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Originally posted by: bigbaddaddyvader
The Vampire Chronicles were great-particularly The Vampire Lestat (I thought interview was over-rated).Queen of the Damned was also very good.Sort of lost her way a bit with tale of the body thief but memnoch the Devil was a really excellent novel.However I think when she steps outside of the characters she established so wonderfully in the chronicles series to try other avenues they seem flat and lack character and the imagination and depth she achieved there.Overall a very talented writer though.
The Vampire Chronicles were great-particularly The Vampire Lestat (I thought interview was over-rated).Queen of the Damned was also very good.Sort of lost her way a bit with tale of the body thief but memnoch the Devil was a really excellent novel.However I think when she steps outside of the characters she established so wonderfully in the chronicles series to try other avenues they seem flat and lack character and the imagination and depth she achieved there.Overall a very talented writer though.
I started reading her stuff back in 1990 with Interview. Thought it was good but also overrated. I did not know until the following year that there were more books in the series. Picked up Lestat and devoured it. Unbelievably great book. Loved the history and characters, especially Armand. Found Queen about 6 months later, thought it was fantastic, perhaps even slightly better than Lestat (prepared for flaming!). Body Thief was good, not great. Then around 94 when the first movie came out I was shocked when I saw her do an interview on the tape when she talked about Memnoch. I remember the big hub-ub about it and I read it in a week and thought no big deal. Cool story, not great (again). During this time I'd also started to get interested in the Mayfair witches trilogy. Thought Witching Hour and Lasher were among her best stuff. Have never read Taltos, sadly. I read Lasher when I was working as a weekend computer "lab attendant" at my college. I remember during some of the scarier parts the wind was blowing the window shades violently around in some of the labs. Creepy. Fun.
Right around then I started to come out of her stuff a little. Never read anything past the first 1/4 of Armand and a few chapters of Merrick. Now I want to read the rest of what I've missed. I miss Lestat and want to see what happens to him and also finish Taltos.
Did you like the Interview movie? I loved Banderas as Armand, though I know he was an unpopular choice.
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Oh I haven't talked about Anne Rice in YEARS!This is a lot of fun actually.I never get to discuss the vampire chronicles any more as my wife is not a fan and neither are any of my friends.I wil always have an abiding love for the character of Lestat.A genuinely tragic figure.Hero and anti-hero rolled into one.
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Have you ever met Mrs. Rice? I met her at a signing in my state around 1997, when Violin was published. She personalized my copy for me and I thanked her for coming out. Very nice in the few moments I spoke with her.
Yes, Lestat is a wonderful, wonderful figure. It's unbelievable how much those books shaped my world for pretty much the entire decade of the 90's. I was really drawn into them. Looking forward to getting back to 6-7 books I've yet to read (including Vittorio and Taltos).
As far as Interview, the movie: My all time favorite scene was the beginning with the shot coming in from San Francisco bay and the Libera Me song in the background. Very eerie, and very evocative of the despair the characters would feel.
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)I live in Ireland so I basically never get to meet anyone as no-one ever comes here!I met Dave Prowse when I was about six or seven and he was opening a shopping centre in my home town.It was the biggest centre in the country at the time so they managed to get Dave to open it which was sweet and a great memory to have.
Outside of the chronicles I am not a huge fan.I didn't really get Taltos.The characters didn't appeal to me as much and seemed less defined than the chronicles.
My favourite moment in the film?
"Louis,Louis...still whining Louis!"
It seems a foregone conclusion now that we wont get an adaptation of The Vampire Lestat after that atrocity that was The Queen Of The Damned which is honestly one of the worst films I have ever seen.
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I've never actually read Anne Rice myself, but I've gotten a very negative picture of her from people in other corners of the internet.
I've never actually read Anne Rice myself, but I've gotten a very negative picture of her from people in other corners of the internet.
I'd be interested to know what specifically. Personally, I've never heard a bad thing about her. I've been a fan since 1991 and would have heard something by now. It's not just the fanboy stuff talking either, because God knows Lucas is a tool yet I still love his stuff.
