Posted by Vee | April 25, 2011, 11:18 (EST) | 65 Comments
Category: Books
The U.S. and U.K. covers of Phantom, the first volume in the new Vampire Diaries trilogy The Hunters, have turned up – and do our eyes deceive us or is that Meredith making her first appearance on a TVD U.S. book cover? Or is it a darker-than-usual Elena? You can check out bigger versions in the Gallery. Phantom hits shelves on October 25, 2011. Pre-Order: [Amazon US] [Amazon UK].
As for The Hunters trilogy itself – since L.J. Smith is no longer writing The Vampire Diaries series, we’re not sure how much of the original concept (as alluded to in her blog) remains intact. Here’s the official release from HarperCollins:
A regular on national bestseller lists, having sold well over three million copies, The Vampire Diaries series is a classic of thrilling paranormal romance. The Vampire Diaries series has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers—and the CW network TV show that it inspired has introduced millions more to the chills, thrills, and heart-stopping romance. Phantom begins a new trilogy in this breathtaking saga of love among vampires.
Since meeting the irresistible vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore, Elena Gilbert has been to hell and back. Now that she and her friends have saved their hometown from a demonic spirit, everything can finally go back to normal. But Elena should know better than anyone that Fell’s Church will never be normal. In Phantom, a dangerous new threat sets its sights on Elena. And this time she can only count on one Salvatore brother to protect her.
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Posted by Vee | June 27, 2009, 0:43 (EST) | 8 Comments
Category: Books, TV Series
According to HarperTeen.com, the first two volumes of The Vampire Diaries – The Awakening and The Struggle – will be re-released individually in North America on August 25th, and they’re available for pre-order:
The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening
ISBN: 9780061963865; ISBN10: 0061963860; Imprint: HarperTeen ; On Sale: 8/25/2009; Format: Paperback; Trimsize: 5 5/16 x 8; Pages: 272; $6.00; Ages: 12 and UpThe Vampire Diaries: The Struggle
ISBN: 9780061963872; ISBN10: 0061963879; Imprint: HarperTeen ; On Sale: 8/25/2009; Format: Paperback; Trimsize: 5 5/16 x 8; Pages: 256; $6.00; Ages: 12 and Up
Obviously this is only a few weeks before the September 10th premiere of the television series, so we can’t help but wonder if the books will feature tie-in artwork (cover art is currently unavailable). And, if so, we’re curious what that artwork will be, particularly if it features the actors – for reasons we probably don’t need to spell out at this point.
In any case, the collectors among you can raise your fists to the heavens in anguish – there’s more to buy!
Update: Poll added – what do you all think?
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Posted by Vee | June 24, 2009, 15:41 (EST) | 9 Comments
Category: Books
Sabrina Rojas-Weiss has a new installment of her Book Report: The Vampire Diaries up on MTV’s Hollywood Crush blog. While I think Red will take great exception to what she has to say about Matt (that flag flies high around these parts!), she does list off five reasons why the series will appeal to “Twilighters and Twi-Haters.” She touches on why Elena Gilbert kicks ass and why her friends are awesome, the appeal of Stefan and Damon, and why Fell’s Church is a very interesting place to live.
We also appreciate that she’s unafraid to touch on the series’ faults, too. Read the entire post over on the Hollywood Crush blog.
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Posted by Vee | June 23, 2009, 1:40 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: Books, L.J. Smith
Looks like this one slipped past us: Harper/Alloy’s official book site has launched its first contest – an enter to win for a complete set of The Vampire Diaries (The Awakening/The Struggle and The Fury/Dark Reunion omnibus editions and The Return: Nightfall), autographed by L.J. Smith.
Read the complete rules here. No purchase necessary, must be 13 years of age or older to enter and a resident of the United States (we know – that sucks, but we’ll keep an eye out for similar contests open internationally, never fear).
Enter the contest! You have until August 18, 2009 at noon ET.
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Posted by Vee | May 28, 2009, 23:13 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: L.J. Smith, TV Series
L.J. Smith has posted to her blog about The Vampire Diaries television series. Needs to be read in full with no commentary from us.
