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| − | '''Anne Rice''' | + | '''Anne Rice''', born October 4, 1941 as Howard Allen O’Brien is an American [[author]] who is best known for her series of novels focused on vampires. She recently became known for her religious conversions, first from [[Catholicism]] to [[atheism]] and later back to Catholicism again. She wrote ''Interview With The Vampire'' which was made into a movie with Tom Cruise. She also wrote pornographic novels<ref>Ramsland describes Rice's decision to write S&M erotica under two pseudonyms. [http://trashotron.com/agony/reviews/ramsland-prism_of_the_night.htm Ramsfield biography] </ref> |
| − | which are still in print | + | which are still in print. |
==Public clashes with fans== | ==Public clashes with fans== | ||
Revision as of 21:46, November 22, 2008
Anne Rice, born October 4, 1941 as Howard Allen O’Brien is an American author who is best known for her series of novels focused on vampires. She recently became known for her religious conversions, first from Catholicism to atheism and later back to Catholicism again. She wrote Interview With The Vampire which was made into a movie with Tom Cruise. She also wrote pornographic novels[1] which are still in print.
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.[2] However, copies of the review have spread across the Internet.[3]
Author Neil Gaiman commented on the issue on his blog:[4]
| “ | 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. [...] 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. |
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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[5] on her website, saying:
| “ | 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." |
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Popular fan fiction site FanFiction.net received a Cease & Desist notice, after which the site removed all Anne Rice fan fiction.[6]
Books
This is a list of some books written by Anne Rice:
- Interview With The Vampire
- The Feast of All Saints
- Cry to Heaven
- The Vampire Lestat
- The Queen of the Damned
- The Mummy
- The Witching Hour
- The Tale of the Body Thief
- Lasher
- Taltos
- Memnoch The Devil
- Servant of the Bones
- Violin
- Pandora
- The Vampire Armand
- Vittorio the Vampire
- Merrick
- Blood and Gold
- Blackwood Farm
- Blood Canticle
- Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
- Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana
- Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession (autobiographical)
External Links
References
- ↑ Ramsland describes Rice's decision to write S&M erotica under two pseudonyms. Ramsfield biography
- ↑ Post on AnneRice.com
- ↑ Fandom Wank community entry on LiveJournal
- ↑ "De Gustibus, and how to reply to bad reviews"
- ↑ "Anne's Messages to Fans"
- ↑ "Fan Fiction Policies >> Rice, Anne"