ita's white font reminded me: Did you know that there are big omnibus editions of V.C. Andrews' series? And that they're shelved prominently in the YA/Teen Reading section? Sure, most of us read them as teens, but actually *marketing* them to the YA readers? Ooooh-kaay.

I read that whole series when I was in high school (or junior high) and there are still elements of the books that I cannot get out of my mind.

I was absolutely horrified.

I was channel surfing a while ago and came across the movie.

wrod, le n, shouldn't they have their own garbage?

Oh, Todd, the movie is soooo bad.

Sure, most of us read them as teens, but actually *marketing* them to the YA readers? Ooooh-kaay.

I wonder if it's cross-shelved.

The bits I watched were pretty terrible. I've never actually read the books ... I heard enough, and browsed through one in the library, to know I wasn't inerested.

I do remember that when V.C. Andrews died, the books just kept coming.

I agree that Tepper goes whackadoo sometimes, esp. in some of her later books but I also think she has some mad creativity going one when she's on. I've really enjoyed some of her books like Grass, and even in the parts where I'm rolling my eyes, she brings up stuff that even though I may not agree with her militancy, makes me think about things and why I agree or disagree with them.

I read The Gate to Women's Country when I was a teen, for instance, and when I was reading a lot of Heinlein, too, and reading two ends of a spectrum made me able to suss out what I really thought about things.

I haven't really read any interviews with her, but I've enjoyed several of her stories, and she brings up interesting concepts and plays with them. I don't necessarily agree with some of her views, but i really think she's the kind of author that the term "speculatative fiction" define well as opposed to sci-fo or fantasy. She sepculates, and while I don't always agree with where her speculations GO, I do like the "Hmmm. Interesting...Where do I stand on this?" vibe reading many of her books has given to my brain.

I don't care as much about whether or not I agree with Sheri Tepper's views as much as I dislike how she chooses to express them. I think it ruins her narrative, and makes me spend time thinking of her as a person, and not coming to pleasant conclusions.

Sure, I can see that POV. (See what I did there?!)

I read the interview, and I was turned off my some of her thoughts, for certain, but...hmmm, well. All I know if that I will still try her books, but this info will inform my views and thoughts, and I'll have more stuff for my brain to crunch on. Maybe this will make me pass on some of her books, depending on the blurb; maybe no.

I can totally see it, though. I refuse to read Orson Scott Card, even though Ender's Game is supposed to be really good, because I read too many CRAXY interviews with him before I'd ever read any of his books to even swallow the idea of supporting his whackness. So I get it. But I liked Tepper before the whacky became overt to me, so I'm still "Maybe I can still get the good out of her?"

Dunno.

I'm more likely to reread Ender's Game (but not spend any money on it) than Tepper. Her crazy bled into so much of her adult books, I realised looking back. I can't take it out. Card, much less so. I don't feel I'm getting cooties by association. I'm putting them there myself, if they get there. His early books, I mean. He does get a note and hammer the hell out of it. I only need so many abused little boy stories, thanks.

Also, he's a plain better writer.