Just to save in my album of Late Summer 2008.
Take:
1 successful teenage girl romance novel, nicely fluffed up with sparkles
2 somewhat less well-received sequels
30000 gallons of expectations of the next coming of J.K. Rowling
a google of rabid, ravenous, raving fans
1 very (DearAuthor) badly (PW) panned (LA Times) finale (Amazon review slapfest)
Updated Aug 9: there’s (EW) even (Washington Post) more (Guardian)
Yields:
numerous and humorous commentaries, parodies, mockings, musicals, and link fests
EPIC mockery
1 writing campaign to Little, Brown
The Best Breaking Dawn review of them all
Update Aug 9:
1 organized protest
1 unexpected Rotten Tomatoes thread that morphs into a Breaking Dawn thread
It was like Christmas in August.
Back to your regular bloggery tomorrow.
Spontaneous ∂erivation 