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| − | '''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> | + | '''Anne Rice''' left Catholicism to become an [[atheist]].<ref>“I broke with my faith in a tragic way, really, for me. It was a tragic and sad thing. And I was never happy until I went back thirty-eight years later.” [http://radio.nationalreview.com/betweenthecovers/post/?q=Y2M2ZGE1OTZlYTU0YzExYjNlYTVhZjY2ZDVjZGI4YzM=]</ref> 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> |
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| − | ==Public clashes with fans==
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| − | Rice has also become known for her direct and blunt interaction with the fandom.
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| − | 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".
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| − | 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>
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| − | 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>
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| − | {{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.}}
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| − | ===Opposition to fan works===
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| − | 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:
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| − | {{cquote|IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM ANNE ON "FAN FICTION"
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| − | 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.<ref>[http://www.fanworks.org/writersresource/?action=define&authorid=102&tool=fanpolicy "Fan Fiction Policies >> Rice, Anne"]</ref>
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| − | ==External Links==
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| − | *[http://www.annerice.com/ Official Website]
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