Anne Rice Died Yesterday

[Me.]

Anne Rice, ‘Interview with the Vampire’ Writer, Dies at 80

“Earlier tonight, my mother, Anne Rice, passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke.”…Christopher Rice

https://variety.com/2021/film/global/anne-rice-interview-with-the-vampire-writer-dead-1235131503/

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1. How do we know for sure? Lestat de Lioncourt was seen in the vicinity.

[Me.]

5. If You're Seeing Him

You should be worried

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8. I'm wearing my garlic suit.

[Sympthsical]

2. Pretty much half of my high school reading

Everyone cites the Vampire Chronicles, which were pretty great for the first four books (and I liked the fifth). But I was obsessed with the Witching Hour. Such a rich historical novel. When I moved to San Francisco eventually, one of the first things I did was drive around and see all the places she describes in the book.

The sequels were trash, but that novel is so good. I've read it at least four or five times. One of those rare books you can open to any page and just end up reading for an hour.

[CrispyQ]

3. I loved that book.

It's been years since I read it, but I remember I couldn't put it down. I vaguely remember the other two.

[Me.]

4. ...

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9. Did you read her book on French fairytales? Now that is a scary book!

[Me.]

10. Is That One Of Her Erotic Books?

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11. Not to me. It seemed a serious look at the origins of children stories that started out for adults.

... they had a lot sex but but not much sexiness.

[skypilot]

6. The portion of that book that...

...recounts the history of the Mayfair witches is one of the most brilliant things I've ever read.

[Sympthsical]

7. How she worked through the entire Mayfair lineage

Masterful. I was a teen when I read it, and it was the first time I saw an author just weave together so many details into a cohesive whole.

And she really seemed to capture whatever era she was working through. I just wanted to go hang out in her library to see all the books she used to get that level of detail.