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Rule #1 of nom de plumes, pick one that people can spell easily. Not saying Stephenie Meyer chose her name, but she might've considered using a pen name. Even if people get the Meyer right, they invariably get the Stephenie wrong. Smart, intelligent, reader- and writer-type people. If she wasn't so popular, people would have trouble doing searches on Google and Amazon for her books. :)

Okay, so what follows is some of my thoughts on the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn in particular, and perhaps venturing into discussion of Orson Scott Card's stuff and maybe even Octavia Butler if I get that far.

( Spoilers Ahoy! )

Current Mood: contemplative

Today (June 22nd) is Octavia Butler's birthday. She would've been 61 this year.

The first book I read of hers was Parable of the Sower and I really liked it. It was unlike other science fiction I'd read. I went on to read more of her books... I think I've read a little less than half now. I read enough to start noticing themes that I didn't agree with, that remind me of themes in Orson Scott Card's books. So like with OSC, I have a love-hate relationship with her work.

But I would've loved to have met her in person. She's one of Clarion's success stories. And Clarion does have many success stories, but she'd be near the top, for sure.

I wish I'd known it was her birthday today, yesterday, when I was in Borders. Because now I want to pick up her collection of short stories, Bloodchild and Other Stories.

Read more about her on Wikipedia.