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Outside of the chronicles I am not a huge fan.I didn't really get Taltos.The characters didn't appeal to me as much and seemed less defined than the chronicles.
I enjoyed the Mayfair Witches because of the history of the family, and also the Talamasca was much more fleshed out in those stories, which I thought quite interesting.
LOL! Yes, that was a classic. I also enjoyed Claudia and Louis's discussion about whether or not they could get away:
Louis - "He'll never let us go"
Claudia - "Oh........really?"
It seems a foregone conclusion now that we wont get an adaptation of The Vampire Lestat after that atrocity that was The Queen Of The Damned which is honestly one of the worst films I have ever seen.
Outside of the chronicles I am not a huge fan.I didn't really get Taltos.The characters didn't appeal to me as much and seemed less defined than the chronicles.
I enjoyed the Mayfair Witches because of the history of the family, and also the Talamasca was much more fleshed out in those stories, which I thought quite interesting.
My favourite moment in the film?
"Louis,Louis...still whining Louis!"
"Louis,Louis...still whining Louis!"
LOL! Yes, that was a classic. I also enjoyed Claudia and Louis's discussion about whether or not they could get away:
Louis - "He'll never let us go"
Claudia - "Oh........really?"
It seems a foregone conclusion now that we wont get an adaptation of The Vampire Lestat after that atrocity that was The Queen Of The Damned which is honestly one of the worst films I have ever seen.
I watched about 5 minutes of it then turned it off so I didn't get those images in my head when I read the books. Terrible, though I thought Stuart Townsend would make a good Lestat.
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i actually cant believe these days that this country is still viewed that way.That's a bit sad actually.We haven't had problems in a long time.It was terrible here when I was growing up,dont get me wrong,i am in my mid-thirties and I remember it when it was at it's worst but the situation has changed so much now.
I actually didn't like Towsend as Lestat at all.He didn't manage the swagger that i always picture Lestat to have.he just seemed too..well...he seemed like a bit of a big wimp really!lol!
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Are we still getting bad press abroad?I live in Northern Ireland-belfast as a matter of fact!i pride myself on having Ireland's largest collection of original Star Wars Props and Production material!
i actually cant believe these days that this country is still viewed that way.That's a bit sad actually.We haven't had problems in a long time.It was terrible here when I was growing up,dont get me wrong,i am in my mid-thirties and I remember it when it was at it's worst but the situation has changed so much now.
I actually didn't like Towsend as Lestat at all.He didn't manage the swagger that i always picture Lestat to have.he just seemed too..well...he seemed like a bit of a big wimp really!lol!
Are we still getting bad press abroad?I live in Northern Ireland-belfast as a matter of fact!i pride myself on having Ireland's largest collection of original Star Wars Props and Production material!
i actually cant believe these days that this country is still viewed that way.That's a bit sad actually.We haven't had problems in a long time.It was terrible here when I was growing up,dont get me wrong,i am in my mid-thirties and I remember it when it was at it's worst but the situation has changed so much now.
I actually didn't like Towsend as Lestat at all.He didn't manage the swagger that i always picture Lestat to have.he just seemed too..well...he seemed like a bit of a big wimp really!lol!
I think that yes there is some apprehension that the situation could change on a dime there. I studied the history of The Uprising, etc and the Irish political situation was always a big part of our discussions when growing up, in spite of the fact that I've lived in the States my whole life. However, I remember it being MUCH worse than now. Now it seems to be definitely heading in the right direction and I hope things will stay that way.
Have you seen Rice lately? My goodness! Age has caught up to her.
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I haven't actually seen any pics of Rice in a long time.Then again what age is she now?She must be in her fifties i would imagine.We none of us are spared the effects of age.I'm starting to get grey hairs and the face is showing some wear and tear!As a friend of mine likes to say:
"It's not the years,it's the mileage"
lol!
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Damn.
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Isn't she Christian now and writing about Jesus or somesuch?
Isn't she Christian now and writing about Jesus or somesuch?
Yes.
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