Dark Discussions Podcast

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Author Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels caught on like wildfire bringing vampires and werewolves to an untapped audience of younger women and girls. As a result, she has been noted as one of the most successful novelists in the modern era. Along with J.K. Rowling, she transformed the young adult genre while being part of the defining authors of urban fantasy stories. One question was whether she was a one trick pony. That thought was shot down with 2008's The Host, a hard science fiction novel about a post-apocalyptic world where alien beings had not only taken over the world but also turning humans into hosts. With its ideas of the nature of humanity, the identification of the individual, and the overwhelming emotion of love to overpower any intolerance with forgiveness, the book was a roaring success and has been considered one of the better science fiction novels in over