Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire

Definite "No".

It would be a “no” for me, but I wouldn’t object to their releasing it if others were interested.

> 3 Same here, definite no, but if others want it, why not?

I want it.

It would depend on what the edition looks like, especially the illustrations.

'No' from me, meaning I personally wouldn't buy it. But there again, I wouldn't deny others in favour of it being denied the Folio treatment. Would much rather see 'Varney the Vampire' instead...

yes for me. at least her early books.

I actually re-read this book last year. I enjoyed it as a kid and thought hey let’s get back into it. My Lord it was awful. So whiney and emo I could barely take it. I found myself scanning pages in the last third just to get it over with. Her later work in the series is much better written and frankly just more interesting. All that to say, if FS did publish it I would encourage it if only to get the good later books published. But as a one off definitely no.

Definite 'no'

>11 Emily_Jones51: "Varney the Vampire"

I had to google it but i see now the appeal. Interesting choice, free of rights and with existing illustrations for that victorian flavour.

Per Wikipedia :

Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood is a Victorian era serialized gothic horror story variously attributed to James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest. It first appeared in 1845–1847 as a series of weekly cheap pamphlets of the kind then known as "penny dreadfuls". The author was paid by the typeset line so when the story was published in book form in 1847, it was of epic length: the original edition ran to 876 double-columned pages and 232 chapters. Altogether it totals nearly 667,000 words.

Edit : i read a bit of it on Gutenberg Project. It mainly consists of lines and lines of dialogues. Not great litterature, that's for sure, but it strongly reminds me of the current format of webnovels ( eg the average output of something like royalroad.com. Popular novels often exceed 2000 pages ) so i can see modern readers hooked on that, looks more easy to read than a Le Fanu.

>1 DejaVoo:
You’re in luck, but not from FS: https://www.eastonpress.com/deluxe-editions/interview-with-the-vampire-3647.html

I've only read it once and enjoyed it. I would have to read my copy again to see if I would flip for an FS edition that would probably be priced at 79.95 usd. The hardcover I have is nice enough. FS would have to put out an exceptional SE with amazing artwork for me to bite at their offer.

Get it? lol

>1 DejaVoo: It's not for me anymore (I enjoyed her books in my youth, I especially liked Vampire Lestat as I recall) but I'd prefer to see her work in an FS edition to anything Twilight related. They have certainly printed authors with less cachet than Rice.

It's easy to look down on these kind of books but they are a necessary evil (pun intended) and a gateway for many into reading for pleasure. For me, reading these things sparked a joy of reading in my early teens.

Imagine all the amazing artists that would trip over themselves to be able to illustrate Interview with the Vampire, and Easton Press chose... this?



Really? Who thinks this captures the gothic glamour of Anne Rice's story? (And all the art looks like this; I did not choose an unflattering minor image. That potato face is supposed to be the ethereally beautiful Lestat.)

I realize art is subjective, so maybe this works for someone, but for a $420 USD deluxe edition I would expect better taste in art direction (or at least sense regarding what the author's fans would appreciate). And though I don't like many of Easton's aesthetic choices, they have proved they can do it. For example, the nice work Seb McKinnon did for the DLE of The Kalevala.

(In any case, thanks >13 jroger1: for posting a link to this as I have been looking for an attractive edition of Interview with the Vampire for a while. But this is not it for me. The earlier Easton Press signed edition is much more attractive, though an order of magnitude out of my price range on the secondary market for what the book is.)

With really great illustrations, maybe the first two, after that the series gets kind of spotty (although Tale of the Body Thief was pretty good).

I suspect that Folio would go too conservative gothic wispy romantic with the illustrations to appeal to me, though.

>16 abysswalker: I could not agree with you more about the artwork. I'm not sure if I'm more upset because EP decided to wait to make this until she passed (thus making an author-signed copy impossible) or that they chose artwork that looks more suited to a Victorian-era melodrama. If this had been a better production, it would have been easy yes for me as a nostalgia buy.

By the way, I agree about the criticisms of her books. "Interview" is actually not that great (mostly because of Louis's interminable whining), but the next two novels, which flesh out the origin of the vampires in her universe, would appeal to many who enjoy high fantasy.

As for OP's question about potential Folio editions, they would also be an easy yes for me, assuming the artwork was decent.

Many years ago I read the first few Vampire Chronicles and the first few Mayfair Witches books, and enjoyed them. The series truly got bizarre later on.

Has Folio society made this series?

>20 Ralf_K:

No, they haven't.

>16 abysswalker: Blimey, that looks like the Drink Me had Buckfast in it.

>16 abysswalker:
Most members of the EP forum agree with you about the art, but I posted this contrary opinion:

I’m coming around to an appreciation of the illustrations. They have an eerie quality about them that blends well with the subject of the story.

It reminds me of one of my favorite books in the series, “Hound of the Baskervilles.” I remember some discussion here about the unusual gray-toned paper that was used instead of the usual white or light beige. But I thought it was a touch of genius because it simulated the foggy atmosphere on the moor, thereby reinforcing the mood Doyle was trying to establish. I see a similar effect from the illustrations in “Interview With a Vampire.”

I recently bought a set of the original hardbacks and took off the dust covers and I like the set like that. It looks like a somewhat cohesive thing, I never much cared for the covers of the books, the later ones just have text anyway. I don't think I would buy a FS edition of any of them.