Anne Rice - Scary.
 

Wow, it looks like Anne Rice has finally come up with something truly scary...

and just in time for Halloween! You go girl.

Considering all the Catholic guilt that seemed to driop out of her recent novels, I'm hardly surprised. Historic Fiction was always her best, so prehaps her new work will be worth a read, but honestly I stopped reading her stuff years ago. It should be interesting to see how this all plays out in the media and between the various camps of vampire wannabes and poseur Christians.

I read the first three Vampire books and lost interest once I dragged myself thru the third one. I'm not a big fan of her stuff. This new turn makes it even more so!

Will she still embrace her gay son? Let's hope so.

:)

I'm sure part of the reason for her conversion is the hope that she can cure her son.

I think what I find scary is that, in her time of challenges, she gave up her personal philosophies to return to the safety of the church. It is not uncommon in the lease, but is it really necessary?

I dread returning to the church of my roots and hope I never do.

Interesting. Some changes are viewed as growth. Why is a change in her personal philosophy considered in this case to be a weakness? Perhaps it isn't a safety issue, but an issue of faith. This is scary? I fail to see why.

I look at it from a personal point of view. I just would not want to go back due to, well, anything. I know what she has done is not uncommon, it just frightens me that it was a possability - and that it might be for me. Scary.

Personally, I don't think this is much of a departure, she spent a lot of time trying to reconcile the things of macabre myth and legend with her own religious beliefs - I think the last book I read even had a dialogue between Lestat and God.

What, I think will be most curious is Anne Rice could never let ambiguity rest, she had to explore and answer everything in excruciating detail. To me that seems the antitithesis of fiath. Her 3 volume account of Jesus' life may be her way of answering all her questions of God, explaining things in such a way that she can begin to believe them, but I suspect those in the religious community might take issue with her artistic license.

In the ned I think she might actually write a good story, but I doubt it'll do anything for anyone's spirituality, save her own.

I think it might be an interesting read.... I have not necessarily been a real fan of her work. I remember my sister LOVED her stuff. (She read to me Interview with a Vampire when I was about eight... You know just in case I had any questions...) I have read the Sleeping Beauty series but while religion does scare me a little (because of my experiences as a kid) I might read at least the first book.