppl that are on a TWILIGHT SAGA fan website talking smack b/c they can't do anything better w/ their stupid lives... =]
  • TheLionFellInLuvWithCeci
    =]
    thx 4 backing me up... but seriously don't even waste ur time w/ stupid idiotic ppl that are on a TWILIGHT SAGA fan website talking smack b/c they can't do anything better w/ their stupid lives... =]
  • TheLionFellInLuvWithCeci
    =]
    thx 4 backing me up... but seriously don't even waste ur time w/ stupid idiotic ppl that are on a TWILIGHT SAGA fan website talking smack b/c they can't do anything better w/ their stupid lives... =]
  • ocdrox
    THIS IS MADNESS THEY R BOTH GOOD AUTHORS END OF STORY i am still mad how he talked about Steph he should know better
  • ...
    It's his opinion. They asked for it. There's no point sugar coating your opinion when it basically says, "Oh that author? Yeah, I think her work sucks ass."

    Stop getting angry. It's not a big deal.
  • angi
    I AM A TWILIGHT MOM. First of all, Stephen King was giving his opinion on her writing from a critics point of view, NOT a readers point of view. His comments were appropriate IN THE CONTEXT. When a person reads a book, they don't look for a particular writing style, or the dynamics of writing fiction, they read it for the story. If the story appeals to them enough, the rest doesn't matter. Jealousy is so not the issue at hand, he's had more success than almost any other modern writer. If you know anything about him, he writes because he loves it, not to make money or to be on the bestseller list. Those things just kind of happened along the way. Many many more of his books could have been made into movies. He's had many offers and turned them down because he values his work and didn't want it devauled by Hollywood like so many great books are. Stephanie herself has worked very hard to prevent this from happening as well. He did mention her success and the good things about the series. It's not that he doesn't get the appeal, he is just giving his opinion. I love Stephen King books and I also love all of Stephanie Meyers books and they're very different. I like them each for different reasons. Not everyone is going to like the Twilight series, be realistic. They're not for everyone, just like his books aren't for everyone. She is still young and new to the game, and there's always room for improvement for everyone. I can't wait to see where she goes next. As for Stephen King, his writing is and always will be brilliant. His early works are very different from what he writes today. He has grown as a writer and so will she.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    Well written !
  • twihard17
    hahaha you are so right :)
  • twihard17
    hahaha you are so right :)
  • twihard17
    lol i think that if people had common sense they would understand you and it is so true :)
  • twihard17
    lol i think that if people had common sense they would understand you and it is so true :)
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    kendo, that is the perfect example of what this whole Twilight phenomenon is like. It's only a big deal cause it's in the here and now. We forget that there were huge moments like this in history, because those fads came and went.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    kendo, that is the perfect example of what this whole Twilight phenomenon is like. It's only a big deal cause it's in the here and now. We forget that there were huge moments like this in history, because those fads came and went.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    kendo, that is the perfect example of what this whole Twilight phenomenon is like. It's only a big deal cause it's in the here and now. We forget that there were huge moments like this in history, because those fads came and went.
  • Gerr!
    ok first of all Twilight is an AWSOME book and Stephenine is a great writer. i hated reading . i never read a book just for fun and when i had to do reports it took me abou t2 months to finish a book. Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series got me hooked on reading. And im sorry but i never heard of Stephen King until last year. but that might be because i was never in a library. i heard of Carrie and thought it was ok but not for me.


    second of all Twilight was Stephenie's first book and it got published and made into a move not to long after. now they are working the second movie not even half a year after Twilight was release into theaters.



    i think Stephenie is good and does not deserve comments like "Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.” that just ticked me off.
  • Gerr!
    ok first of all Twilight is an AWSOME book and Stephenine is a great writer. i hated reading . i never read a book just for fun and when i had to do reports it took me abou t2 months to finish a book. Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series got me hooked on reading. And im sorry but i never heard of Stephen King until last year. but that might be because i was never in a library. i heard of Carrie and thought it was ok but not for me.


    second of all Twilight was Stephenie's first book and it got published and made into a move not to long after. now they are working the second movie not even half a year after Twilight was release into theaters.



    i think Stephenie is good and does not deserve comments like "Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.” that just ticked me off.
  • NormalFruit
    OMG i have read his books before and to be honest they are not even that good i read pet semetary because i thought the movie was okay so when i read the book i couldnt take it, it was really boring, i only kept reading it because my name would pop up every once in a while.
  • NormalFruit
    OMG i have read his books before and to be honest they are not even that good i read pet semetary because i thought the movie was okay so when i read the book i couldnt take it, it was really boring, i only kept reading it because my name would pop up every once in a while.
  • Theresa
    I think he is an amazing writer, but I also love SM and the Twilight saga and JKR and Harry Potter...but above any of his writings...strangely enough one of my all time favorite novels was written by Tabitha King...yes, his wife. It is called "One on One" and a teenage angst love story...would if he ever have dissed her writing to interviewers/media??? Just curious.
  • twilightguy
    this guy is a nass, twilght is HOT, nothing wrong with that! :)
  • twihard17
    um what?
  • twihard17
    um what?
  • emma
    i don't really care about the literature and if he thinks it's good or not!! Books to me are about the story that they tell, and Stephanie Meyer told a great story, if her writing was really bad there wouldn't have been a great story, but million upon millions of people brought her books so i think thats saying something!! and i am a fan of james patterson who he also dissed, who is also an awesome writer and i am a harry potter fan so i like JKR as well. every writer is different, If every writer wrote the same it would be boring!! We all have different opinions, he's entitled to his, we love what we love and thats what makes us different!
  • cake
    The fact that people bought her books doesn't mean they're good. Millions of people buy crap every day. The story she told was not great either, it was a sterilized version of the vampire/paranormal romances that the likes of Anne Rice have been writing for years. Just because a story is enjoyed doesn't make it great.
  • emma
    get of ur high horse!! if u don't like her works why are u on here??? and ur telling me that if you like something you don't think its good/great??? my point was that everyone is different, everyone likes and dislikes different things!!! if you weren't so narrow minded you would look at some of the comments on here and see that!! yes some people are disisng him but i haven't dissed his writing or anyones!!! plenty of people can see his pov and hers!! i just said that if we all wrote what he thinks is great literature life would be boring!! what would we do without useless crap?? by the way are u a literary?? or do you somehow know stephen king, because u seem to be doing all you can to praise him!!
  • Jean
    You should do the same, and actually see the points people are making. You and other ones are the only ones who are narrow-minded. Please get over yourself.
  • emma
    whats narrow minded about saying everyones entitled to their own opinion?? saying that everyone is different and likes different things and thats ok?? how am i narrow minded?? we need variety in our lives whether stephen king thinks it's crap or not, it's different from his works and people are entitled to like his/hers or both or whoever they want!! and i have been reading other peoples comments, a lot of them just diss stephen king, a lot of them agree that she may not be a great literary but she can tell a story, others don't agree!! some people like both!!! we're all entitled to our opinions! but it helps if you know what writing about before you write it!! if you get that!
  • emma
    i've just been reading your comments, and it appears to me that you can't do anything but diss stephanie meyer and kiss stephen kings arse!! so who's narrow minded?? you don't seem to be able to appreciate other people opinions! all you can see is stephen king!!
  • Reyairia
    George Bush got re-elected with the popular vote, it didn't say much about his presidency, did it?
  • That is almost too funny - I love the old 'Stephen King' books, but anything after Pet Cemetary had the feel of "I can write anything and they'll buy it..."


    I discovered the Twilight books in December. It's now February and I've read all 4 three times [so far] and downloaded the partial from Steph's website. Her ability to write; connect; KNOW those feelings is fantastic. Her humour had me lying in bed at 3am, laughing out loud!



    At the end of the day - they all bring enjoyment - and I'm uncertain why anyone would voice an opinion such as that - other than jealousy!
  • That is almost too funny - I love the old 'Stephen King' books, but anything after Pet Cemetary had the feel of "I can write anything and they'll buy it..."


    I discovered the Twilight books in December. It's now February and I've read all 4 three times [so far] and downloaded the partial from Steph's website. Her ability to write; connect; KNOW those feelings is fantastic. Her humour had me lying in bed at 3am, laughing out loud!



    At the end of the day - they all bring enjoyment - and I'm uncertain why anyone would voice an opinion such as that - other than jealousy!
  • rfun6
    I think there are different kinds of writers for different kinds, or groups of people. I don't think if I were Stephen King, that I would comment on another persons writing. I like both writers. But there are so many different tastes and styles and likes and dislikes in this world. I am glad she wrote the twilight series. I am glad for Carrie and all the books that Stephen wrote. Everyone starts somewhere. I would say by the fan base and readers that she has done quite well for herself. Go Stephenie !!
  • Jean
    Why not? He's entitled to his opinion.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    nah, too easy.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    nah, too easy.
  • cake
    He's write. She can't write. She substitutes substance and plot for fluffy language, excessive adjectives and purple prose.
  • lostmystic76
    Oh he's always been an a$$hole anyway - no one really pays attention to what he says - lol. Whatever.
  • cake
    Whatever helps you sleep at night.
  • RDJ
    No, Bella's just pathetic. I did lose the most important person in my life, and I still miss her and wish she were back. But guess what? I also learned to move past the pain and live my life again, and learn to find happiness again.


    And I assure you, no one could love me more than her.
  • RDJ
    No, Bella's just pathetic. I did lose the most important person in my life, and I still miss her and wish she were back. But guess what? I also learned to move past the pain and live my life again, and learn to find happiness again.


    And I assure you, no one could love me more than her.
  • RDJ
    Wow, if I didn't know better, I'd say Meyer had written this herself. But she doesn't write homosexuality. Just necrophilia and bestiality.
  • RDJ
    Wow, if I didn't know better, I'd say Meyer had written this herself. But she doesn't write homosexuality. Just necrophilia and bestiality.
  • I just have to say that Stephen King is an idiot. I am sure he is a great writer but all of his stuff very weird and I don't really care for it. I love the way Stephenie writes because you can visualize what's going on, she has a way of bringing you in. I have read the saga 4 times now and I still love reading it. I think she is a great writer and I look forward to reading more stuff from her and hopefully Midnight Sun someday.
  • I just have to say that Stephen King is an idiot. I am sure he is a great writer but all of his stuff very weird and I don't really care for it. I love the way Stephenie writes because you can visualize what's going on, she has a way of bringing you in. I have read the saga 4 times now and I still love reading it. I think she is a great writer and I look forward to reading more stuff from her and hopefully Midnight Sun someday.
  • RACHEL
    OME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM SO PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY FACE IS RED AND IM GOING TO EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOMEONE SHOULD CRITICIZE HIM!!!!!!!!WHATS WRONG WITH HIS FACE?????????STEPHENIE MEYER IT TRULEY THE GREATEST AUTOR EVER!!!!!!SHE USES SO MUCH DESCRIPTION,GREAT WORDS,AND EVERY TIME I READ THE BOOKS,I WANT A GUY LIKE EDWARD!!!!!HE DOESNT KNOW GOOD BOOKS.I WISH EMMETT TURNED ME INTO A VAMPIRE SO I COULD KILL HIM!!!!! I WOULDNT EVEN WANT TO SUCK HIS GROSS BLOOD OUT!!!!!!!!!YOU ROCK STEPHENIE!!!!!!!!!!!YOU ARE AMAZINGLY TALENTED AND I WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF YOUR LOYAL FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Celestina
    My God. He doesn't know good books? Even though he's written many amazing ones? Right. That makes sense.

    Don't you think you're overreacting? You're acting like Ms. Meyer is some sort of god. She's not. She's a poor writer who happens to know how to appeal to teenage girls who don't read. Or who read sappy teen romances, which also tend to be poorly written. Honestly, you want to KILL Stephen King for expressing his opinion? That's horrible. I don't understand why you Twilighters think you can go around singing the book's praises, but the minute someone DARES to give an opposing opinion, you go batshit crazy on them and tell them to shut up or threaten them. Guess what, kiddo? People have different opinions. You can't go through life telling people to shut up (or threatening to KILL THEM) because you don't agree with them.

    Also, I'm fairly certain Stephen King has been criticized a fair few times throughout his career. I doubt he minds it. After all, criticism is essential to writing. If I was Meyer, I would totally ask King what he didn't like about my books and take his advice to improve my writing. But knowing her, she probably won't. Because that's what good authors do, and she couldn't be further from one.

    I can't wait till Meyer publishes her ridiculous little 'cannibal-mermaids-who-eat-humans- therefore-they're-not-really-cannibals-and-guess-what-they're-not-called-mermaids-either-but-sirens-and-they-time-travel' story so people can see her for the hack she really is.
  • Theregoeshumanity
    And one of the cannibal mermaids sirens will have a beautiful daughter whose eyes turn rainbow when her moods change. Her name will be Arianna Ravynfyre and she will save the earth. And her father will be Severus Snape. -___-
  • Lindsay
    You forgot some more Stephen King movies: Secret Window, Dreamcatcher, Rose Red, Children of the Corn.. the list goes on and on; google it - his works have been made into over 50 movies/miniseries/etc.
    While I think what he said was a little harsh, I don't think he sucks at all. They are both completely different writers. I agree with what many people said here - Stephanie is an amazing STORYTELLER, but writer... well, I didn't think she did a bad job, but it wasn't amazing. Her storytelling abilities make up for it, in my opinion, because I read A LOT and it's rare that I find a book that I'm so in enthralled in. I thought her books were awesome because you get so into the characters and the story; you feel what they feel, want what they want, etc. But I agree with what others have said; how her characters can be shallow/undeveloped outside of their love for one another.
    I'd love to know how many Stephen King novels most of you posters have read - I'm betting the majority of you have read 0. Like I said, I read a lot - doesn't mean I know more about books than you, but I have read many, many books and I can usually tell (for me, anyways) when a book is going to be garbage. I enjoy his novels; I've read quite a few of them too (my favorite has to be The Stand) He has his flaws, too of course; my biggest gripe with him is that he drags scenes out that SHOULD last 3-5 pages but last 20-30 pages, sometimes whole chapters... it kills me. He also usually kills off the people I like the most, lol, but that's not really a writing flaw...
    Anyways, what I was trying to say is that they are both different authors and both attract different readers. He was just expressing his opinion, and I would hope we would all be mature enough to accept that not EVERYONE on the face of the planet is going to be all omgz Twilight rulez!!! Don't bash another author until you've read them and decided for yourself; personal opinions don't reflect talent/ability anyways.
  • homemade_fishfry
    nice reasoning: "first of all, he looks weird."


    ...that just depreciated the point of your entire message. or the point you were trying to make. sorry, sweetie. you fail.
  • homemade_fishfry
    nice reasoning: "first of all, he looks weird."


    ...that just depreciated the point of your entire message. or the point you were trying to make. sorry, sweetie. you fail.
  • homemade_fishfry
    nice reasoning: "first of all, he looks weird."


    ...that just depreciated the point of your entire message. or the point you were trying to make. sorry, sweetie. you fail.
  • aradiannon
    I'm kind of dissapointed in Stephen king for saying that. And I myself enjoyed many of his books in the past that I have read. I don't think its very professional or , good taste to say negative things about other writers who are actually very successful.
    Sounds to me like maybe he is a bit envious since his success is currently now just a shadow. Maybe he should follow up with a new book since he thinks hes a better writer than her.
  • Jean
    How is it not professional? Writers have been doing that for years. They're entitled to their own opinions.

    Look up Stephen King, and see what's he's done. He's not envious.
  • aradiannon
    ..and to compare the twilight series to harry potter-that is completely retarded. One is not like the other at all.
  • homemade_fishfry
    he is entitled to his opinion. he has had more success than she will ever have. i'm a fan of her too, but it's true.
  • homemade_fishfry
    he is entitled to his opinion. he has had more success than she will ever have. i'm a fan of her too, but it's true.
  • homemade_fishfry
    nice constructive, mature reasoning: "first of all, this guy looks weird."


    right off the bat you depreciated your entire point with that comment, or the point you were trying to make. you fail.
  • Supertails
    I'm over 40? Crap, I thought I was 16. Damn I was off big-time. =/


    And as for "he asks (I'm guessing you meant *acts*) like he invented literature", you obviously don't know who he is. He's practically renowned as one of, if not THE, greatest authors out there. He may not have invented literature, but he's damn well good enough to judge a book.



    And even so, why the Hell does it matter to you? You're mad 'cause he has an opinion? Umm....news flash! What you JUST SAID was an opinion. Go be mad at yourself now.
  • Supertails
    I'm over 40? Crap, I thought I was 16. Damn I was off big-time. =/


    And as for "he asks (I'm guessing you meant *acts*) like he invented literature", you obviously don't know who he is. He's practically renowned as one of, if not THE, greatest authors out there. He may not have invented literature, but he's damn well good enough to judge a book.



    And even so, why the Hell does it matter to you? You're mad 'cause he has an opinion? Umm....news flash! What you JUST SAID was an opinion. Go be mad at yourself now.
  • Supertails
    I'm over 40? Crap, I thought I was 16. Damn I was off big-time. =/


    And as for "he asks (I'm guessing you meant *acts*) like he invented literature", you obviously don't know who he is. He's practically renowned as one of, if not THE, greatest authors out there. He may not have invented literature, but he's damn well good enough to judge a book.



    And even so, why the Hell does it matter to you? You're mad 'cause he has an opinion? Umm....news flash! What you JUST SAID was an opinion. Go be mad at yourself now.
  • homemade_fishfry
    hehehe..... awesome.
  • homemade_fishfry
    hehehe..... awesome.
  • homemade_fishfry
    hehehe..... awesome.
  • c.c.
    LOL, because The Shining, Carrie, Stand by Me, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile weren't movies for the big screen and didn't make crazy money. King has had more major motion pictures made from his books than Stephenie Meyer has (or likely will ever have) books. Stephen King is not and never will be jealous of Stephenie Meyer.
  • c.c.
    LOL, because The Shining, Carrie, Stand by Me, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile weren't movies for the big screen and didn't make crazy money. King has had more major motion pictures made from his books than Stephenie Meyer has (or likely will ever have) books. Stephen King is not and never will be jealous of Stephenie Meyer.
  • c.c.
    LOL, because The Shining, Carrie, Stand by Me, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile weren't movies for the big screen and didn't make crazy money. King has had more major motion pictures made from his books than Stephenie Meyer has (or likely will ever have) books. Stephen King is not and never will be jealous of Stephenie Meyer.
  • Jackee
    OMG, you people are crazy. Ok, Twilight was a fun read, but come on. It's not the greatest thing since sliced bread. And for the record, people are still buying Stephen King's novels. People are still into his books. He doesn't need to say things in the media just to get attention. His name is pretty much a brand name now. They asked for his opinion and he simply gave it.


    As for Twilight being realistic. Two words. Sparkling Vampires.
  • Jackee
    OMG, you people are crazy. Ok, Twilight was a fun read, but come on. It's not the greatest thing since sliced bread. And for the record, people are still buying Stephen King's novels. People are still into his books. He doesn't need to say things in the media just to get attention. His name is pretty much a brand name now. They asked for his opinion and he simply gave it.


    As for Twilight being realistic. Two words. Sparkling Vampires.
  • Abby
    Here's what I think:

    He is entitled to his opinion, and frankly, I agree with him. Only on the part that she's not a good writer, not the Harry Potter comparison. Harry Potter is a literary masterpiece and beyond comparison. SM is not a good writer. And this story is not very original at all. To boot, her main character isn't interesting at all and is an idiot. The love story isn't very realistic, I mean why were the two of them drawn together? Other than the fact that Edward couldn't resist her blood. And he's not that interesting either. The only reason I read Twilight is because of Jacob. He is my favorite character and breathes some much needed life into the series. That is the only thing I really think she did well: she created Jacob Black. Bella and Jacob's romance is believable because the progressed from being best friends, which is a very likely situation. Other than that, she hasn't done anything right. Eclipse was painful and Breaking Dawn was excruciating. She destroyed the one character that she got right. What was she thinking?
  • emma
    have you read the host?
  • uh..
    Gotta love SK for giving it to you straight.. while I agree 100% with him... it destroys and respect I had for him. Hes a professional.. he should act like one.

