Anne Rice

[Hazel-Ra]

I have read more Anne Rice than any other author. I'm not sure exactly why this is. Are there any other Rice fans on this site?? I would love to discuss her books with others. I used to belong to an Anne Rice forum, but it got a bit naff after a while.

[papayahed]

I've read a few of her books, the ones I've read I've liked. I haven't really gotten into the "vampire" books, well except Memnoch . I've seen the movie "Queen of the Damned" and was thinking of picting up the book.

[Hazel-Ra]

If you do plan to read Queen of the Damned, I would recommend reading the first three. (Queen of the Damned is the third) The film is a poor mix of The Vampire Lestat and the Queen of the Damned. I haven't yet found someone who has read the books that can stand to see the film. I have to turn it off after the first ten minutes! Of course, taken as just a film it isn't an excellent production but it is entertaining. I also don't think Jon Davis' (KORN) voice is right for Lestat, but others may disagree.

[papayahed]

Which are the first 2 books?

[Hazel-Ra]

1. Interview with the Vampire
2. The Vampire Lestat
3. The Queen of the Damned
4. The Tale of the Body Thief
5. Memnoch The Devil
6. Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires
7. The Vampire Armand
8. Vittorio, the Vampire
9. Merrick
10. Blood and Gold: The Vampire Marius
11. Blackwood Farm
12. Blood Canticle

[papayahed]

oh, yipes I thought the Queen of the Damned was sepeate from the vampires series - I don't know why I thought that!!

I'm a big fan of Marius, from what I've read/seen so far can I just skip ahead to his book?

[Hazel-Ra]

Marius is in all of them, I think, especially the second two. Also in Pandora; it tells of before he was a vampire. I haven't read his yet. I have an online friend from Germany who adores Marius. Mind you, he does sound a bit foxy :brow:

Loved your jokes on the joke thread, btw

[jessezzel]

i have read up to the vampire armand in the vampire chronicles and i read vitorio the vampire... hmmmm cant think of any others i have read by her.... oh well.

[Hazel-Ra]

I also read the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy, which is DEFINITELY not for all readers. It's erotica. It was funny, pervy, and in general pretty good if you have an open mind. It did make me laugh in a lot of places though, lol

[jessezzel]

sounds like something i would like....

[Ryduce]

I read Memnoch ages ago.I remember I enjoyed it,but I couldn't tell you any other details.Not a fan of the film.

[Hazel-Ra]

I read Memnoch ages ago.I remember I enjoyed it,but I couldn't tell you any other details.Not a fan of the film.
Which film? They made Interview with a Vampire too. That one was really well done, I thought.
Memnoch the Devil is brilliant, I think. I love the explanation of heaven/hell and Memnoch.

[Ryduce]

The movie for Interview was good,but Queen of the damned was garbage.Memnoch was a interesting book,but my girlfriend believed every word of it and it drove me crazy.

[papayahed]

Was Memnoch made into a film? I really did like that book, it made me consider different possibilities.

So, should I start at the beginning of the series?

[Hazel-Ra]

The movie for Interview was good,but Queen of the damned was garbage.Memnoch was a interesting book,but my girlfriend believed every word of it and it drove me crazy.
Lol
It does raise a good twist on heaven and hell though. I'm not surprised that some people started believing in it. I have to say, if I believed in God, that's the way I'd look at it.

[Hazel-Ra]

Was Memnoch made into a film? I really did like that book, it made me consider different possibilities.

So, should I start at the beginning of the series?

No, Memnoch hasn't been made into a film. Thank God! They'd kill it!

Obviously it's up to you whether or no you read the others. They aren't so theological. But they are intelligent and not difficult to read. I would definitely recommend reading the first three. Those and Memnoch are the best of her writings, so I'm told. And I loved them.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

So, should I start at the beginning of the series?

I wouldn't. Put the roof on first and then build the walls down till they hit the ground. :nod:

[papayahed]

I wouldn't. Put the roof on first and then build the walls down till they hit the ground. :nod:


huh, do you think that'd work?

[chickity]

Ive recently read the three 'lives of the mayfair witches' and fell in love with anne rice's style of writing.
I was wondering if someone could tell me which book I should read now. Do I need to read all the vampire chronicles before I can read blackwood farm and find out what is happening with the mayfairs.
Is there a particular order to read these books??
I would be most grateful if someone could please help me out.

[Idril]

I loved the first three of the Vampire Chronicles and Tale of the Body Theif wasn't too bad but there are only so many times we can be told that Lestat is blond, powerful and bad before it starts getting a little repetitive. :rolleyes: I think the key, for me, is not to read too many of her books in a row, I need to have a break when I read her books because they all start to feel the same after while, but I suppose you could say that about almost any author.

[papayahed]

Anybody read the new one about Christ? Wasn't that one written after she got back into religion?

[Idril]

No, I haven't read it yet and yes, it was written after she renewed her faith. From the reviews, it's sounds kind of odd, I think I'll probably skip that one.

[papayahed]

I'm really curious to she what it's about, especially after reading memnoch.

