Stephen King On 'Twilight' Author: 'Stephenie Meyer Can't Write Worth A Darn'

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Stephen King's opinion may drive a stake through the heart of "Twilight" author, Stephenie Meyer.

In an interview with USA Weekend, the bestselling author compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling , the author of the Harry Potter series.

According to Stephen, "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."

While Stephen may not be a fan of Stephenie's writing, he understands the appeal of the series.

"People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because it's not overtly sexual."

He further explains, "A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not ready to deal with yet."

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i wish i hadn't just found out that existed.

celebrity gossip really is the lowest common denominator..pure trash.

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http://omg.yahoo.com/news/stephen-k...a-darn/18406?nc

omg.yahoo.com?

i wish i hadn't just found out that existed.

celebrity gossip really is the lowest common denominator..pure trash.

You don't believe it?

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I think they're all overrated.

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He'll probably kill her in one of his next books. Sounds like jealousy to me.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

King doesn't need to be jealous - he has a book out every 6 months or so.

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Stephen King says ‘Twilight’ author ‘can't write’

Horror writer says series appeals to girls due to nonthreatening sex scenes

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I think they're all overrated.

The Stand is one of the greatest pieces of contemporary literature written IMHO. He hasn't topped that one and probably never will.

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

[Teacher Mark 53]

King doesn't need to be jealous - he has a book out every 6 months or so.

It wouldn't be the first time in history that the old guard felt threatened by the new would it?

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I think they're all overrated.

The Stand is one of the greatest pieces of contemporary literature written IMHO. He hasn't topped that one and probably never will.

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

I don't rate King's work that highly - certainly his productivity is to be admired, but I don't think his ideas are very good.

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I think they're all overrated.

The Stand is one of the greatest pieces of contemporary literature written IMHO. He hasn't topped that one and probably never will.

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

That was my opinion until I read the Dark Tower Series last year. Read those, they are fantastic.

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King doesn't need to be jealous - he has a book out every 6 months or so.

It wouldn't be the first time in history that the old guard felt threatened by the new would it?

No, but there's so many people working in that genre... In any case Meyer doesn't write the same stuff as King, nor to the same audience.

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http://omg.yahoo.com/news/stephen-k...a-darn/18406?nc

omg.yahoo.com?

i wish i hadn't just found out that existed.

celebrity gossip really is the lowest common denominator..pure trash.

You don't believe it?

Why would I not believe it?

I was expressing disappointment that yahoo had a domain (omg.yahoo.com) dedicated to celebrity news.

As for the news itself, I don't care. I've read The Stand, I liked it but literature? I don't know about that, I'm not exactly an expert on that sorta thing

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http://omg.yahoo.com/news/stephen-k...a-darn/18406?nc

omg.yahoo.com?

i wish i hadn't just found out that existed.

celebrity gossip really is the lowest common denominator..pure trash.

You don't believe it?

Why would I not believe it?

I was expressing disappointment that yahoo had a domain (omg.yahoo.com) dedicated to celebrity news.

As for the news itself, I don't care. I've read The Stand, I liked it but literature? I don't know about that, I'm not exactly an expert on that sorta thing

I'm easily entertained.

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It entertained me, too. And I rarely have the patience to read an entire book, but I did read The Stand.

All I'm saying is... I'll leave the judgments of quality to those who actually read more than I do (which is probably 80% of VJ).