Update: While Ms. Smith states the pilot is two hours long in her blog post, director Marcos Siega has stated that it is one hour long. This ties in with an earlier tweet from Julie Plec.
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Posted by Vee | May 17, 2009, 14:38 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: Books, Misc, TV Series
If you were a teenager reading YM, Teen, Sassy, or Seventeen in 1991-1992, your chances of seeing this official HarperCollins ad for The Vampire Diaries book series was high:
This ad is notable for a few reasons (other than being ugly as all hell): it’s the only print ad we can recall from the series’ original release and because it makes no sense whatsoever. From the weird placement of the fangs, to Stefan being the most popular boy at Robert E. Lee High (uh, not quite, what with the whole suspected of murder thing – and we ain’t talkin’ about those innocent bunnies), to the hilarious thought of Stefan and Damon sharing a locker (we like to imagine Damon leaving Stefan “You Suck” post-it notes) – yeah, it’s a bundle of head-scratching. Needless to say, the newest generation of Vampire Diaries fans should be extra-grateful (okay, maybe not that grateful) that advertising for the genre is arguably more visually sophisticated than it used to be. (Many thanks to Elek Pendragon for the scan and the walk down memory lane.)
This makes us that much more curious about what the marketing campaign for the upcoming TV series will be like. (Yes, we’re assuming it’s a done deal now.) Regardless of what you think about shows like Gossip Girl, Smallville, and Supernatural, the network has a knack for memorable campaigns and imagery (and being unafraid to court controversy). Will they be pushing the central triangle in print ads? Putting the brothers front and center? Evoking Alloy’s half-face motif from the books? (And while we’re being total geeks for detail – will there be an opening title sequence? A theme song? A simple title intro like Supernatural? Is the title card in this photo of Nina Dobrev on set the final one? These things keep us up at night, you guys. Actually – just me. Yeah.)
Four months between an official greenlight on May 21st and the start of the new TV season – that’s both not far away and an eternity to keep momentum going. More importantly, it’s imperative that The Vampire Diaries has a presence at Comic Con International in San Diego this July. Production will be happening in earnest then (possibly in Georgia, as we mentioned last weekend), but considering this will be the largest concentration of the show’s potential fanbase (other than the internet, where many of those fans are active), it would be a huge, huge mistake not to be there – even if it’s just the three leads and a producer or two. Fingers crossed?
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Posted by Vee | April 7, 2009, 0:24 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: Books, L.J. Smith
You may have noticed that the two most recent Vampire Diaries short stories – Matt & Elena: First Date and Damon & Bonnie: After Hours – have been removed from L.J. Smith’s official website. She provides an explanation in her latest blog post:
Several people have asked why the Vampire Diaries stories had been taken down. The reason is that my publisher is interested in putting them all together as stories from the Vampire Diaries. This is obviously great for me, as a lot of the work has been done already (even on stories as yet to be posted) and ultimately it’s good for my readers as well.
So for those of you who weren’t quick on the draw in snagging “Blood Will Tell”- good news! There’s hope you’ll have it in your hands at some point in the future.
Also, LJS now has a MySpace page. If you want to see several new character portraits by Jan Sovak (including a vampire!Elena) not available on the official site, take a peek through the Pics section of the profile.
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Posted by Red | March 7, 2009, 3:20 (EST) | 1 Comment
Category: Books, Fandom
HarperTeen have the first 10 chapters/123 pages of The Vampire Diaries: Nightfall up for your reading pleasure. For those of you who have read Nightfall, why not add your thoughts and reviews about it on the Nightfall section of this site?
Related, HarperTeen also have the first few chapters of volume one of The Secret Circle up for you to read if you want a chance to look at some of L.J. Smith’s other work.
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Posted by Red | March 6, 2009, 3:17 (EST) | 1 Comment
Category: Books
For those of you stumbling in here (likely because of news about the upcoming TV series) who have no idea what the Vampire Diaries books are all about, HarperCollins have the first two in the series up on their website for you all to read for free.
Read The Awakening and The Struggle…
You can also read the first few chapters of The Fury…
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