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'Twilight' shows authors don't always cringe at film adaptations

It should come as no surprise that many authors gripe when their work is translated to the screen. Anthony Burgess famously hated Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of "A Clockwork Orange." Yet others, such as " Harry Potter"author J.K. Rowling, warmly embrace it.

The eagerly-anticipated film version of Stephenie Meyer's " Twilight" (due this November) has the author enthralled.

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