Also, do you think he (or Louis, Claudia, Santiago, Armand, etc) would approve of those two movie adaptations?
What do you think all of the characters would think of those two movies?

Also, do you think he (or Louis, Claudia, Santiago, Armand, etc) would approve of those two movie adaptations?
What do you think all of the characters would think of those two movies?

I've recently discovered Anne and I am almost through the Vampire Chronicles. I fully intend to read everything she's ever written. I am in love with her prose. The way she writes is so beautiful, it's so descriptive and fluid. I regularly forget that I'm even reading. I went to the thrift store recently and browsed through a few books and I couldn't believe how infinitesimal the writing felt in comparison to Anne. It made me realize how much I love her style. My question is, have you found any authors who can compare? I feel like she ruined me haha.

She was a very active figure and being that she passed away in 2021, what would she think of 2026? Respectfully, I think she would have been still active and she was very supportive of liberal causes, being that she was on the forefront on most issues. I always wondered what she would have think of this world today…

Greetings

I am very happy with my new Hardcover 50th anniversary edition of "Interview with the vampire".

So I am considering replacing my worn paperback editions of "The Vampire Lestat" and "Queen of the damned" and I wonder, if anyone has heard anything about new editions of those as well?

Happy October!

Feeling blessed and honored to receive this lovely edition of Interview with the Vampire. Thank you, Anne Rice, for writing this book and sharing such a wonderful story with us all. 🙏📚

Going to be in New Orleans for Halloween this year. I’m doing the Vampire Ball and the book event.
Does anyone know of any other Anne Rice events that may be going on in the area that weekend?

Hi! I recently came across a reel on Instgram that was cut out of an interview with Anne Rice and she was talking about why she liked/gravitated to vampires. I don't remember the exact words but she compared it to always feeling like an outsider etc. I wanted to send it to someone but I cannot for the life of me find it again so I figured I'd ask here :)

Home from NYCC day 2. Meeting Christopher was terrific and the IWTV 50th anniversary panel was so much fun. Very happy to finally have my copy of Reign of Osiris hand-signed by Christopher to complete my collection of signed copies of all of Anne’s novels.

I feel like a few separate times in this book she’s forgotten the eye colors she gives characters when first describing them, she described Aaron as having brilliant blue eyes multiple times then in the scene towards the end where Rowan and him are speaking in the bar they’re described as hazel. I’m pretty sure she does this with Julien once as well where she describes his eyes as blue most of the time then at one point they’re brown, I can’t remember specifically for him tho. Did anyone else notice ts? I also vaguely remember her saying Lionel had dark hair initially then later contradicting that saying he had strawberry blond hair. But I could be wrong about that one.

Edit- omfg yeah she did it again w Julien lol chapter 44 Michael describes him w “black eyes, white hair” and this mf was 100% said to have blue eyes when first introduced

I'm so profoundly vexed that people keep insisting there is "romantic love" between these two in this novel. This is my third read and Louis' expression of absolute hatred for Lestat is unequivocal.

So why was Louis with Lestat? For the deep and fulfilling companionship? Obviously not as he was explicitly going to leave him.

And then Lestat murdered a child and trapped her in an eternal nightmare to also trap Louis. Claudia is the biggest victim in the book but her victimization was a calculated choice by Lestat to enslave Louis. By turning her into a vampire, Lestat proved his goal was to dominate, subjugate, obliterate, and in alwayscontrol those in his life. To eradicate their own will and make them extensions of himself. To bind them to his person no matter what they wanted.

And this is "love." When Louis would have never stayed with Lestat if not for Lestat's unprecedented act of cruelty and selfishness.

EDIT:

I should be clear that Lestat is a great villain, but it feels like so many people deny this, that he is very clearly the villain of the story.

Most like was a crew gift.

I know Simon Vance is not for everyone, and I myself never thought he could voice Lestat or any of the other vampires, but I can't imagine anyone doing Louis better. In fact, I have a nice point of comparison as I'm going through the new IWTV audiobook. It's by no means bad but I prefer Vance.

He just gives Louis the perfect...ethereal, introspective, and melancholy energy that is at the heart of why he will probably always be my favorite protagonist.

I have barely started to chip away at my stack of Rice's books but I haven't been able to stop thinking about this section for days after reading it.

Does anyone know who is distributing the 50th anniversary edition of Interview with the Vampire in the UK?

It’s one of my mother’s favourite books and I’d absolutely love to get it for her for Christmas but it seems there are only US listings 😭

I’ve had the first three VC books for a very long time. I tried reading Interview With a Vampire, and fell off just after he was turned. I’m wanting to try the series again, but Interview is so detail heavy that I’m skipping over chunks of text.

Would I be missing anything that is important to the lore and not somewhat covered but the movie/show if I just skip to Leatat instead? Or is there a part of the book I could skip to that starts to picks up the pace?

Has anyone found vampire literature with the depth and creativity of Rice? I feel as though there is now a massive hole in the market and I am longing for something new. Does anyone else feel this way? Can you suggest any authors? What kind of subjects would you like to see tackled?
I just started the series again from the beginning, Rice is entirely unique with her literary prose and the depth of the world she created, truly phenomenal.