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Complete Vampire Chronicles (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the body Thief)

Anne Rice

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Total reviews: 131 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Good prices on a good set 5 out of 5 stars.
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Overall you can see and judge for yourself which of the stories work and which don't. In Queen of the Damned (which was a so-so movie by the way), the author moved away from the first person point-of-view (POV) which added a richness to the story to the omniscient POV.

She recovers nicely in other stories!

Overall a great series if you like vampires. Nice to get them all in one shot!!

Recommended.

speedy delivery + perfect packaging 5 out of 5 stars.
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same as the title...even this is an international shipment.

amazon, thank you!

Great Package 5 out of 5 stars.
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It was a great product. I was very happy that there were four books in the box set, it was very cheap, it got here in excellent time, and everything was in perfect condition.

Warning: if you have not yet read.. 5 out of 5 stars.
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I have not read these books for a while, but when I did, I, like many others, fell in love with the words, the characters and the world they inhabit. Yes, the stories are complex and dark, somewhat disturbing- they are not for everyone. They are also well written, smoothly read, and while fiction, incorporate much historical research.

I would like to point out that I think it was very smart that Memnoch the Devil was not included in this set. With Memnoch, the series changed considerably, and most people either loved it or hated it. If you are a skeptical person, if you love lestat's character in the first books and want to see him in all his brattish, cynical glory continue- and if you are not interested in Christian dogma being incorporated into the series as a forefront, decidedly changing the characters, then STOP before you reach Memnoch. I know its tempting to find out what happens, but honestly it will ruin it for you. The Chronicles dont need to be concluded, and considering many people find the series goes downhill from Memnoch on, spare yourself the pain and let the story live on in your imagination as you want it to.
And go read Rice's Violin, Feast of All Saints, and Cry to Heaven- all magnificent, singular novels that arent bogged down by being part of a never-ending series.

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Set includes: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, and The Tale of the Body Thief.

Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana

Anne Rice

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faithful, readable, compelling and unobjectionable 5 out of 5 stars.
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Anne Rice continues her excellent narrative on the life of Christ in "The Road to Cana" and gives a readable, credible, story line that does not contradict the Tradition of the Catholic Church and a harmony of the Gospels. Her attention to detail of the Holy people and ordinary life of a first century Jewish town is wonderfully helpful for modern readers to understand what the life of Our Lord was like day to day.

The story begins with a horror though, a stoning of boys for an unnamed but suspected crime that a careful reader would assume is a homosexual act.

Rice's narrative style is leaner than her period pieces and her lush prose in, for example, The Witching Hour. One suspects that part of it is Rice's own evolution as a writer, part of it is her own care in writing only what is accurate, probable, and plausible, and part of it is that the lean style echoes the setting of the book: the Mediterranean/desert climate of Judea during the first century.

Rice's horror fans will find much to enjoy, for she is a gifted writer. Those who took up Rice for the first time (as I did) from her earlier "Out of Egypt" will find this work equally satisfying. I eagerly await the next volume.

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Novel

Anne Rice

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A UNIQUE LOOK AT THE LIFE OF OUR SAVIOR AS A CHILD. 4 out of 5 stars.
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Anne Rice, famous for books such as "Interview with the Vampire" an "Queen of the Damned," brings her skills to tackle her most challenging work to date: a look at the childhood of our Lord and Savior. "Christ The Lord: Out of Egypt," the first of a planned trilogy, takes a look at Jesus during His seventh and eighth years on this earth, struggling to come to terms with His identity, as well as pondering the special powers He seems to possess, while returning to the family home of Nazareth during a tumultuous time, as rebellion has broken out through Palestine.
For the most part, Rice's novel delivers the goods. It is a fascinating portrait of how Jesus came to learn Who He was, and what His life was meant for. However, there are certain passages that tend to drag at times. Instead of focusing on the life-changing events of the time, Rice gives us details that, while interesting, just drag the plot out. But overall, this is an interesting look at how the Son of God lived at an early age. Christians and non-Christians alike should enjoy "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt."
Book Grade: B

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Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Anne Rice gives us now her most ambitious and courageous book, a novel about the early years of CHRIST THE LORD, based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship.

The book’s power derives from the passion its author brings to the writing and the way in which she summons up the voice, the presence, the words of Jesus who tells the story.


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Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice

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Tower of Imagination 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is simply one of the most thoroughly imagined pieces of writing in modern literature, and thoroughly disciplined and effective on paper. It disdains categories; the author stepped into a genre well-paved and hackneyed and made words fly off the paper by sheer force of talent.