    Truth is.. nobody gives a damn about SK books anymore, and hes just seeking some headlines. SK is the past.. Meyer may or may not be the future, but he shouldn't be bashing other authors.
  • Jean
    Any reason why he's seeking attention? If I recall, he spoke the Harry Potter series as well.
  • Wendyblessed
    I personally think Stephanie Meyers is a fantastic author. But Stephen King must have been hurt when he got hit by the car. Most people do NOT like horror books or for that matter torture. To me it scares me to death. I'd really love to read about romance and love and really care about the characters like Twilight then the other King books. I don't like to even watch movies like The Shining or other freaky movies he has done. I even like James Patterson books. I just don't think he should bag on Stephenie Meyers she has never said anything bad about Stephen King. Everything is subjective no matter what J.K. Rowlings and Stephenie Meyers are different people and they write about different kinds of things yes we can care about Harry Potters and the other characters just like we really care about BELLA and EDWARD and there worlds. I do not care about King's comments one bit. I love Stephenie Meyers no matter what people say I connected with her story and isn't that the purpose of any book. To get people into the story and too care about the characters.
  • Wendyblessed
    I personally think Stephanie Meyers is a fantastic author. But Stephen King must have been hurt when he got hit by the car. Most people do NOT like horror books or for that matter torture. To me it scares me to death. I'd really love to read about romance and love and really care about the characters like Twilight then the other King books. I don't like to even watch movies like The Shining or other freaky movies he has done. I even like James Patterson books. I just don't think he should bag on Stephenie Meyers she has never said anything bad about Stephen King. Everything is subjective no matter what J.K. Rowlings and Stephenie Meyers are different people and they write about different kinds of things yes we can care about Harry Potters and the other characters just like we really care about BELLA and EDWARD and there worlds. I do not care about King's comments one bit. I love Stephenie Meyers no matter what people say I connected with her story and isn't that the purpose of any book. To get people into the story and too care about the characters.
  • D Martin
    Oh come on people, the crap some of you (not all of you) are talking is ridiculous.


    As for my opinion? Jackee above me and Jet up the top pretty much summed it up. SKing didn't say the books are bad, he just said that SMeyers can't write. He didn't question their similarity to the HP series, he just compared SMeyers to JK (due to being ASKED).



    As much as I love the series, its frustrating to see 'some' people here just screaming "OMG STOP COMPARING HARRY POTTER TO TWILIGHT!" and "STEVEN KING IS OLD AND UGLY SO HE OBVIOUSLY DOESNT KNOW WHAT HES TALKING ABOUT!".



    Use some sense please, and keep in mind that the article you read was very one sided. I'm not a huge fan of Steven King or any of his work but everything he said above was completely correct.
  • D Martin
    Oh come on people, the crap some of you (not all of you) are talking is ridiculous.


    As for my opinion? Jackee above me and Jet up the top pretty much summed it up. SKing didn't say the books are bad, he just said that SMeyers can't write. He didn't question their similarity to the HP series, he just compared SMeyers to JK (due to being ASKED).



    As much as I love the series, its frustrating to see 'some' people here just screaming "OMG STOP COMPARING HARRY POTTER TO TWILIGHT!" and "STEVEN KING IS OLD AND UGLY SO HE OBVIOUSLY DOESNT KNOW WHAT HES TALKING ABOUT!".



    Use some sense please, and keep in mind that the article you read was very one sided. I'm not a huge fan of Steven King or any of his work but everything he said above was completely correct.
  • Steven Anbro
    Stephen King is a complete moron. He looks in the mirror to get inspiration for his FREAK novels. Personally, I think he was dropped on that FUGLY face way too many times as a child. It addled his brain too. Because he is one disturbed mofo, and he can't write worth a damn. I fell asleep reading that piece of crap first book in his Dark Tower series. And he took forever to write that series too, and it STILL sucks. Stephenie Meyer is a literary genius and King can't handle it cuz he sucks so much
  • Jean
    He's a moron, because he's not physcially attractive? You're really stupid. Meyer can't write for shit.
  • homemade_fishfry
    ...not TED, crispin.


    btw TED (caps...really?) your entire message is full of flaws.



    1. king has sold more books and has made more money than meyers ever will because of the percentage he gets from all his adapted works.



    2. although meyer has the best selling book among the two, she has sold only 40 million books sold worldwide, where king can boast 300 million.



    3. oh, so false! he has had some television series and afew of his big screen movies have been redone for the small screen, but the number is in no way compareable to the success he had in the theatres. to name a few: shawshank redemption, misery, the green mile, carrie, 1408, stand by me, the secret window, hearts is atlantis, children of the corn, christine, dreamcatcher, needfull things, the stand, IT....do i need to go on? all big screen adaptations of his books and there are several more.



    and i think i should mention the fact that shawshank, misery, the green mile and carrie all got oscar nods, and misery took the best actress award. something i don't see happening for twilight.



    5. over the 40 + years he has been writting you really think she's got him beat? do some fact checking before you go ranting.



    6. 9/10 normal, everyday people will hear the word 'twilight' and know whats going on. ask the same people unpropted who stephanie meyer is and 4/10 will know she wrote the books. i'm not talking about teenagers, i mean every age group as a whole.



    fact is, you can't make that claim. twilight has only been around for a very short time. it is a flash in the pan compared to his catalogue.



    10/10 people know who king is, what he looks like and can name at least five of his works. that is a fact.



    you are just another example of an uberfan taking things way out of proportion. the guy had an opinion. he made a point, her writting is lacking in many areas but he doesn't condemn her success. relax kid, there are bigger things in this world than a few books and a movie.



    also, learn how to take it as well as dish it out. when you lash out in capslock it makes you look like a goober.



    peace.
  • homemade_fishfry
    ...not TED, crispin.


    btw TED (caps...really?) your entire message is full of flaws.



    1. king has sold more books and has made more money than meyers ever will because of the percentage he gets from all his adapted works.



    2. although meyer has the best selling book among the two, she has sold only 40 million books sold worldwide, where king can boast 300 million.



    3. oh, so false! he has had some television series and afew of his big screen movies have been redone for the small screen, but the number is in no way compareable to the success he had in the theatres. to name a few: shawshank redemption, misery, the green mile, carrie, 1408, stand by me, the secret window, hearts is atlantis, children of the corn, christine, dreamcatcher, needfull things, the stand, IT....do i need to go on? all big screen adaptations of his books and there are several more.



    and i think i should mention the fact that shawshank, misery, the green mile and carrie all got oscar nods, and misery took the best actress award. something i don't see happening for twilight.



    5. over the 40 + years he has been writting you really think she's got him beat? do some fact checking before you go ranting.



    6. 9/10 normal, everyday people will hear the word 'twilight' and know whats going on. ask the same people unpropted who stephanie meyer is and 4/10 will know she wrote the books. i'm not talking about teenagers, i mean every age group as a whole.



    fact is, you can't make that claim. twilight has only been around for a very short time. it is a flash in the pan compared to his catalogue.



    10/10 people know who king is, what he looks like and can name at least five of his works. that is a fact.



    you are just another example of an uberfan taking things way out of proportion. the guy had an opinion. he made a point, her writting is lacking in many areas but he doesn't condemn her success. relax kid, there are bigger things in this world than a few books and a movie.



    also, learn how to take it as well as dish it out. when you lash out in capslock it makes you look like a goober.



    peace.
  • homemade_fishfry
    ...not TED, crispin.


    btw TED (caps...really?) your entire message is full of flaws.



    1. king has sold more books and has made more money than meyers ever will because of the percentage he gets from all his adapted works.



    2. although meyer has the best selling book among the two, she has sold only 40 million books sold worldwide, where king can boast 300 million.



    3. oh, so false! he has had some television series and afew of his big screen movies have been redone for the small screen, but the number is in no way compareable to the success he had in the theatres. to name a few: shawshank redemption, misery, the green mile, carrie, 1408, stand by me, the secret window, hearts is atlantis, children of the corn, christine, dreamcatcher, needfull things, the stand, IT....do i need to go on? all big screen adaptations of his books and there are several more.



    and i think i should mention the fact that shawshank, misery, the green mile and carrie all got oscar nods, and misery took the best actress award. something i don't see happening for twilight.



    5. over the 40 + years he has been writting you really think she's got him beat? do some fact checking before you go ranting.



    6. 9/10 normal, everyday people will hear the word 'twilight' and know whats going on. ask the same people unpropted who stephanie meyer is and 4/10 will know she wrote the books. i'm not talking about teenagers, i mean every age group as a whole.



    fact is, you can't make that claim. twilight has only been around for a very short time. it is a flash in the pan compared to his catalogue.



    10/10 people know who king is, what he looks like and can name at least five of his works. that is a fact.



    you are just another example of an uberfan taking things way out of proportion. the guy had an opinion. he made a point, her writting is lacking in many areas but he doesn't condemn her success. relax kid, there are bigger things in this world than a few books and a movie.



    also, learn how to take it as well as dish it out. when you lash out in capslock it makes you look like a goober.



    peace.
  • homemade_fishfry
    i think you mean "TWILIGHT FANS FOREVER....OR UNTIL THE NEXT BIG THING HITS AND I FORGET THAT TWILIGHT WAS EVER MORE THAN A TIME OF DAY!"
  • homemade_fishfry
    i think you mean "TWILIGHT FANS FOREVER....OR UNTIL THE NEXT BIG THING HITS AND I FORGET THAT TWILIGHT WAS EVER MORE THAN A TIME OF DAY!"
  • homemade_fishfry
    i think you mean "TWILIGHT FANS FOREVER....OR UNTIL THE NEXT BIG THING HITS AND I FORGET THAT TWILIGHT WAS EVER MORE THAN A TIME OF DAY!"
  • Twilightchick
    I don't think he has any right to compare either author to the other. I think he has a problem. Who is he to say who is a good writer and who is bad. I guess people are entitled to their opinion, but I just don't think he knows what he is talking about.
  • Twilightchick
    I don't think he has any right to compare either author to the other. I think he has a problem. Who is he to say who is a good writer and who is bad. I guess people are entitled to their opinion, but I just don't think he knows what he is talking about.
  • homemade_fishfry
    again. the first four sentances you typed are entirely false. do you think any of steph's books will get oscar nods for their screen adaptations? because at least four of his did. and one won.


    relax.
  • homemade_fishfry
    again. the first four sentances you typed are entirely false. do you think any of steph's books will get oscar nods for their screen adaptations? because at least four of his did. and one won.


    relax.
  • homemade_fishfry
    again. the first four sentances you typed are entirely false. do you think any of steph's books will get oscar nods for their screen adaptations? because at least four of his did. and one won.


    relax.
  • Gerr!
    ok first of all Twilight is an AWSOME book and Stephenine is a great writer. i hated reading . i never read a book just for fun and when i had to do reports it took me abou t2 months to finish a book. Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series got me hooked on reading. And im sorry but i never heard of Stephen King until last year. but that might be because i was never in a library. i heard of Carrie and thought it was ok but not for me.

    second of all Twilight was Stephenie's first book and it got published and made into a move not to long after. now they are working the second movie not even half a year after Twilight was release into theaters.

    i think Stephenie is good and does not deserve comments like "Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.” that just ticked me off.
  • Jean
    I can't see why you like it, but you can't say she can't get criticism.
  • NormalFruit
    OMG i have read his books before and to be honest they are not even that good i read pet semetary because i thought the movie was okay so when i read the book i couldnt take it, it was really boring, i only kept reading it because my name would pop up every once in a while.
  • That is almost too funny - I love the old 'Stephen King' books, but anything after Pet Cemetary had the feel of "I can write anything and they'll buy it..."

    I discovered the Twilight books in December. It's now February and I've read all 4 three times [so far] and downloaded the partial from Steph's website. Her ability to write; connect; KNOW those feelings is fantastic. Her humour had me lying in bed at 3am, laughing out loud!

    At the end of the day - they all bring enjoyment - and I'm uncertain why anyone would voice an opinion such as that - other than jealousy!
  • TwilightHater
    Soulmates don't exist. especially not sparkly ones.


    and seriously...if you still believe in vampires and shizz you need a reality check
  • TwilightHater
    Soulmates don't exist. especially not sparkly ones.


    and seriously...if you still believe in vampires and shizz you need a reality check
  • Troll.
    Ok. Right. Let's make personal threats instead of attempting to form a coherent argument.


    This is the internet, I am allowed to comment just as much as you are. How I choose to go about it may be a tad rude, but you're not being particularly pleasant yourselves.



    And for the record; yes. This is the internet. The only 'butt kicking' will be verbal, and it's clear you're not going to get very far.
  • Troll.
    Ok. Right. Let's make personal threats instead of attempting to form a coherent argument.


    This is the internet, I am allowed to comment just as much as you are. How I choose to go about it may be a tad rude, but you're not being particularly pleasant yourselves.



    And for the record; yes. This is the internet. The only 'butt kicking' will be verbal, and it's clear you're not going to get very far.
  • Troll.
    You're clearly not educated in internet sub-types. I am gladly taking on the persona of a troll, someone who purposefully antagonises others by presenting opposing opinions.


    Alternatively;



    Trolls (in most fairy stories) are usually associated with poor grasp of language and low intelligence. I have so far demonstrated an understanding of spelling and grammar. You on the other hand...
  • Troll.
    You're clearly not educated in internet sub-types. I am gladly taking on the persona of a troll, someone who purposefully antagonises others by presenting opposing opinions.


    Alternatively;



    Trolls (in most fairy stories) are usually associated with poor grasp of language and low intelligence. I have so far demonstrated an understanding of spelling and grammar. You on the other hand...
  • Troll.
    I'm not the only person here being rude.


    'King is just an idiotic old dude'



    I am prepared to respond to others in the manner they present themselves.
  • Troll.
    I'm not the only person here being rude.


    'King is just an idiotic old dude'



    I am prepared to respond to others in the manner they present themselves.
  • Troll.
    I'm not the only person here being rude.


    'King is just an idiotic old dude'



    I am prepared to respond to others in the manner they present themselves.
  • pooky8996
    He has the same right as you do to question what he said and why he said it. Why do you think that you have the right and he doesn't?
  • pooky8996
    He has the same right as you do to question what he said and why he said it. Why do you think that you have the right and he doesn't?
  • I just have to say that Stephen King is an idiot. I am sure he is a great writer but all of his stuff very weird and I don't really care for it. I love the way Stephenie writes because you can visualize what's going on, she has a way of bringing you in. I have read the saga 4 times now and I still love reading it. I think she is a great writer and I look forward to reading more stuff from her and hopefully Midnight Sun someday.
  • Jean
    He's an idiot, because he speaks the truth?
  • RDJ
    Of course he can compare the two author's, anyone can. Like now, I can compare Stephen King to Stephenie Meyer and say his writing skills far exceed hers, no contest. He's a highly respected author whose been writing for decades, has more awards for his writing than I have fingers and toes, and has written... according to his Wikipedia article, thirty-nine books. There aren't many people more qualified to criticize Meyer than him.
  • RDJ
    Of course he can compare the two author's, anyone can. Like now, I can compare Stephen King to Stephenie Meyer and say his writing skills far exceed hers, no contest. He's a highly respected author whose been writing for decades, has more awards for his writing than I have fingers and toes, and has written... according to his Wikipedia article, thirty-nine books. There aren't many people more qualified to criticize Meyer than him.
  • Jackee
    OMG, you people are crazy. Ok, Twilight was a fun read, but come on. It's not the greatest thing since sliced bread. And for the record, people are still buying Stephen King's novels. People are still into his books. He doesn't need to say things in the media just to get attention. His name is pretty much a brand name now. They asked for his opinion and he simply gave it.

    As for Twilight being realistic. Two words. Sparkling Vampires.
  • KG
    I also read a lot of books and being an English major I'm interested in knowing the deeper meaning in the works I have to analyze. I've read Twilight and I agree with what Stephen King said about her writing. There's too much description and not enough plot. Her grammar & spelling are abysmal and as an English major she should have known that. Her subject matter is nothing new & her writing is no where near Jane Austen or the Bronte sisters. There's another vampire love story that involves a human girl as well except the vampire stayed true to his nature which the fans are overlooking; that story is called Dracula from Bram Stoker. He was the original creator of the vampire genre. You want to know what true love is despite differences and really feel the pain of their love read or watch Dracula. Twilight is a pale, shallow imitation of this theme & I challenge the fans to look at Dracula. Don't tell me I'm stupid and don't know what I'm talking about, READ OR WATCH DRACULA! There's your basis for comparison! That goes for the Twi Moms as well! Stephen King was asked to give his opinion and he's entitled to it. If you guys can express your love for the books so openly, why can't those who don't have their say without you guys going ballistic. There's more to life than Twilight & those who are too emotionally involved with this need professional help.
  • KG
    I also read a lot of books and being an English major I'm interested in knowing the deeper meaning in the works I have to analyze. I've read Twilight and I agree with what Stephen King said about her writing. There's too much description and not enough plot. Her grammar & spelling are abysmal and as an English major she should have known that. Her subject matter is nothing new & her writing is no where near Jane Austen or the Bronte sisters. There's another vampire love story that involves a human girl as well except the vampire stayed true to his nature which the fans are overlooking; that story is called Dracula from Bram Stoker. He was the original creator of the vampire genre. You want to know what true love is despite differences and really feel the pain of their love read or watch Dracula. Twilight is a pale, shallow imitation of this theme & I challenge the fans to look at Dracula. Don't tell me I'm stupid and don't know what I'm talking about, READ OR WATCH DRACULA! There's your basis for comparison! That goes for the Twi Moms as well! Stephen King was asked to give his opinion and he's entitled to it. If you guys can express your love for the books so openly, why can't those who don't have their say without you guys going ballistic. There's more to life than Twilight & those who are too emotionally involved with this need professional help.
  • Wendyblessed
    I personally think Stephanie Meyers is a fantastic author. But Stephen King must have been hurt when he got hit by the car. Most people do NOT like horror books or for that matter torture. To me it scares me to death. I'd really love to read about romance and love and really care about the characters like Twilight then the other King books. I don't like to even watch movies like The Shining or other freaky movies he has done. I even like James Patterson books. I just don't think he should bag on Stephenie Meyers she has never said anything bad about Stephen King. Everything is subjective no matter what J.K. Rowlings and Stephenie Meyers are different people and they write about different kinds of things yes we can care about Harry Potters and the other characters just like we really care about BELLA and EDWARD and there worlds. I do not care about King's comments one bit. I love Stephenie Meyers no matter what people say I connected with her story and isn't that the purpose of any book. To get people into the story and too care about the characters.
  • Jean
    Most? So why did he is always a bestseller?

    I think he should. She put her books out in the public, that's what she gets.
  • Z
    LMFAO xDD

    Have you ever even read Stephen Kings "Pet semetary"? If you havn't then ****** you don't come so much closer a really good original love story then that one. It scares the****** out of you and the endind is kind of sick ((Anyone that hace read it knows what I mean)) But that's a horror/love story if you ever read one. And if you say you don't care for the people in Kings book then tha's you opinon but if I want to read a original and good vampire book I think I will pick up something with vampires that aren't abusive, don't sparkle aka something from Anne Rice or maybe the original Dracula book. Now there we have real vampire authors to talk about...
    Please check you facts before running your mouth about stuff yot don't know anything about, okey?
  • D Martin
    Oh come on people, the crap some of you (not all of you) are talking is ridiculous.

    As for my opinion? Jackee above me and Jet up the top pretty much summed it up. SKing didn't say the books are bad, he just said that SMeyers can't write. He didn't question their similarity to the HP series, he just compared SMeyers to JK (due to being ASKED).

    As much as I love the series, its frustrating to see 'some' people here just screaming "OMG STOP COMPARING HARRY POTTER TO TWILIGHT!" and "STEVEN KING IS OLD AND UGLY SO HE OBVIOUSLY DOESNT KNOW WHAT HES TALKING ABOUT!".

