What do we think of "50 Shades of Grey"?

sebastian · May 29, 2012

Dear God! The author used to write under the pen name Snowqueens Icedragon. If I ever met this woman, I'll have to slap her just for that.

stanley_jeffries · May 29, 2012

So I have to admit I'm not up to speed on the whole fan fiction thing.

But skimming the Wikipedia page for this novel it looks like the author changed the character names in order to get around the copyright issues, and because her fan fiction had sexual themes.

I agree with Sebastian though - it's walking a fine line. But I guess "parody" is a fair use defence in the USA. It would not be under UK copyright law.

If I was the owner of the Twilight series rights I guess I'd be asking for a kickback

Smallest · May 29, 2012

Although it's a fine line, she's not using the character's names, and although it started as fanfiction, I still imagine that inc eit's not plagiarism, there isn't a ton to be done legally.

sebastian · May 29, 2012

I'll bet there will a lawsuit over it.

Smallest · May 30, 2012

Probably, especially since it's gotten so popular and the fact that it's fanfiction is out in the open. If it was a small publisher, Meyer would probably never know, and it would probably not garner enough money to matter if she did. Also, I agree with you on her screen name.

edjixxx · May 30, 2012

I'm mostly through the second book, and it's fairly.....odd. the character that it's written from is "normal " while the Dom is all about using BDSM to iconify his past. In the second half of the book, it's fairly obvious the book is written so that the main character changes the Dom to a vanilla way of life. Unless there's some change in the plot, which, is fairly predictable. The words used are obvious it's British writer, and word wise, it's distracting to read, as it gets annoying seeing vague words describing intimate parts. It was written to appeal to the vanilla crowd of middle aged women. While we, as enthusiasts, may find some meaning in it, there doesn't seem to be much. It's easier to write about, and read about fantasy feelings than write a book about the BDSM lifestyle. I don't know, BDSM is part of it, but very limited. It's mostly about little girl with poor background meets rich 'fucked up' dude, and all his rich friends. She knows he's different, but seems to choose flaunting riches and cute guys around. Sorry if I spoiled any of the book.

stanley_jeffries · May 30, 2012

Yeah - I agree that it's odd.

I'm not finding that I'm empathizing with either of the lead characters.

On the one hand Anastasia is too drippy - but on the other hand she seems "too good to be true" for a Dom to discover. There's some hint that she's trying to assert herself on Christian where I just got to in the story (let's face it - women always want to change their man...that must be a challenge for a female sub!).

Christian is just...weird. Are we supposed to believe that being a sub to his mother's best friend somehow "damaged him"? Holy crap - that's another wildest dream come true for a lot of us!

I sent the lady who recommended me this book a copy of The Story of O. I told her that if she's going to read "racy fiction" (her term) then it might as well be good racy fiction! She's "vanilla", as Christian would put it...and I suspect 50 Shades is her first experience of S&M fiction. How sad.

Moonlight · May 30, 2012

I haven't read it but I heard it is Twilight minus the vampires. So I won't bother since I did not care for Twilight really.

edjixxx · May 31, 2012

I don't know, it seems to mirror the prince charming marriage over there, with a kinky twist. The psychology she thinks applies is really completely opposite of what it actually is for me, and most others, I imagine. But then again, it's also made BDSM mainstream now, so maybe in the end it's a good thing.

Moonlight · May 31, 2012

Is it a poor girl who can do nothing for herself and needs someone else to save her? God I hate those. I may be a sub but after my husbands military service and long work hours now I have an independent streak as well. The oh someone please save me tends to turn my stomach and I wont finish the book.

What do we think of "50 Shades of Grey"?

sebastian

Active Member

stanley_jeffries

Member

Smallest

Moderator

sebastian

Active Member

Smallest

Moderator

edjixxx

Member

stanley_jeffries

Member

Moonlight

Member

edjixxx

Member

Moonlight

Member

Similar threads