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LeStat's comeback shocked me in the end. As I heard Louis's story, I became more and more sympathetic to the vampire's plight. Rice describes the murders in extensive detail, and had me feeling sick when imagining the grisly act of draining human blood, not to mention drinking it. Then there was poor Claudia. How sad that she never could age to maturity ... she did turn into such a demon child though. (

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SFM13 | Nov 8, 2009 |

No one has topped Anne Rice's Interview...no one! Her book is even better than Dracula by Bram Stoker, and it is superior to Twilight, a book I actually loved. Rice's book is just much more literary than Meyer's, more developed in plot and characterization. Who can forget Claudia, Armand, the beast of Transylvania? The vividness of Rice's prose is incredible; I remember the pictures her writing created in my mind's eye -- Louis' transformation, Claudia's physical/mental conflict, the thing they encounter in Transylvania during their search for identity, the Theatre de Vampyres, and Armand, poor lovesick Armand.

This is one of my favorite books of Anne Rice (although I did also enjoy Lestat), one of my favorite books of all time, actually. (

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macktan894 | Nov 6, 2009 |

A great way to start off a wonderful series. (

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Anagarika | Nov 3, 2009 |

A great way to start off a wonderful series. (

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Anagarika | Nov 3, 2009 |

A great way to start off a wonderful series. (

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Series (with order)

Vampire Chronicles (1)

Canonical Title

Interview with the Vampire

Original publication date

1976

People/Characters

Lestat de Lioncourt

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Claudia

Armand

Important places

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Paris, France

San Francisco, California, USA

Important events

Awards and honors

Gaylactic Spectrum Nominee (Hall of Fame, 2001)

British Fantasy Award Nominee (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1977)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008 Edition)

Epigraph

Dedication

For Stan Rice, Carole Malkin,
and Alice O'Brien Borchardt

First words

"I see..." said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window.

Quotations

I never knew what life was until it ran in a red gush over my lips, my hands!

Last words

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Canonical title	Interview with the Vampire
Original publication date	1976
Series	Vampire Chronicles (1)
People/Characters	Lestat de Lioncourt, Louis de Pointe du Lac, Claudia, Armand
Important places	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Paris, France, San Francisco, California, USA
Awards and honors	Gaylactic Spectrum Nominee (Hall of Fame, 2001), British Fantasy Award Nominee (August Derleth Fantasy Award, 1977), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008 Edition)
Dedication	For Stan Rice, Carole Malkin, and Alice O'Brien Borchardt
First words	"I see..." said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window.
Quotations	I never knew what life was until it ran in a red gush over my lips, my hands!
Last words	(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
Description	This is the book that started it all. We are in a small room with the vampire, face to face, as he speaks--as he pours out the hypnotic, shocking, moving, and erotically charged confessions of his first two hundred years as o... (show all)ne of the living dead.

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This is the book that started it all. We are in a small room with the vampire, face to face, as he speaks--as he pours out the hypnotic, shocking, moving, and erotically charged confessions of his first two hundred years as one of the living dead.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345337662, Mass Market Paperback)

Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force--a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses.
It is a novel only Anne Rice could write....
"Magnificent, compulsively readable."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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