    Use some sense please, and keep in mind that the article you read was very one sided. I'm not a huge fan of Steven King or any of his work but everything he said above was completely correct.
  • Twilightchick
    I don't think he has any right to compare either author to the other. I think he has a problem. Who is he to say who is a good writer and who is bad. I guess people are entitled to their opinion, but I just don't think he knows what he is talking about.
  • pooky8996
    He has the same right as you do to question what he said and why he said it. Why do you think that you have the right and he doesn't?
  • RDJ
    Of course he can compare the two author's, anyone can. Like now, I can compare Stephen King to Stephenie Meyer and say his writing skills far exceed hers, no contest. He's a highly respected author whose been writing for decades, has more awards for his writing than I have fingers and toes, and has written... according to his Wikipedia article, thirty-nine books. There aren't many people more qualified to criticize Meyer than him.
  • hanna
    i actually agree i really like twilight books but they are full of typos... and the writing is ment for teens... i'm a bit older myself and one of the only ones among my friend group who even have heard or read about twilight before the movie came out... the movie is a big deal and the books too in their own category and meyer is a good writer not ecxellent like king.. sorry but it's true... everyone just needs to chill cause king really has the right to have an opinion..
  • hanna
    i actually agree i really like twilight books but they are full of typos... and the writing is ment for teens... i'm a bit older myself and one of the only ones among my friend group who even have heard or read about twilight before the movie came out... the movie is a big deal and the books too in their own category and meyer is a good writer not ecxellent like king.. sorry but it's true... everyone just needs to chill cause king really has the right to have an opinion..
  • hanna
    i actually agree i really like twilight books but they are full of typos... and the writing is ment for teens... i'm a bit older myself and one of the only ones among my friend group who even have heard or read about twilight before the movie came out... the movie is a big deal and the books too in their own category and meyer is a good writer not ecxellent like king.. sorry but it's true... everyone just needs to chill cause king really has the right to have an opinion..
  • Celestina
    My God. He doesn't know good books? Even though he's written many amazing ones? Right. That makes sense.


    Don't you think you're overreacting? You're acting like Ms. Meyer is some sort of god. She's not. She's a poor writer who happens to know how to appeal to teenage girls who don't read. Or who read sappy teen romances, which also tend to be poorly written. Honestly, you want to KILL Stephen King for expressing his opinion? That's horrible. I don't understand why you Twilighters think you can go around singing the book's praises, but the minute someone DARES to give an opposing opinion, you go batshit crazy on them and tell them to shut up or threaten them. Guess what, kiddo? People have different opinions. You can't go through life telling people to shut up (or threatening to KILL THEM) because you don't agree with them.



    Also, I'm fairly certain Stephen King has been criticized a fair few times throughout his career. I doubt he minds it. After all, criticism is essential to writing. If I was Meyer, I would totally ask King what he didn't like about my books and take his advice to improve my writing. But knowing her, she probably won't. Because that's what good authors do, and she couldn't be further from one.



    I can't wait till Meyer publishes her ridiculous little 'cannibal-mermaids-who-eat-humans- therefore-they're-not-really-cannibals-and-guess-what-they're-not-called-mermaids-either-but-sirens-and-they-time-travel' story so people can see her for the hack she really is.
  • Celestina
    My God. He doesn't know good books? Even though he's written many amazing ones? Right. That makes sense.


    Don't you think you're overreacting? You're acting like Ms. Meyer is some sort of god. She's not. She's a poor writer who happens to know how to appeal to teenage girls who don't read. Or who read sappy teen romances, which also tend to be poorly written. Honestly, you want to KILL Stephen King for expressing his opinion? That's horrible. I don't understand why you Twilighters think you can go around singing the book's praises, but the minute someone DARES to give an opposing opinion, you go batshit crazy on them and tell them to shut up or threaten them. Guess what, kiddo? People have different opinions. You can't go through life telling people to shut up (or threatening to KILL THEM) because you don't agree with them.



    Also, I'm fairly certain Stephen King has been criticized a fair few times throughout his career. I doubt he minds it. After all, criticism is essential to writing. If I was Meyer, I would totally ask King what he didn't like about my books and take his advice to improve my writing. But knowing her, she probably won't. Because that's what good authors do, and she couldn't be further from one.



    I can't wait till Meyer publishes her ridiculous little 'cannibal-mermaids-who-eat-humans- therefore-they're-not-really-cannibals-and-guess-what-they're-not-called-mermaids-either-but-sirens-and-they-time-travel' story so people can see her for the hack she really is.
  • Angelique
    Actually Dracula was not a love story, but I digress.


    There is, however, and human/vampire love story that seems almost completely forgotten nowadays, which is amusing since Twilight seems to have been directly lifted from this story and then scrubbed of all meaningful content (which is something of an accomplishment given the original story was a 1960's soap opera).



    It appealed to audiences for the exact same reasons Twilight does, the exact same reasons that Mr. King gives curiously enough, and yet somehow the original is still more satisfying than its watered down successor.



    Myer's did not create something new, or find a hole in the market. Dan Curtis did the work for her, but it seems this is only know to those of us who still lurk in the Dark Shadows.
  • Angelique
    Actually Dracula was not a love story, but I digress.


    There is, however, and human/vampire love story that seems almost completely forgotten nowadays, which is amusing since Twilight seems to have been directly lifted from this story and then scrubbed of all meaningful content (which is something of an accomplishment given the original story was a 1960's soap opera).



    It appealed to audiences for the exact same reasons Twilight does, the exact same reasons that Mr. King gives curiously enough, and yet somehow the original is still more satisfying than its watered down successor.



    Myer's did not create something new, or find a hole in the market. Dan Curtis did the work for her, but it seems this is only know to those of us who still lurk in the Dark Shadows.
  • loverofbooks
    Like him or hate him, SKing is a voice to be reckoned with. He has well earned his spot in literature.


    SMeyer has written an exquisite love story that different generations can connect with. Her writing is very simple. Her vocabulary and sentence structure is easy to follow. This makes it an easy read and allows you to read through the books quickly and stay with the story. Her focus audience (from the publisher's point of view) was teens and her style fits them completely. (She, of course, wrote Twilight just for herself. Therefore, there was no need to get complex with anything.)



    JKRowling and SMeyer are being compared because of the popularity of their books with their fan base. There is no other comparison to make.



    JKRowling's book have an intricate plot with a much higher vocabulary (and plenty of made up words for the world she created). Her sentence structure is much more complex, as well. She keeps you guessing throughout the entire book, trying to figure out the end.



    Each of these authors is great in their own way. I LOVE SKing's movies but I am not a big horror story reader so I can't say I've ever had the desire to read his books. SMeyer and JKRowling both have my undying respect because their books completely entertained me, and I would read anything writting by either of these authors.



    There is no reason to hate on any of them. We all have opinions. And we share them as well. Enjoy what you like. Don't read what you don't. But any author who has been picked up by a publishing company and has had their books read and has had a fan based enjoy them is to be respected in their own rights.
  • loverofbooks
    Like him or hate him, SKing is a voice to be reckoned with. He has well earned his spot in literature.


    SMeyer has written an exquisite love story that different generations can connect with. Her writing is very simple. Her vocabulary and sentence structure is easy to follow. This makes it an easy read and allows you to read through the books quickly and stay with the story. Her focus audience (from the publisher's point of view) was teens and her style fits them completely. (She, of course, wrote Twilight just for herself. Therefore, there was no need to get complex with anything.)



    JKRowling and SMeyer are being compared because of the popularity of their books with their fan base. There is no other comparison to make.



    JKRowling's book have an intricate plot with a much higher vocabulary (and plenty of made up words for the world she created). Her sentence structure is much more complex, as well. She keeps you guessing throughout the entire book, trying to figure out the end.



    Each of these authors is great in their own way. I LOVE SKing's movies but I am not a big horror story reader so I can't say I've ever had the desire to read his books. SMeyer and JKRowling both have my undying respect because their books completely entertained me, and I would read anything writting by either of these authors.



    There is no reason to hate on any of them. We all have opinions. And we share them as well. Enjoy what you like. Don't read what you don't. But any author who has been picked up by a publishing company and has had their books read and has had a fan based enjoy them is to be respected in their own rights.
  • Sam
    Uh, no. Because everyone, EVERYONE, like him or not, knows who Stephen King is. Stephenie Meyer? Eh, not so much. So yeah, I'd say that King is a pretty damn "big deal."


    Especially considering that he has made millions of dollars writing books (good books, unlike Meyer) and making movies. I don't care what Meyer does, she will never ever ever ever EVER be as famous, as rich, or as good as Stephen King.



    Also, saying that you're 33 and like her isn't some badge of honor. It's embarassing.
  • Sam
    Uh, no. Because everyone, EVERYONE, like him or not, knows who Stephen King is. Stephenie Meyer? Eh, not so much. So yeah, I'd say that King is a pretty damn "big deal."


    Especially considering that he has made millions of dollars writing books (good books, unlike Meyer) and making movies. I don't care what Meyer does, she will never ever ever ever EVER be as famous, as rich, or as good as Stephen King.



    Also, saying that you're 33 and like her isn't some badge of honor. It's embarassing.
  • Sam
    Uh, no. Because everyone, EVERYONE, like him or not, knows who Stephen King is. Stephenie Meyer? Eh, not so much. So yeah, I'd say that King is a pretty damn "big deal."


    Especially considering that he has made millions of dollars writing books (good books, unlike Meyer) and making movies. I don't care what Meyer does, she will never ever ever ever EVER be as famous, as rich, or as good as Stephen King.



    Also, saying that you're 33 and like her isn't some badge of honor. It's embarassing.
  • Trilies
    Heh, yeah, you said it. CLEARLY a famous novelist who's written millions of books (some which inspired awesome movies) has no idea what he's talking about when he's talking about books. Oh, how silly!
    As for your question about why Twilight is so popular, well... Let's be honest. Popularity =/= good.
  • Trilies
    Heh, yeah, you said it. CLEARLY a famous novelist who's written millions of books (some which inspired awesome movies) has no idea what he's talking about when he's talking about books. Oh, how silly!
    As for your question about why Twilight is so popular, well... Let's be honest. Popularity =/= good.
  • Trilies
    Heh, yeah, you said it. CLEARLY a famous novelist who's written millions of books (some which inspired awesome movies) has no idea what he's talking about when he's talking about books. Oh, how silly!
    As for your question about why Twilight is so popular, well... Let's be honest. Popularity =/= good.
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    you're the one who needs professional help... so what if you're an English major??? can you write books and sell them like Stephenie Meyer did? no wonder you agree with Stephen King coz you're both insecure and cant accept the fact that someone is better than you... har har har!
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    you're the one who needs professional help... so what if you're an English major??? can you write books and sell them like Stephenie Meyer did? no wonder you agree with Stephen King coz you're both insecure and cant accept the fact that someone is better than you... har har har!
  • Trilies
    1. Mr. King can say that because he has years of experience in this field.
    2. Clearly people want to read the horror genre, or it wouldn't exist. Besides, quite a few of his works became movies, dont'cha know.

    3. Meyer's whole thing with backstories could definitely work to her advantage, except she never DOES anything with them. I mean, I was truly fascinated with Alice's backstory, but we never hear of it ever again. Instead, all we get is Cullen and Bella's "lust-not-love" relationship... Over and over and over again.

    3b. Detail is good. Repeating thousands of times how pretty Cullen is... Um, boring. And repetitive.

    4. How do you know that Mr. King has his nose in the air? Do I have my nose in the air because I think the Twilight series is badly written? No! It's his personal opinion. He may be a famous novelist, but he's still a person. I'm sure he likes quite a few new authors, but Meyer just isn't one of them.
  • Trilies
    1. Mr. King can say that because he has years of experience in this field.
    2. Clearly people want to read the horror genre, or it wouldn't exist. Besides, quite a few of his works became movies, dont'cha know.

    3. Meyer's whole thing with backstories could definitely work to her advantage, except she never DOES anything with them. I mean, I was truly fascinated with Alice's backstory, but we never hear of it ever again. Instead, all we get is Cullen and Bella's "lust-not-love" relationship... Over and over and over again.

    3b. Detail is good. Repeating thousands of times how pretty Cullen is... Um, boring. And repetitive.

    4. How do you know that Mr. King has his nose in the air? Do I have my nose in the air because I think the Twilight series is badly written? No! It's his personal opinion. He may be a famous novelist, but he's still a person. I'm sure he likes quite a few new authors, but Meyer just isn't one of them.
  • Trilies
    1. Mr. King can say that because he has years of experience in this field.
    2. Clearly people want to read the horror genre, or it wouldn't exist. Besides, quite a few of his works became movies, dont'cha know.

    3. Meyer's whole thing with backstories could definitely work to her advantage, except she never DOES anything with them. I mean, I was truly fascinated with Alice's backstory, but we never hear of it ever again. Instead, all we get is Cullen and Bella's "lust-not-love" relationship... Over and over and over again.

    3b. Detail is good. Repeating thousands of times how pretty Cullen is... Um, boring. And repetitive.

    4. How do you know that Mr. King has his nose in the air? Do I have my nose in the air because I think the Twilight series is badly written? No! It's his personal opinion. He may be a famous novelist, but he's still a person. I'm sure he likes quite a few new authors, but Meyer just isn't one of them.
  • Trilies
    Who is he? Oh, I don't know. Perhaps Stephen King, a super famous and respected author with tons of experience under his belt, right next to the millions of books he's written and movies that have spawned from those?


    Also, it's not random. From what I understand, he was asked this by an interviewist, and he told the truth. He gave his honest opinion.



    By your logic, Stephen King is the better author, since he has the most success. Am I right?
  • Trilies
    Who is he? Oh, I don't know. Perhaps Stephen King, a super famous and respected author with tons of experience under his belt, right next to the millions of books he's written and movies that have spawned from those?


    Also, it's not random. From what I understand, he was asked this by an interviewist, and he told the truth. He gave his honest opinion.



    By your logic, Stephen King is the better author, since he has the most success. Am I right?
  • Trilies
    Who is he? Oh, I don't know. Perhaps Stephen King, a super famous and respected author with tons of experience under his belt, right next to the millions of books he's written and movies that have spawned from those?


    Also, it's not random. From what I understand, he was asked this by an interviewist, and he told the truth. He gave his honest opinion.



    By your logic, Stephen King is the better author, since he has the most success. Am I right?
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    you know what's the problem here? some people cannot accept the fact that Stephenie Meyer is successful.... so what if she's not the perfect writer? the most important thing is... many loved the Twilight series and many are buying it... and you can just tell that the movie is great because it earned $340 million in just 3 months( budget is only $37million).
    for those who are not happy with that fact...Get a life!!! Go home! you will just be hurting yourself a lot if you're here... har! Har! har!
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    you know what's the problem here? some people cannot accept the fact that Stephenie Meyer is successful.... so what if she's not the perfect writer? the most important thing is... many loved the Twilight series and many are buying it... and you can just tell that the movie is great because it earned $340 million in just 3 months( budget is only $37million).
    for those who are not happy with that fact...Get a life!!! Go home! you will just be hurting yourself a lot if you're here... har! Har! har!
  • Trilies
    I'm really not getting the logic that you Twifans keep repeating.
    Why the hell would he be jealous? I mean, he's already a famous author, he's already made who-knows-how-much on his books, he's sold millions of books. WHY would he be jealous? Jeez, you twifans just can't make up your mind. Like some one's already said, Anti-Twilighters are always told that we have no right to judge because we haven't sold a best-selling novel yet. Then, when a best-selling novelist actually does speak up, you guys don't listen to him either and just say he's jealous!

    Le sigh.
  • Trilies
    I'm really not getting the logic that you Twifans keep repeating.
    Why the hell would he be jealous? I mean, he's already a famous author, he's already made who-knows-how-much on his books, he's sold millions of books. WHY would he be jealous? Jeez, you twifans just can't make up your mind. Like some one's already said, Anti-Twilighters are always told that we have no right to judge because we haven't sold a best-selling novel yet. Then, when a best-selling novelist actually does speak up, you guys don't listen to him either and just say he's jealous!

    Le sigh.
  • Trilies
    I'm really not getting the logic that you Twifans keep repeating.
    Why the hell would he be jealous? I mean, he's already a famous author, he's already made who-knows-how-much on his books, he's sold millions of books. WHY would he be jealous? Jeez, you twifans just can't make up your mind. Like some one's already said, Anti-Twilighters are always told that we have no right to judge because we haven't sold a best-selling novel yet. Then, when a best-selling novelist actually does speak up, you guys don't listen to him either and just say he's jealous!

    Le sigh.
  • Trilies
    You want the honest truth?
    I saw this on yahoo and thus found my way here. TA DA. Wow, it's so mysterious, that connection!



    Of course, that was just me. :) Just yahoo. Who knows what others sites could link to here.
  • Trilies
    You want the honest truth?
    I saw this on yahoo and thus found my way here. TA DA. Wow, it's so mysterious, that connection!



    Of course, that was just me. :) Just yahoo. Who knows what others sites could link to here.
  • Trilies
    You want the honest truth?
    I saw this on yahoo and thus found my way here. TA DA. Wow, it's so mysterious, that connection!



    Of course, that was just me. :) Just yahoo. Who knows what others sites could link to here.
  • Trilies
    Wanna hear a funny story? My da runs the local Young People's section of his library. Every week, he makes a "Celebrity Island Death Match" where people vote for who wins. The
    'celebs' don't have to be real people, even.

    So, one day, guess who he puts up: Harry Potter VS Edward Cullen. By the end of the week, the results were as so...

    Harry Potter > Edward Cullen.

    ;D

    The masses have spoken. Twilight doesn't win after all, oh ho.
  • Trilies
    Wanna hear a funny story? My da runs the local Young People's section of his library. Every week, he makes a "Celebrity Island Death Match" where people vote for who wins. The
    'celebs' don't have to be real people, even.

    So, one day, guess who he puts up: Harry Potter VS Edward Cullen. By the end of the week, the results were as so...

    Harry Potter > Edward Cullen.

    ;D

    The masses have spoken. Twilight doesn't win after all, oh ho.
  • Celestina
    Really? I thought KG was quite well spoken and seems to show no signs of being disturbed. S/he's not the one replacing the 'God' in 'Oh My God' with Edward after all. And I'd think an English major knows their stuff and is perfectly well qualified to critique an author. If Meyer was "better" than both of them, then they'd be bashing the hell out of every author. FYI, King has quite the fanbase, has sold many books, and has had more than a few movies made out of said books, so I really doubt he's insecure. That said, Meyer ISN'T better than them. If she was, her characters would have depth. She would show, not tell. The plot would be engrossing. As it is, the book is just romantic wish fulfillment. That's all well and good for a simple read, but it's not high class literature and shouldn't be treated like it.
  • Celestina
    Really? I thought KG was quite well spoken and seems to show no signs of being disturbed. S/he's not the one replacing the 'God' in 'Oh My God' with Edward after all. And I'd think an English major knows their stuff and is perfectly well qualified to critique an author. If Meyer was "better" than both of them, then they'd be bashing the hell out of every author. FYI, King has quite the fanbase, has sold many books, and has had more than a few movies made out of said books, so I really doubt he's insecure. That said, Meyer ISN'T better than them. If she was, her characters would have depth. She would show, not tell. The plot would be engrossing. As it is, the book is just romantic wish fulfillment. That's all well and good for a simple read, but it's not high class literature and shouldn't be treated like it.
  • Trilies
    It was also a very incoherent rant, dearie. Might want to get that fixed. If you're going to defend something you love, you might actually want to, y'know, make sense.
    Also, when Meyer has sold as many books as he has, has years of experience, and has some of her movies become oscar nominees, then I'll believe what you're saying to a degree. If Meyer can do all that, then MAYBE she'll be on King's level.



    I also have the sneaking suspicion that you have never read any of his books, have you?
  • Trilies
    It was also a very incoherent rant, dearie. Might want to get that fixed. If you're going to defend something you love, you might actually want to, y'know, make sense.
    Also, when Meyer has sold as many books as he has, has years of experience, and has some of her movies become oscar nominees, then I'll believe what you're saying to a degree. If Meyer can do all that, then MAYBE she'll be on King's level.



