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Question: Is anyone else bothered by anne rice's religiosity!?
ok so I've recently become a huge fan of Anne rice's vampiric, witchy and demonic literature!. and then i saw somewhere that everyone is awaiting some new book by her about Jesus!. i saw that she was apparently "near death" and she went from being a self described atheist to a roman catholic which she had not been since age 16!. now she can "write only for the lord"!. it bothers me that a fount of brilliant literature should dry up so soon!. your thoughts!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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yes!. its sad that she won't be writing anymore good books!. but hey, we've still got her old stuff!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have seen some good points made here, I don't know what to think about Anne Rice's conversion!. Greshymn said that she was the first to put a human face on a monster, that isn't true Lord George Bryon was noted for his tragically flawed heroes, and in some of his poetry did the same thing!. Bryon belonged to the satanic school of poets, another member of the genre of poetry include P!. Shelley, and Southey went so far to term the Byronic Hero as the "Satanic Hero", yep this ongoing debate between Atheist and Xians has even and especially hit the halls of great literature!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

by memnoch the devil I was a little annoyed!. I haven't read the Mayfair Witches books!.
She wrote Interview with the vampire after the death of her daughter, so she was going though a bit of crisis of faith!. And I guess she got her faith back and decided to write a book about Christ's childhood!.

She did go back on her vampire kick when Elton John was putting together Lestat the Musical!. too bad it only lasted a short run on broadway!.
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I haven't read anything by her, but personally, I feel that the beliefs of an author should not affect the way you approach/look at their work!. Just because she came to a turning point in her life doesn't mean that her "fount of brilliant literature" will dry up, it could be even better than before!. Give her a chance!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

just because she has found god does not mean she will suddenly become a bad author!.

look at C!.S!. lewis, the narnia books are some of the greatest fantasy books ever written!.

besides, her books were never about demonic figurines, as one of your answerers put it, they were about passion!. her point being that passion could be found even in the supposedly damned!.

she was the first to put a human face on a monster and the result was "interview with a vampire"Www@QuestionHome@Com

No, I am not bothered by it!. In reading and enjoying her previous books, we've accepted vampires and witches as literary characters!. If you are bothered by the religious aspect, why can't you just view Jesus as yet another literary character!? Just because a book has a religious theme or religious tones doesn't mean it can't be brilliantly written!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I agree with Stephanie73!. Just because she is religious now doesn't mean that her work sucks!. I have read Christ the Lord Out of Egypt and it is still REALLY excellent writing!. Her work was always fabulous and it still is!.

The same with her erotica novels!.!.!.just because she writes erotica doesn't mean that the book is trash!. (There is a difference between erotica and porn!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Haven't heard about that!. If true, it's pretty whacked!.

Wonder if "The Lord?" is going to tell her to quit selling her "demonic book offerings!."

If she passes the required $ percentage on the plate, probably not!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

She's been effected by her near death experience!. Must've scared **** out of her, back into the arms of the jesuits!. As they say, 'give us a child to the age of 7!.!.!.!.!.'!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm afraid it dried up a while ago!. Her first few books are great (Interview with the Vampire is a genuine classic) but they rapidly degenerate into porn!. I haven't read a new one in years!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

eh, so what!. she's a fantastic author and i bet her next one will be good, too!. even if she wrote about the joys of cupcakes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com