bookshop:
This isn’t the first time Rice has responded to criticism. In 2004, Amazon had to step in when she went full throttle in comments on readers who hated her latest vampire novel.
The result this time? More than 300 comments and counting of a discussion that, while it has veered into histrionics (see the hilariously shrill “I HOPE YOU GET HERPES!” first comment), has also touched on the idea of Herbertson’s book recycling as a form of critical commentary.
“Even if you dont like a book i dont get why you have to destroy it,” complained one commenter.
“The book was dying anyway,” Herbertson responded. “It would have been thrown away if I’d given it to a charity shop.” Herbertson added that she “clearly underestimated the offense people would take.”
zaphura:
“I fell fatally in love with Louis, a young dark-haired bourgeois planter, graceful of speech and fastidious of manner..Even in his cruelest moments, Louis touched the tenderness in me, seducing me with his staggering dependence, his infatuation with my every gesture and every spoken word..I touched his face again, the cheekbones, the arch beneath the black eyebrow. What a finely made thing he was.”
~Lestat de Lioncourt
(The Vampire Lestat/Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice)
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The auditorium was now full and locked; outside children screamed and beat upon the doors. Khayman heard the whine and belch of the police radios.
The Vampire Lestat and his cohorts stood spying upon the hall through the holes in a great serge curtain.
Lestat embraced his companion Louis, and they kissed on the mouth, as the mortal musicians put their arms around both of them.
Khayman paused to feel the passion of the crowd, the very air charged with it.
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—Khayman during Lestat’s concert - Queen of the Damned [Anne Rice]
ravenclawrobin:
So I don’t know if there are any Vampire Chronicles’ fans here but…
Her facebook page
heyyy-its-aizelle:
Louis and Lestat <3 Best pairing in the Vampire Chronicles <3
flowers-and-chai:
Armand when he was human.
jarvisinthetardis:
fangirl challenge | 15 20 pairings
→ Louis / Lestat
“You’re a perfect devil, Lestat! That’s what you are! You are the devil himself!”
“Yes, I know. And I love to hear you say it, Louis. I need to hear you say it. I don’t think anyone will ever say it quite like you do. Come on, say it again. I’m a perfect devil. Tell me how bad I am. It makes me feel so good!”
(Art from Dany & Dany)
"At the door, I turned and kissed Gabrielle again. I felt her body collapse against me for an instant; then her attention locked on Akasha. I felt the faint tremor in her hands as she touched my face. I looked at Louis, my seemingly fragile Louis with his seemingly invincible composure; and at Armand, the urchin with the angel’s face. Finally those you love are simply … those you love."
—Lestat de Lioncourt - Queen of the Damned [Anne Rice]
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Master.“
"Yes.”
“I’ll be very good, a saint,” I said. “But if I’m not will you whip me again, please?
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—Armand to Marius - The Vampire Armand [Anne Rice]
