ANNE RICE

[landlocked]

I'm not much of a "reader" as of late,but i just finished Anne Rice's book,"Christ The Lord-The Road To Cana" and i just loved it.Actually,I couldn't put it down.Her research was impeccable as she brought to life the customs and day to day lives of the Hebrew people of ancient Israel.I had read her first one,"Christ The Lord,Out of Egypt,and enjoyed it as well.The concept of these works,although fictional,is fascinating to me.Trying to imagine what it must have been like,as a boy and as a man,for Him to have walked this earth working and sweating and feeling every human emotion that we feel....I highly reccomend them to everyone,believer and atheist alike.

[Buddhagirl]

I LOVE Anne Rice and have for many years, but I refuse to read these books. She gets diagnosed with diabetes and becomes a Jesus freak? WTF is that all about? She can believe in anything she wants, and I have the right to not care about it.

I'm sure she did a great job with  this book and will also on the future ones. She is a very talented writer. However, I prefer my Anne Rice with a side of dark. I want vampires and witches. She needs to bring back Lestat and the Mayfair witches. Until then, I ain't buying it.

[CF DolFan]

I LOVE Anne Rice and have for many years, but I refuse to read these books. She gets diagnosed with diabetes and becomes a Jesus freak? WTF is that all about? She can believe in anything she wants, and I have the right to not care about it.

I'm sure she did a great job with  this book and will also on the future ones. She is a very talented writer. However, I prefer my Anne Rice with a side of dark. I want vampires and witches. She needs to bring back Lestat and the Mayfair witches. Until then, I ain't buying it.

You refuse to read an author that you like because she found Jesus?  I'm thinking if someone said they refuse to watch a Richard Gere, Uma thurman, Angelina Jolie, or Orlando Bloom movie because they follow Buddhism that you would have plenty to say about Christianity and the of lack of tolerance or worse.  The funny part is you half realized what you were saying and tried to cover it up with "I want vampires and witches".  I really don't care what you read but as one who consistantly preaches on here about everyone elses lack of accpetance for differences I found you comments a bit odd. 
 

[fyo]

You refuse to read an author that you like because she found Jesus?

That's not how I read Buddhagirl's comment, at all. She refuses to read an author that she (otherwise) liked, not because she found Jesus and continued writing the same type of books, but because she found Jesus and started writing books about it (or Him, as it was).

And I'm pretty sure you could substitute "found Jesus" for any other religious or pseudo-religious "awakening".

[Fau Teixeira]

It seems to me that buddha's decision to not read the books isn't based on whether AR "found jesus" but rather  is based on the subject matter involved. Maybe she likes vampire and witch stories and not jesus and moses stories.

I'm sure that should an athest write a few books about jesus, buddha would be equally uninterested.

[Buddhagirl]

No, CF. I refuse to read her books that she wrote about Jesus after she became a Jesus freak.  This isn't about tolerance. This is about one of the best gothic horror writers to come out in a while jumping ship to write about Jesus. I don't care what religion you follow. If your book is good, I'll read it.

However, the *only* reason I love her is because she writes about vamps and witches. She goes back to vamps and witches and all things dark and gothic (which I've heard she is), then I'm there. Until then, I'd rather not. I don't think her behaviour should be encouraged.

ETA:  Thanks to both Fau and fyo for clearing that up.   

[StL FinFan]

I like Anne Rice and I though Memnoch the Devil was very thought-provoking so I will check this out.

[Sunstroke]

Interview with a Vampire is one of the benchmarks of the modern horror genre, and one that should be re-read every few years for aprpeciation's sake.

I'll probably read this new non-vampire book though...just to see if Anne's extremely enjoyable writing style works well with the new subject matter or if she's just using it to try to convert people.

[Dave Gray]

Didn't she write some erotica for a while?

[StL FinFan]

How did I miss that?     

[Dave Gray]

^^ I believe she used a pen name some of the time.

Google "Anne Rice Erotica" and you can read all about it.

[CF DolFan]

I LOVE Anne Rice and have for many years, but I refuse to read these books. She gets diagnosed with diabetes and becomes a Jesus freak? WTF is that all about?

I'm sorry but this seems to insinuate that the fact she went all Jesus was the very negative for you.  If you say that is not the bottom line ... I'll take your word for it.

[landlocked]

She gets diagnosed with diabetes and becomes a Jesus freak? WTF is that all about?

I believe her return to Catholicism coincided with her husband,Stan's diagnoses with brain cancer in 1996,Buddha,she didn't find she had diabetes until '98,I think.Anyway,I'm glad she has found comfort within her beliefs.She is a great writer,and no matter what one believes,her works are entertaining.

[Buddhagirl]

I believe her return to Catholicism coincided with her husband,Stan's diagnoses with brain cancer in 1996,Buddha,she didn't find she had diabetes until '98,I think.Anyway,I'm glad she has found comfort within her beliefs.She is a great writer,and no matter what one believes,her works are entertaining.

Her return to christianity was quite recent. I watched the entire interview she did on one of the morning shows when she released her new books. She formally announced that she found Christ and would no longer be writing vamp books.

I have not argued rather she is a great writer or not. The minute she comes out with a vamp book I will buy it. Until then, I will quietly protest.

I'm sorry but this seems to insinuate that the fact she went all Jesus was the very negative for you.  If you say that is not the bottom line ... I'll take your word for it.

No. It doesn't. I read books by christians all of the time. Including one of my favorites the Chronicles of Narnia. The entire book is Christian propoganda.

Anne Rice = great horror / witch / vamp novels 
I don't want to read her born again take on Christ. Sorry.

She supposedly is writing another Vampire novel. I will buy it.

[StL FinFan]

^ I've never read the Narnia books, but I thought Christain groups said they were anti-Christain. (this is not the reason I never read them)