    I also have the sneaking suspicion that you have never read any of his books, have you?
  • KG
    I also read a lot of books and being an English major I'm interested in knowing the deeper meaning in the works I have to analyze. I've read Twilight and I agree with what Stephen King said about her writing. There's too much description and not enough plot. Her grammar & spelling are abysmal and as an English major she should have known that. Her subject matter is nothing new & her writing is no where near Jane Austen or the Bronte sisters. There's another vampire love story that involves a human girl as well except the vampire stayed true to his nature which the fans are overlooking; that story is called Dracula from Bram Stoker. He was the original creator of the vampire genre. You want to know what true love is despite differences and really feel the pain of their love read or watch Dracula. Twilight is a pale, shallow imitation of this theme & I challenge the fans to look at Dracula. Don't tell me I'm stupid and don't know what I'm talking about, READ OR WATCH DRACULA! There's your basis for comparison! That goes for the Twi Moms as well! Stephen King was asked to give his opinion and he's entitled to it. If you guys can express your love for the books so openly, why can't those who don't have their say without you guys going ballistic. There's more to life than Twilight & those who are too emotionally involved with this need professional help.
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    you're the one who needs professional help... so what if you're an English major??? can you write books and sell them like Stephenie Meyer did? no wonder you agree with Stephen King coz you're both insecure and cant accept the fact that someone is better than you... har har har!
  • Celestina
    Really? I thought KG was quite well spoken and seems to show no signs of being disturbed. S/he's not the one replacing the 'God' in 'Oh My God' with Edward after all. And I'd think an English major knows their stuff and is perfectly well qualified to critique an author. If Meyer was "better" than both of them, then they'd be bashing the hell out of every author. FYI, King has quite the fanbase, has sold many books, and has had more than a few movies made out of said books, so I really doubt he's insecure. That said, Meyer ISN'T better than them. If she was, her characters would have depth. She would show, not tell. The plot would be engrossing. As it is, the book is just romantic wish fulfillment. That's all well and good for a simple read, but it's not high class literature and shouldn't be treated like it.
  • sam
    i agree
  • rfun6
    Now I guess I will put in my two cents worth. I don't think that someone needs to be a College student / graduate to write. People that who can barely read, should be able to write anything they choose to. Whether it be a novel, a note, etc. We all have to start somewhere. Descriptive works, let me see into the world they are creating. Stephen King is descriptive as well.
    I didn't care for Dracula, the book. The book to me, was dry. If I didn't know Bram Stoker wrote the work, I would be able to tell it was written by a man. I did like the movie. But I also like a happily ever after. Many women tend to think a lot like the way Stephenie Meyer wrote. I just think that it would hurt someones feelings to state what he did, in the media. I would never want to discourage anyone from writing anything. If I were a famous writer, I wouldn't want to discourage someone who might later turn out to be a great writer. (not speaking about Stephenie Meyer). It's almost like someone who goes into acting, getting told they are to ugly, fat, or don't have talent; so they quit before they even get started.
    I think it is really great that Stephenie Meyer, a mom, decided to one day sit down, and write about a dream that she had had; and then it got published, and made into a movie.
    Writers should, in my opinion, encourage each other. I like Stephen King and have several of his works. I like horror, fantasy, sci fi books. I have the Harry Potter series and now I have the Twilight series and the Sookie Stackhouse series. I could care less about Stephenies' grammar or spelling, or the fact that the subject matter isn't anything new.
    Oh yes, I agree that Stephen King is allowed to give his opinion, but I always was told, " If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." I think that anyone with Stephens' standing, could be nicer and more constructive with the criticism that he bestowed. Encourage. The more writers, the better.
    If no one reads your work, then you might have a problem.
    LOL
  • Logical
    Sorry if you're going to be a published writer, there's no avoiding that some people are going to be brutally honest about your work. Sugar-coating "I think your books sucks." isn't going to help the author. Fact is, accepting and listening to the hard criticism given is what separates the good authors and the bad ones.

    Anyway, Stephen King wasn't asked if he could say anything to Meyer to help her grow as an author. He was asked of what he thought of Meyer as a writer and he gave his honest opinion.
  • Celestina
    Many women tend to think like Stephenie Meyer wrote? They tend to think in flowery purple prose? Now that's just insulting.

    If a simple comment like "you can't write worth a darn" is going to discourage a person from writing then they are either A. Putting way too much stock in what other people think of them or B. Not all that passionate about writing anyway. Sure, people should be encouraged to pursue their dreams. But that doesn't mean crap should be put out for public viewing. That doesn't mean we can't call out flaws when we see them.

    I dunno, I think grammar and spelling SHOULD matter. It kind of tends to pull people out of the story when words are misused or spelled wrong. It's not a big deal when it happens once in awhile, but it happens often in Meyer's books. And to go off on a little rant, I don't understand HOW these books got published in such a state. What was the editor DOING? It's their job to fix things like that! Man, what I'd give to be Meyer's editor...she has potential, but I don't think anyone is doing anything to help her improve. And she's never gonna get anywhere if no one has the guts to tell her what's wrong.

    Er, I guess my point is that encouragement is nice, but I think criticism is more essential over all. It generally makes people strive to be better...and there's nothing wrong with that, is there?
  • Trilies
    I found my way here through Yahoo, which was displaying the same article on its front page. So there you go. Answer to your question. Yahoo can't be the only site that has this article.
  • Trilies
    I found my way here through Yahoo, which was displaying the same article on its front page. So there you go. Answer to your question. Yahoo can't be the only site that has this article.
  • Trilies
    1. Read the above comments, sweetheart. He wasn't comparing the two series.
    2. Maybe you should actually read some of his books before you say they weren't as good, hm? When you don't do that, you just look foolish.
  • Trilies
    1. Read the above comments, sweetheart. He wasn't comparing the two series.
    2. Maybe you should actually read some of his books before you say they weren't as good, hm? When you don't do that, you just look foolish.
  • Celestina
    People are pissed that Stephenie Meyer is successful because there are so many other authors who are far better than she is and don't get half the recognition she does. Yeah, I know life isn't fair. But it's still frustrating to see a writer get praise that she simply doesn't deserve.


    People can love the Twilight series. I don't think anyone has a problem with that. What people do have a problem with is that Twilight fans tend to be intolerant towards antis. They can't accept other people's opinions. Not all of them, but a lot of them are like that. Twilight fans also don't see that Meyer's writing isn't the end all be all of literature. There's other great stuff out there - greater than Twilight - but many refuse to admit that.



    The movie was not great. Better than the book by a long shot, but not great. It earned a lot, sure, but being popular does not equal quality. Just turning on the radio proves that much.



    As for the life comment...I do have a life, as I'm sure many of the antis do. I work, go to college, have great friends and a great family. I couldn't be happier. :)
  • Celestina
    People are pissed that Stephenie Meyer is successful because there are so many other authors who are far better than she is and don't get half the recognition she does. Yeah, I know life isn't fair. But it's still frustrating to see a writer get praise that she simply doesn't deserve.


    People can love the Twilight series. I don't think anyone has a problem with that. What people do have a problem with is that Twilight fans tend to be intolerant towards antis. They can't accept other people's opinions. Not all of them, but a lot of them are like that. Twilight fans also don't see that Meyer's writing isn't the end all be all of literature. There's other great stuff out there - greater than Twilight - but many refuse to admit that.



    The movie was not great. Better than the book by a long shot, but not great. It earned a lot, sure, but being popular does not equal quality. Just turning on the radio proves that much.



    As for the life comment...I do have a life, as I'm sure many of the antis do. I work, go to college, have great friends and a great family. I couldn't be happier. :)
  • Robin
    Mmmm I remember I was 12 when I read Carrie and loved it. I am 21 now and am still reading Stephen King. Mmm curiously I am not over 40 yet.
  • Robin
    Mmmm I remember I was 12 when I read Carrie and loved it. I am 21 now and am still reading Stephen King. Mmm curiously I am not over 40 yet.
  • Robin
    Mmmm I remember I was 12 when I read Carrie and loved it. I am 21 now and am still reading Stephen King. Mmm curiously I am not over 40 yet.
  • twilightmom
    How can he say she's not a good writer. Just because her books are simple, that's what most people enjoy about them. It's easy reading with easy subject matter. For once a chance to escape and forget the real world for a few hours with an actual smile on your face instead of being depressed. Everyone has their opinions, but I don't think you can even compare these books to great literature, that's not what they are or were meant to be. They are great stories. Thank you Stephanie for creating something light and enjoyable for soooooo many people.
  • twilightmom
    How can he say she's not a good writer. Just because her books are simple, that's what most people enjoy about them. It's easy reading with easy subject matter. For once a chance to escape and forget the real world for a few hours with an actual smile on your face instead of being depressed. Everyone has their opinions, but I don't think you can even compare these books to great literature, that's not what they are or were meant to be. They are great stories. Thank you Stephanie for creating something light and enjoyable for soooooo many people.
  • Angelique
    Actually Dracula was not a love story, but I digress.

    There is, however, and human/vampire love story that seems almost completely forgotten nowadays, which is amusing since Twilight seems to have been directly lifted from this story and then scrubbed of all meaningful content (which is something of an accomplishment given the original story was a 1960's soap opera).

    It appealed to audiences for the exact same reasons Twilight does, the exact same reasons that Mr. King gives curiously enough, and yet somehow the original is still more satisfying than its watered down successor.

    Myer's did not create something new, or find a hole in the market. Dan Curtis did the work for her, but it seems this is only know to those of us who still lurk in the Dark Shadows.
  • skeptical
    I also agree w/ you on King's criticism of Meyer's writing and not the actual story. His opinion was asked and he gave it, period. However, when I initially read this story, I too felt that this was just a bitter writer lashing out at the instant success of a new writer....Meyer's first ever try at professionally writing turns to movie deals and box office success, who would have ever guessed that would happen??? Maybe King gave a better literary criticism of Meyer than what the journalist wanted to include...igniting the Twilight fanbase a little more. We may all be suckers.
  • skeptical
    I also agree w/ you on King's criticism of Meyer's writing and not the actual story. His opinion was asked and he gave it, period. However, when I initially read this story, I too felt that this was just a bitter writer lashing out at the instant success of a new writer....Meyer's first ever try at professionally writing turns to movie deals and box office success, who would have ever guessed that would happen??? Maybe King gave a better literary criticism of Meyer than what the journalist wanted to include...igniting the Twilight fanbase a little more. We may all be suckers.
  • skeptical
    I also agree w/ you on King's criticism of Meyer's writing and not the actual story. His opinion was asked and he gave it, period. However, when I initially read this story, I too felt that this was just a bitter writer lashing out at the instant success of a new writer....Meyer's first ever try at professionally writing turns to movie deals and box office success, who would have ever guessed that would happen??? Maybe King gave a better literary criticism of Meyer than what the journalist wanted to include...igniting the Twilight fanbase a little more. We may all be suckers.
  • sam
    i think he's jealous. also i think stephenie meyer is a better writer than j k rowling because j k rowling writes little kids books and her writing style sucks. she can't let go of harry potter and stephenie is on to bigger and better books. twilight killed harry potter, not voldemort. also j k kills off all the good characters! what happened to good guys win and bad guys lose? and harry potter 7 is a 5 paged first grade book compared to breaking dawn. yeah i love harry potter but twilight is less predictable and her writing is more like poetry than an 18 year-old girl going on and on about a hot vampire. j k rowling made the boys the strongest characters and the girls the weakest. harry or ron always saves the day. in twilight edward saves bella a couple of times and bella saves edward a couple of times. j k is kind of uncreative in her writing i mean people saying made up words that sound like something from a preschool show? come on rowling you can do better! the first few books where for 8 year olds and the rest for 13 year olds? weird... twilight, new moon, eclipse, and breaking dawn are all for teens. well..maybe not breaking dawn, but there's a blackout. don't compare vampires to wizards because we all know vampires will eat the wizards before they can say, "Avada Kedavra!"
  • sam
    i think he's jealous. also i think stephenie meyer is a better writer than j k rowling because j k rowling writes little kids books and her writing style sucks. she can't let go of harry potter and stephenie is on to bigger and better books. twilight killed harry potter, not voldemort. also j k kills off all the good characters! what happened to good guys win and bad guys lose? and harry potter 7 is a 5 paged first grade book compared to breaking dawn. yeah i love harry potter but twilight is less predictable and her writing is more like poetry than an 18 year-old girl going on and on about a hot vampire. j k rowling made the boys the strongest characters and the girls the weakest. harry or ron always saves the day. in twilight edward saves bella a couple of times and bella saves edward a couple of times. j k is kind of uncreative in her writing i mean people saying made up words that sound like something from a preschool show? come on rowling you can do better! the first few books where for 8 year olds and the rest for 13 year olds? weird... twilight, new moon, eclipse, and breaking dawn are all for teens. well..maybe not breaking dawn, but there's a blackout. don't compare vampires to wizards because we all know vampires will eat the wizards before they can say, "Avada Kedavra!"
  • loverofbooks
    Like him or hate him, SKing is a voice to be reckoned with. He has well earned his spot in literature.

    SMeyer has written an exquisite love story that different generations can connect with. Her writing is very simple. Her vocabulary and sentence structure is easy to follow. This makes it an easy read and allows you to read through the books quickly and stay with the story. Her focus audience (from the publisher's point of view) was teens and her style fits them completely. (She, of course, wrote Twilight just for herself. Therefore, there was no need to get complex with anything.)

    JKRowling and SMeyer are being compared because of the popularity of their books with their fan base. There is no other comparison to make.

    JKRowling's book have an intricate plot with a much higher vocabulary (and plenty of made up words for the world she created). Her sentence structure is much more complex, as well. She keeps you guessing throughout the entire book, trying to figure out the end.

    Each of these authors is great in their own way. I LOVE SKing's movies but I am not a big horror story reader so I can't say I've ever had the desire to read his books. SMeyer and JKRowling both have my undying respect because their books completely entertained me, and I would read anything writting by either of these authors.

    There is no reason to hate on any of them. We all have opinions. And we share them as well. Enjoy what you like. Don't read what you don't. But any author who has been picked up by a publishing company and has had their books read and has had a fan based enjoy them is to be respected in their own rights.
  • Soli
    Very well said.
  • Ni
    HINT: The Shawshank Redeption, The Shining, The Green Mile, Carrie... oh, and 1408 if you would rather talk about something more recent. *wink*
  • Ni
    HINT: The Shawshank Redeption, The Shining, The Green Mile, Carrie... oh, and 1408 if you would rather talk about something more recent. *wink*
  • Ni
    HINT: The Shawshank Redeption, The Shining, The Green Mile, Carrie... oh, and 1408 if you would rather talk about something more recent. *wink*
  • sam
    to add to what i said, my own OPINION is SM is the best writer darren shan is a close second. and to stephen king, did you know on the back of the host someone compared you to stephenie?
    "a hybrid combination of Stephen King and Isaac Asimov."
  • sam
    to add to what i said, my own OPINION is SM is the best writer darren shan is a close second. and to stephen king, did you know on the back of the host someone compared you to stephenie?
    "a hybrid combination of Stephen King and Isaac Asimov."
  • sam
    i agree
  • sam
    i agree
  • sam
    i agree
  • sam
    what are you some stephen king worshipper? if stephen king says, "Jump off a building." would you do it?
  • sam
    what are you some stephen king worshipper? if stephen king says, "Jump off a building." would you do it?
  • sam
    what are you some stephen king worshipper? if stephen king says, "Jump off a building." would you do it?
  • sam
    killer clowns aren't original, but mutant killer half-vampires are. : ) go renesmee!
  • sam
    killer clowns aren't original, but mutant killer half-vampires are. : ) go renesmee!
  • sam
    killer clowns aren't original, but mutant killer half-vampires are. : ) go renesmee!
  • sam
    and to add again, SK's books are only horror...horror, horror, horror. SM's books have romance, mystery, thriller, Sci-Fi, drama, adventure, AND horror.
  • sam
    and to add again, SK's books are only horror...horror, horror, horror. SM's books have romance, mystery, thriller, Sci-Fi, drama, adventure, AND horror.
  • OhMyEdward!!!
    you know what's the problem here? some people cannot accept the fact that Stephenie Meyer is successful.... so what if she's not the perfect writer? the most important thing is... many loved the Twilight series and many are buying it... and you can just tell that the movie is great because it earned $340 million in just 3 months( budget is only $37million).
    for those who are not happy with that fact...Get a life!!! Go home! you will just be hurting yourself a lot if you're here... har! Har! har!
  • Celestina
    People are pissed that Stephenie Meyer is successful because there are so many other authors who are far better than she is and don't get half the recognition she does. Yeah, I know life isn't fair. But it's still frustrating to see a writer get praise that she simply doesn't deserve.

    People can love the Twilight series. I don't think anyone has a problem with that. What people do have a problem with is that Twilight fans tend to be intolerant towards antis. They can't accept other people's opinions. Not all of them, but a lot of them are like that. Twilight fans also don't see that Meyer's writing isn't the end all be all of literature. There's other great stuff out there - greater than Twilight - but many refuse to admit that.

    The movie was not great. Better than the book by a long shot, but not great. It earned a lot, sure, but being popular does not equal quality. Just turning on the radio proves that much.

    As for the life comment...I do have a life, as I'm sure many of the antis do. I work, go to college, have great friends and a great family. I couldn't be happier. :)
  • Soli
    I agree with this. One negative word about Twilight and there is a lot of hate that the Twilight fans throw at people and then they wonder why they aren't taken seriously. Don't make people despise you when you're defending a book you love by insulting people and name calling. That just ensures that they don't trust your credibility and they avoid the book.
  • TwilightMoM :)
    Then what is your problem Celestina??? why cant you just accept the fact that Twilight and Stephenie Meyer are successful? Does it hurt you so badd???
  • ***
    "People can love the Twilight series. I don't think anyone has a problem with that. What people do have a problem with is that Twilight fans tend to be intolerant towards antis. They can't accept other people's opinions. Not all of them, but a lot of them are like that."

    What part of that don't you understand?
  • Celestina
    Oh yes. I am wounded by that fact. :(

    No, really, I think explained what "my problem" is. And I never denied that Twilight/Stephenie Meyer is successful. I admitted as much. I just don't LIKE the fact she is. There's a difference.
  • Jean
    No it didn't.

    He's successful too, so what's your point?
  • Edward is a Pedophile Stalker
    Well, considering that Twilight only got published because the publisher knew that there were tons of brain-dead teenage girls out there who would gulp down the so-called 'romance' in the four trash books, I think the only reason she's successful is because these obsessed girls buy her stuff. Who's the one with no life now?

    Oh, and by the way. Meyer is as good a writer as Uwe Boll is a good movie maker.
  • Z
    Heeeeeeeeeeeey don't trash Uwe that bad =P
    His movie version of Postal was hilarious xD
  • sam
    by the way what up with the face? did he see someone about to read his book but saw twilight a read that insted? cuz thats whats happening.
  • sam
    by the way what up with the face? did he see someone about to read his book but saw twilight a read that insted? cuz thats whats happening.
  • sam
    ooo ooo!!!!!! dean koontz is a good writer but stephenie is waaaaaay more popular by the way im sick i have a life im just bored and sick with nothing to do thats why im writing to much
  • sam
    ooo ooo!!!!!! dean koontz is a good writer but stephenie is waaaaaay more popular by the way im sick i have a life im just bored and sick with nothing to do thats why im writing to much
  • sam
    i agree
  • sam
    i agree
  • sam
    and you are on here because....?
  • sam
    and you are on here because....?
  • i have read his books and i am not saying i dont like them i just like twilight better and please dont call me dearie cause that isnt very nice if you are trying to speak down to me i am just giving my two-cents so lets just agree to disagree thank you
  • i have read his books and i am not saying i dont like them i just like twilight better and please dont call me dearie cause that isnt very nice if you are trying to speak down to me i am just giving my two-cents so lets just agree to disagree thank you
  • Soli
    Really? If he can't write than how is it that he has sold so many books, a good handful of which were made into movies that have pulled in some big names when they were made and have won Oscars?


    He was asked for his opinion, he gave it.
  • Soli
    Really? If he can't write than how is it that he has sold so many books, a good handful of which were made into movies that have pulled in some big names when they were made and have won Oscars?


    He was asked for his opinion, he gave it.
  • Soli
    Really? If he can't write than how is it that he has sold so many books, a good handful of which were made into movies that have pulled in some big names when they were made and have won Oscars?


    He was asked for his opinion, he gave it.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    Well, that is both domestic and foreign sales put together. Madagascar 2 made more than Twilight in domestic and foreign sales, so did Iron Man, WALL-E, Hancock, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Mama Mia, Sex in the City and Quantam of Solice. (I won't even mention The Dark Knight...oh wait, I just did,$998.5 million)Twilight is #14 in box office worldwide, Horton Hears a Who!, Wanted, 10,000 BC and HSM3 trailing right behind it.Not exactly Oscar material is it? But the point is, it's entertaining! Look at the box office number as of today. Taken,Paul Blartt:Mall Cop, My Bloody Valentime 3D and Hotel for Dogs are in the top box office sales! It's mindless entertainment that pulls in the big bucks! That's just common knowledge.
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    Well, that is both domestic and foreign sales put together. Madagascar 2 made more than Twilight in domestic and foreign sales, so did Iron Man, WALL-E, Hancock, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Mama Mia, Sex in the City and Quantam of Solice. (I won't even mention The Dark Knight...oh wait, I just did,$998.5 million)Twilight is #14 in box office worldwide, Horton Hears a Who!, Wanted, 10,000 BC and HSM3 trailing right behind it.Not exactly Oscar material is it? But the point is, it's entertaining! Look at the box office number as of today. Taken,Paul Blartt:Mall Cop, My Bloody Valentime 3D and Hotel for Dogs are in the top box office sales! It's mindless entertainment that pulls in the big bucks! That's just common knowledge.
  • Soli
    What horror is in her books? It's a lot of romance with a lot of non-conflict.
  • Soli
    What horror is in her books? It's a lot of romance with a lot of non-conflict.
  • Soli
    Very well said.
  • Soli
    Very well said.
  • Soli
    I agree with this. One negative word about Twilight and there is a lot of hate that the Twilight fans throw at people and then they wonder why they aren't taken seriously. Don't make people despise you when you're defending a book you love by insulting people and name calling. That just ensures that they don't trust your credibility and they avoid the book.
  • Soli
    I agree with this. One negative word about Twilight and there is a lot of hate that the Twilight fans throw at people and then they wonder why they aren't taken seriously. Don't make people despise you when you're defending a book you love by insulting people and name calling. That just ensures that they don't trust your credibility and they avoid the book.
  • ardane1
    "3. HIS BOOKS WERE MADE INTO MOVIES BUT MOSTLY MADE FOR TV AND MEYERS BOOKS ARE BEING MADE INTO MOVIES FOR THE BIG SCREEN AND MAKING CRAZY MONEY


    4.HIS BOOOKS NEVER GOT THIS MUCH PUBLICITY AS MEYERS' IS"



    Um, you're kind of wrong.



