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Is Pattison Too Old for Any New Twilight Films?
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While we may all look at Robert Pattison who plays Edward in the Twilight Films as a young hunk, it is obvious that the actor has a few thoughts on whether he should be considering any future reprises of his most famous role to date. The net is abuzz with the notion, put forth by the actor himself, that if Stephanie Meyers should decide to write a sequel to the current Twilight series that features the character, he just may have gained too many years to pass as the ageless one.
While there has yet been no firm word from the author that she will indeed write another story that features the character, it is known that Meyer has been toying with the idea of a new series that will at some point include the characters from Twilight as a sort of guest in the story. So – if those books were to themselves be featured in a movie, Pattison feels that he will have aged too much since his first appearance in 2008 to feel ageless.
When asked at a recent Berlin Book Festival what he thought of the possability of Meyer writing some additional books that would feature Edward he indicated he was curious to see what she would write, but that he felt that by the time they would hit the screen he would not be the right one to portray a character who is never supposed to age. Sigh – I guess we will just have to find ourselves a new hunk to moon over!
Best Vampire Site!!
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Are you a fan of L.J. Smith? You know who I mean, the gal that writes those amazing series The Vampire Diaries, Night World and quite a few others besides that. I have always enjoyed both her writing and the fact that she does such an eloquent job of it. I am always looking forward to whatever she is working on next. Well, I got curious to see how things were coming with the book I hear she is writing now, Strange Fate so I slid over to her blog to see what was up.
Man – does she ever have a great site. I really do recommend if you are a fan of hers to check it out, and most of all to sign up. She has a fabulous contest going on her site right now, you can check it all out today right here.
The Dark Valentine’s Day Contest that she is running right now will give one lucky winner a black rose (yes there are such things, I have even grown them) and an autographed copy of a book from either the Night World or Vampire Diaries books. How can you possibly beat that?
She has contests pretty often on her site, and they are always fun to be a part of. Her fans are a feisty lot, so the forum can get pretty lively at times! And of course there is her blog, which can be pretty personal and is a great way to see what is up with her work and her life. I am always amazed how much the internet has made it possible for authors, normally quiet and reserved people who sit and toil in solitude, to connect to the world out there.
So I urge you if you are a fan of her work to stop by her site. There are all kinds of great things to read like the Hecate Family Tree and things to join like the fun quiz about if you are a good witch or a bad witch. There are even pictures of her dog! So be sure to pop on by and say hello!
In Praise of Bookstores
Posted by: | CommentsI was out wandering around my new neighborhood, Vancouver, the other day and ran across the most awesome bookstore. Now – every city I have lived in (which seems to be quite a few now) has always had some kind of legendary bookstore. I have to admit that when I travel to a new city for some reason or another, I always look up what bookstores they have. But I am new to Vancouver and didn’t know they had a store that for science fiction fans is up there in the top ten lists.
It is called White Dwarf Books and for a small store it has a ton of great books. It actually has both fantasy and science fiction, and in enough depth that I had a hard time stumping the owners on books I wanted to find. I love getting stuff over the net on my kindle and all, and I would be hard pressed to review without it. But nothing really takes the place of walking into a real old fashion bookstore.
It made me realize that with the struggles that many bookstores have these days (I am amazed that White Dwarf has been around for 30 years!) publishers must be finding it harder and harder to find ways to let the readers know about a new book as it comes out. True – we book bloggers like to think we do our share, and we do, to keep readers abreast of the latest and greatest of the genres we cover. But like so many other avid readers, I always walk out of a bookstore with so many more books than I intended to get. That is because browsing is part of the experience of a bookstore, along with the experience of discovering a totally new author or title.
So perhaps from time to time I will see if I can’t do the equivalent of browsing in a bookstore here and see if I can’t introduce you to some writers or books you may not be familiar with. It is easy to just write about the top sellers and what everyone else is talking about on the web. For starters- here are a few I stumbled on that are not in the top ten list, but are books that belong on everyone’s reading list:
The Hermatica of Elysium by Annmarie Banks is an amazing story set in the time of the Inquisition in Barcelona. Yes, there is magic in it, as you will find out with a bang in the story. But more than that, there is a writing flare here that is rare in many of today’s fantasy stories. Just try reading the first few pages in the Amazon listing…you will want more. A feisty heroine whose power is knowledge, in more ways than one, this is one book worth checking out. And guess what- she is right now working on the sequel! How lucky can we be!
The Demi-Mode: Winter by Rod Rees is a story within a story. You begin at a furious pace getting caught up in the survival of our heroine. But no sooner do you feel yourself engrossed in her fate then you are flung into the “real world” and realize that what you were following was one that existed only in a computer. Welcome to a new version of cyberpunk – where lives and relationships take place at multiple levels and in many worlds. It could be confusing in another’s hands, but I found that Demi-Mode was the kind of world you want to immerse yourself into and soon it becomes second nature to breathe this unnatural air that Rees creates. If you like your SF/Fantasy a bit on the adventurous side, this may be a great place to look.
That’s my little bit of sharing for this blog. I just may take a trip down the stacks again soon and see what little tid-bits I run across to share.
