Old_Nash Posted December 12, 2021 Posted December 12, 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59627125 Thanks for the vampires, ghosts ans witchs
mikeszekely Posted December 12, 2021 Posted December 12, 2021 I was into the Vampire Chronicles in high school (I took a French class where the teacher made us all pick French names and I even picked Lestat), but I kind of just stopped. I think the last one I read was Memnoch the Devil, but I don't really remember much of the last two. I remember really loving The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned, though.
TangledThorns Posted December 12, 2021 Posted December 12, 2021 There was a great vampire renaissance in the late 1980s to early aughts. Much of it thanks to Anne Rice.
M'Kyuun Posted December 12, 2021 Posted December 12, 2021 2 hours ago, mikeszekely said: I was into the Vampire Chronicles in high school (I took a French class where the teacher made us all pick French names and I even picked Lestat), but I kind of just stopped. I think the last one I read was Memnoch the Devil, but I don't really remember much of the last two. I remember really loving The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned, though. I started reading her Vampire novels in my twenties. I think Memnoch was as far as I got as well- maybe Armand?- been way too many years, and I vaguely remember them now. But yeah, Interview with the Vampire came out in theaters, and I think that was my launchpad into the books, which I enjoyed even more. Ms. Rice could certainly tell a good tale and create engaging characters. And like @TangledThorns says, she popularized the heavily romanticized vampire theme that continues to inform stuff like Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series to this day. RIP Ms. Rice, and thanks for the stories.
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