    3. Dolores Claiborne, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption (Oscar Nominated), Cujo, Pet Semetary, Dreamcatcher, Hearts in Atlantis, The Shining (the Kubrick one) and I'm probably forgetting a couple.



    4. His Dark Tower trilogy got just as much publicity when he finished it about 4 years ago. and it has tons of merchandise and also a graphic novel about it now.



    Google, learn it please.
  • ardane1
    "3. HIS BOOKS WERE MADE INTO MOVIES BUT MOSTLY MADE FOR TV AND MEYERS BOOKS ARE BEING MADE INTO MOVIES FOR THE BIG SCREEN AND MAKING CRAZY MONEY


    4.HIS BOOOKS NEVER GOT THIS MUCH PUBLICITY AS MEYERS' IS"



    Um, you're kind of wrong.



    3. Dolores Claiborne, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption (Oscar Nominated), Cujo, Pet Semetary, Dreamcatcher, Hearts in Atlantis, The Shining (the Kubrick one) and I'm probably forgetting a couple.



    4. His Dark Tower trilogy got just as much publicity when he finished it about 4 years ago. and it has tons of merchandise and also a graphic novel about it now.



    Google, learn it please.
  • ardane1
    "3. HIS BOOKS WERE MADE INTO MOVIES BUT MOSTLY MADE FOR TV AND MEYERS BOOKS ARE BEING MADE INTO MOVIES FOR THE BIG SCREEN AND MAKING CRAZY MONEY


    4.HIS BOOOKS NEVER GOT THIS MUCH PUBLICITY AS MEYERS' IS"



    Um, you're kind of wrong.



    3. Dolores Claiborne, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption (Oscar Nominated), Cujo, Pet Semetary, Dreamcatcher, Hearts in Atlantis, The Shining (the Kubrick one) and I'm probably forgetting a couple.



    4. His Dark Tower trilogy got just as much publicity when he finished it about 4 years ago. and it has tons of merchandise and also a graphic novel about it now.



    Google, learn it please.
  • Jean
    But yet King is respected.
  • Jean
    But yet King is respected.
  • Jean
    Too bad King has those things too. He just does it better. If you knew more about him, you would know that doesn't just write horror.
  • Jean
    Too bad King has those things too. He just does it better. If you knew more about him, you would know that doesn't just write horror.
  • twilightmom
    How can he say she's not a good writer. Just because her books are simple, that's what most people enjoy about them. It's easy reading with easy subject matter. For once a chance to escape and forget the real world for a few hours with an actual smile on your face instead of being depressed. Everyone has their opinions, but I don't think you can even compare these books to great literature, that's not what they are or were meant to be. They are great stories. Thank you Stephanie for creating something light and enjoyable for soooooo many people.
  • Jean
    No, because it's a wish fulfillment that teenage girls and bored housewives love. King has you on the edge of your seat, not trying to get you to vomit the way Meyer does. He has a story and message, not a lust, abuse, and pedophliac story.
  • Jean
    Wow. He's jealous because hasn't written less bestsellers, doesn't have less books that turned into movies, doesn't have a rabid, stupid following, wishes he couldn't write, wishes he could glorify pedophilia, abuse, and lust by disguising it under love, wishes he wasn't respected and called a hack? I doubt that.


    Meyer wishes she could write as well as Rowling. She wishes she had that appeal, the phenomenom, and that her books could be classics instead of forgotten and laughed at by those who use to be her fans. Yeah, Rowling wrote a children's book, but at lease she appealed to everyone and did it well. Meyer only writes wish fulfillments.



    Less predictable? It was pretty obvious that Bella would be put in danger, would become a vampire, and would have a daughter. With Rowling we weren't sure what would happen. Book stores even had to go through measures to keep the book from being leaked. That's less predictable.
  • Jean
    Wow. He's jealous because hasn't written less bestsellers, doesn't have less books that turned into movies, doesn't have a rabid, stupid following, wishes he couldn't write, wishes he could glorify pedophilia, abuse, and lust by disguising it under love, wishes he wasn't respected and called a hack? I doubt that.


    Meyer wishes she could write as well as Rowling. She wishes she had that appeal, the phenomenom, and that her books could be classics instead of forgotten and laughed at by those who use to be her fans. Yeah, Rowling wrote a children's book, but at lease she appealed to everyone and did it well. Meyer only writes wish fulfillments.



    Less predictable? It was pretty obvious that Bella would be put in danger, would become a vampire, and would have a daughter. With Rowling we weren't sure what would happen. Book stores even had to go through measures to keep the book from being leaked. That's less predictable.
  • Jean
    No, because it's a wish fulfillment that teenage girls and bored housewives love. King has you on the edge of your seat, not trying to get you to vomit the way Meyer does. He has a story and message, not a lust, abuse, and pedophliac story.
  • Jean
    No, because it's a wish fulfillment that teenage girls and bored housewives love. King has you on the edge of your seat, not trying to get you to vomit the way Meyer does. He has a story and message, not a lust, abuse, and pedophliac story.
  • Jean
    No it didn't.


    He's successful too, so what's your point?
  • Jean
    No it didn't.


    He's successful too, so what's your point?
  • Jean
    Most? So why did he is always a bestseller?


    I think he should. She put her books out in the public, that's what she gets.
  • Jean
    Most? So why did he is always a bestseller?


    I think he should. She put her books out in the public, that's what she gets.
  • Twi
    Stephenie tok vampires in to the light?
    Anne Rice is kida: Mother of the modern vampires
  • Twi
    Stephenie tok vampires in to the light?
    Anne Rice is kida: Mother of the modern vampires
  • Twi
    Stephenie tok vampires in to the light?
    Anne Rice is kida: Mother of the modern vampires
  • Jean
    He's an idiot, because he speaks the truth?
  • Jean
    He's an idiot, because he speaks the truth?
  • Jean
    I can't see why you like it, but you can't say she can't get criticism.
  • Jean
    I can't see why you like it, but you can't say she can't get criticism.
  • Angelique
    Wait....someone actually said Meyers was a combination of Steven King and Issac Asimov?


    ........does not compute.....



    ....faith in humanity lost.....



    .....+++++++///out of cheese error+++redo from start///+++++........
  • Angelique
    Wait....someone actually said Meyers was a combination of Steven King and Issac Asimov?


    ........does not compute.....



    ....faith in humanity lost.....



    .....+++++++///out of cheese error+++redo from start///+++++........
  • sam
    i think he's jealous. also i think stephenie meyer is a better writer than j k rowling because j k rowling writes little kids books and her writing style sucks. she can't let go of harry potter and stephenie is on to bigger and better books. twilight killed harry potter, not voldemort. also j k kills off all the good characters! what happened to good guys win and bad guys lose? and harry potter 7 is a 5 paged first grade book compared to breaking dawn. yeah i love harry potter but twilight is less predictable and her writing is more like poetry than an 18 year-old girl going on and on about a hot vampire. j k rowling made the boys the strongest characters and the girls the weakest. harry or ron always saves the day. in twilight edward saves bella a couple of times and bella saves edward a couple of times. j k is kind of uncreative in her writing i mean people saying made up words that sound like something from a preschool show? come on rowling you can do better! the first few books where for 8 year olds and the rest for 13 year olds? weird... twilight, new moon, eclipse, and breaking dawn are all for teens. well..maybe not breaking dawn, but there's a blackout. don't compare vampires to wizards because we all know vampires will eat the wizards before they can say, "Avada Kedavra!"
  • Jean
    Wow. He's jealous because hasn't written less bestsellers, doesn't have less books that turned into movies, doesn't have a rabid, stupid following, wishes he couldn't write, wishes he could glorify pedophilia, abuse, and lust by disguising it under love, wishes he wasn't respected and called a hack? I doubt that.

    Meyer wishes she could write as well as Rowling. She wishes she had that appeal, the phenomenom, and that her books could be classics instead of forgotten and laughed at by those who use to be her fans. Yeah, Rowling wrote a children's book, but at lease she appealed to everyone and did it well. Meyer only writes wish fulfillments.

    Less predictable? It was pretty obvious that Bella would be put in danger, would become a vampire, and would have a daughter. With Rowling we weren't sure what would happen. Book stores even had to go through measures to keep the book from being leaked. That's less predictable.
  • Celestina
    I think Jean pretty much covered everything, however I have to comment on your assertion that Rowling's girls are weak and Bella is strong. That couldn't be further from the truth. Rowling has plenty of strong females in Hermione, Ginny, Luna, Tonks, etc. Bella, on the other hand, is weak. She falls to pieces when Edward leaves her and can't seem to make her own decisions or assert herself. She's a doormat. She's also not very intelligent, though the book claims she is. And she is EXCEEDINGLY shallow. I really have to wonder in what alternate dimension you read these books.
  • Jean
    He's a moron, because he's not physcially attractive? You're really stupid. Meyer can't write for shit.
  • Jean
    He's a moron, because he's not physcially attractive? You're really stupid. Meyer can't write for shit.
  • Jean
    Any reason why he's seeking attention? If I recall, he spoke the Harry Potter series as well.
  • Jean
    Any reason why he's seeking attention? If I recall, he spoke the Harry Potter series as well.
  • Jean
    How is it not professional? Writers have been doing that for years. They're entitled to their own opinions.


    Look up Stephen King, and see what's he's done. He's not envious.
  • Jean
    How is it not professional? Writers have been doing that for years. They're entitled to their own opinions.


    Look up Stephen King, and see what's he's done. He's not envious.
  • sam
    to add to what i said, my own OPINION is SM is the best writer darren shan is a close second. and to stephen king, did you know on the back of the host someone compared you to stephenie?
    "a hybrid combination of Stephen King and Isaac Asimov."
  • Jean
    Why not? He's entitled to his opinion.
  • Jean
    Why not? He's entitled to his opinion.
  • Jean
    You should do the same, and actually see the points people are making. You and other ones are the only ones who are narrow-minded. Please get over yourself.
  • Jean
    You should do the same, and actually see the points people are making. You and other ones are the only ones who are narrow-minded. Please get over yourself.
  • Anonymous
    No, only a weakling would cry for the rest of their existence. Real people would cry for about a few days and then get over it. Face it, Twilight is not the best of literature and it will never be. And they're not vampires; they're sparkly venemous stone people with Mary Sue qualities.
  • Anonymous
    No, only a weakling would cry for the rest of their existence. Real people would cry for about a few days and then get over it. Face it, Twilight is not the best of literature and it will never be. And they're not vampires; they're sparkly venemous stone people with Mary Sue qualities.
  • Anonymous
    Because a whole bunch of bored teenage girls with half a brain and mouths the size of the Grand Canyon wasted a whole bunch of money to see the trash film again and again and again...
  • Anonymous
    Because a whole bunch of bored teenage girls with half a brain and mouths the size of the Grand Canyon wasted a whole bunch of money to see the trash film again and again and again...
  • Jean
    Because he's expressing his opinion. That's not hard to see.


    Look him up please. People are buying his books. And she's not a bestseller all over the world. That's reserved for good writers.
  • Jean
    Because he's expressing his opinion. That's not hard to see.


    Look him up please. People are buying his books. And she's not a bestseller all over the world. That's reserved for good writers.
  • Jean
    It's not unneccessary when it's his criticism.
  • Jean
    It's not unneccessary when it's his criticism.
  • bethcullen
    I am a big stephen King fan and a HUGE twilight fan but i think he could have used more dignified words than this! He is well respected and an awesome author but SM writes with soooo much more emotion than he does. I feel compelled to read twilight books because of the story/characters/emotional roller coaster! and i love reading king because of his interesting ideas!
    But I think writing isnt about skill it is about people enjoying your work!!
  • bethcullen
    I am a big stephen King fan and a HUGE twilight fan but i think he could have used more dignified words than this! He is well respected and an awesome author but SM writes with soooo much more emotion than he does. I feel compelled to read twilight books because of the story/characters/emotional roller coaster! and i love reading king because of his interesting ideas!
    But I think writing isnt about skill it is about people enjoying your work!!
  • Anonymous
    Considering that he has been writing for a much longer time than Meyer has and his books are highly popular, I say he's entitled to criticize Meyer. If she can't take criticism, she doesn't deserve to be an author. Weaklings bawl and throw hissy fits when they're criticized; real authors buckle down and try to improve.
  • Anonymous
    Considering that he has been writing for a much longer time than Meyer has and his books are highly popular, I say he's entitled to criticize Meyer. If she can't take criticism, she doesn't deserve to be an author. Weaklings bawl and throw hissy fits when they're criticized; real authors buckle down and try to improve.
  • Anonymous
    What do you think? To laugh at the stupidity of some people.
  • Anonymous
    What do you think? To laugh at the stupidity of some people.
  • sam
    and to add again, SK's books are only horror...horror, horror, horror. SM's books have romance, mystery, thriller, Sci-Fi, drama, adventure, AND horror.
  • Soli
    What horror is in her books? It's a lot of romance with a lot of non-conflict.
  • Jean
    Too bad King has those things too. He just does it better. If you knew more about him, you would know that doesn't just write horror.
  • Anonymous
    Well, you see, I'm here to see the number of Twitards that meet opposition to the series with hissy fits and bad spelling. Also, I'm here because I want to laugh at the Twitards.
  • Anonymous
    Well, you see, I'm here to see the number of Twitards that meet opposition to the series with hissy fits and bad spelling. Also, I'm here because I want to laugh at the Twitards.
  • Edward is a Pedophile Stalker
    Well, considering that Twilight only got published because the publisher knew that there were tons of brain-dead teenage girls out there who would gulp down the so-called 'romance' in the four trash books, I think the only reason she's successful is because these obsessed girls buy her stuff. Who's the one with no life now?


    Oh, and by the way. Meyer is as good a writer as Uwe Boll is a good movie maker.
  • Edward is a Pedophile Stalker
    Well, considering that Twilight only got published because the publisher knew that there were tons of brain-dead teenage girls out there who would gulp down the so-called 'romance' in the four trash books, I think the only reason she's successful is because these obsessed girls buy her stuff. Who's the one with no life now?


    Oh, and by the way. Meyer is as good a writer as Uwe Boll is a good movie maker.
  • sam
    by the way what up with the face? did he see someone about to read his book but saw twilight a read that insted? cuz thats whats happening.
  • sam
    ooo ooo!!!!!! dean koontz is a good writer but stephenie is waaaaaay more popular by the way im sick i have a life im just bored and sick with nothing to do thats why im writing to much
  • Jean
    But yet King is respected.
  • Jean
    Since when does he not do that? When did she start?
  • Jean
    Since when does he not do that? When did she start?
  • this here
    its true. her story had much more potential besides the he's so beautiful drab that conitued in every book. i dont think she fully realised the story herself and what she had going. also the jacob aspect was so caddy i couldnt almost finish the series.
  • this here
    its true. her story had much more potential besides the he's so beautiful drab that conitued in every book. i dont think she fully realised the story herself and what she had going. also the jacob aspect was so caddy i couldnt almost finish the series.
  • this here
    its true. her story had much more potential besides the he's so beautiful drab that conitued in every book. i dont think she fully realised the story herself and what she had going. also the jacob aspect was so caddy i couldnt almost finish the series.
  • Gabriella
    Hold up...what?! wh-...uh wow. Do you realise how incredibly brainless you sound? You're like something from one of The King's books! Christ! Get a life will you?
    They're fictional characters okay? F-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-L They do not exist, no super 'roided vampire is going to show up and sweep you off your feet. Have some perspective okay? There are far more pressing matters in the world (which King's books do address!!) And you are stuck in a little "OMG EDWRD's SO SMEXY" world.

    Put your book down. Get some help. Wake up. Simple.
  • Gabriella
    Hold up...what?! wh-...uh wow. Do you realise how incredibly brainless you sound? You're like something from one of The King's books! Christ! Get a life will you?
    They're fictional characters okay? F-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-L They do not exist, no super 'roided vampire is going to show up and sweep you off your feet. Have some perspective okay? There are far more pressing matters in the world (which King's books do address!!) And you are stuck in a little "OMG EDWRD's SO SMEXY" world.

    Put your book down. Get some help. Wake up. Simple.
  • Gabriella
    Hold up...what?! wh-...uh wow. Do you realise how incredibly brainless you sound? You're like something from one of The King's books! Christ! Get a life will you?
    They're fictional characters okay? F-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-L They do not exist, no super 'roided vampire is going to show up and sweep you off your feet. Have some perspective okay? There are far more pressing matters in the world (which King's books do address!!) And you are stuck in a little "OMG EDWRD's SO SMEXY" world.

    Put your book down. Get some help. Wake up. Simple.
  • Courtney
    Certainly not! I 'worship' H.P. Lovecraft, mind you. I just happen to like quite a few of King's books and i agree with what was said. Don't get your panties in a bunch, now.
  • Courtney
    Certainly not! I 'worship' H.P. Lovecraft, mind you. I just happen to like quite a few of King's books and i agree with what was said. Don't get your panties in a bunch, now.
  • Courtney
    Certainly not! I 'worship' H.P. Lovecraft, mind you. I just happen to like quite a few of King's books and i agree with what was said. Don't get your panties in a bunch, now.
  • Courtney
    Thank you! You took the words out of my mouth. People can have their own opinions. And just because King does not like the way the series was written, doesn't mean he is 'jealous' because 'he didnt think of it first'. This 'jealous' matter me confuses me to no end.
  • Courtney
    Thank you! You took the words out of my mouth. People can have their own opinions. And just because King does not like the way the series was written, doesn't mean he is 'jealous' because 'he didnt think of it first'. This 'jealous' matter me confuses me to no end.
  • Courtney
    Thank you! You took the words out of my mouth. People can have their own opinions. And just because King does not like the way the series was written, doesn't mean he is 'jealous' because 'he didnt think of it first'. This 'jealous' matter me confuses me to no end.
  • Willeke
    I don't think people should compare Twilight with Harry Potter. The books are totally different. Stephen King compares the authors and, obviously, thinks J.K Rowling is better, which is entirely his opinion and I respect that, but he doesn't give many arguments for that. He only says one is a 'better' writer and the other is 'bad'. But he doesn't really explain why. After that he just involves other writers to prove his point. I agree with his point though. You don't have to be a amazing writer to make a good book. It's the story that needs to touch people. Even if you are very skilled and talented, you can't write a book without a story that reaches people. That make people want to read it over and over again. So maybe SM isn't the 'best' among all the other writers out there. It doesn't matter. It's the story that does the magic. It's those moments in the books that just pull you in and keep you awake in the middle of the night. I haven't experienced that with Harry Potter, but that is, however, my view on it. I'm not saying J.K Rowling is a 'bad' writer, because the books are good, but I love the Twilight saga more xD. Well.. I think this is just the way things will always be. Just because both series are really popular people can't help theirselves to compare the two.
  • Willeke
    I don't think people should compare Twilight with Harry Potter. The books are totally different. Stephen King compares the authors and, obviously, thinks J.K Rowling is better, which is entirely his opinion and I respect that, but he doesn't give many arguments for that. He only says one is a 'better' writer and the other is 'bad'. But he doesn't really explain why. After that he just involves other writers to prove his point. I agree with his point though. You don't have to be a amazing writer to make a good book. It's the story that needs to touch people. Even if you are very skilled and talented, you can't write a book without a story that reaches people. That make people want to read it over and over again. So maybe SM isn't the 'best' among all the other writers out there. It doesn't matter. It's the story that does the magic. It's those moments in the books that just pull you in and keep you awake in the middle of the night. I haven't experienced that with Harry Potter, but that is, however, my view on it. I'm not saying J.K Rowling is a 'bad' writer, because the books are good, but I love the Twilight saga more xD. Well.. I think this is just the way things will always be. Just because both series are really popular people can't help theirselves to compare the two.
  • bethcullen
    I just feel he is not very emotionally connected to his characters, well not as much as SM. I am not defending King or Meyer, King has obviously achieved higher fame than she probably ever will but i still enjoy Twilight and she can write good stories sure she maybe isn't the best writer but seriously half the writers out there are rubbish if they are compared to greats like dickens or king!
    Might i also add that for a first series of books SM did very well. If i wrote my first EVER story and it got onto the bestseller list i would die happy!
  • bethcullen
    I just feel he is not very emotionally connected to his characters, well not as much as SM. I am not defending King or Meyer, King has obviously achieved higher fame than she probably ever will but i still enjoy Twilight and she can write good stories sure she maybe isn't the best writer but seriously half the writers out there are rubbish if they are compared to greats like dickens or king!
    Might i also add that for a first series of books SM did very well. If i wrote my first EVER story and it got onto the bestseller list i would die happy!
  • Dhampirs are not original at all. There have been legends about them around for much longer than there have been clowns to have legends about killer clowns. There's nothing original at all in Stephenie Meyer's books, beyond the fact that she can't keep a single line of mythology straight. That, and the fact that she fails at science so hard it can make one's head spin. Everything in her stories is deriative and bastardized.
    Her ideas for wars between vampires and werewolves? Done.