[Idril]

Did you know they've made a musical about the Vampire Chronicles? It's called Lestat and apparently, it's not very good. I just read a story about it on Yahoo. Read about it here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060427/en_celeb_eo/18898).

[Vampire Kari]

I'm a huge Anne Rice fan. I'm re-reading her early Vampy Chronicles at the moment cause they're my favorites.

[papayahed]

Did you know they've made a musical about the Vampire Chronicles? It's called Lestat and apparently, it's not very good. I just read a story about it on Yahoo. Read about it here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060427/en_celeb_eo/18898).

hehe, somehow that doesn't surprise me.

[Vanquish]

I found Memnoch to be an excellent read, Anne's writing style is most enthralling and educated, her views on Christianity i found well crafted , now after reading this thread I will be reading the rest of her Vampire ensemble, has anyone heard of "The Witching Hour" its the one title that lured me into her, but I havent talked to someone who's seen read it..

[Alexei]

Anne Rice? Oh, I fell in love with her characters and the plots are enchanting, too. I just can't resist the tempetation to read her books. So I am hude fan of her novels and especially of The Vampire chronicles.:)

[alhara]

I have read all but 7, 8(Vittorio and Armand) and I love Anne Rice and it totally makes no sense to me (Its not exactly my genre). I haven’t read anything outside the vamps though. Love the name hazel-ra. You know a lot of W/D fans are Rice fans too. I just saw this post I didn’t expect it. The only other Anne Rice fan I know is the one who got me into these books in the first place and now I’ve read more than her so I have been starved for conversation on one of my new favorite authors.

[alhara]

Concerning Memnoch, I really liked it, But my one friend who also read this didn´t, for the kinda the same princple as the other dude with his girlfriend. Its like the divinchi code, people start treating fiction like doctrine. I feel any of Memnochs short comings are totally made up for in the introduction of the Blood Canticle(you know where lestate basically ripps a new one for the readers who whined about the last book) I am totally gonna put that on my t-shirt. I loved the intro almost as much as the whole book.

I have heard but not read of the witching hour.

[Alexei]

The Withing hour is about Mayfair witchs I think. I didn't read it too, but I am completely obsessed with The Vampire Chronicles, as everithing about vampires actually.:)

[Niamh]

I think Anne Rice's Feast of all saints and cry to Heaven are brilliant. The Feast of all saints has to be her best though. I couldn't get in to Violin, but i did enjoy the vampire books. i only got as far as Armand.

[chosenone76]

I love the three books about The Mayfair Witches and am actually in the middle of re-reading the trilogy right now. I'd recommend them to anyone. "The Witching Hour" (followed by "Lasher" and "Taltos"), especially. I started reading the Vampire Chronicles many, many years ago, but didn't finish it out. I loved "Queen of the Damned", though. Excellent book. I was thinking of going back to read all of the Vampire books after I finish this trilogy since I've since read that some of my favorite characters from the witches trilogy make appearances in the later Vampire books.

[JBI]

Cry to Heaven was excellent. The Sleeping Beauty Erotica work was alright, and the first Vampire book was O.K., I was forced to put down Lestat though. I personally think she needs a much better editor, but other than that she is an alright novelist.

[Moira]

I was a big fan of the Vampire Chronicles while i was in high - school, well ..... a pretty long time ago. I've read the first 5 books. Memnoch was the last one i've read. I kind of gave up the vampire stories but at 16 Anne Rice's novels impressed me a great deal.
The Queen of the Damned - the movie was painful to watch, i hated it from the beginning. Interview with a vampire was much better, i loved what Neil Jordan (the director) did, the characters were great and so was the whole atmosphere ...

[Alexei]

I was a big fan of the Vampire Chronicles while i was in high - school, well ..... a pretty long time ago. I've read the first 5 books. Memnoch was the last one i've read. I kind of gave up the vampire stories but at 16 Anne Rice's novels impressed me a great deal.
The Queen of the Damned - the movie was painful to watch, i hated it from the beginning. Interview with a vampire was much better, i loved what Neil Jordan (the director) did, the characters were great and so was the whole atmosphere ...

Oh, yes, the film Queen of the Damned was really bad idea :mad:, but Interview with a vampire was very true to the book, but I still didn't like it a lot. It was extremely beautiful, but still to read all this in book is a lot different.

[closedbyrequest]

I wish this site would give Anne Rice her own forum.

But, anyway, I loved the Vampire Chronicles. I have read all except Vittorio and Merrick. I read them in order, minus Vitorrio and Merrick, of course. I would love to talk to any one of you about the books.

As far as Ms. Rice's style, it is good but she does certain things that REALLY bother me. For instance her use of "waked", as in "Lestat WAKED Akasha" (I am paraphrasing). It is WOKE for the love of God! Lestat WOKE Akasha.

As far as the movies are concerned, the screenplay for Interview with the Vampire was writen by Anne Rice, so that is why it was more accurate. At the time, the studio had purchased the rights to Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned. For whatever reason, the studio never got around to making the last two movies. Then, when the realized that their contract was about to expire, they decided to mesh the two movies into one.

