deianj (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

your works are astounding, i read all the vampire chronicles :) and i wish for more of your magic, blood and gold was one of my favorites :)

princessjunecake (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is a very touching speech and video, your books have inspired me in so many ways that I cannot describe. Most especially Blackwood Farm.I agree with chandrew08/Andrew Liam Kelsey.

GarryBoulder (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you're a real buzzkill, you know that?

pigstercub (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Wow, just hearing her read that passage gave me chills. Anne--your books, ALL your books, have given me more joy, more appreciation of beauty and spirituality, than almost anything else in this world. For that, I am, and always will be, a devoted fan.

EllethVallen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It's such a rare treat to hear a favorite author summarize what her works mean to her. The Chronicles are a series that cannot be read merely once. Read it the first time to see the progression of the story and the characters. The inevitable subsequent go-rounds should be spent reading between the lines. To paraphrase the beloved Lestat: What's wrong with being the best you that you can be?

LadyArmand2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I want to go to a Lestat Ball so bad!

annericesite (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

redcorpse --- thanks. I see the books as all one journey to the light, and to Christ. That's why I treasure the vampire chronicles and have written an essay on them on my website. It's all one trip. I hope readers will begin to see it that way. Thanks for posting, Anne Rice.

mistytheghostwhisper (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thank you miss rice you have wrote a very nice book series

Persephonie22 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I miss Armand too. =)~

redcorpse (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't know why people are always saying that her decision to stop writing for vampires came as such a shock - from the very first time I picked up Interview I could see all the spiritual undertones in it and really CtL is a logical conclusion to all those other works. How can you listen to those words from Armand and not see it? How can you not see the same beauty and spirituality that was //always// there waiting for you to find it?