    Her idea for a half-vampire child? Done.

    Her idea for insanely beautiful vampires? Done.

    Her idea for a teenage girl falling in love with a vampire? Done.

    Her idea for vampires that suck animal blood instead of human, because they have massive guilt complexes about being murderers? Done.

    Her idea for vampires with super-special powers and almost no weaknesses? Done.

    Her idea for vampires who aren't destroyed in the sunlight? Done.



    What has she done that's original, besides make a ridiculous explanation for why her vampires are glittery? After all, if they're rock-solid, they should be unable to move, and should also always be slightly cooler than room temperature, not ice cold.
  • Dhampirs are not original at all. There have been legends about them around for much longer than there have been clowns to have legends about killer clowns. There's nothing original at all in Stephenie Meyer's books, beyond the fact that she can't keep a single line of mythology straight. That, and the fact that she fails at science so hard it can make one's head spin. Everything in her stories is deriative and bastardized.
    Her ideas for wars between vampires and werewolves? Done.

    Her idea for a half-vampire child? Done.

    Her idea for insanely beautiful vampires? Done.

    Her idea for a teenage girl falling in love with a vampire? Done.

    Her idea for vampires that suck animal blood instead of human, because they have massive guilt complexes about being murderers? Done.

    Her idea for vampires with super-special powers and almost no weaknesses? Done.

    Her idea for vampires who aren't destroyed in the sunlight? Done.



    What has she done that's original, besides make a ridiculous explanation for why her vampires are glittery? After all, if they're rock-solid, they should be unable to move, and should also always be slightly cooler than room temperature, not ice cold.
  • Dhampirs are not original at all. There have been legends about them around for much longer than there have been clowns to have legends about killer clowns. There's nothing original at all in Stephenie Meyer's books, beyond the fact that she can't keep a single line of mythology straight. That, and the fact that she fails at science so hard it can make one's head spin. Everything in her stories is deriative and bastardized.
    Her ideas for wars between vampires and werewolves? Done.

    Her idea for a half-vampire child? Done.

    Her idea for insanely beautiful vampires? Done.

    Her idea for a teenage girl falling in love with a vampire? Done.

    Her idea for vampires that suck animal blood instead of human, because they have massive guilt complexes about being murderers? Done.

    Her idea for vampires with super-special powers and almost no weaknesses? Done.

    Her idea for vampires who aren't destroyed in the sunlight? Done.



    What has she done that's original, besides make a ridiculous explanation for why her vampires are glittery? After all, if they're rock-solid, they should be unable to move, and should also always be slightly cooler than room temperature, not ice cold.
  • Angelique
    Wait....someone actually said Meyers was a combination of Steven King and Issac Asimov?

    ........does not compute.....

    ....faith in humanity lost.....

    .....+++++++///out of cheese error+++redo from start///+++++........
  • hooked
    I can agree with SK in certain things. The series was poorly written.. yes true.. but he did not have to be rude about it. Yes, he is more talented with his writting skills and his grammar. He probably will go down in history for his creepy work. I have read some in my time not a lot but enough to know that Stephenie is also talented with imagination. These book forever changed my life.. it has been two years and everytime I read her books I'm back hooked. Its fictional this does not reflect my preference for men or my opinion in marriage, religion, or love. It just a nice fictional world you can escape to once in a while.
  • Theregoeshumanity
    And one of the cannibal mermaids sirens will have a beautiful daughter whose eyes turn rainbow when her moods change. Her name will be Arianna Ravynfyre and she will save the earth. And her father will be Severus Snape. -___-
  • Theregoeshumanity
    And one of the cannibal mermaids sirens will have a beautiful daughter whose eyes turn rainbow when her moods change. Her name will be Arianna Ravynfyre and she will save the earth. And her father will be Severus Snape. -___-
  • twihard17
    why would you wanna laugh at yourself and other twilight haters???
  • twihard17
    why would you wanna laugh at yourself and other twilight haters???
  • twihard17
    why do all the twilight haters keep bothering us abour our grammer? are we writing essays for school or something? y the hell does it matter if we use correct punctuation?
    does ths bther u guyz 2 mch tht u hve to keep brnging it up? u can obviously understand what people are saying so get over it
  • twihard17
    why do all the twilight haters keep bothering us abour our grammer? are we writing essays for school or something? y the hell does it matter if we use correct punctuation?
    does ths bther u guyz 2 mch tht u hve to keep brnging it up? u can obviously understand what people are saying so get over it
  • bethcullen
    I am a big stephen King fan and a HUGE twilight fan but i think he could have used more dignified words than this! He is well respected and an awesome author but SM writes with soooo much more emotion than he does. I feel compelled to read twilight books because of the story/characters/emotional roller coaster! and i love reading king because of his interesting ideas!
    But I think writing isnt about skill it is about people enjoying your work!!
  • Jean
    Since when does he not do that? When did she start?
  • bethcullen
    I just feel he is not very emotionally connected to his characters, well not as much as SM. I am not defending King or Meyer, King has obviously achieved higher fame than she probably ever will but i still enjoy Twilight and she can write good stories sure she maybe isn't the best writer but seriously half the writers out there are rubbish if they are compared to greats like dickens or king!
    Might i also add that for a first series of books SM did very well. If i wrote my first EVER story and it got onto the bestseller list i would die happy!
  • Jean
    I'm sure he has enough emotional connection with his characters. Do you you mean he's not obsessed with his characters? He's knows they are real and doesn't treat them as such. That's a sign of bad writing.

    Writing a crappy series isn't hard to do when it's catered to people who are either teenaged girls or don't read.
  • bethcullen
    Im not saying he isnt emotionally connected to them, i just don't feel it the same as SM. Maybe it is a sign of bad writing but as someone who doesnt study english or literature i wouldn't know.
    Dont get me wrong, Jean i really do like King's work, i could read it all day.

    Why does it have to mean that either peolpe like king of meyer here! It's ridiculous, they are both authors and many people love them both but stop saying all this stuff about King being a bad writer 'cause he is not. Fair enough people think SM is better or Twilight is better but it doesnt mean HE cant write! People obviously want to defend the thing they love, fair enough because i love it too but if it was any other author who had said this i may have felt a little stronger!
  • Jean
    Actually you are. And having a degree in Literature and English doesn't make one a good writer. Really, it's a wasted degree if you don't apply what you learn there.

    Who said I thought King was a bad writer? I didn't. I like his works. I was referring to Meyer.
  • bethcullen
    i didnt say having a degree makes you a good writer but people obviously learn about what makes writing good/bad. As you said it was a bad sign of writing, i would not know! I just enjoy reading which isnt bad, i dont want to know whether a book is bad or not i just want to read it regardless. If i like it then what is the problem? Even if Twilight had terrible reveiws across the board then i would probably still have read it, i make my own mind up about things. I don't listen to reviewers, most people who do will never experience some of the most amazing things in life just because a few people didn't enjoy it!
  • Jean
    My apologies. I should have said you don't have to have a degree in Literature or English to know bad or good writing. Meyer has a degree, but use passive voice, tells doesn't show, has static characters, is inconsistent, breaks her own canon, has purple prose, too little plot, which are clear no-nos in writing.

    Where did you get that? I didn't say you couldn't read it. I just pointed out by literary standards that Twilight isn't as good as so many women claim. But to you to each its own.
  • Spanky
    How many Stephen King books have you read?
  • Spanky
    How many Stephen King books have you read?
  • Spanky
    How many Stephen King books have you read?
  • Spanky
    People might take you more seriously if you write intelligently; you know spelling, punctuation, etc. It's great to love something, but it's inappropriate to attack and threaten others for not agreeing with you.
  • Spanky
    People might take you more seriously if you write intelligently; you know spelling, punctuation, etc. It's great to love something, but it's inappropriate to attack and threaten others for not agreeing with you.
  • TC
    Your Not going to "Waste your time" because you cant think of a retaliation. Go fail somewhere else, please.
  • TC
    Your Not going to "Waste your time" because you cant think of a retaliation. Go fail somewhere else, please.
  • TC
    And Rob Pattinson Hates Twilight.
  • TC
    And Rob Pattinson Hates Twilight.
  • TC
    Because your a simpleton.
  • TC
    Because your a simpleton.
  • Spanky
    Hey I live in Chandler, too. We should go see twilight some time!
  • Spanky
    Hey I live in Chandler, too. We should go see twilight some time!
  • Spanky
    Hey I live in Chandler, too. We should go see twilight some time!
  • TheLionFellInLuvWithCeci
    "Go fail somewhere else, please?"
    Haha... another moron who just happens 2 be on a TWILIGHT SAGA fan website talking smack b/c they can't do anything productive in thier lives!

    You go FAIL somewhere else and if you don't happen to have something good to say just shut up b/c honestly I'm not about to continue wasting my time w/ immature ppl who TRY 2 be tough on the interne haha... GOOD BYE!!
  • TheLionFellInLuvWithCeci
    "Go fail somewhere else, please?"
    Haha... another moron who just happens 2 be on a TWILIGHT SAGA fan website talking smack b/c they can't do anything productive in thier lives!

    You go FAIL somewhere else and if you don't happen to have something good to say just shut up b/c honestly I'm not about to continue wasting my time w/ immature ppl who TRY 2 be tough on the interne haha... GOOD BYE!!
  • TC
    We bother you for spelling and grammer because there is a difference between "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" and "I helped my uncle jack off a horse". Plus Its painful to read.
  • TC
    We bother you for spelling and grammer because there is a difference between "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" and "I helped my uncle jack off a horse". Plus Its painful to read.
  • strangegirl1316
    Obvious fan girl is obvious.


    Just because someone doesn't like something doesn't mean they have a stick up their ass, it means they don't like it.



    DUH.
  • strangegirl1316
    You're trying to defend Stephenie Meyer by saying he's too detailed?


    Again obvious fangirl who is so narrow minded she can't get HER nose out of the air.



    Nice one.
  • strangegirl1316
    You're trying to defend Stephenie Meyer by saying he's too detailed?


    Again obvious fangirl who is so narrow minded she can't get HER nose out of the air.



    Nice one.
  • strangegirl1316
    You're trying to defend Stephenie Meyer by saying he's too detailed?


    Again obvious fangirl who is so narrow minded she can't get HER nose out of the air.



    Nice one.
  • loveacloudyday
    The above cartoon of the stick figure on the computer is hilarious!!!!!!!
  • loveacloudyday
    The above cartoon of the stick figure on the computer is hilarious!!!!!!!
  • loveacloudyday
    The above cartoon of the stick figure on the computer is hilarious!!!!!!!
  • strangegirl1316
    Off topic but you know the way you type and your attitude? Yeah that's the tone and grammar we use to mock the crazy fangirls (NOT Courtney. She's a sane fan that the haters love) so you just kinda proved that the rabid fans are illiterate idiots. Again, nice one.
  • strangegirl1316
    Off topic but you know the way you type and your attitude? Yeah that's the tone and grammar we use to mock the crazy fangirls (NOT Courtney. She's a sane fan that the haters love) so you just kinda proved that the rabid fans are illiterate idiots. Again, nice one.
  • strangegirl1316
    Off topic but you know the way you type and your attitude? Yeah that's the tone and grammar we use to mock the crazy fangirls (NOT Courtney. She's a sane fan that the haters love) so you just kinda proved that the rabid fans are illiterate idiots. Again, nice one.
  • Twilight Sucks
    *victory dance*


    Yes! Another anti! STEPHEN KING IS AN ANTI!



    *fist pumping action*



    Btw, to all those saying "Harry Potter can't be compared to Twilight", WRONG. It can be compared, because they are both popular young-adult books. That right there sets up a topic for comparison. Also, it wasn't the antis who started the "war" anyway, it was the media. Die-hard Harry Potter fans just continued it, because HARRY POTTER RULES, DAMMIT.
  • Twilight Sucks
    *victory dance*


    Yes! Another anti! STEPHEN KING IS AN ANTI!



    *fist pumping action*



    Btw, to all those saying "Harry Potter can't be compared to Twilight", WRONG. It can be compared, because they are both popular young-adult books. That right there sets up a topic for comparison. Also, it wasn't the antis who started the "war" anyway, it was the media. Die-hard Harry Potter fans just continued it, because HARRY POTTER RULES, DAMMIT.
  • twihard17
    oohh wow you are sooo cooooollll
    if its so painful to read then dont read it or dont come on the website at all..........

    sry if writng like ths bthers u so mch i didnt realize people could be so high maintenance!
  • twihard17
    oohh wow you are sooo cooooollll
    if its so painful to read then dont read it or dont come on the website at all..........

    sry if writng like ths bthers u so mch i didnt realize people could be so high maintenance!
  • Jean
    He's not being rude.
  • Jean
    He's not being rude.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*
    FAIL.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*
    FAIL.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*
    FAIL.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*


    FAIL.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*


    FAIL.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*


    FAIL.
  • Jean
    He wasn't comparing. Just stating facts.


    True, you don't have to be an amazing writing to make a good book, but you have to be a decent one. Meyer isn't decent, she sucks.
  • Jean
    He wasn't comparing. Just stating facts.


    True, you don't have to be an amazing writing to make a good book, but you have to be a decent one. Meyer isn't decent, she sucks.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*


    FAIL.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*


    FAIL.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*


    FAIL.
  • Reyairia
    Stephen King is a great author, much better than Meyer can ever hope for with that degree in English in one of the worst universities ever.
    Oh, and George Bush got re-elected in 04 with the popular vote. It didn't make him the best president ever now, did it?
  • Reyairia
    Stephen King is a great author, much better than Meyer can ever hope for with that degree in English in one of the worst universities ever.
    Oh, and George Bush got re-elected in 04 with the popular vote. It didn't make him the best president ever now, did it?
  • Reyairia
    Stephen King is a great author, much better than Meyer can ever hope for with that degree in English in one of the worst universities ever.
    Oh, and George Bush got re-elected in 04 with the popular vote. It didn't make him the best president ever now, did it?
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*


    FAIL.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*


    FAIL.
  • strangegirl1316
    *stamps comment*


    FAIL.
  • Jean
    I'm sure he has enough emotional connection with his characters. Do you you mean he's not obsessed with his characters? He's knows they are real and doesn't treat them as such. That's a sign of bad writing.


    Writing a crappy series isn't hard to do when it's catered to people who are either teenaged girls or don't read.
  • Jean
    I'm sure he has enough emotional connection with his characters. Do you you mean he's not obsessed with his characters? He's knows they are real and doesn't treat them as such. That's a sign of bad writing.


    Writing a crappy series isn't hard to do when it's catered to people who are either teenaged girls or don't read.
  • Milo
    Salem's Lot vampires are, you know, terrifying. Instead of sparkly.
  • Milo
    Salem's Lot vampires are, you know, terrifying. Instead of sparkly.
  • Milo
    Salem's Lot vampires are, you know, terrifying. Instead of sparkly.
  • bethcullen
    Im not saying he isnt emotionally connected to them, i just don't feel it the same as SM. Maybe it is a sign of bad writing but as someone who doesnt study english or literature i wouldn't know.
    Dont get me wrong, Jean i really do like King's work, i could read it all day.



    Why does it have to mean that either peolpe like king of meyer here! It's ridiculous, they are both authors and many people love them both but stop saying all this stuff about King being a bad writer 'cause he is not. Fair enough people think SM is better or Twilight is better but it doesnt mean HE cant write! People obviously want to defend the thing they love, fair enough because i love it too but if it was any other author who had said this i may have felt a little stronger!
  • bethcullen
    Im not saying he isnt emotionally connected to them, i just don't feel it the same as SM. Maybe it is a sign of bad writing but as someone who doesnt study english or literature i wouldn't know.
    Dont get me wrong, Jean i really do like King's work, i could read it all day.



    Why does it have to mean that either peolpe like king of meyer here! It's ridiculous, they are both authors and many people love them both but stop saying all this stuff about King being a bad writer 'cause he is not. Fair enough people think SM is better or Twilight is better but it doesnt mean HE cant write! People obviously want to defend the thing they love, fair enough because i love it too but if it was any other author who had said this i may have felt a little stronger!
  • Reyairia
    George Bush got re-elected with the popular vote, it didn't say much about his presidency, did it?
  • Reyairia
    George Bush got re-elected with the popular vote, it didn't say much about his presidency, did it?
  • Willeke
    I don't think people should compare Twilight with Harry Potter. The books are totally different. Stephen King compares the authors and, obviously, thinks J.K Rowling is better, which is entirely his opinion and I respect that, but he doesn't give many arguments for that. He only says one is a 'better' writer and the other is 'bad'. But he doesn't really explain why. After that he just involves other writers to prove his point. I agree with his point though. You don't have to be a amazing writer to make a good book. It's the story that needs to touch people. Even if you are very skilled and talented, you can't write a book without a story that reaches people. That make people want to read it over and over again. So maybe SM isn't the 'best' among all the other writers out there. It doesn't matter. It's the story that does the magic. It's those moments in the books that just pull you in and keep you awake in the middle of the night. I haven't experienced that with Harry Potter, but that is, however, my view on it. I'm not saying J.K Rowling is a 'bad' writer, because the books are good, but I love the Twilight saga more xD. Well.. I think this is just the way things will always be. Just because both series are really popular people can't help theirselves to compare the two.
  • Jean
    He wasn't comparing. Just stating facts.

    True, you don't have to be an amazing writing to make a good book, but you have to be a decent one. Meyer isn't decent, she sucks.
  • Willeke
    Whether he was comparing or stating facts is another opinion (I think). Some actually like Meyer's writing style and don't bother that it's not as perfect as top writers ;). Hahaha. Well.. I'm glad we agree on one thing (that you don't have to be an amazing writer to make a good book). When I read Twilight for the first time I just got pulled into this fictional world where everything could happen. I didn't even pay attention to errors (or anything else for that matter). The way she describes things, got me hooked on the book. It's just really beautiful. So I disagree about Meyer not being decent. I think she's great :D!
  • Jean
    Too much passive voice, telling and not showing, static characters, little to no plot, implausibility, lack of realism, inconsistent, breaks her own canon, glorifies abusive relationships, glorifies pedophilia, sexist, classim, shallow, confuse lust with loves, poor word choices, too much dialogue, over describing, lack of character development... I could go on.
  • Willeke
    Yup. But whether over describing or too much dialogue are bad things is still an opinion. I love the way Meyer describes things. It helps me get into the fictional world. A character doesn't need to change, sometimes the writer wants characters to stay true to theirselves, it just depends on the story. If something terrible happened to a person in a book, yes, than they could change. But if a character is how he's supposed to be, than why change him? Maybe Meyer wanted us to stay related to Bella, maybe she was afraid that if she changed Bella too much, we wouldn't connect with her anymore. It wouldn't be fun is she were this strong character that could do anything without anyone's help. Edward wouldn't be able to help her xD. Besides.. after Edward left.. she did change (not in a positive way), and when he got back she became herself again. I'm afraid I also disagree about 'the glorifying of abusive relationships & pedophilia'. I didn't experience it like that.
  • Milo
    Don't forget The Mist.
  • Milo
    Don't forget The Mist.
  • alic3.0
    Draco Malfoy > Edward Cullen. 'Nuff Said.


