Stephenie Meyer Accused Of Plagiarizing Parts Of “Breaking Dawn”
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4:30PM, Tuesday August 4th 2009
These days, everyone and their mother is reading and writing about vampires. And apparently Twilight author Stephenie Meyer and lesser-known scribe Jordan Scott have “similar” vampy storylines. Scott is claiming that Meyer plagiarized main bits of Breaking Dawn from her novel The Nocturne, which was released in 2006. So what’s the beef?
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t read the books yet and actually care, stop here. But if you have, the plagiarism claim stems from three similar scenes in each book: the death of a character’s wife, the pregnancy of a woman carrying a demon child, and a sex scene between two people after a wedding. Apparently, Scott doesn’t think that Meyer could have ever thought up a scene of death, demonic babies, and honeymoon sex?
Well, Meyer’s attorneys think this is a pile of BS. After Scott sent Steph a cease and desist letter to stop the vampire madness, Meyer’s attorneys fired back saying the Twilight author had never heard of Scott or her book before. Just like the rest of us?
I think Scott’s just pissed her vampy book didn’t get the Twilight fame first. TMZ obtained the original documents and letters, so take a look if you’re still not convinced. At least it’s not as bad as the Elisabeth Hasselbeck gluten-free cookbook debacle. [Gawker]
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AgentBeryllium
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 03:34 pm: [report]
I liked it better when it was just Buffy and Angel. :-(
TotallyRidiculous
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 07:30 pm: [report]
Wow. What a bunch of bull. I’m not a huge Twilight fan, but I read about half of the examples they have listed of “copyright infringement” and it is total BS. It’s funny that the least ridiculous of his claims is that their sex, death, and birth scenes are similar when they both read like every scene on same subject ever written, including those that aren’t about vampires. No, the MOST crazy of his accusations is his list of examples of places where Meyer copied him by having Edward call Bella “Love,” just because his couple did that too. You’re right dude, you totally came up with the idea of someone calling their wife “love.” That was never thought of before you. It’s totally not something people actually say, at least not until after they read your novel.
What an ass. I love vampire fiction, but guess what I’m not going to read now? Especially because judging by those excerpts it doesn’t look very good.
crimsonletter
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 07:33 pm: [report]
Hear Hear—I agree with msPriss. Twilight is terrible, and this new vampire fad is really cramping the love of vampires I used to carry since I was little, in the form of Stoker’s Dracula, Buffy, and others. Sigh.