People are going all weak in the knees over its troubled, twisted hero and its, um, accommodating heroine. Over 10 million copies and movie rights have been sold. Now, everyone’s reading the book-some with joy, some with groans over prose that’s been called “clunky,” among other things.ĥ0 Shades of Grey found a home at a small press, then exploded into the public eye. The Fifty Shades trilogy was developed from a Twilight fanfiction originally titled Master of the Universe and published episodically on fanfiction websites under the penname “Snowqueens Icedragon.” The piece featured characters named after Stephenie Meyer’s characters in Twilight, Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. Here’s how the book originated, according to Wikipedia: But the story of the book itself is riveting. The story line of 50 Shades of Grey might be a little light on plot (and heavy on whips and handcuffs).
By now, you’ve probably heard rumblings (or perhaps we should say roarings) about the BDSM erotica trilogy, 50 Shades of Grey, by E L James.
