Science fiction didn’t conquer the media world in 2008 all on its own: A host of creative people helped power the mighty battlecruiser. Here’s our list of the 20 biggest science fiction movers-and-shakers of 2008.
10. Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight and The Host. I’ll be honest: I haven’t read any of the Twilight books, or seen the movie. They don’t sound like my cup of tea. But the Twilight movie was a huge success, one of the biggest book adaptations in ages. And Meyer’s adult science fiction novel, The Host, was surprisingly good: the story of a love triangle between a woman, a man, and the symbiote that is trying to control the woman’s body. The Host has been on the Times bestseller list for 29 weeks, outselling pretty much any other recent science fiction book by many orders of magnitude. I would happily go see a Host movie.
Up next: Probably more Twilight books, despite Meyer’s vow to stop writing them. The Host also seems to be leading towards a sequel.