    I agree with King. She sucks. As for Twilight not comparable to HP, irrelevant. Read the last three or four books of Harry Potter where the characters become teenagers. Maybe it's written for a boy's POV, who cares, but you have those fluff moments like Ron/Hermione, or Harry/Cho, Bill/Fleur, Tonks/Remus...etc.



    As for The Host being Sci Fi, that was just as Marry Sue-ish as Twilight. It's written for an adult. Melanie Stryder = Stephenie Meyer. See the resemblance?



    Before you bite my head off, I read all four books thinking that the story as a whole, is like the Dragonlance Chronicles where it takes over four books to explain an intricate plot...boy was I wrong.



    I wasted three days on four books of teenage crap,as for The Host, it was recommended because my friends says that the writing is an improvement and a great sci novel, they even said, "This is better than anything Michael Crichton has written."



    That got my attention, low and behold it is Twilight all over. Only with aliens...



    She is a mediocre author that should not EXPLAIN things with science. I suggest she read Mercedes Lackey and learn something from an author that can write fantasy, mythology and still be logical and entertaining.
  • alic3.0
    Draco Malfoy > Edward Cullen. 'Nuff Said.


    I agree with King. She sucks. As for Twilight not comparable to HP, irrelevant. Read the last three or four books of Harry Potter where the characters become teenagers. Maybe it's written for a boy's POV, who cares, but you have those fluff moments like Ron/Hermione, or Harry/Cho, Bill/Fleur, Tonks/Remus...etc.



    As for The Host being Sci Fi, that was just as Marry Sue-ish as Twilight. It's written for an adult. Melanie Stryder = Stephenie Meyer. See the resemblance?



    Before you bite my head off, I read all four books thinking that the story as a whole, is like the Dragonlance Chronicles where it takes over four books to explain an intricate plot...boy was I wrong.



    I wasted three days on four books of teenage crap,as for The Host, it was recommended because my friends says that the writing is an improvement and a great sci novel, they even said, "This is better than anything Michael Crichton has written."



    That got my attention, low and behold it is Twilight all over. Only with aliens...



    She is a mediocre author that should not EXPLAIN things with science. I suggest she read Mercedes Lackey and learn something from an author that can write fantasy, mythology and still be logical and entertaining.
  • Reyairia
    Go Stephen King! Against the EPIC FAIL that is Twilight! WOO!


    Sorry chickies, but just because something is popular doesn't mean its good; look at Bush being reelected in 04.

    Just because you happen to like it doesn't mean it's good either.

    Just because it sells doesn't mean it's quality - look at Mexican soap operas and McDonald's

    The fact that you have difficulty reading King only shows that you don't know what a good book is. You have to learn how to read properly, start with easier things and then move up. It took me years to realize what a good book is, and if I picked up a classic like the Bronte sisters I'd still have difficulty reading it - it doesn't mean it's bad, it's just that , MYSELF, have yet to achieve the level to read it yet.

    So really, learn how to read, then you'll realize the absolute crud you're spewing.
  • Reyairia
    Go Stephen King! Against the EPIC FAIL that is Twilight! WOO!


    Sorry chickies, but just because something is popular doesn't mean its good; look at Bush being reelected in 04.

    Just because you happen to like it doesn't mean it's good either.

    Just because it sells doesn't mean it's quality - look at Mexican soap operas and McDonald's

    The fact that you have difficulty reading King only shows that you don't know what a good book is. You have to learn how to read properly, start with easier things and then move up. It took me years to realize what a good book is, and if I picked up a classic like the Bronte sisters I'd still have difficulty reading it - it doesn't mean it's bad, it's just that , MYSELF, have yet to achieve the level to read it yet.

    So really, learn how to read, then you'll realize the absolute crud you're spewing.
  • Jean
    Actually you are. And having a degree in Literature and English doesn't make one a good writer. Really, it's a wasted degree if you don't apply what you learn there.


    Who said I thought King was a bad writer? I didn't. I like his works. I was referring to Meyer.
  • Jean
    Actually you are. And having a degree in Literature and English doesn't make one a good writer. Really, it's a wasted degree if you don't apply what you learn there.


    Who said I thought King was a bad writer? I didn't. I like his works. I was referring to Meyer.
  • TwilightSucks
    Twilight blows! I'm not into fluff or Mary-Sues, but that's just my personally preference as I find them horrendiously boring and can't stand them. But when you turn vampires into weak pieces of crap who glitter like gay guys at a 70's disco party, you have gone too far!
  • TwilightSucks
    Twilight blows! I'm not into fluff or Mary-Sues, but that's just my personally preference as I find them horrendiously boring and can't stand them. But when you turn vampires into weak pieces of crap who glitter like gay guys at a 70's disco party, you have gone too far!
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    and who's the best Dhampir of them all??? Vampire Hunter D!!
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    and who's the best Dhampir of them all??? Vampire Hunter D!!
  • Crispin Glover lives!
    and who's the best Dhampir of them all??? Vampire Hunter D!!
  • bethcullen
    i didnt say having a degree makes you a good writer but people obviously learn about what makes writing good/bad. As you said it was a bad sign of writing, i would not know! I just enjoy reading which isnt bad, i dont want to know whether a book is bad or not i just want to read it regardless. If i like it then what is the problem? Even if Twilight had terrible reveiws across the board then i would probably still have read it, i make my own mind up about things. I don't listen to reviewers, most people who do will never experience some of the most amazing things in life just because a few people didn't enjoy it!
  • bethcullen
    i didnt say having a degree makes you a good writer but people obviously learn about what makes writing good/bad. As you said it was a bad sign of writing, i would not know! I just enjoy reading which isnt bad, i dont want to know whether a book is bad or not i just want to read it regardless. If i like it then what is the problem? Even if Twilight had terrible reveiws across the board then i would probably still have read it, i make my own mind up about things. I don't listen to reviewers, most people who do will never experience some of the most amazing things in life just because a few people didn't enjoy it!
  • Jean
    My apologies. I should have said you don't have to have a degree in Literature or English to know bad or good writing. Meyer has a degree, but use passive voice, tells doesn't show, has static characters, is inconsistent, breaks her own canon, has purple prose, too little plot, which are clear no-nos in writing.


    Where did you get that? I didn't say you couldn't read it. I just pointed out by literary standards that Twilight isn't as good as so many women claim. But to you to each its own.
  • Jean
    My apologies. I should have said you don't have to have a degree in Literature or English to know bad or good writing. Meyer has a degree, but use passive voice, tells doesn't show, has static characters, is inconsistent, breaks her own canon, has purple prose, too little plot, which are clear no-nos in writing.


    Where did you get that? I didn't say you couldn't read it. I just pointed out by literary standards that Twilight isn't as good as so many women claim. But to you to each its own.
  • rae
    Most of the people I know went just to laugh at it.
  • rae
    Most of the people I know went just to laugh at it.
  • tlhmh359
    haha nice one
  • tlhmh359
    haha nice one
  • tlhmh359
    haha nice one
  • hooked
    I can agree with SK in certain things. The series was poorly written.. yes true.. but he did not have to be rude about it. Yes, he is more talented with his writting skills and his grammar. He probably will go down in history for his creepy work. I have read some in my time not a lot but enough to know that Stephenie is also talented with imagination. These book forever changed my life.. it has been two years and everytime I read her books I'm back hooked. Its fictional this does not reflect my preference for men or my opinion in marriage, religion, or love. It just a nice fictional world you can escape to once in a while.
  • Jean
    He's not being rude.
  • Sparks
    Are you going to do that for every comment that doesn't agree with what you think or are you actually going to read one?
  • Sparks
    Are you going to do that for every comment that doesn't agree with what you think or are you actually going to read one?
  • Sparks
    Are you going to do that for every comment that doesn't agree with what you think or are you actually going to read one?
  • emma
    whats narrow minded about saying everyones entitled to their own opinion?? saying that everyone is different and likes different things and thats ok?? how am i narrow minded?? we need variety in our lives whether stephen king thinks it's crap or not, it's different from his works and people are entitled to like his/hers or both or whoever they want!! and i have been reading other peoples comments, a lot of them just diss stephen king, a lot of them agree that she may not be a great literary but she can tell a story, others don't agree!! some people like both!!! we're all entitled to our opinions! but it helps if you know what writing about before you write it!! if you get that!
  • emma
    whats narrow minded about saying everyones entitled to their own opinion?? saying that everyone is different and likes different things and thats ok?? how am i narrow minded?? we need variety in our lives whether stephen king thinks it's crap or not, it's different from his works and people are entitled to like his/hers or both or whoever they want!! and i have been reading other peoples comments, a lot of them just diss stephen king, a lot of them agree that she may not be a great literary but she can tell a story, others don't agree!! some people like both!!! we're all entitled to our opinions! but it helps if you know what writing about before you write it!! if you get that!
  • Insanity
    King's to detailed...? Look at Twilight. It would be half the size if it wasn't describing Edward. King has gotten alot of movies to the big screen and are wayy better than Twilight. And you call King cocky? SMeyers think she is better than Shakesphere! If you don't call that cocky, then you're blind.
  • Insanity
    King's to detailed...? Look at Twilight. It would be half the size if it wasn't describing Edward. King has gotten alot of movies to the big screen and are wayy better than Twilight. And you call King cocky? SMeyers think she is better than Shakesphere! If you don't call that cocky, then you're blind.
  • Insanity
    King's to detailed...? Look at Twilight. It would be half the size if it wasn't describing Edward. King has gotten alot of movies to the big screen and are wayy better than Twilight. And you call King cocky? SMeyers think she is better than Shakesphere! If you don't call that cocky, then you're blind.
  • emma
    have you read the host?
  • emma
    have you read the host?
  • wooow
    you guys are so intense. If you hate twilight so much,why are you even on this website. leaveeee
  • wooow
    you guys are so intense. If you hate twilight so much,why are you even on this website. leaveeee
  • emma
    i've just been reading your comments, and it appears to me that you can't do anything but diss stephanie meyer and kiss stephen kings arse!! so who's narrow minded?? you don't seem to be able to appreciate other people opinions! all you can see is stephen king!!
  • emma
    i've just been reading your comments, and it appears to me that you can't do anything but diss stephanie meyer and kiss stephen kings arse!! so who's narrow minded?? you don't seem to be able to appreciate other people opinions! all you can see is stephen king!!
  • Fred
    Yes, there really is no comparison. Twilight sucks. HP doesn't.
  • Fred
    Yes, there really is no comparison. Twilight sucks. HP doesn't.
  • Fred
    Yes, there really is no comparison. Twilight sucks. HP doesn't.
  • Fred
    Yeah, why be jealous of shit?
  • TwilightMoM :)
    Then what is your problem Celestina??? why cant you just accept the fact that Twilight and Stephenie Meyer are successful? Does it hurt you so badd???
  • TwilightMoM :)
    Then what is your problem Celestina??? why cant you just accept the fact that Twilight and Stephenie Meyer are successful? Does it hurt you so badd???
  • TwilightMoM :)
    What is the problem with all these Twilight haters??? Why cant you just accept the fact that Twilight and Stephenie is a success??? Does it hurt so bad??? if it is, then why are you here? you're just prolonging your agony nyehehehe :)
  • TwilightMoM :)
    What is the problem with all these Twilight haters??? Why cant you just accept the fact that Twilight and Stephenie is a success??? Does it hurt so bad??? if it is, then why are you here? you're just prolonging your agony nyehehehe :)
  • hehehe
    stephen king has the right to express his opinion but he could of expressed it in a more mature way....like really the man is old enough that he was taught some manners.....
  • hehehe
    stephen king has the right to express his opinion but he could of expressed it in a more mature way....like really the man is old enough that he was taught some manners.....
  • hehehe
    stephen king has the right to express his opinion but he could of expressed it in a more mature way....like really the man is old enough that he was taught some manners.....
  • edwardissexy1901
    im sry but no thank you. you havent been incredibly nice.
  • edwardissexy1901
    im sry but no thank you. you havent been incredibly nice.
  • edwardissexy1901
    im sry but no thank you. you havent been incredibly nice.
  • Name
    1) Saying that Harry Potter and Twilight can't be compared just proves your ignorance. First, he compared the authors, not the books. Second, they are both Fantasy novels aimed at young adults.
    2) Stephen King is not jealous of Meyers. He has almost ten times as many books as her, has had a lot more movies made, has earned hundreds of millions dollars more in movie revenues, has something like a hundred short stories, and is almost universally acknowledged as one of the best writers of the century.

    3) Her books won't be acknowledged as great novels in ten years time. They won't be acknowledged as great novels in ten minutes time. Her language is mediocre, she has no character development. She's not so great.
  • Name
    1) Saying that Harry Potter and Twilight can't be compared just proves your ignorance. First, he compared the authors, not the books. Second, they are both Fantasy novels aimed at young adults.
    2) Stephen King is not jealous of Meyers. He has almost ten times as many books as her, has had a lot more movies made, has earned hundreds of millions dollars more in movie revenues, has something like a hundred short stories, and is almost universally acknowledged as one of the best writers of the century.

    3) Her books won't be acknowledged as great novels in ten years time. They won't be acknowledged as great novels in ten minutes time. Her language is mediocre, she has no character development. She's not so great.
  • Tabatha
    I love Twilight because it is a good story. Stephenie Meyer herself said once that she doesnt strive to be a good writer necessarily. She is content being a story teller. And honestly that is what Twilight is. A good story. It is very creative, and you can tell that Stephenie put her heart into telling it. Stephen King's work is legendary. But he too had a beginning. Stephenie is just beginning her career. I think both author's are brilliant in their own rights. While it does seem that King's words were harsh, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and it doesnt seem like Stephenie herself is too taken aback. So, whatever. I am sure that her fan base will not lessen due to someone's opinion, and I am sure that he probably didnt mean any ill harm by just giving his opinion. I still love and obsess over twilight, and it will always be possibly my favorite book series. To each his own....
  • Tabatha
    I love Twilight because it is a good story. Stephenie Meyer herself said once that she doesnt strive to be a good writer necessarily. She is content being a story teller. And honestly that is what Twilight is. A good story. It is very creative, and you can tell that Stephenie put her heart into telling it. Stephen King's work is legendary. But he too had a beginning. Stephenie is just beginning her career. I think both author's are brilliant in their own rights. While it does seem that King's words were harsh, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and it doesnt seem like Stephenie herself is too taken aback. So, whatever. I am sure that her fan base will not lessen due to someone's opinion, and I am sure that he probably didnt mean any ill harm by just giving his opinion. I still love and obsess over twilight, and it will always be possibly my favorite book series. To each his own....
  • hehehe
    he think he is so good that he can bash other wirters and just because he doesnt like stephenie meyer becasue her books arnt about unreastic horror her books are heart wrenching, keep you up all night reastic fantasy love stories
  • hehehe
    he think he is so good that he can bash other wirters and just because he doesnt like stephenie meyer becasue her books arnt about unreastic horror her books are heart wrenching, keep you up all night reastic fantasy love stories
  • hehehe
    he think he is so good that he can bash other wirters and just because he doesnt like stephenie meyer becasue her books arnt about unreastic horror her books are heart wrenching, keep you up all night reastic fantasy love stories
  • ...
    Ignore it? Are you kidding me?


    He was asked about what he thought about Meyer's work and he was giving his honest opinion about. With all they overrated hype about Meyer, he probably read the books thinking they might be great and was disappointed that they weren't up to his standards.
  • ...
    Ignore it? Are you kidding me?


    He was asked about what he thought about Meyer's work and he was giving his honest opinion about. With all they overrated hype about Meyer, he probably read the books thinking they might be great and was disappointed that they weren't up to his standards.
  • ...
    What else? To knock some sense into the fans throwing a hissy fit over King's opinion. They asked what he thought about her work and he gave an honest opinion. Get over it, you losers and quit dissing him.
  • ...
    What else? To knock some sense into the fans throwing a hissy fit over King's opinion. They asked what he thought about her work and he gave an honest opinion. Get over it, you losers and quit dissing him.
  • anonymous
    "Her books won't be acknowledged as great novels in ten years time." U sure about this??? or maybe you're talking about Stephen King because nobody is buying his books already hehehe...
    i have nothing against Stephen King.. Sure he is a great writer i admired him before... but why cant you just accept the fact that Stephenie is in the SPOTLIGHT??? obviously he wants to be in the spotlight too am i correct?
  • anonymous
    "Her books won't be acknowledged as great novels in ten years time." U sure about this??? or maybe you're talking about Stephen King because nobody is buying his books already hehehe...
    i have nothing against Stephen King.. Sure he is a great writer i admired him before... but why cant you just accept the fact that Stephenie is in the SPOTLIGHT??? obviously he wants to be in the spotlight too am i correct?
  • ...
    Quit making stupid comments and getting upset over King's opinions about your precious series then. He doesn't like Meyer's books. Get over it, geez.
  • ...
    Quit making stupid comments and getting upset over King's opinions about your precious series then. He doesn't like Meyer's books. Get over it, geez.
  • Twilight Sucks
    *victory dance*

    Yes! Another anti! STEPHEN KING IS AN ANTI!

    *fist pumping action*

    Btw, to all those saying "Harry Potter can't be compared to Twilight", WRONG. It can be compared, because they are both popular young-adult books. That right there sets up a topic for comparison. Also, it wasn't the antis who started the "war" anyway, it was the media. Die-hard Harry Potter fans just continued it, because HARRY POTTER RULES, DAMMIT.
  • ...
    It's his opinion. They asked for it. There's no point sugar coating your opinion when it basically says, "Oh that author? Yeah, I think her work sucks ass."


    Stop getting angry. It's not a big deal.
  • ...
    It's his opinion. They asked for it. There's no point sugar coating your opinion when it basically says, "Oh that author? Yeah, I think her work sucks ass."


    Stop getting angry. It's not a big deal.
  • hey sexy
    I love you!!!
  • hey sexy
    I love you!!!
  • hey sexy
    I love you!!!
  • Keahi Faye
    Wow!!!! Did you really just say that? Please, please tell me that you are not saying Stephen King is only popular now because he made it big with his first few pieces. That was at one time an enormous misconception; however, King wrote four novels under the pen name of Backman. Readers were sworming for this new writer and devouring each letter until they registered how much he reminded them of King and flipped. Most of King's fans took up the defensive and faught saying that Backman was stealing King's works. If nothing else, that prooved it was his style and writing that they loved not just his name.
    Secondly, it is a little slow to compare King to Meyer right now. King has done many many pieces and Meyer has four, technically one if you consider the fact that Twilight is the head of a saga and that they are not four completely seperate standng books. Meyer may or may not amount to what King is but only time will tell. For all we know she could be the next Lewis or Tolkein or she could be a one (or four) hit wonder and fade back into oblivian like so many authors do.

    Thirdly, He is not bashing the books. Did you read the entire comment before throwing a tantrum. I mean really, and this goes for all of you that keep saying he is jealous or whatever. He backs his comment by saying that the reason he compares Rowling and Meyer is because, while the books are different, they address relatively the same audience. The person that said Twilight is meant for the older individuals, did you read the last three books in the series of Potter, They were meant to grow with their audience and did so very nicely. As a result, they merger directly with the base for the twilight saga. That makes his comparison a valid consideration.

    Fourthly, and this continues to the jealousy claimers, HE DISSES HIMSELF TOO!!!! He takes care to acknoledge that he enjoys a different generation than we do. The whole point of mentioning his mother was to say that the generation before him would probably argue that he couldn't write and yet he still had success. So maybe, just maybe, she could be a good writer and just not to his generational taste. His going on to mention other authors was just to further his initial point of it depends on who you ask.

    Next, He isn't insulting the readers of the saga. He is saying that based on the facts he listed, she has some qualities as a writer that are worth being considered. If anything you could take it as a glint that he still may respect her as an author, if not as one he would enjoy. Really, does anyone look at the statement rationally or even bother to read it straight through to the end before flying off the handle.

