I have never been a fan of vampires but now that the media is inundated with vampires due to the Twilight Saga, I am completely disgusted. From what I understand, vampires are not meant to be sexually attractive. THEY ARE UNDEAD. I'd like to blame Anne Rice for this; I'd like to blame Anne Rice for Hurricane Katrina. Time to bring back the freakish Nosferatu-style vampire, if there must be any more of this pandemonium.
The main thing that bothers me greatly about the new vampires are that perfectly reasonable adults find themselves reading books meant for children in their early teens. Not just reading these books, but ENJOYING these books. Whatever happened to writers like Hemingway, Steinbeck, or even Stephen King for Christ's sake? This is real literature. This trend just goes to show that there are no adult fiction writers worth reading anymore. It has all been denigrated to genres and sub-genres. All of this vampire bullshit is just another example of the cretinization of the western world. The last bastion of "enlightenment" (and I am using the term VERY VERY loosely) for the masses is... OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB.
Yes, I know, it seems ridiculous to say, but as of 2006, Ms. Winfrey did put some books on her list that were actual literature, Eli Wiesel, Pearl S. Buck, Marquez, to name a few. This is what we have come to as a society. The Peg Bundys of the world more well read than most of the doctors, lawyers, CEOs, and politicians.
"Sad are only those who understand." That is an Arab proverb which I just found on Google. And Google is a great way to make people think you are smarter and better read than you actually are. Insert emoticon here.
POST SCRIPT:
Please God, explain to me, what in the fuck is CHICK LIT?! Once You've finished explaining it to me... please please please destroy all that is created in its name. Thanks a lot; love, Amber.
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