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Title: In the Shadow of the Vampire: Reflections from the World of Anne Rice by Jana Marcus, Katherine Ramsland ISBN: 1-56025-147-6 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A fascinating read!
Comment: This book gives an interesting glance into the world of Anne Rice fans; however, it may either affirm or disprove the notion that her fans are "weirdos." The book features college students, accountants, writers, exotic dancers, make-up artists, etc. While it features intriguing people from all walks of life, I don't believe it's an entirely accurate view of her fans, and I feel that the book still tries to perpetuate a certain fan stereotype, as though reading Anne Rice makes you estranged from the rest of society.
As a previous reviewer noted, Anne Rice is mainstream. Admitting you are a fan is not a taboo like declaring you are a dominatrix. There are fans who never made it to the ARVLFC balls when they were still going on; there are fans who have no interest in exploring New Orleans outside of the books; and there are fans who detest "Goth" culture but still devour every single book Rice releases. It would have been a far more representative book had it featured a larger diversity of fans. I have met prudes who are uneasy watching kissing scenes on television, yet they read the books over and over again without flinching. Now, if that isn't a testament of Rice's enormous talent and gift, I don't know what is.
However, the book is still wonderfully constructed. The photographs are nothing short of superb, the fan accounts a delight to read, and one really does walk away feeling that maybe those stereotypes are wrong.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent portrayal of a cross section of Anne Rice Fans
Comment: Jana Marcus did Anne Rice fans a favor by putting this book together. She showed us that we are "normal" (even if the rest of society/literary world doesn't appreciate Anne Rice and her writings.) When the average reader thinks of Anne Rice fans, s/he has the image that the fans pagans, eccentrics and just plain weird. (Usually these are folks that only know the author by her reputation only.) In the Shadow of the Vampire dispells this myth is dispelled. In one book, Jana Marcus has been able to show there is a large cross section of society that calls itself "Anne Rice fans." These fans DO NOT fit neatly into a mold as others would prefer, rather they make their OWN mold. I know, I'm in the book.
Rating: 1
Summary: Only the Wierdos...
Comment: I am a die hard Anne Rice fan, and an insurance executive. To pick up a book that purports to be written about her fans, and see only the bloodsuckers, goths and sub/doms was not a real picture of who her fans are.
Anne Rice's fans are moms and dads, teenagers, and goths. Her fans probably represent every single type of person in the world. She receives fan mail from Catholic priests, as well as those who want to become immortal. Doctors, lawyers and waitresses read Sleeping Beauty. Anne Rice has become mainstream - her work is not on the fringe of anything and neither are most of her fans.
So, my opinion was that the fans that were interviewed and published in the book attempted to put limits on a woman's work whose appeal is absolutely limitless.
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Title: Anne Rice: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers) by Jennifer Smith, Jennifer Crusie ISBN: 031329612X Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group Pub. Date: 30 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Conversations with Anne Rice : An Intimate, Enlightening Portrait of Her Life and Work by Michael Riley ISBN: 0345396367 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 16 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice ISBN: 0345409671 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice by Katherine Ramsland ISBN: 0525933700 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: November, 1991 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Blood Canticle (The Vampire Chronicles) by Anne Rice ISBN: 037541200X Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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