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Line 16: − ==Public clashes with fans== − Rice has also become known for her direct and blunt interaction with the fandom. − ===Amazon.com review=== − When reviewers on shopping site [[Amazon.com]] gave her book "Blood Canticle" bad reviews in September 2004, Anne Rice herself left a lengthy comment defending the book and claiming (among other things) that the authors of the negative reviews "are interrogating this text from the wrong perspective". − − The comment and the replies to it were later pulled from the site, to the surprise of both the fans and Rice herself.<ref>[http://www.annerice.com/msg092604a.htm Post on AnneRice.com]</ref> However, copies of the review have spread across the Internet.<ref>[http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/515245.html?nc=911 Fandom Wank community entry] on LiveJournal</ref> − − Author [[Neil Gaiman]] commented on the issue on his blog:<ref>[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2004/09/de-gustibus-and-how-to-reply-to-bad.asp "De Gustibus, and how to reply to bad reviews"]</ref> − {{cquote|I think that unless a reviewer gets their facts completely wrong, the author should shut up (and even then, the author should probably let it go -- although I'm a big fan of a letter that James Branch Cabell wrote to the New York Times pointing out that their review of FIGURES OF EARTH was bollocks*). As Kingsley Amis said, a bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't let it spoil your lunch.<br>[...]<br>I think Anne Rice going on Amazon and lambasting her critics was undoubtedly a very brave and satisfying thing for her to do, was every bit as sensible as kicking a tar baby, and, if ever I do something like that, please shoot me.}} − − ===Opposition to fan works=== − Rice is one of the few authors who explicitly oppose fan fiction about her Vampire Chronicles. She has left a message<ref>[http://www.annerice.com/ReaderInteraction-MessagesToFans.html "Anne's Messages to Fans"]</ref> on her website, saying: − {{cquote|IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM ANNE ON "FAN FICTION" − Anne has posted the following message regarding fan fiction: "I do not allow fan fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters. It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes."}} − Popular fan fiction site FanFiction.net received a Cease & Desist notice, after which the site removed all Anne Rice fan fiction.<ref>[http://www.fanworks.org/writersresource/?action=define&authorid=102&tool=fanpolicy "Fan Fiction Policies >> Rice, Anne"]</ref>
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"When you lose a child, you're telling yourself as an atheist, 'I'm never going to see that child again in any form.' That's a hell of a lot harder than a religion, which gives you the consolation that you will see that child again in heaven. It’s hard being an atheist. It’s tough."<ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/834109.html Anne Rice returns to the religion she knew as a child] Kansas City Star</ref>
"When you lose a child, you're telling yourself as an atheist, 'I'm never going to see that child again in any form.' That's a hell of a lot harder than a religion, which gives you the consolation that you will see that child again in heaven. It’s hard being an atheist. It’s tough."<ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/834109.html Anne Rice returns to the religion she knew as a child] Kansas City Star</ref>
==Books==
==Books==