Stephenie Meyer ripped off Charlaine Harris (?)

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  • monicalosesweight
    monicalosesweight Posts: 1,173 Member
    okay, I don't know a single op spoke of... So, I am going to read a real vampire book, Dracula, and later on watch Van Hellsing.

    Fair warning - Dracula, while an interesting read happens to have a very wimpy vampire. I read the whole novel and it's definitely tame compared to some of the modern vampires. Granted, I'm sure he was terrifying in the past. The diary entries are interesting but it's not the same as the modern versions of vampires.

    I agree that Anne Rice does a great job on her vampire series - but her books are heavily detailed. It's like slowly moving through a swamp but it's a cool one with lots to look at while you travel.
  • Nikki31104
    Nikki31104 Posts: 816 Member
    Read all the Twilight books but only because my daughter wanted to read the. And all I knew was that they were teenage romance books and that made me leery. I read the first True Blood book and was kind of bored by it. I am now watching the series against my better judgement and the only person that makes the show worthwhile is Lafayette. Now if you want some good adult vampire books read J R Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood books. Excellent books.
  • frando
    frando Posts: 583 Member
    How about reading proper literature?
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    hmm ... used to love a vampire book and was really into Anne Rice and loved reading Dracula, but I moved onto zombies some time ago
  • hellohappylisa
    hellohappylisa Posts: 141 Member
    Um, everything vampire is not original. The end.
  • zeebruhgirl
    zeebruhgirl Posts: 493 Member
    If Twilight fans start saying Anne Rice copied Meyer, that's when I'll start worrying.
  • AsellusReborn
    AsellusReborn Posts: 1,112 Member
    Why don't we discuss which series has the best looking vamps????


    Another of my many beefs with Twilight is that these guys go f'n bonkers at the smell of blood... so lets hang around with menstruating teenage girls???


    I have to admit, I always wonder that during the scene when Bella gets a paper cut. :huh:
  • kimberliiw
    kimberliiw Posts: 242 Member
    What, no mention of Patricia Briggs? She has vampires and werewolves.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    How about reading proper literature?

    I did, but Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was so much MORE than the original.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    How about reading proper literature?

    I did, but Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was so much MORE than the original.

    Was it actually good, lol? I have it but never really considered that it might actually be a decent book
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Was it actually good, lol? I have it but never really considered that it might actually be a decent book

    I loved it. I loved the original, which is what made "... and Zombies" so much more amusing.

    Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter was really good, too. :blushing:
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Was it actually good, lol? I have it but never really considered that it might actually be a decent book

    I loved it. I loved the original, which is what made "... and Zombies" so much more amusing.

    Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter was really good, too. :blushing:

    I love the original P&P too. I've probably read it 20 times since I was like 10 or 11. It grows with me. lol.
    I've heard that about Abraham lincoln vampire hunter- I thought the premise was really strange when the movie came out, but I heard the book did it well. Good thing I don't see many movies since they basically ruin books.
  • monicalosesweight
    monicalosesweight Posts: 1,173 Member
    How about reading proper literature?

    You do realize that books like Dracula were not considered proper stuff when they came out? They were considered adventurist silly dribble along with novels by just about anyone who wasn't writing about critical social themes. They were entertainment - which meant not really literary. Heck, Shakespeare would have been shut down by the religious fanatics but for the ruling party which protected him from their wrath which is why his folios/plays are still here today. He was considered to be a bit on the R rated side due to portraying, of all things, teens who dared to disobey their parents and....gasp...have sex without permission of their parents (the whole marriage thing without parents was scandalous).

    Literary is defined by a culture...the books of today will most likely become what's read in the future as "literary" in tomorrow's schools. Ironic isn't it?
  • v_mdravensfan
    v_mdravensfan Posts: 12 Member
    Anne Rice wrote the original Interview With a Vampire in 1976 - all others come after :-)

    And her Sleeping Beauty series puts 50 Shades of Grey to shame...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_Beauty_Trilogy
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    What, no mention of Patricia Briggs? She has vampires and werewolves.

    Or buffy! ... Er. Nevermind...

    *slinks away*
  • AsellusReborn
    AsellusReborn Posts: 1,112 Member
    Anne Rice wrote the original Interview With a Vampire in 1976 - all others come after :-)

    And her Sleeping Beauty series puts 50 Shades of Grey to shame...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_Beauty_Trilogy


    It sure does. I read 50 shades and was like...pfft. Hah!
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    Twilight was written for high school kids. I read the books. They were ok.
    The fact that adults have gotten so bat**** crazy about all of it is what's really creepy.
  • BelindaDuvessa
    BelindaDuvessa Posts: 1,014 Member
    Anne Rice wrote the original Interview With a Vampire in 1976 - all others come after :-)

    And her Sleeping Beauty series puts 50 Shades of Grey to shame...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_Beauty_Trilogy

    Agreed about the Beauty Series.

    And I like Anne Rice, as well as Laurell K Hamilton and Charlaine Harris. Haven't picked up the Stephanie books, yet. I'm not sure if I'm ready for that torture, yet.
  • MyPaperBleedsInk
    MyPaperBleedsInk Posts: 240 Member
    I don't consider any ideas to be original when it comes to stories. They all have similar plots to one another in most aspects.
  • vbrent07
    vbrent07 Posts: 115
    I have read a lot of these type of books and I believe that some of the Charlaine Harris books came out before the Twilight books did. I have watched and read both and like Charlaine Harris and True Blood better because they are more adult. Twilight is for teenagers. Although I'm starting to get a little upset about True Blood because I think they should have stayed a lot closer to the books! Both of these series are way different from each other and seem to focus on a slightly different age group so I don't think one of them ripped off the other.
  • jg627
    jg627 Posts: 1,221 Member
    Speaking of commonalities between various sources of vampire imagery, based on what I've seen of these tv shows, movies, etc., there are entirely too many shorn coin purses in the vampire and werewolf community. It's obviously marketed more to women. My question is, do women really find laser hair removal and butt cheek implants sexy?

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