Book: The Twilight Saga

[Sapphire]

It must be only a matter of time when she starts thinking she's a vampire or wizard. Don't let her around any garlic, helium, or graduation gowns. All hell may break lose!

No not really. You're new, so go to Flame Pit if you want some off topic complaining. But stay if you want to complain about Twilight or Vampire novels.
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Also, saman, have you seen the second trailer for Twilight? It looks terrible. I guess I should lower my expectations for this made for TV style MTV picture. The camara angles and 'portrayal of evil' were the worst.

[saman]

hahaha sapph, i kinda dug the second trailer. the first one too. i don't know, the camera angles do get a little awkward sometimes, but not overly so, in my opinion. also, just a minor correction, MTV's not making the movie. summit is. mtv's just covering it because it's bringing them money and viewers

breaking dawn in a week!!!!!11

[Sapphire]

[Meyer] is also "almost done" writing a sequel to The Host, entitled The Soul. If she were to continue the series, the third book would be called The Seeker.

OH God. I got shivers when I read this. I am so positively excited. Have you read Host yet?
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I'm feeling rather excited about Breaking Dawn as well. I'm totally going to buy it. I barely remember what happens, so I will have to reread the series again. Not too excited about Midnight Sun... but I'll read it because I loved The Host so much. XD

[saman]

oh yeah! i forgot to tell you. i did read the host! it was very good indeed. stephenie seems to really like self-sacrificing female main characters, but the stories she writes work well with them. i don't know how she would do a sequel to the host, though. same characters' stories followed, or different character, same timeline?

[Sapphire]

I quite liked the inner mind conflict of that novel, so I am also curious. The premise and world is SO interesting though. There's just so many opportunities. I get shivers whenever I think of The Host. <3

I definitely think the story is simply going to continue. I think I remember them meeting more humans? I wonder if the humans will do something dumb and try to start a war.

[saman]

with their tribe? i don't think so. the new humans also had their own souls, so they didn't have a problem with wanda. i'd love to see how the two species resolve their conflicts, though

[Sapphire]

I mean humans in the growing group of people who might still resent the aliens.

Oh my I'm getting all excited. Gotta reread this now!!!

[saman]

BREAKING DAWN TONIGHT!!!!!11!!! *dies from overexcitement*

[Jaitne]

I've heard a lot about this series, I've never actually read it, but I know the books look real pretty on the front.

I was wondering if there was something going on about the white and red on black on every book, or if that was just something they did? Someone also told me the chess pieces on the last book meant something.

So my real question is do all the pictures mean something for each book they're on? Or just the one?

I was just going to go buy all the books when they came out in hardcover in a cheap boxset.

[saman]

twilight: the apple. signifies the forbidden fruit/blood theme of the main story
new moon: the flower. just a random picture that the publishers picked out for the book
eclipse: a frayed ribbon. signifying that no matter how clean you try to make a break, there are always loose threads left behind.
breaking dawn: chess pieces. definitely means something, but we're not sure what yet!

you should definitely pick them up, jaitne. at the very least, just to see what all the fuss is about. it's really a very captivating story.

[Jaitne]

I guess I'll have to go fishing for my library card. Because I don't think I'll be watching the movie when it first coems out, unless someone drags me there.

But, I didn't know it was a series when I first saw a book, and then I noticed that a bunch of books looked the same, and someone brought up Twilight and that it was a series.

I think I'll probably read it because it's a vampire series, because my mother likes those, which means I'll have someone to talk to about it. By the time I read them, though, this thread will be long gone >.< and I'd have to ressurect it to talk about something old.



Do any of the book title names go with what's inside the book? Like, for instance, Harry Potter and ---. It tells you what you're going to find in the book, most of the time. Whether we know it or not.

[Sapphire]

The author said there is no significance, that her cover ideas got rejected, and the publisher's just picked what could be sold lol.

I am so downloading - I mean buying Breaking Dawn!!

[Jaitne]

Oh. Well >.> I'll just stop thinking so hard about those things.

[Sapphire]

Damn... I gotta get Breaking Dawn... today..

[saman]

lol breaking dawn kinda made the fandom explode. lots of people think it's awesome, and lots of people really hate it. i'm in the former group

[Munsu]

I know nothing of this series or if the following is related (pretty sure it is), but I think some of you might find it of interest:

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/...nie-meyer.html

Stephenie Meyer's 'Midnight Sun' postponed indefinitely
Sep 2, 2008, 12:22 PM | by Kate Ward

Categories: Books

It's a dark day for Team Edward. Stephenie Meyer, bestselling author of the Twilight franchise, has announced on her website that she will no longer continue writing Midnight Sun — a companion novel that describes the Twilight events from hunky vampire Edward's perspective — after an early, incomplete draft was posted illegally online.

