The Queen of the Damned (1988)

by Anne Rice

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Series: Vampire Chronicles (3)

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MelissaLauren | Apr 28, 2013 |

Finished last night. Anne Rice's books always take me long to read. It seems I can only take about 50 pages a day although at the end i was reading it a bit faster.

I really liked to read about the twins, not so much about Akasha and lestat.
What to do? Shall I try to get a copy of The Tale of The Body Thief?
3.5 stars on goodreads.which means an 8 out of 10 for me (

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Marlene-NL | Apr 12, 2013 |

Really torn on this one. Found myself enthralled by the origin story of the vampires, yet found myself annoyed with the trite nature of the final discussion: are humans good or evil? Much of the arguments for them being good sound like some thing from the Lion King. I was also a bit perturbed by how sudden the end of the conflict comes. Finally, Rice spends much time setting up the remainder of the series with the introduction of newer characters and this dilutes the punch of this novel.

In the end, it's worth a read to learn the history of the vampires as well as to provide the conclusion to the saga of Lestat the rock star, but as a novel, it suffers greatly from "middle book" syndrome: wrapping up old story lines and laying the ground for new ones while not being solid enough on its own. (

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cyafer | Mar 30, 2013 |

Ok so this next book is definitely the best so far in the series. Even though it is the best it still isn't my kind of story. So I give it 3.5 stars. (

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megan_harnett | Dec 17, 2012 |

Ok so this next book is definitely the best so far in the series. Even though it is the best it still isn't my kind of story. So I give it 3.5 stars. (

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The Vampire Chronicles (complete) by Anne Rice

5 Titles in Vampire Chronicles By Anne Rice - Vampire Lestat - Tale of the Body Thief - Queen of the Damned - Merrick - by Anne Rice

9 Book Collection of Anne Rice: The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Interview With The Vampire, Memnoch by Anne Rice

The Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire,The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned (Books 1-3) by Anne Rice

THE Vampire Chronicles - 5 Titles - Interview with the Vampire - The Vampire Lestat - The Queen of the Damned - The Tale by Anne Rice

Collector's Set (5-Paperback Books): Taltos, The Tale Of The Body Thief, Queen Of The Damned, The Vampire Lestat, Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice

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13 Ann Rice: Exit to Eden, Feast of All Saints, Interview With the Vampire, Lasher, Merrick, The Mummy, Pandora, Queen of the Damned, Servant of the Bones, Tale of the Body Thief, Vampire Lestat, Vittorio the Vampire, The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

Vittorio The Vampire, The Vampire Lastat, Interview with The Vampire, The Vampire Armand, Queen of the Damned, Merrick, The Witching Hour, Blood Canticle, The Mummy, Memnoch the Devil, Taltos (11 Books by Ann Rice) by Anne Rice

First 6 Titles in the Vampire Chronicles Interview with a Vampire - The Vampire Lestat - The Queen of the Damned - The Tale of the Body Thief - Memnoch the Devil - The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice

The Complete Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire,The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief (Books 1-4) by Anne Rice

Set of 8 Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice~Interview With The Vampire/The Witching Hour/The Queen of the Damned/Merrick/The Vampire Lestat/Vittorio the Vampire/Taltos Lives of the Mayfair Witches/Violin by Anne Rice

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Queen of the Damned [film] by Michael Rymer

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The Vampire Companion: The Official Guide to Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles by Katherine Ramsland

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Series (with order)

Vampire Chronicles (3)

Canonical title

The Queen of the Damned

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

1988

People/Characters

Lestat de Lioncourt

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Important places

San Francisco, California, USA

Sonoma Valley, California, USA

Egypt (Ancient)

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Related movies

Queen of the Damned (2002 ∙ IMDb)

Awards and honors

New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1988)

Bram Stoker Award Nominee (1988.1|Novel, 1988)

Epigraph

TRAGIC RABBIT

Tragic rabbit, a painting.
The caked ears green like rolled corn.
The black forehead pointing at the stars.
A painting on my wall, alone

as rabbits are
and aren't. Fat red cheek,
all Art, trembling nose,
a habit hard to break as not.

You too can be a tragic rabbit; green and red
your back, blue your manly little chest.
But if you're ever goaded into being one
beware the True Flesh, it

will knock you off your tragic horse
and break your tragic colors like a ghost
breaks marble; your wounds will heal
so quickly water

will be jealous.
Rabbits on white paper painted
outgrow all charms against their breeding wild;
and their rolled corn ears become horns.

So watch out if the tragic life feels fine-
caught in the rabbit trap
all colors look like sunlight's swords,
and scissors like The Living Lord.

STAN RICE
Some Lamb (1975)

Dedication

This book is dedicated
with love
to
Stan Rice, Christopher Rice,
and John Preston

And to the memory
of
my beloved editors:
John Dodds
and
William Whitehead

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I'm the Vampire Lestat. Remember me?

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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0345419626, Paperback)

Did you ever wonder where all those mischievous vampires roaming the globe in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles came from? In this, the third book in the series, we find out. That raucous rock-star vampire Lestat interrupts the 6,000-year slumber of the mama of all bloodsuckers, Akasha, Queen of the Damned.

Akasha was once the queen of the Nile (she has a bit in common with the Egyptian goddess Isis), and it's unwise to rile her now that she's had 60 centuries of practice being undead. She is so peeved about male violence that she might just have to kill most of them. And she has her eye on handsome Lestat with other ideas as well.

If you felt that the previous books in the series weren't gory and erotic enough, this one should quench your thirst (though it may cause you to omit organ meats from your diet). It also boasts God's plenty of absorbing lore that enriches the tale that went before, including the back-story of the boy in Interview with the Vampire and the ancient fellowship of the Talamasca, which snoops on paranormal phenomena. Mostly, the book spins the complex yarn of Akasha's eerie, brooding brood and her nemeses, the terrifying sisters Maharet and Mekare. In one sense, Queen of the Damned is the ultimate multigenerational saga. --Tim Appelo

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Intertwines the stories of rock star and vampire Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood.

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