Posted by Red | July 17, 2009, 22:54 (EST) | 32 Comments
Category: Books, Fandom
As we mentioned earlier this week, the UK will be getting reprints of The Vampire Diaries later in the year. That in itself is very cool. However, the current cover for the first volume with the apple (of which we shall not speak) is something that fans seem to universally loathe. Apples on books about vampires are clearly the domain of Twilight. Given this series was written nearly 15 years before Twilight, it’s somewhat annoying to have something Twilight-esque slapped on the front rather than letting The Vampire Diaries stand on its own themes and merits.
We issued a small challenge on Twitter and LiveJournal to remove the apple (of which we shall not speak) from the cover and replace it with the iconic fruit of the Vampire Diaries series…the orange. You can read about why the orange is so iconic in the fandom under the cut, but before we get to that, here are the covers (from left to right): contributions from Jen, Jennifer Blushi and Elizabeth Diaz (thank you, guys, they’re made of awesome!). Bottom covers by Red (who is completely crazy and drove out in a rainstorm to buy an orange just for this project).
Under the cut: In which Vee answers the question, “What’s up with The Vampire Diaries and oranges?” (Book spoilers! Pychoanalysis! Some minor fangirl embarrassment! Enter at your own risk.)
NOT KIDDING, THERE’S SOME SPOILERS UNDER HERE.
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Posted by Red | July 14, 2009, 11:21 (EST) | 25 Comments
Category: Books, TV Series
Back in June we reported that HarperTeen was re-releasing The Struggle and The Awakening on the 25th August of this year. The covers hadn’t been revealed at that point, and we speculated that there may well be a TV series tie-in. Looks like we were right, as HarperTeen has now revealed the new covers, both of which which feature Elena, Stefan and Damon as portrayed by Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder in the TV series. You can click on the thumbnails for larger images.
In other reprint news, the cover for the UK omnibus edition of The Fury and The Reunion (which is the title Dark Reunion goes by in the UK) has turned up on Amazon. It looks as if the apple cover (of which we will not speak) is here to stay for The Awakening and The Struggle. The publication dates for these are still being listed as the 6th August for volume one, and 3rd September for volume two.
We also have news on the Return Trilogy. According to Amazon.com, Nightfall is set for a paperback release on January 5th, 2010 in the USA, while Shadow Souls is still listed with a hardcover release date of 9th February, 2010. In the UK, Amazon.co.uk are listing January, 2010 for the Nightfall paperback release, and February, 2010 for Shadow Souls. These will likely be imports from the USA, as was the case with the hardcover version of Nightfall.
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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 Red | April 22, 2009, 19:46 (EST) | No Comments
Category: Books
For those who weren’t aware, Vampire Diaries: The Return: Nightfall is now available in e-book format from the Harper e-books website, or as a Kindle edition from Amazon. It seems to have been available since the 7th April, so we’re guessing it slipped in under the radar of a lot of people who might be interested in an e-book version.
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Posted by Red | March 16, 2009, 3:30 (EST) | 1 Comment
Category: Books
Carrie Schechter, the photographer for the cover of Nightfall has blogged about the release of the book (the trailers she refers to are likely for a completely different Vampire Diaries that isn’t related to the books, or they’re the audition videos we’ve already seen). She’s also posted a behind the scenes look at the shoot, in which you can get a look at the model for who we assume to be Damon.
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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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