Anyone else into Anne Rice?

I am on the fifth book in her Vampire Chronicles series; I absolutely am in love with her writing. I don't feel like I'm reading something written for a kindergartener, like with many of today's authors; and yet it is all so captivating. I really feel like I am in the story, the way she describes the environments, the characters.. Anyone else into her books?

::: off to curl up, watch the T-storm, and read!:::

I've read them all!!! Twice to three times each. My favorite is the Queen of the Damned. Later on in the series she goes WAY overboard on description though, but they are all good. Did you know that Lestat is based off her dead-husband, Stan, which is why there will be no more Lestat books?

oooohhhh lordy!!! i am enraptured by anne rices books!!! i almost named Monty, Lestat!!!!!!

seriously a good read, and the movies they made aobut her books were pretty good too "interview with a vampire" and "the queen of the damned"

Kelly drives me nuts about the books. I think she has memorized a good bit, Can go on and on about the vampire chronicles in detail!! :blahblah: :tears::blahblah: Not to mention her other books.

Must be great! I've heard so much I can't stand anymore.:bored:

I've got ALL her vampire books - love 'em. I was going to name Sakura Akasha then her future partner Lestat ...


I've read some of the Mayfair Witches too - but I love the vampires.

I'd have to say I love her sleeping beauty triology, Its my favorite out of all her books, but it was wrote under another name. But still they are a must read.

Wow, do you know what name she used for that? I would love to read those; sort of like a "lost volumes" set, it would be for me :)

If you like her stuff, you should read the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton. Warnting though, once you get about 5 or 6 into the series there are some graphic sex scenes. Also she has a series who the main character is Merideth Gentry, awsome series two, a little more sex, and about fairys, and I'm not talking about your typical Tooth Fairy/Tinkerbell, but more like demons! :-D

Yay! Sounds fun; I ain't really into the romantic/sex crap, but I love the way her books have these twisted and turning storylines and endings. And vampires just plain rock. :)

The sleeping beauty trilogy is ann rice as AN Roquelaure. Its a very different sleeping beauty story, filled with lots of sex and sexual humor in my opinion.

I've read a bunch of her books, my faves being Lestat and Queen of the Damned which are really one book anyway. (I won't see the movie, the commercials alone make me sad). She and Gregory Maguire's styles have really inspired and influenced me as a writer, although they seem to have this uncanny ability to.. you know... actually finish books, which I seem to lack. :rolleyes: Grmph. Slowly but surely.

Oh! I did see that Sleeping Beauty book at FYE, but it was too expensive at the time; maybe I'll look it up on ebay.

I've read most of her books, and I'd have to say that my favorite book would have to be The Vampire Vittorio. -Swoon.- That, and Queen of the Damned. I'm just quite in love with Lestat.

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I've read a bunch of her books, my faves being Lestat and Queen of the Damned which are really one book anyway. (I won't see the movie, the commercials alone make me sad). She and Gregory Maguire's styles have really inspired and influenced me as a writer, although they seem to have this uncanny ability to.. you know... actually finish books, which I seem to lack. :rolleyes: Grmph. Slowly but surely.

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I ruined any good point, of which there were few, for Justin when he finally saw it. They RUINED the book. Absolutely RUINED it. Mekare isn't mentioned, they muddled through the entire thing like bumbling idiots. At least in Interview most of the movie was true the book, minus that little tidbit about Armand being old enough to be my father. SO untrue. O_O

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I ruined any good point, of which there were few, for Justin when he finally saw it. They RUINED the book. Absolutely RUINED it. Mekare isn't mentioned, they muddled through the entire thing like bumbling idiots. At least in Interview most of the movie was true the book, minus that little tidbit about Armand being old enough to be my father. SO untrue. O_O

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Yeah, Interview was okay but iffy, I could pass that off though as movies almost never being as good as the book though. Nothing quite how I imagined it, you know? But the commercials alone of QOTD turned me off completely. Akasha -to my eyes- was an ice queen and Mekere's story was an utterly fascinating and -ahem- important part of the book! Sure, the actor looked a lot more like I envision Lestat than Cruise, but... that appeared to be all it has going for it. My Mom's still trying to get me to see it so she can share her pain. :rolleyes:

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Yeah, Interview was okay but iffy, I could pass that off though as movies almost never being as good as the book though. Nothing quite how I imagined it, you know? But the commercials alone of QOTD turned me off completely. Akasha -to my eyes- was an ice queen and Mekere's story was an utterly fascinating and -ahem- important part of the book! Sure, the actor looked a lot more like I envision Lestat than Cruise, but... that appeared to be all it has going for it. My Mom's still trying to get me to see it so she can share her pain. :rolleyes:

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Meh. Allyeha or however you spell her name was a HORRIBLE Akasha. She didn't even half-way embody the true nature of the Queen. Oh, and I saw Cruise as the perfect Lestat. He had style, and I could really see someone falling in love with that sort of Lestat. The other guy was just...Meh. VIOLET EYES! VIOLET EYES! They just ruined the book...

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Meh. Allyeha or however you spell her name was a HORRIBLE Akasha. She didn't even half-way embody the true nature of the Queen. Oh, and I saw Cruise as the perfect Lestat. He had style, and I could really see someone falling in love with that sort of Lestat. The other guy was just...Meh. VIOLET EYES! VIOLET EYES! They just ruined the book...

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Huh! Well, I never saw the movie and prolly never will so I'll take your word for it on the actor. ;) I'm the sort of twisted individual who will totally crush on someone like Akasha (dark haired "villainesses" and ice queens slay me, it's a sickness) and the posters for that movie alone made me stop and go "Wtf? That's not my Akasha! What, is she belly dancing? For seriously??"

Also, Lestat and QOTD are one book far as I'm concerned. I knew there was no way they could do it justice in a 2 hour movie. :P