Talk:Stephenie Meyer

This page reads like a fan site, and a pretty sophomoric and pedestrian one at that. i think that ti should be cleaned up and edited down, and some plodding biographical details removed.Actio (talk) 19:50, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Revelations - New Book or alternate title

I looked Stephanie Meyer up on Chapters and they say that she has a book coming out called "Revelations" on November 15, 2008. Is this the same as one of the books soon to be released at Amazon or a different book? There is no mention of "Revelations" by Stephanie Meyer at Amazon at all.

Son likes series. 23:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)24.77.37.31 (talk) 23:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Vampires

Vampires Meyer's books have opened up a whole new type of vampires. These "modern" vampires are sometimes known as Twilight Vampires. Those who drink animal blood instead of human blood, have golden eyes, while the regular ones have red eyes. They also move with such a grace it looks like they're dancing, though some of the "regular" vampires are considered "catlike" in how they move. Both have eyes that turn darker when they're "thirsty" (or angry); have pale, granite or marble-like skin, are almost painfully beautiful, have super strength and have inhuman speed; and some, like Edward, are also known to have special abilities (mind-reading, controlling people's feelings, seeing the future and so on).

Twilight vampires defy most popular beliefs about vampires. They show up in pictures, have small fangs, and can go out in the sun, but their skin shimmers like thousands of crushed diamonds so they have to stay away from humans on sunny days to avoid controversy. They also cannot turn into bats, as vampires in various other stories do. As for the wooden stakes, Meyer says, "You try shoving wood through granite."

And as for the issue between vampires and the cliche garlic? While it does not protect humans from them, no "human" food appeals to vampires, mud to a human being is like human food to a vampire(however, they can eat human food). Vampires also have purplish bruise-like shadows beneath their eyes. They have incredible senses of smell, hearing, and sight. They are extremely fast and are astonishingly strong. Nothing can kill them, but another vampire or the Quileute werewolves. To kill a vampire, one must rip them to shreds and burn the pieces.

The special powers that the vampires have are traits that are intensified from their human life. A vampire is created by being bitten but not drained entirely of blood. The venom from a vampire has the ability to change a human into a vampire. It is a long, painful process that lasts for about three days. A new vampire will have bright red eyes for around a year. Some vampires have a great attraction to the scent of a particular human's blood. The scent of the blood is extremely appealing to the vampire. In the book New Moon this appeal is used with the word "singer", as the blood of that particular persons blood "sings" to the vampire in question.

Vampires are frozen in a state of time, therefore, they cannot sleep or grow hair or grow old but remain exactly as they were at the time of their change to a vampire. If they eat human food, they'll have to (basically) throw it up later, as otherwise it causes an uncomfortable feeling in the stomach and remains in the stomach forever. Most vampires are nomads, and travel in small groups of one or two. More than that is an extreme oddity. Vampires such as the Cullens are very rare, for many vampires do not choose their type of diet (animal instead of human). Also, some vampires are trackers, which are vampires who are greatly attracted to a human and track them until they can strike. i like cheese

Removed from page. Very encyclopaedic, unreferenced, and is irrelevant to an author page. Disinclination 19:23, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Ouch, I agree...that cheese part is somewhat vandalism....and I almost feel bad that they spent so much time on it...but I do agree with you. Not appropriate for this page. Bella 22:18, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay, who the HELL wrote, "I like cheese"???? IDIOT!!!

What does cheese have to do with it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.164.8.131 (talk) 19:25, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Temple, Arizona

I suspect this is actually Tempe, Arizona, but I do not know anything of the subject. I could find no cities named Temple in AZ, despite the obvious Mormon connections. I encourage someone with more knowledge to make the if necessary changes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Autkm (talk • contribs) 06:26, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Breaking Dawn

ummm..... it already came out, I've read it. in the article it says 'coming up'! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.250.254 (talk) 18:42, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I hate to break it to you, but Breaking Dawn has absolutely not been released yet. Andrea (talk) 19:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Here is the "first" chapter of Breaking Dawn:

1. ENGAGED

NO ONE IS STARING AT YOU, I promised myself. No one is staring at you. No one is staring at you.

But, because I couldn't lie convincingly even to myself, I had to check.