The plot and characters are well summarized elsewhere; indeed one hesitates to write anything about something already reviewed 500+ times on Amazon. So I simply add these footnotes: it is not blasphemous, pornographic, deviant, anti-social etc. It is not by any means mere pop culture B grade pulp. As for what it is exactly, I have no idea & don't care. But having read hundreds & hundreds of books since early gradeschool thru age 56, including most Western & world classics, I can say it is in a small group of works of supreme imaginative force, thoroughly conceived through & through & without a nick, tear, or smudge upon its massive and impossible illusion.

One might simply call it an indignant protest against American realism and fact & knowledge obsession. It is also a protest against literarture with a purpose, program, or "message." It simply exists. It stands as an impregnable tower of the human imagination. It is Exhibet A for the proposition that, short of a God (whose existence or not is not challenged here, although that issue eerily haunts the text), there is no higher endeavor than that of human artistry.

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The Witching Hour

Anne Rice

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Witches.......incredible book......rich tapestry 5 out of 5 stars.
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I loved this delicious book. This book is definately not for everyone. It is tedious reading, there is no question, the language is lush, detailed, lengthy yet exquisite. If you love the art of writing, you will devour it, if you are an under-the-covers-fly-by-night quick books reader it may test your patience. Early on this book becomes almost a bible of sorts in the mayfair history, generations are recalled, so-and-s begat so-and-so, once you weed through the early generational tree, a beautifully written and interesting tale unfolds. I found myself re-reading some paragraphs because they were so delicious in description, I was in that house, ever nook and cranny is opened to the reader, these people are revealed; every aspect these characters are real, strong and flawed, weak and becoming. The story is incredibly enjoyable and it is a great read once you get through generational leap. But I would encourage you to read the history and not skip over it, while it may be a bit tedious in length at times, its a rich tapestry this book and all the pieces fit together in the end.

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On the verandah of a great New Orleans house, now faded, a mute and fragile woman sits rocking. And the witching hour begins...Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches - a family give4n to poetry and incest, to murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being. A hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult across four centuries, The Witching Hour could only have been written by the spellbinding bestselling author of The Vampire Chronicles.

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

A. N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice

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Spank me if I ever open this book again! 1 out of 5 stars.
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This book is the most repetitious book I have ever not completed reading. It takes a classic love story and turns it into ridiculous tale of bondage and punishment over and over and over again. It would have liked it better if Sleeping Beauty would have ate a bushel of apples and went into a irreversible coma on about the 3rd page. Oh, did I mention that this book is repetitious?

Totally awesome!!!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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this story is really fun it gives you different perception of what's lust and true love means.... anne rice is so good!!!!! i hope everyone will like it.

Interesting.. 4 out of 5 stars.
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

Well unlike some of the reviews that I have read for this series, I find that Anne Rice's depiction of Sleeping Beauty to be interesting. The entire series (which I have read all 3 books thank you) is set to go beyond what we would percieve as torture. It tests the bounries of what a human body and mind can handle. If you can not be open minding to that then I suggestive not to read this series then. It is not ment to be set to what others think is okay (kinky wise)...as for the spanking..well hellooo! Spanking is one of the lowest form of digration!..

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Rice writing as A. N. Roquelaure.

In the traditional folk tale "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire.

Memnoch the Devil (Vampire Chronicles, No 5)

Anne Rice

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There are two sides to every story. 4 out of 5 stars.
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The Angel Hunter
When Lestat is confronted by the devil and is told that he has an explanation for his actions and that God is the one with problem, I thought Anne Rice had backed herself into a corner that was impossible to write your way out of. But she did it! This book is dark and gruesome and well worth the read just for the dialogue between Lestat and Memnoch and how the author spins biblical lore in a new direction. The only drawback is the ending that is a bit deflating. I expected more of a revelation for Lestat and it never came. But, that's just me.

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"STARTLING . . . FIENDISH . . . MEMNOCH'S TALE IS COMPELLING."
--New York Daily News

"Like Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . . . Narrated by Rice's most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife."
--Rolling Stone

"SENSUAL . . . BOLD, FAST-PACED."
--USA Today

"Rice has penned an ambitious close to this long-running series. . . . Fans will no doubt devour this."
--The Washington Post Book World

"MEMNOCH THE DEVIL OFFERS PASSAGES OF POETIC BRILLIANCE."
--Playboy

"[MEMNOCH] is one of Rice's most intriguing and sympathetic characters to date. . . . Rice ups the ante, taking Lestat where few writers have ventured: into heaven and hell itself. She carries it off in top form."
--The Seattle Times

The Sleeping Beauty Novels: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beauty's Punishment, Beauty's Release (Boxed Set)

A. N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice

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Total reviews: 156 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Repulsive 1 out of 5 stars.
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I have read all of Rice's books and am just floored by this one, and I bought others in the "Beauty" line. Such a nasty mind coming from what I thought was a lady. But the writing is very good, just a bad subject.

