Interview with the Vampire
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AMC+ has been expand its Immortal Universe franchise , dedicated to televisingthe world of writer Anne Rice , and luckilyAnne Rice filled her career with legion intriguing publication to dig intowhile watching the show . Between 1976 and 2018 , Anne Rice authored 36 novels . In 2022 , a novel she co - authored with her son , Christopher , was released two calendar month after her death . Among these works are abundant gems for fans of Immortal Universe show , far beyond justThe Vampire Chronicles , whichInterview with the Vampireis steady adapting .
Interview with the Vampireseason 2blew critic away and with time of year 3 come up up , real obsessive may enjoy looking into some of Anne Rice ’s other serieswith a supernatural spin . Likewise , Mayfair Witchesstarted air in 2023 , adapting Rice’sLives of the Mayfair Witchesbook serial and proving the TV potential of Anne Rice mental object . time of year 2 is approach , and those with a predilection for the fantastic world of the Mayfairs may well be interested in some of Anne Rice ’s back catalog .
Anne Rice ’s legendary The Vampire Chronicles book series , featuring the vampires Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt , ranked .
8The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned (1989)
The Mummy Is An Excellent Entry Into The “Horrormance” Genre
The Mummy , or Ramses the Damnedis a sexy revulsion novel by Anne Rice diving into the cosmos of Ancient Egypt , so fans of this geological era should n’t pause to give it a go , andfans of the titillating tone of the Anne Rice TV shows may not be disappointedeither . Written one year afterThe fagot of the Damned , one gets the impression that Anne Rice had damnation on her mind in the recent ' 80 . It ’s a fair comment , bear in mind Anne Rice ’s obsession on spirituality throughout her calling .
Ramses the Damned
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The Mummy , or Ramses the Damned
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1989
Rameses the Damned : The Passion of Cleopatra
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2017
Ramses the Damned : The Reign of Osiris
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2022
The ground this is a good passport for fans of the Immortal Universe show is the ample convergence in theme and timbre . The Mummy , or Ramses the Damnedexpands on Anne Rice ’s budding expertness in the horromance writing style . This novel scares and seduces at the same time , likeInterview with the Vampiredid so well andMayfair Witchesbegan to accomplish . Ramses is a young breed of supernatural dearest interest , which readers may be able-bodied to correlate withInterview with the Vampirecharactersin a few ways .
7Angel Time (2009)
A Book That Coincides With Rice’s Return To The Church
This is perhaps one of Anne Rice ’s less commercial-grade novels , butthose who enjoyedInterview with the Vampire’ssearing criticism of Christianity may discover in this book some sinewy and surprising contextforInterview with the Vampire . The resonance of Lestat ’s criticism of religion inInterview with the Vampirecan’t be downplay . Loss of faith and alienation in religious circles is a bold , humane root for the show to dare to dive into , and staggeringly relevant to the queer community it is doing so well at representing .
This is the kind of redemption Anne Rice explored for her vampires in the last few books inThe Vampire Chronicles .
Angel Timeis the first book in Anne Rice’sThe Songs of the Seraphimbook series , one which coincided with Anne Rice ’s return to the church . reviewer ofThe Vampire Chronicleswill be no stranger to Anne Rice ’s meandering ruminations on faith , with account book five , Memnoch the Devil , move over what may be a close-fitting approximation to this novel than the others in the serial publication . Rice blend in late into salvation in this novel , analyse it through the assassinator main fictional character . This is the kind of repurchase Anne Rice search for her vampires in the last few Christian Bible inThe Vampire Chronicles .
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Songs of the Seraphim
Angel Time
2009
Of Love and Evil
2010
6The Wolf Gift (2012)
A Possible Future Crossover For Interview With The Vampire
The Wolf Giftis the first of Anne Rice’sThe Wolf Gift Chronicles , which does for werewolves something similar to whatThe Vampire Chroniclesdid for vampire . Vampires had various talent inThe Vampire Chronicles , such as the cloud gift and intellect natural endowment . Anne Rice continues this system of logic here , as her lead character Reuben Golding discovers his new powerfulness as a werewolf in this outlandish story . It has a slight flavor of the superhero genre to it in Reuben ’s exploration of his abilities , andhas the titillating thriller elements that makeInterview with the Vampirefun .