As I sat waiting for one of the three traffic lights in town to turn green, I peeked to the right — in her minivan, Mrs. Weber had turned her whole torso in my direction. Her eyes bored into mine, and I flinched back, wondering why she didn't drop her gaze or look ashamed. It was still considered rude to stare at people, wasn't it? Didn't that apply to me anymore?

Then I remembered that these windows were so darkly tinted that she probably had no idea if it was even me in here, let alone that I'd caught her looking. I tried to take some comfort in the fact that she wasn't really staring at me, just the car.

My car. Sigh.

I glanced to the left and groaned. Two pedestrians were frozen on the sidewalk, missing their chance to cross as they stared. Behind them, Mr. Marshall was gawking through the plate glass window of his little souvenir shop. At least he didn't have his nose pressed up against the glass. Yet.

The light turned green and, in my hurry to escape, I stomped on the gas pedal without thinking — the normal way I would have punched it to get my ancient Chevy truck moving.

Engine snarling like a hunting panther, the car jolted forward so fast that my body slammed into the black leather seat and my stomach flattened against my spine.

Arg! I gasped as I fumbled for the brake. Keeping my head, I merely tapped the pedal. The car lurched to an absolute standstill anyway.

I couldn't bear to look around at the reaction. If there had been any doubt as to who was driving this car before, it was gone now. With the toe of my shoe, I gently nudged the gas pedal down one half millimeter, and the car shot forward again.

I managed to reach my goal, the gas station. If I hadn't been running on vapors, I wouldn't have come into town at all. I was going without a lot of things these days, like Pop-Tarts and shoelaces, to avoid spending time in public.

Moving as if I were in a race, I got the hatch open, the cap off, the card scanned, and the nozzle in the tank within seconds. Of course, there was nothing I could do to make the numbers on the gauge pick up the pace. They ticked by sluggishly, almost as if they were doing it just to annoy me.

It wasn't bright out — a typically drizzly day in Forks, Washington — but I still felt like a spotlight was trained on me, drawing attention to the delicate ring on my left hand. At times like this, sensing the eyes on my back, it felt as if the ring were pulsing like a neon sign: Look at me, look at me.

It was stupid to be so self-conscious, and I knew that. Besides my dad and mom, did it really matter what people were saying about my engagement? About my new car? About my mysterious acceptance into an Ivy League college? About the shiny black credit card that felt red-hot in my back pocket right now?

Yeah, who cares what they think, I muttered under my breath.

(c) 2008 by Stephenie Meyer, reprinted with permission from the Eclipse Special Edition published by Little, Brown and Company. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.130.37 (talk) 02:44, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

theme

I am in 7th grade and doing a report on Stephenie Meyer, and I REALLY need to know her theme or affect on society!! It is really important that I get it ASAP!!!! thanks!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.180.125.121 (talk) 10:44, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

omg me too she is my favorite author and if anyone has any rthing i can use I'd appreciate it! thanx! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.164.8.131 (talk) 19:24, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism on talk pages now? How very strange.--Seed-kun (talk) 09:46, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Critical reception

This should not be deleted. Just because people love Meyer's books, doesn't mean that the critics did uniformly.167.153.5.196 (talk) 15:18, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree completely, but the Times article in particular was actually very positive. When the quote about fan fiction is written on its own, it is taken out of context and comes off negatively in a way that I don't think was meant by the author of the article. They were merely commenting on Meyer's light writing style. Andrea (talk) 19:25, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

This is why I said reception to her books was MIXED -- this means good and bad. If an article compares an author's writing to fanfiction and the author *agrees* with, it is something that should be left in. 167.153.5.196 (talk) 20:59, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Listing the honours Twilight has received and quoting some more negative reviews is already showing mixed reception. Adding more (either positive or negative) examples would be fine, but the Time comment is not what I would call "critical reception". It is not a critique of how "good" or "bad" the books are, but a random comment on Meyer's writing style. The point of that statement was to say that her writing is not dense; it was not a critical judgement of the book(s). Andrea (talk) 23:47, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not going to add it back because you're just going to delete it, but seriously, comparing a published work to fanfiction is pretty much the opposite of a compliment. 70.107.0.34 (talk) 00:17, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I never said it was a compliment, but it is still taking the comment out of context. Andrea (talk) 00:40, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING critical on her page. Just of kiss-ass reviews. There have been several very critical reviews against Twilight and there are numerous fans sites. I think they should be noted... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.89.181.19 (talk) 02:21, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Fan following

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/275668_twilight29.html "The book's selfless, tormented hero, Edward, certainly accounts for a large part of the collective swoon. Meyer, in fact, refers to her Seattle and Forks events as 'I Love Edward' parties."