As Meyer writes on her website, "I'd rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun...My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn't dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely."

As for the leak itself, Meyer writes, "I think it is important for everybody to understand that what happened was a huge violation of my rights as an author, not to mention me as a human being. As the author of the Twilight Saga, I control the copyright and it is up to the owner of the copyright to decide when the books should be made public; this is the same for musicians and filmmakers. Just because someone buys a book or movie or song, or gets a download off the Internet, doesn't mean that they own the right to reproduce and distribute it. Unfortunately, with the Internet, it is easy for people to obtain and share items that do not legally belong to them. No matter how this is done, it is still dishonest. This has been a very upsetting experience for me, but I hope it will at least leave my fans with a better understanding of copyright and the importance of artistic control."

[saman]

i was sad when i read this. and then i remembered that she's still planning to write more host books, and felt better. then i read the leaked version of midnight sun and was sad again.

[Sapphire]

/SPOILERS

Hahah! I downloaded it last night. I heard it's terrible. I read the first pages though, and it was way better than the last draft I read when she first announced she was going to release. Is Midnight Sun as Edward recollects it, or are the dialogues exactly the same but only with the inputs of Ed's reactions and thoughts?

I am reading Breaking Dawn right now. I totally read the spoilers on Amazon forums though. I also can't help but laugh at Bella's terrible jokes.

Edward: See you at the wedding
Bella: I'll be the one in white!

I laughed about that terrible humor for maybe 2 minutes. Hah! And the whole Jake spoiler... WTF HOW CRUEL CAN YOU BE MEYER?

I am actually at the pillow headboard part. I have never felt so cockblocked/cheated while reading a novel EVER. I agree with the other Amazon readers when I say that the kissing scenes in the previous novels were hotter than the "sex" scenes here. Even The Host was better. But I don't get why if you talk about sex so much you can't write the scene?! I'm deprived. There better be a special edition coming out. Readers say it is because she is a Mormon but really if you are going to write about vampires and talk about it all the time then you might as well give the audience a little bone. rantrantrant.

Edward: I bought you an island, my dear sweet love.
Bella: I hate it when you do that!

Did I mention I never liked Bella? Still don't. But Jacob's outraged cries sort of moved me emotionally. I understand her dilemma even though I still don't like her. I am appalled at how it turns out with him. The things Bella and Edward angst over are hilarious though.

*Night after deprived sex scene*
Bella: This is the happiest moment in my life!
Edward: I'M A MONSTER
Bella: ...What now.
Edward: Oh look my dear sweet love, a bruise!
Bella: Shit. Here we go again.
Edward: I am never touching thoust glorious body again!
Bella: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! *angstangstangst*

Perhaps I will get my guilty pleasure from reading the birthing scene though. I'm sure it's hilariously awesome.

And funny thing I found on the amazon forums:

Edward: I love you so much, I'll eat your uterus *chuckles*

Bella: The Volturi are coming? I need a lawyer...

Charlie: The sky is blue? What?

Renee: I'm still an absentee parent.

Jasper: I'm doing Jazz hands RIGHT NOW!

Alice: I know a crooked lawyer!!! But, you have to change your dress to see him.

Emmett: BELLA HAD SEX! No, really...

Rosalie: After four books, I'm still one dimensional.

Esme: I put my hands to my face in surprise a lot.

Carlisle: Dude, I can't believe you ate her uterus.

Jacob: I'm immature, so it's good I imprinted on a child.

Leah: What's 'TMI' mean?

Seth: I'm totally going to college to get away from you people.

Sam: Crap.

Nessie: Want to see a picture of my dad eating my mom's uterus?

Stephenie Meyer: *mutters something unintelligible*

[saman]

someone said midnight sun is terrible? i've yet to read or hear a single bad review about the leak. the dialogue between edward and bella is the same, but the story of twilight is basically just from edward's perspective. aside from the obvious, like edward's opinions on his family etc and what he thinks of bella, there's some stuff in there that's not in twilight because bella never saw it. i found it a really interesting read.

lolz at your quote. the birth scene is really graphic. kinda throws the entire book in a completely different direction.

[Sapphire]

http://www.hulu.com/watch/40214/tv-g...ilight-trailer

Anyone seen this? It makes me slightly more excited about the movie!

Edward said he's in love with her quite a bit in the trailer though. I wonder how many times it will be said in the movie.. The interaction between them is pretty cool.

Edit: Wait what? HP6 comes out at the same time as Twilight? zOMG I think HP wins then. The dark tone is just too good to miss.