THE UNAUTHORIZED Anne Rice. Companion. edited by George Beahm. Andrews and McMeel. A Universal Press Syndicate Company Kansas City

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1 THE UNAUTHORIZED Anne Rice Companion edited by George Beahm Andrews and McMeel A Universal Press Syndicate Company Kansas City

2 Contents Foreword by Colleen Dor an, xiii Introduction, xv PART ONE The Real World of Anne Rice Chronology, 3 Anne Rice: The Literary Queen of the Damned, 6 THE RICE RESIDENCES The House at 1239 First Street by Martha Ann Brett Samuel and Ray Samuel, 18 THE HAUNTING HOUSE ON FIRST STREET, 20 ST. ELIZABETH'S Novel End for Landmark: Rices Purchase St. Elizabeth's for New Home by Ronette King, 22 Rice Plans Museum for Dolls at Home by Coleman Warner, 26 THE MEMNOCH BALL: A MONSTROUS CREATION, 27 An Interview with Anne: The New Orleans Experience, conducted by Ronnie Virgets, 29 PART TWO The Unreal World of Anne Rice Playboy Interview, conducted by Digby Diehl, 38 va

3 FANS Anne Rice's Vampire Lestat Fan Club, 60 HOW TO GET A TICKET TO THE ANNUAL BALL, 61 A Hell of a Good Time: The Memnoeh Ball 1995 by Sascha Mabus- Vosper, 63 * TRAVEL TIPS FOR OUT-OF-TOWNERS, 68 -* BOOK PUBLISHING An Interview with the Illustrator: Colleen Doran, 72 ARIA PRESS, 74 Britton E. Trice: An Interview with a Bookseller, 78 Collecting Rice: A Price Guide by George Beahm, with Britton E. Trice, 83 MOST COLLECTIBLE AUTHOR, 84 The Limited Editions, 85 Sponsoring an Anne Rice Event, 87 Mel Graziano's Tableaux de Lestat, 90 PART THREE On Anne Rice - RICE'S CHRONICLERS AND CRITICS Why I Wrote a Biography of Anne Rice by Katherine Ramsland, 94 RICE ON PRISM OF THE NIGHT, 94 A Look at Ramsland's Books on Anne Rice, 96 Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice, a review from Publishers Weekly, 100 Of Vampires and Their Ilk: Traditions, Transformations, and the UnDead by Dr. Michael R. Collings, 101 STAATS.U.UMV.- BIBLIOTIIEK GOTTINGEN

4 Rice and the Gothic Tradition by Bette B. Roberts, 107 BETTE B. ROBERTS'S ANNE RTCE, 113 * RICE THE WRITER Dark Dreamer: An Interview with Anne Rice, conducted by Stanley S. Wiater, 120 Flesh for Fantasy by Gerri Hirshey, 128 The Quotable Anne Rice,' 135 Imagination Is Her Lifeblood, an interview conducted by Dale Rice, 139 "Anne Rice: Birth of a Vampire," 142 Interview with the Vampire Author, conducted by Merle Ginsberg, J45 The Devil and Anne Rice, an interview conducted by Mikal Gilmore, 148 PART FOUR Chiaroscuro Anne Rice and the Cinema Anne Rice: The Art of Horror in Film, as told to Katherine Ramsland, 161 ANNE RICE AT THE (VAMPIRE) MOVIES, 1 70 Commotion Strange #2: Extracts from Anne Rice's Zine, 173 INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Interview with the Author of Interview with the Vampire, conducted by Martha Frankel, 177 To My Readers: A Personal Statement by Anne Rice Regarding the Motion Picture Interview with the Vampire, 184 Sucking Up by Anthony Lane, 188 IX

5 A Review of Interview with the Vampire by Roger Ebert, 190 Excerpts from "Anne Rice: On the Film, Interview with the Vampire" 193 RICE ON THE VIDEOTAPE, J97 PART FIVE A Look at the Books THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES Interview with the Vampire A book review by Julia Parker from Library Journal, 213 An audio review from Publishers Weekly, 213 The Vampire Lestat An audio review from Publishers Weekly, 214 The Queen of the Damned A book review from Publishers Weekly, 214 The Tale of the Body Thief A book review from Publishers Weekly, 215 An audio review by Barbara Valle from Library Journal, 216 Memnoch the Devil A book review from Publishers Weekly, 216 An audio review from Publishers Weekly, 217 THE LIVES OF THE MAYFAIR WITCHES The Witching Hour A book review from Publishers Weekly, 218 An audio review from Publishers Weekly, 218

6 Lasher A book review from Publishers Weekly, 219 Taltos A book review from Publishers Weekly, 220 MISCELLANY The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned A book review from Publishers Weekly, 221 An audio review from Publishers Weekly, 221 Appendices 1. Books, Books About Anne Rice, Audiography Filmography, Videography, and Discography, Graphic Novel Adaptations, Resources, 236 With Undying Thanks, 241 Acknowledgments, 243