I am such a geek, I have named all of my harddrives, iPod, flash drive, etc after characters from the Vampire Chronicles.

I have not read any of her other stories, though.

[ATHYNA318]

Ive recently read the three 'lives of the mayfair witches' and fell in love with anne rice's style of writing.
I was wondering if someone could tell me which book I should read now. Do I need to read all the vampire chronicles before I can read blackwood farm and find out what is happening with the mayfairs.
Is there a particular order to read these books??
I would be most grateful if someone could please help me out.

I have (almost) the same question as Chicity:

I have read The Vampire Chronicles up to Memnoch the Devil. I have just finished the Mayfair Witches trilogy and want to start Blackwood Farm; however,I was also wondering if I need to read the rest of the Vampire Chronicles after Memnoch so I can understand what is going on with all of the vampires. For example, I've read the first chapter of Blackwood Farm, and Quinn talks about how he has broken Lestat's rules. Would I be familiar with these rules and the meaning of them if I were to read the previous stories??

Thank you!

[closedbyrequest]

I think you should read Merrick next, then Blackwood Farm. Merrick is up next for me, but I think the rules of which Quinn talks are in Merrick. Plus in Blackwood farm, they talk about Merrick dying.

[Bakiryu]

I love Anne Rice, sadly I only have few of her books:

1. Interview with the Vampire
2. The Vampire Lestat
3. The Queen of the Damned
4. The Tale of the Body Thief
5. Vittorio, the Vampire
6. cry to heaven
7. feast of all saints
8. taltos
9. the mummy
10. serveant of the bones
and 11. the witching hour

[UltimaHybrid]

i've read the Blackwood farm..and thought wow.. anne rice is pretty bad *** writer... ihavent read Queen of The Damned.. but i have seen the movie and my mom says the movie is pretty accurate to the book...is that true??

[Bakiryu]

nah, the movie sucks. It tries to combine both first books and fails....miserably.

[closedbyrequest]

You're mom is the only person on the planet that feels that way. The movie changed a lot about the books. Plus it skipped most of it. If you were to read the book and then read the movie you would cry.

[Jennyfrijole]

I used to be huge into the "Vampire Chronicles" - I own all of them in hardback *yikes!* but funny thing is, I haven't read them all. I like Interview with the Vampire alot and I love The Vampire Lestat and in my opinion Queen of the Damned is one of the best books out there, period, and Memnoch the Devil was brilliant ... but around Pandora I thought her writing started going down hill. I thought The Vampire Armand was absolutely awful, one of the worst books I've ever read, and Vittorio The Vampire felt like a waste of frickin' time - I only started reading it because it was next in the series and only finished it because I hate to leave a book unfinished.

So I've kind of stale mated myself. I just can't bring myself to pick up the next book in the series cause I'm like "wow, it'll probably just suck worse than the last, if that's even possible." I do own Taltos and Violin by her and I haven't read them and now I'm scared to try those out, too.

But she is an excellent writer, even I don't really like what she writes.

[closedbyrequest]

Ok. So I have just finished both Merrick and Vittorio. Both were Anne Riceish. They were not "amazing" and you did not learn much about the characters, but it was well written, minus a few grammatical errors.

I am now done with the Vampire Chronicles. Yay.

[ATHYNA318]

So I took Lord of the Vie's advice and went to go pick up Merrick. Unfortunately, the store didn't have it, but they had The Vampire Armand. I had tried reading this when it first came out and just couldn't get into it. This time around was a much better experience. Although it most definitely was not Anne's best story, I really fell for Amadeo and the love between Marius and him.

When I first posted, I wished to skip the rest of The Vampire Chronicles after Memnoch due to my unsuccessful first attempt with Armand, but I've now decided to read all of them through in order. I really get swept up in the romanticism of her fantasy worlds.

[Mortis Anarchy]

Memnoch the Devil freaked me out...towards the end. I really enjoyed Blood and Gold and The Vampire Lestat and Interview with a Vampire. I haven't read her stuff in a long time.

[JMan09]

It looks like they are going to do a vampire episode on Ghost Whisperer! I love both Ann Rice's writing and GW so I thought I'd share. Here is the promo! It looks awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_a2Qu9bkgg

[Wilde woman]

Wow, this brings back memories. I was a huge Anne Rice fan in my teens. I read all the Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witch books in high school. My favorites were The Vampire Lestat and Blood and Gold (because I have a soft spot for Marius). It's sad that the VC got as bad as they did; it was a relief when she finally ended them. But the early books were as good vampire fiction ever gets! (unlike other vamp series...coughtwilightcough)

I also enjoyed Violin because Rice has a very sensual way of portraying music. That was what made The Vampire Armand bearable for me...her constant references back to the Beethoven's magical Appassionata.

Has anyone read her earlier stuff...like the Beauty erotica trilogy?

Her son, Christopher Rice, is also writing novels now. I think his fourth one just came out.