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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2009, 11:55:10 AM »
Bestseller does not always mean Good and Vice Versa. Example: Twilight is on the list despite being poorly written with extremely flimsy character development.

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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2009, 12:20:42 PM »
Twilight is on the list despite being poorly written with extremely flimsy character development.

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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2009, 02:09:04 PM »
I agree with Pheonix. As much as I liked Goosebumps, I still liked the earlier Animorphs books better. It does get more mature later on, for better or worse. I wouldn't even say the earlier books were too childish for a children's series.


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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2009, 02:40:13 PM »
Exactly Chad. Some people seem to forget that it was written from the POV of teenagers, so it's not supposed to sound like an adult wrote it.
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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2009, 05:10:57 PM »
About Twilight, call that fashion ^^' As for Harry Potter before and Goosebumps when we were younger.
And one of the biggest reason who explain why many people don't like Animorphs is the writing style: too young. Many of my friends think it's childish... They didn't read it enough to see the mature story. Because at the beginning, it's mature, yeah, but not so much... it becomes mature (more and more) later. When you read only the first books or some books written by the ghostwriters, you don't see all the mature things and the books can seem childish.

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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #20 on: April 18, 2009, 04:46:48 AM »
Phoenix, I know, it what I said: when they read only few books, they just don't see how mature is it. And about the writings, it's true it's better and more mature after. In fact, Katherine probably followed the age and maturity of the characters. Visser for example is more mature than the other volume.
And Goosebumps was always a little too childish for me, it's why I preferred Shadow Zone and Spooksville and then Animorphs (I knew them after the 2 first series, but they clearly became my favorite).
I agree with you about Harry Potter. I also like it, the writing is good, better than many other books for kids. But people are too crazy about it...
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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2009, 12:30:19 PM »
I agree with you about Harry Potter. I also like it, the writing is good, better than many other books for kids. But people are too crazy about it...

most overrated series of all time.

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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2009, 10:21:34 PM »
most overrated series of all time.

Agreed. It's alright, but I don't see why people are willing to camp out overnight for the first copy.

Some of my favorite books aren't well known or popular, that doesn't mean they are bad, they just have an unlucky author.

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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2009, 02:21:42 AM »
most overrated series of all time.

Agreed. It's alright, but I don't see why people are willing to camp out overnight for the first copy.

Some of my favorite books aren't well known or popular, that doesn't mean they are bad, they just have an unlucky author.

... or at least, less lucky. If I'd be author and sell some books, even if I'm not as rich and famous as Stephen King or JK Rowling, I'd be happy only because some people read my books and like them ;) But maybe everybody don't think like that... of course not...
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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2009, 11:01:44 PM »
Goosebumps nearly destroyed the English language. R.L. Stein can't write. His grammar is atrocious. The reason why they sold more was because it wasn't a continuing series. Yes, there were sequels to some, but not many. You can pick up a Goosebumps book at any point and get into the story. They were sorta scary for kids, which is what kids like. Also they had interesting covers that enticed kids to read. Harry Potter I like. Yes J.K. Rowling isn't a great writer but she can tell a really good story. Do people overreact about the books, yes, but I still love all the characters, and I grew up with them. People just like to hate on Harry Potter because its so popular and people get angry because they think people are jumping on the bandwagon. Now, think about this. Animorphs may not have been as popular, but who can you find who has never heard, seen, or read an Animorphs book? Goosebumps may have had interesting covers, but Animorphs always took the cake. The problem was, that you couldn't always just pick it up Animorphs anywhere. There was a whole on-going story. I think it really became about the fans in the end. K.A. may have originally written a story that she liked, but in the end she was writing it knowing who her audience was. You could say the fans had an influence on where it went, which only makes the connection between fans and series more special. On the flip side, that leaves out people who may have just wanted to pick it up. Its kinda what happened to star trek. Originally, everyone watched the original Star Trek, but later only die hard fans watched Next Generation. The connection between Animorphs and Star Trek is pretty similar too. There are a lot of references to it.
 
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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #25 on: April 24, 2009, 11:27:56 PM »
sounds like one hell of a movie, JJ sure knows his way around an adaptation

I think we're all forgetting that this is a wikipedia list lol theres only like 50 names on it, I think more than 50 series have broke into the millions, the list is clearly incomplete.
Another explanation is that not all series have an official report of their total sales, so some series were left out because of that.

Animorphs rules all and has probably sold 200 million copies

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Re: One of the bestselling series of all time????
« Reply #26 on: April 29, 2009, 07:30:52 PM »
I agree with you about Harry Potter. I also like it, the writing is good, better than many other books for kids. But people are too crazy about it...

most overrated series of all time.

Disagree.  That title has to go to Twilight.  Harry Potter has character development and an original plot.  Twilight has horribly developed characters, and very little plot at all.