Anne Rice FAQ
VAMPS, WITCHES, NOW WHAT?
** Help! I just finished The Mummy and I'm dying to read the
sequel! Please tell me there will be one!
The latest word from Anne is that there won't be. But, as
always, the lastest word form Anne is likely to change at any
moment. So in truth, not even Anne knows the answer to this
question.
** What's this I hear about a movie of The Mummy?
Well, that depends on what you've heard. Originally
The Mummy was written as a TV movie, but then some problems
came up (nothing more than your usual Hollywood difficulties)
and Anne decided to release it as a book instead. However
there are new rumors about a movie version being in the
works, but as yet they're just rumors. James Cameron has the rights to it though. What he decides to do with that is anyone's guess.
** What future project is Anne working on?
As of right now the latest word is that Anne hopes to release two books a year which will primarily be in the VampChron series.
Anne also spoke quite a bit about a television project to be titled Anne Rice's Rag and Bone, but nothing has been heard of that in quite a while. Anne did team up with Sicilian Dragon Publishing to release Tale of the Body Thief in comic book form. They released up to Issue #4, and announced in that issue that they were dropping the monthly format and would instead gather all twelve installment together in a graphic novel to be released in the Spring of 2000. It was released in September of 2000. Showtime is said to be making a mini series of Feast of All Saints and Warner Brothers has been casting for the movie version of Queen of the Damned, but Anne has said that she has no part in that production.
** I heard this great rumor that Anne's putting together a
book that will bring The Mummy, TWH and VampChron characters
all together. Is this true?
Sadly, no. While it would be an amazing story, Anne has
said that the characters in each series are too strong for
her to be able to bring together in a single book. We fans
will have to make do with the cameo appearances that we've
had thus far.
** Which cameos do you mean?
When I say cameos I mean any time that a character or plot point
from one of Anne's books makes an appearance or is referred to
in another book. Specifically:
David Talbot and Aaron Lightner are referred to in both TWH and
VampChron books.
Ramses is mentioned in TVL.
In TotBT, when Lestat meets David in Amsterdam, David is getting
the Rembrandt portrait of Deborah for Aaron that was mentioned in
TWH.
There might be a VampChron cameo in Taltos when Ash refers to
other supernatural creatures that have taken a liking to
the Talamasca (he could be referring to Lestat or Khayman) but
this is uncertain.
Vittorio talks about the "Coven of the Articulate" in his novel. (Whether or not he'll ever encounter them in future novels - or vice versa - remains to be seen.)
**Is MERRICK a VC/TWH crossover?No, not in the sense that you will be seeing characters from TWH series in MERRICK. As has been revealed in the advance blurbs, including the sneak peek at chapter one
- SPOILER IMMINENT-
Merrick is a Mayfair, but she is decended from Free People Of Color and has nothing to do with the white Mayfairs.
** A lot of people focus on TWH and VampChron, doesn't anyone
like Cry to Heaven or The Feast of All Saints?
Yes they do. In fact, some fans only like Cry to Heaven
and Feast of All Saints. If you aren't thrilled with TWH
and VampChron you are not alone. The reason why they tend
to get put to the side in conversations is that they were
written so long ago and there are so many new books of
Anne's to talk about. It's not that TWH and VampChron fans
only like those series, it's that they tend to like all of
the books and are just talking about the latest one.
** I really don't like the supernatural stuff. Will Anne be
doing any more books like Cry to Heaven and Feast of All
Saints?
Anne says no. She says that she likes the advantages that
come with writing about the supernatural too much to be able
to go back to the non-supernatural writings which now seem a
bit drier in comparison.
** I saw a fiction book by Alice Borchardt that had an
intro by Anne in it. What's that all about?
Alice is Anne's sister. So far she's written three books (Devoted, Beguiled and The Silver Wolf). Naturally Anne wants to support her sister in everything she does, hence the introductions.
**Have any of Anne's othe relatives written books?Yes, her son Christopher Rice has written a fiction book entitled A DENSITY OF SOULS which was released in August of 2000.
** What do you mean I'm supposed to believe Violin is true?
The word from the stables is that for the most part people and events in Violin correspond to actual events in real life. Obviously some parts are fiction (Anne's husband is still alive, for example) but other parts are true. Triana is Anne, naturally, her house is the Mardi Gras house on St. Charles and Third and so on. (A few people have even speculated that Stefan is meant to symbolize Lestat, or at least the role Anne's writing and creativity have played in her lives.)
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