    I am a big fan of King and I enjoyed Meyer a good deal. Some say that she gets too depictive, but I enjoy the analyzing of characters so that fact was actually to my likeing. No two authors are the exact same and no two readers are going to view her the same way. The greats are not determined by who sold the most or made the biggest names. They are determined by what stands firm over time. I mean really, I can't read more than five pages of Dickens 50 page Christmas Carol without needing someone to cmack me in the head to wake up. But the meaning behind the writing and its ability to remain relavent through the generations makes it a classic. He gave his opinion just as any human has the right to do. Are you going to stand there and sream foul play just because the words are coming from a fellow writer and not a common reader. And its not that he says we love the books for being about sex. He's saying that he appreciates she was able to address the topic that because more and more prevalent to teen girls in such a way that it doesn't become a porn novel. At least thats how I took it. In closing, please take the whole piece into consideration, not just what you want to use to fuel an arguement, look at the facts first, yelling at people just because they don't agree (even if it is just in cap locks on a computer) is ignorant and mean, excuse my horrible spelling and remember that it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all ability to doubt it. And oh yeah, i'm two weeks into being 21 not 40 for those of you that claim the old age fan base for King and I only picked him up because I got sick of a large number of my friends discussion his books and not having a clue what they were talking about. Actually, my sister in law never shutting up about them is the only reason I read the twilight saga, so I guess the two have more in common than even I thought lol :) - pieces with your reeces and GB -
  • Keahi Faye
    Wow!!!! Did you really just say that? Please, please tell me that you are not saying Stephen King is only popular now because he made it big with his first few pieces. That was at one time an enormous misconception; however, King wrote four novels under the pen name of Backman. Readers were sworming for this new writer and devouring each letter until they registered how much he reminded them of King and flipped. Most of King's fans took up the defensive and faught saying that Backman was stealing King's works. If nothing else, that prooved it was his style and writing that they loved not just his name.
    Secondly, it is a little slow to compare King to Meyer right now. King has done many many pieces and Meyer has four, technically one if you consider the fact that Twilight is the head of a saga and that they are not four completely seperate standng books. Meyer may or may not amount to what King is but only time will tell. For all we know she could be the next Lewis or Tolkein or she could be a one (or four) hit wonder and fade back into oblivian like so many authors do.

    Thirdly, He is not bashing the books. Did you read the entire comment before throwing a tantrum. I mean really, and this goes for all of you that keep saying he is jealous or whatever. He backs his comment by saying that the reason he compares Rowling and Meyer is because, while the books are different, they address relatively the same audience. The person that said Twilight is meant for the older individuals, did you read the last three books in the series of Potter, They were meant to grow with their audience and did so very nicely. As a result, they merger directly with the base for the twilight saga. That makes his comparison a valid consideration.

    Fourthly, and this continues to the jealousy claimers, HE DISSES HIMSELF TOO!!!! He takes care to acknoledge that he enjoys a different generation than we do. The whole point of mentioning his mother was to say that the generation before him would probably argue that he couldn't write and yet he still had success. So maybe, just maybe, she could be a good writer and just not to his generational taste. His going on to mention other authors was just to further his initial point of it depends on who you ask.

    Next, He isn't insulting the readers of the saga. He is saying that based on the facts he listed, she has some qualities as a writer that are worth being considered. If anything you could take it as a glint that he still may respect her as an author, if not as one he would enjoy. Really, does anyone look at the statement rationally or even bother to read it straight through to the end before flying off the handle.

    I am a big fan of King and I enjoyed Meyer a good deal. Some say that she gets too depictive, but I enjoy the analyzing of characters so that fact was actually to my likeing. No two authors are the exact same and no two readers are going to view her the same way. The greats are not determined by who sold the most or made the biggest names. They are determined by what stands firm over time. I mean really, I can't read more than five pages of Dickens 50 page Christmas Carol without needing someone to cmack me in the head to wake up. But the meaning behind the writing and its ability to remain relavent through the generations makes it a classic. He gave his opinion just as any human has the right to do. Are you going to stand there and sream foul play just because the words are coming from a fellow writer and not a common reader. And its not that he says we love the books for being about sex. He's saying that he appreciates she was able to address the topic that because more and more prevalent to teen girls in such a way that it doesn't become a porn novel. At least thats how I took it. In closing, please take the whole piece into consideration, not just what you want to use to fuel an arguement, look at the facts first, yelling at people just because they don't agree (even if it is just in cap locks on a computer) is ignorant and mean, excuse my horrible spelling and remember that it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all ability to doubt it. And oh yeah, i'm two weeks into being 21 not 40 for those of you that claim the old age fan base for King and I only picked him up because I got sick of a large number of my friends discussion his books and not having a clue what they were talking about. Actually, my sister in law never shutting up about them is the only reason I read the twilight saga, so I guess the two have more in common than even I thought lol :) - pieces with your reeces and GB -
  • Keahi Faye
    Wow!!!! Did you really just say that? Please, please tell me that you are not saying Stephen King is only popular now because he made it big with his first few pieces. That was at one time an enormous misconception; however, King wrote four novels under the pen name of Backman. Readers were sworming for this new writer and devouring each letter until they registered how much he reminded them of King and flipped. Most of King's fans took up the defensive and faught saying that Backman was stealing King's works. If nothing else, that prooved it was his style and writing that they loved not just his name.
    Secondly, it is a little slow to compare King to Meyer right now. King has done many many pieces and Meyer has four, technically one if you consider the fact that Twilight is the head of a saga and that they are not four completely seperate standng books. Meyer may or may not amount to what King is but only time will tell. For all we know she could be the next Lewis or Tolkein or she could be a one (or four) hit wonder and fade back into oblivian like so many authors do.

    Thirdly, He is not bashing the books. Did you read the entire comment before throwing a tantrum. I mean really, and this goes for all of you that keep saying he is jealous or whatever. He backs his comment by saying that the reason he compares Rowling and Meyer is because, while the books are different, they address relatively the same audience. The person that said Twilight is meant for the older individuals, did you read the last three books in the series of Potter, They were meant to grow with their audience and did so very nicely. As a result, they merger directly with the base for the twilight saga. That makes his comparison a valid consideration.

    Fourthly, and this continues to the jealousy claimers, HE DISSES HIMSELF TOO!!!! He takes care to acknoledge that he enjoys a different generation than we do. The whole point of mentioning his mother was to say that the generation before him would probably argue that he couldn't write and yet he still had success. So maybe, just maybe, she could be a good writer and just not to his generational taste. His going on to mention other authors was just to further his initial point of it depends on who you ask.

    Next, He isn't insulting the readers of the saga. He is saying that based on the facts he listed, she has some qualities as a writer that are worth being considered. If anything you could take it as a glint that he still may respect her as an author, if not as one he would enjoy. Really, does anyone look at the statement rationally or even bother to read it straight through to the end before flying off the handle.

    I am a big fan of King and I enjoyed Meyer a good deal. Some say that she gets too depictive, but I enjoy the analyzing of characters so that fact was actually to my likeing. No two authors are the exact same and no two readers are going to view her the same way. The greats are not determined by who sold the most or made the biggest names. They are determined by what stands firm over time. I mean really, I can't read more than five pages of Dickens 50 page Christmas Carol without needing someone to cmack me in the head to wake up. But the meaning behind the writing and its ability to remain relavent through the generations makes it a classic. He gave his opinion just as any human has the right to do. Are you going to stand there and sream foul play just because the words are coming from a fellow writer and not a common reader. And its not that he says we love the books for being about sex. He's saying that he appreciates she was able to address the topic that because more and more prevalent to teen girls in such a way that it doesn't become a porn novel. At least thats how I took it. In closing, please take the whole piece into consideration, not just what you want to use to fuel an arguement, look at the facts first, yelling at people just because they don't agree (even if it is just in cap locks on a computer) is ignorant and mean, excuse my horrible spelling and remember that it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all ability to doubt it. And oh yeah, i'm two weeks into being 21 not 40 for those of you that claim the old age fan base for King and I only picked him up because I got sick of a large number of my friends discussion his books and not having a clue what they were talking about. Actually, my sister in law never shutting up about them is the only reason I read the twilight saga, so I guess the two have more in common than even I thought lol :) - pieces with your reeces and GB -
  • hehehe
    us "Twifans" call him jealous for a simple that right now he is not in the spot light of books stephenie meyer is and i dont think that his books had such an instant fanbase like her's has..... ANd I am not saying he is a bad writer but really who is he to tell who sucks at writing and who doesnt just becasue he is a famous author doesnt mean he is the leader of books....and any who is he to judge who's writing style is totally different than herr's (like really horror and fanstasy know wonder he doesnt like it) and anyway if her writing sucks so much how could her books suck you in and take you on a rollercoaster ride with emotions only great writers can acomplish that...
  • hehehe
    us "Twifans" call him jealous for a simple that right now he is not in the spot light of books stephenie meyer is and i dont think that his books had such an instant fanbase like her's has..... ANd I am not saying he is a bad writer but really who is he to tell who sucks at writing and who doesnt just becasue he is a famous author doesnt mean he is the leader of books....and any who is he to judge who's writing style is totally different than herr's (like really horror and fanstasy know wonder he doesnt like it) and anyway if her writing sucks so much how could her books suck you in and take you on a rollercoaster ride with emotions only great writers can acomplish that...
  • hehehe
    us "Twifans" call him jealous for a simple that right now he is not in the spot light of books stephenie meyer is and i dont think that his books had such an instant fanbase like her's has..... ANd I am not saying he is a bad writer but really who is he to tell who sucks at writing and who doesnt just becasue he is a famous author doesnt mean he is the leader of books....and any who is he to judge who's writing style is totally different than herr's (like really horror and fanstasy know wonder he doesnt like it) and anyway if her writing sucks so much how could her books suck you in and take you on a rollercoaster ride with emotions only great writers can acomplish that...
  • e
    Retard is retarded.


    Oh, TED, please endow us with more of your wisdom! You don't sound like a hypocrite at all!



    "and because someone doesn't share your thoughts makes you intelligent?"



    LOL WUT. Says the person who claims their opinions are facts.
  • e
    Retard is retarded.


    Oh, TED, please endow us with more of your wisdom! You don't sound like a hypocrite at all!



    "and because someone doesn't share your thoughts makes you intelligent?"



    LOL WUT. Says the person who claims their opinions are facts.
  • e
    Retard is retarded.


    Oh, TED, please endow us with more of your wisdom! You don't sound like a hypocrite at all!



    "and because someone doesn't share your thoughts makes you intelligent?"



    LOL WUT. Says the person who claims their opinions are facts.
  • ...
    We enjoy reading King's opinion about Meyer's works and knocking sense into the few fans that are throwing a fit over his opinion.
  • ...
    We enjoy reading King's opinion about Meyer's works and knocking sense into the few fans that are throwing a fit over his opinion.
  • omegatwilighter
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlc-RaWEi-I


    OMG SOMEONE IS MAKING FUN OF THE COMMENTS HERE



    how dare he insult smeyer like that, stephen king is sooo wrong and twilight is the best book saga EVER!!!!!!!! and now were being made fun of for defending the best author in the wold from this stuupid dbag who cant write any better then smeyer!!!!!! THESE GUYS SUCK SOOOOOOOO BAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • omegatwilighter
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlc-RaWEi-I


    OMG SOMEONE IS MAKING FUN OF THE COMMENTS HERE



    how dare he insult smeyer like that, stephen king is sooo wrong and twilight is the best book saga EVER!!!!!!!! and now were being made fun of for defending the best author in the wold from this stuupid dbag who cant write any better then smeyer!!!!!! THESE GUYS SUCK SOOOOOOOO BAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • omegatwilighter
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlc-RaWEi-I


    OMG SOMEONE IS MAKING FUN OF THE COMMENTS HERE



    how dare he insult smeyer like that, stephen king is sooo wrong and twilight is the best book saga EVER!!!!!!!! and now were being made fun of for defending the best author in the wold from this stuupid dbag who cant write any better then smeyer!!!!!! THESE GUYS SUCK SOOOOOOOO BAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • ...
    It's fun poking at the 'Boo-hoo King insulted my precious book series that reads like a wet dream! What a jealous meanie!"" comments.
  • ...
    It's fun poking at the 'Boo-hoo King insulted my precious book series that reads like a wet dream! What a jealous meanie!"" comments.
  • alic3.0
    Wow. I was not aware that America was a fascist country. I was pretty positive that "freedom of speech and expression...etc" is part of the constitution.
    If it's published, it is open up to criticism. End of Story.
  • alic3.0
    Wow. I was not aware that America was a fascist country. I was pretty positive that "freedom of speech and expression...etc" is part of the constitution.
    If it's published, it is open up to criticism. End of Story.
  • hehehe
    that is your opinion not a fact and king is a old man who has nothing else better to do but to act like a grumpy old man
  • hehehe
    that is your opinion not a fact and king is a old man who has nothing else better to do but to act like a grumpy old man
  • hehehe
    that is your opinion not a fact and king is a old man who has nothing else better to do but to act like a grumpy old man
  • Keahi Faye
    Ok sorry, while I agree most of the way, I have to object to one thing. I wouldn't say that Kings movies have all been better. I forone HATED (ment for emphasis not yelling) the Mist. The story is one of my favorites though and I felt that they butchered my favorite parts, mostly the ending. Though you could be right on the same note because the inaccuracies are the reason I didn't like such films. On the other end of things, Stand By Me is my all time favorite and this is coming from a movie addict. I have almost 300 in my possesion and I've probably watched thousands. Stand By Me has never fallen off the top seat. So maybe you're right. sorry I'm rambling I'll go now ; ) - piecies with your reeces and GB -
  • Keahi Faye
    Ok sorry, while I agree most of the way, I have to object to one thing. I wouldn't say that Kings movies have all been better. I forone HATED (ment for emphasis not yelling) the Mist. The story is one of my favorites though and I felt that they butchered my favorite parts, mostly the ending. Though you could be right on the same note because the inaccuracies are the reason I didn't like such films. On the other end of things, Stand By Me is my all time favorite and this is coming from a movie addict. I have almost 300 in my possesion and I've probably watched thousands. Stand By Me has never fallen off the top seat. So maybe you're right. sorry I'm rambling I'll go now ; ) - piecies with your reeces and GB -
  • Keahi Faye
    Ok sorry, while I agree most of the way, I have to object to one thing. I wouldn't say that Kings movies have all been better. I forone HATED (ment for emphasis not yelling) the Mist. The story is one of my favorites though and I felt that they butchered my favorite parts, mostly the ending. Though you could be right on the same note because the inaccuracies are the reason I didn't like such films. On the other end of things, Stand By Me is my all time favorite and this is coming from a movie addict. I have almost 300 in my possesion and I've probably watched thousands. Stand By Me has never fallen off the top seat. So maybe you're right. sorry I'm rambling I'll go now ; ) - piecies with your reeces and GB -
  • hehehe
    Exuse me, just because we don't like writing like this on all time, that doesn't make us not inteligent. And anyway you dumb king fans are just like us standing up the author who happen to like
  • hehehe
    Exuse me, just because we don't like writing like this on all time, that doesn't make us not inteligent. And anyway you dumb king fans are just like us standing up the author who happen to like
  • hehehe
    Exuse me, just because we don't like writing like this on all time, that doesn't make us not inteligent. And anyway you dumb king fans are just like us standing up the author who happen to like
  • hehehe
    how oyu even read twilight, new moon, eclipse or brfeaking dawn who asked fot your opinion
  • hehehe
    how oyu even read twilight, new moon, eclipse or brfeaking dawn who asked fot your opinion
  • Keahi Faye
    Grrr... that the whole point though. I'm mildly off topic here but still. Carrie, beautiful job placing defenition to an author you don't like. The fact his works are so sadistic and twisted is one the things that makes them so great. They are written without feeling, they are written to play on our most basic instincts and fears. His writing shows us a side of ourselves that we'd probably rather not face. I for one was dumb enough to read the mist in the middle of a nasty storm at 1 in the morning and nearly skipped classes the next day because I was too freaked to go outside and had nightmares of killer spiders for about a month. Meyers just emits a different emotion and set of feelings. New Moon was one of the few books that almost got me fo cry from the pain Bella felt in regards to Edward. - piecies with your reeces and GB -
  • Keahi Faye
    Grrr... that the whole point though. I'm mildly off topic here but still. Carrie, beautiful job placing defenition to an author you don't like. The fact his works are so sadistic and twisted is one the things that makes them so great. They are written without feeling, they are written to play on our most basic instincts and fears. His writing shows us a side of ourselves that we'd probably rather not face. I for one was dumb enough to read the mist in the middle of a nasty storm at 1 in the morning and nearly skipped classes the next day because I was too freaked to go outside and had nightmares of killer spiders for about a month. Meyers just emits a different emotion and set of feelings. New Moon was one of the few books that almost got me fo cry from the pain Bella felt in regards to Edward. - piecies with your reeces and GB -
  • Keahi Faye
    Grrr... that the whole point though. I'm mildly off topic here but still. Carrie, beautiful job placing defenition to an author you don't like. The fact his works are so sadistic and twisted is one the things that makes them so great. They are written without feeling, they are written to play on our most basic instincts and fears. His writing shows us a side of ourselves that we'd probably rather not face. I for one was dumb enough to read the mist in the middle of a nasty storm at 1 in the morning and nearly skipped classes the next day because I was too freaked to go outside and had nightmares of killer spiders for about a month. Meyers just emits a different emotion and set of feelings. New Moon was one of the few books that almost got me fo cry from the pain Bella felt in regards to Edward. - piecies with your reeces and GB -
  • alic3.0
    Draco Malfoy > Edward Cullen. 'Nuff Said.

    I agree with King. She sucks. As for Twilight not comparable to HP, irrelevant. Read the last three or four books of Harry Potter where the characters become teenagers. Maybe it's written for a boy's POV, who cares, but you have those fluff moments like Ron/Hermione, or Harry/Cho, Bill/Fleur, Tonks/Remus...etc.

    As for The Host being Sci Fi, that was just as Marry Sue-ish as Twilight. It's written for an adult. Melanie Stryder = Stephenie Meyer. See the resemblance?

    Before you bite my head off, I read all four books thinking that the story as a whole, is like the Dragonlance Chronicles where it takes over four books to explain an intricate plot...boy was I wrong.

    I wasted three days on four books of teenage crap,as for The Host, it was recommended because my friends says that the writing is an improvement and a great sci novel, they even said, "This is better than anything Michael Crichton has written."

    That got my attention, low and behold it is Twilight all over. Only with aliens...

    She is a mediocre author that should not EXPLAIN things with science. I suggest she read Mercedes Lackey and learn something from an author that can write fantasy, mythology and still be logical and entertaining.
  • Leah
    Yay Mercedes Lackey! The earlier 'Heralds of Valdemar' trilogies are amazing- Arrows of the Queen, and Magic's Pawn.

    Another series I found similar to Twilight (and superior, sorry Twi-hards) is Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy (Daughter of the Blood).

    But I have to say I do really enjoy Twilight also.
  • hehehe
    How the hell can you say that? Have you seriously read a hit popular book about a vampire and a human? King writes books about horror like come on that is dead beaten. And really you never see him writing a different type of horror book? because in horror there is only 1 path which is everyone dies how can you say SM has written nothing new when King writes the same book leading to the same ending DEATH....he can create a differnt path for the death but its only leading to death.
    What is new and intresting in that??
  • hehehe
    How the hell can you say that? Have you seriously read a hit popular book about a vampire and a human? King writes books about horror like come on that is dead beaten. And really you never see him writing a different type of horror book? because in horror there is only 1 path which is everyone dies how can you say SM has written nothing new when King writes the same book leading to the same ending DEATH....he can create a differnt path for the death but its only leading to death.
    What is new and intresting in that??
  • twihard17
    lol exactly!!
  • twihard17
    lol exactly!!
  • Keahi Faye
    Give me a moment to stare at you wondering where you get your delusions from. I wouldn't call her amazing. Not yet anyway. This was only her first taste of published writing and she says herself that she hadn't expected it to get picked up. She is a toddler in the world of writing, just begining to walk without falling down every five minutes. Rowling has had seven, well at least eight now, books to develope her skills and pass into elementary school where as King is like a senior in high school or a freshman in college and the greats like Shakes, have graduated with their masters in hand. few authors reach that point of skills and notation. Also, he mentions several other authors in this quote (praising several) alone. so how can you say Rowlings is the only other author he comments on? For someone defending an author, you sure don't read very well. - pieces with your reeces and GB -
  • Keahi Faye
    Give me a moment to stare at you wondering where you get your delusions from. I wouldn't call her amazing. Not yet anyway. This was only her first taste of published writing and she says herself that she hadn't expected it to get picked up. She is a toddler in the world of writing, just begining to walk without falling down every five minutes. Rowling has had seven, well at least eight now, books to develope her skills and pass into elementary school where as K