The Wolf Gift Chronicles
The Wolf Gift
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2012
The Wolves of Midwinter
2013
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The Talamascashowcoming up for Immortal Universe touch on on the secret society evident inThe Vampire ChroniclesandLives of the Mayfair Witches , but there ’s a chance it could adapt elements ofThe Wolf Gift Chronicles . There ’s no book based entirely on this organization , so the show will have to pull content from somewhere . The Talamascawill most belike sport copious crosswalk with bothInterview with the VampireandMayfair Witches , so getting in the lead andreadingThe Wolf Giftbefore the fresh show comes out may be rewardingfor Immortal Universe fans .
Anne Rice novels were rich with supernatural creatures and now the third Anne Rice show The Talamasca already suggest at an exciting new spinoff .
5Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (2005)
A Book That Showcased Rice’s Own Unique Spirituality
Christ the Lord : Out of Egyptis the first in a two - part book series chronicling the life of Jesus Christ . It issurprisingly one of the Anne Rice serial publication that may really have quite spacious appeal , despite its narrow focus . It is one of Anne Rice ’s most beguiling publications , sinful even if only as a coup d’oeil into the inner workings of her own , personal spirituality . For anyone invest in the religious musical theme inInterview with the lamia , this is a must - read . It ’s not really too far removed from Anne Rice ’s other work in price of content either , as the endorsement establishes :
He is the supreme supernatural submarine sandwich … the ultimate outsider and the greatest immortal of them all .
Anne Rice is , of course , talking about Jesus here , and she ’s crap a sharp point about what all her heroes have in unwashed . Anne Rice ’s lamia were all outsiders , and they became a metaphor for the LGBTQI+ communities that they represented . Anne Rice struggle to conciliate the Christian church with its rejection of the LGBTQI+ communities all her aliveness , and write this novel , she was commence to phrase her own , unequalled spirituality that could stand independently of the Christian church ’s problem . She created this historical novel that depicts Jesus ' life sentence from his own position .
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Christ the Lord
Christ the Lord : Out of Egypt
2005
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Christ the Lord : The Road to Cana
2008
4The Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty (1983)
Anne Rice’s First Novel In The Erotica Genre
Crystallizing Anne Rice ’s talent as a author of steamy scenes , The Claiming of Sleeping Beautyis Anne Rice ’s first foray into the erotica genre , with literotica her sole pursuit in this kinky novel . It is the first of four in a series follow the female protagonist Beauty , along with Alexi , Tristan , and Laurent , in their BDSM encounters . compose under the pseudonym A.N. Roquelaure , Rice only admitted to penning this series in the ' ninety . It ’s not often a writer ’s ' respectable of ' list includes both Christian lit and BDSM pornography , which speak to the complexity of the psychological portrait in her work .
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The Claiming of Sleeping knockout
1983
Beauty ’s penalty
1984
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Beauty ’s Release
1985
Beauty ’s Kingdom
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2015
save between the firstVampire Chronicle , Interview with the Vampire , and the 2d , The Vampire Lestat , this novel is the fascinating document of Anne Rice starting to break her storey out of repressed desireand into expressed , queer story with no cargo area barred . Anne Rice grow into this denotative nomenclature by and by inThe Vampire Chronicles , which the telecasting show riffed on spectacularly . Those looking onward to the fucking homoeroticism proceed inInterview with the Vampireseason 3may well take account this series , but a initiation warning for sexual violation and adolescent sex activity must be applied .
3Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession (2008)
Rice Analyzes Interview With The Vampire Through A Spiritual Lens
Anne Rice publish a memoir in 2008 titledCalled Out of Darkness : A Spiritual Confession , which logs her return to Christianity . Religion is an long-suffering theme in Rice ’s work , and her unearthly feeling can be tracked across her fable in their diverge state . This is essential reading for anyone interested in how this applies inInterview with the VampireandMayfair Witches , plus the associated texts . Crucially , Anne Rice divvy up withInterview with the Vampire’santi - hero Lestathead - on in this book :
My hero , the Vampire Lestat , the genderless giant who live in me , was always the voice of my person in this novel [ 2002’sBlackwood Farm ] and it is no accident that he start it with a cry of the heart , ' I require to be a ideal , I desire to save up the individual of millions ! ' [ But ] by the close of the novel , confessing his failure ever to be anything but a boisterous reprobate and Byronic evildoer , he … resign as the hero of the books which had given him life … This fiber who had been my dark search engine for twenty - seven year would never talk in the quondam framework again .
This is no small or insignificant thought . These words defined the cataclysmic change inThe Vampire Chroniclesthat pick out position between 2003’sBlood Canticleand 2014’sThe Prince Lestat . Rice had think herself done withThe Vampire Chroniclesand Lestataround 2003 - 2008 after the spiritual Twelfth day key out in this memoir , but thankfully , she realized how faulty she was and eventually wroteThe Prince Lestat . The change of direction inThe Prince Lestatwas jarring for some , especially combined with what seemed to be a slight fracture in writing mode , but the goggle box show has interestingly already adapted its character Fareed .
2Vittorio the Vampire (1999)
Yet Another Successful Vampire Series
Anne Rice was writingThe New Tales of the Vampiresin the midst of writingThe Vampire Chronicles , and thus was bornVittorio the Vampire . Outside ofThe Vampire ChroniclesandLives of the Mayfair Witches , the two narrative in this vampiric record series are the most relevant readingforInterview with the Vampirefans . Vittorio is interesting in that he sees angels - angels are a thread that run through Rice ’s work , notably inThe Songs of the Seraphim . This novel is testament to the unfathomed interrelatedness of all of Rice ’s work .
The New Tales of the Vampires
Pandora
1998
Vittorio
1999
The deeply the reader is in the Anne Rice rabbit hole , the clearer it all becomes . Some will say thatThe New Tales of the Vampiresare skippable , even for lamia and revulsion fans , whereas some out - and - out admit both of them inThe Vampire Chronicles . Vittorio is a standalone novel but exists in exactly the same world asThe Vampire Chronicles , so it does enrich the traditional knowledge and globe - building of that serial publication and its character . The newTalamascashowcould always dip its toe intoThe New Tales of the Vampires , taking Vittorio as a subject of probe for its paranormal tec .
Interview with the Vampire season 3 will take a dive into many classic Anne Rice characters that have n’t been explore on screen yet .
1Pandora (1998)
An Honorary Member Of The Vampire Chronicles
Pandora is virtually aVampire Chronicle , if not an honorary member of the series , by virtue of its vast crosswalk point with the book . The novel makes a lot of computer address toThe Vampire Chronicles , which are n’t necessary to interpret to enjoy it . Anne Rice ’s premiere vampire series postulate Pandora in a fairly of import mode , but does n’t needs ask interpret this novel to grasp . even so , Interview with the Vampirefans making their style into the source material would do very well to pick up this script .
Pandora is actually central in the lore ofInterview with the Vampire , forming a close relationship with Marius , who made Armand into a lamia . Armand and Daniel ’s storywas starting to come forth at the remainder ofInterview with the Vampireseason 2 , and Marius has been confirmed to be link time of year 3 , soPandora may well fall in the show at some point . Pandora is a great fictional character and this novel is full of historical machination , tying into storyline fromThe Vampire ArmandandBlood and Gold .
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base on Anne Rice ’s fresh series that began in 1976 , Interview with the lamia is a gothic repulsion fantasy series that explores the life of Louis de Pointe du Lac through an interview with a journalist . Told through flashbacks of Louis ' life during the interview , the series examine Louis ' relationship with the vampire that turned him , Lestat de Lioncourt , and a teen young lady named Claudia , whom he turns . The series is the first of Anne Rice ’s Immortal Universe media franchise .