This makes it sound less like Forks has hosted a festival or party entitled "I Love Edward," but rather that Meyer colloquially refers to her appearances there that way. Thus the line in the "fan following" section either needs a reference or should be rewritten or deleted. 167.153.5.196 (talk) 15:53, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Since this is unclear, I changed it to mention that Forks celebrates Stephenie Meyer Day. That's a more clear indication of how they honor her. Andrea (talk) 19:25, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Plagiarism?

A Gaia Online thread isn't exactly the most reputable source, and the mention of it feels like a very odd, very random, semi-anti-Twilight jab. If no one has any other source to verify this, I think it should be deleted. --Seed-kun (talk) 09:43, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I agree, it's not a reputable source- I took it out. Andrea (talk) 09:57, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I respect every author. However, hearing that, especially with the erotic novel published before Meyer's own... And, we don't know how she went through the process of writing it. She may have, she may have not. Show me valid proof, and i'll stop using my proof. Distorted Fairytales (talk) 10:42, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

The fact remains that what you're using as 'proof' is not truly proof, it is merely someone's unreliable and possibly uneducated opinion, and by Wikipedia's standards, that's not proof. ~ Bella Swan^? 15:58, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, really. Can you show me any better proof that Twilight was NOT plagiarized? All I ask is for proof.Distorted Fairytales (talk) 00:41, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

If we go about it that way, then should we consider every book plagiarised until we compare them to all the books in the world and make sure no phrases match? It makes no sense. We consider all books "innocent until proven guilty" concerning plagiarism. So, if you think Twilight has plagiarised material in it, find the proof from both, and show it, because I have no idea what book it was plagiarised from, or how. ~ Bella Swan^? 16:07, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Read Wuthering Heights, then Breaking Dawn. That was a point brought up to me. If Bella had died (Which, in a sense, she did) it would have been like Wuthering Heights, because they would have both been single fathers. I had more points, but trying to remember them at 5 am in the morning is a horrid idea. I'll edit this when my friends and I remember the points.

EDIT: I JUST THOUGHT OF ONE MORE. SHE CLEARLY POINTED THIS OUT. Firstly, I forgot to sign. My bad. Nonetheless, she clearly stated that she pulled characters from different series, and morphed them to make an Edward Cullen. Who the hell thinks they can get away with that? 12:42, 13 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Distorted Fairytales (talk • contribs)

Ideas cannot be plagerized, only words. If you can find a specific quote from Wuthering Heights or any other book, and show an almost identical, or identical quote from one of the Twilight novels that corresponds with the quote from the other book, then you can state that there was plagiarism in the article. ~ Bella Swan^? 16:11, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Fail?

Some vandalist, in the last 15 or so edits, has changed some parts of the information to the words "failure" or "fail". I just want to make people aware, as it has been ignored, and I can cannot change the information back because I haven't the right knowledge about the author to change these things myself. Thanks, n i m b u s a n i a 06:20, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Done with Midnight Sun

I usually troll this page, but please forgive me. That's sorta hard, but I have something to point out, which killed me a little. I lied about not having general respect for her. ANYWAYS, she will not be continuing Midnight Sun, due to her friends letting it be leaked. Something along those lines, i'm assuming. I'm not planning on changing it, due to the people going to edit it back, and the untruthfulness shown by me, but I can get the link... [[1]] (Her official site) I don't know it gets taken off her bibliography, and I really don't want to edit it. No one may believe me. ~ Distorted Fairytales (talk) 02:00, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I saw the link the other day, and part of her bio was already changed in accordance to this, I just changed the rest of it. So, problem solved. ~ Bella Swan^? 02:06, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm just afraid to change such things, because i'm afraid to be slapped with a fish. No, not really. I think i've just given up, especially after that.

Only thing I have to say is you shouldn't do that. Anyways, thanks. ~ Distorted Fairytales (talk) 02:09, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

vandilism

i think that this statment: but this project is now on hold because it was stupidly released illegally by fans, so she is not wanting to write it. is vandilism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.214.203.72 (talk) 18:30, 29 September 2008 (UTC)