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#41520 - 08/06/10 01:36 PM So, Anne Rice quit the church again...
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Rice was raised a catholic, turned to Atheism, returned to catholicism and is now still a believer but dislikes the church.

I hope she gets over it all soon and writes some more books. There was a time when she could spin a truly badass yarn.

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#41532 - 08/06/10 07:56 PM Re: So, Anne Rice quit the church again... [Re: Fnord]
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Yeeeeah. She's got a book about angels due to come out this month. Not sure if that's what you were looking for.

If you're looking for vampire material, Christine Feehan and Laurell K. Hamilton are both decent. They both have Christian themes and don't try to hide them at all, but they write decently. Hamilton's Anita Blake series are set in modern times, whereas Feehan's Dark Series is a bit more archaic.

I never understood the Christian fascination with vampires. I guess it's like Christian Domestic Discipline: a "respectable" rationalization of a sinful obsession.
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#41544 - 08/06/10 11:23 PM Re: So, Anne Rice quit the church again... [Re: XiaoGui17]
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I actually liked Rice's Mayfair Witch series better than the vampire books. I think Interview with a Vampire is a work of art, but it got stale for me after that one and I didn't finish the series.

Thanks for the other recommendations, both are available on Kindle so I'll DL some freebie chapters and check them out.
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#41550 - 08/07/10 01:39 AM Re: So, Anne Rice quit the church again... [Re: Fnord]
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Thanks for the other recommendations, both are available on Kindle so I'll DL some freebie chapters and check them out.


Which Kindle do you have? I've seen pictures and reviews for the original one, and a knock off of it at Walmart, but the thing just looks too small from what I can tell.
I know they have a bigger version out now which looks decent.

As for Anne Rice, I think she used to write some great books as did Stephen King, but they both seem to be riding on their past success now, and I don't find their recent efforts nearly as impressive as their past ones.
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#41559 - 08/07/10 11:51 AM Re: So, Anne Rice quit the church again... [Re: XiaoGui17]
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I never understood the Christian fascination with vampires. I guess it's like Christian Domestic Discipline: a "respectable" rationalization of a sinful obsession.


Well, yes. Especially the Catholics. They have the whole 'sin on Friday and be forgiven on Sunday' thing going. Lot's of Masters&Servants action going on in the Church. And, as you may know:

Catholic School Girls Rule

And of course, the Church is obsessed with things rising from the dead:

Zombie Jesus
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