Absolutely hated it 1 out of 5 stars.
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I consider myself open-minded and progressive, so for me to say that I hated this says something. Tasteless, boring, redundant, pointless, ridiculous. Shall I go on? I made it through the first book, and have not and will not read the other two.

For the open minded... 4 out of 5 stars.
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This series is very strong and full of explicit descriptions. It is a good series, but it gets a bit repetitive. I think it could have been written in one book, not three.

Sleeping Beauty 5 out of 5 stars.
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These books are erotic and a take you into a world that is unknown to most. She paints wonderful images that stimulate mind and body.

Erotica that satisfies the mind 5 out of 5 stars.
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I had peeked at these novels for years while browsing bookstores but finally had the nerve to purchase the first one about a year ago. Within a week, I owned all three. While I thoroughly enjoy reading good erotica, too many authors offer the same dialog and plots that are extremely unimaginative, trite, or downright ridiculous. It almost seems like sex is joke in such novels. I found nothing like that in the Sleeping Beauty novels. You can't describe these books with words like "steamy" or "hot." The sex depicted in the plot comes from deep down inside a person who finds freedom in submission, where their bodies only exist as means to serve and pleasure another. It is more spiritual and mental than it is physical. The characters are extremely well-written, their personalities and histories are just as important as the acts they participate in. (I personally fell in love with the character of Tristan who desperately wants to submit to another but yearns for a strict and merciless master.) But ironically, I found Beauty to be the weakest character and was happy that her story became almost secondary in the second and third books.

Be forewarned: Most sex acts in these novels are between men instead of men and women. The characters are not necessarily homosexual or heterosexual, they are in bondage to please both sexes and must participate in any acts their masters desire. I used to turn away stories or novels with acts involving only men or only women, it made me a bit squeamish. But Rice writes with such emotion, that every coupling in these books is compelling and beautiful no matter which characters are involved.

THAT is what I'm trying to get at - these books are not written just to stimulate someone for bedtime or foreplay. There are real emotions, love, fear, desire, and lust, involved here.

I watched an interview with Anne Rice where she was asked why she wrote these books. In so many words, she explained this was something she had inside her and had to get out on paper. These books awoke something that has always been within me since I became aware of my own sexuality so I can understand Rice's explanation. Not only is this series erotic and exciting, it is literary, well-written, and a true exploration of sexuality, most of the discoveries being something real people would never admit to or are fearful of.

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Celebrate the daring gifts of Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure, with this beautifully repackaged boxed set of the three erotic novels in her acclaimed Sleeping Beauty trilogy.

Blackwood Farm (The Vampire Chronicles)

Anne Rice

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In her new novel, perennial bestseller Anne Rice fuses her two uniquely seductive strains of narrative -- her Vampire legend and her lore of the Mayfair witches -- to give us a world of classic deep-south luxury and ancestral secrets.

Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious drawing rooms, bright, sun-drenched gardens, and a dark strip of the dense Sugar Devil Swamp. This is the world of Quinn Blackwood, a brilliant young man haunted since birth by a mysterious doppelgänger, “Goblin,” a spirit from a dream world that Quinn can’t escape and that prevents him from belonging anywhere. When Quinn is made a Vampire, losing all that is rightfully his and gaining an unwanted immortality, his doppelgänger becomes even more vampiric and terrifying than Quinn himself.

As the novel moves backwards and forwards in time, from Quinn’s boyhood on Blackwood Farm to present day New Orleans, from ancient Athens to 19th-century Naples, Quinn seeks out the legendary Vampire Lestat in the hope of freeing himself from the spectre that draws him inexorably back to Sugar Devil Swamp and the explosive secrets it holds.

A story of youth and promise, of loss and the search for love, of secrets and destiny, Blackwood Farm is Anne Rice at her mesmerizing best.


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Beauty's Release: The Conclusion of the Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty

A. N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice

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Total reviews: 53 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Very disappointing 1 out of 5 stars.
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I read the series to the end in hope of a night in shinning armour saving Beauty from a wicked world. But not. I skipped most of all 3 books to get to the end. In fact I probably didn't read half of either book.

I hope Rice never writes another book of this sort.

Light your smokes! 5 out of 5 stars.
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The ending was just as hot and wonderful as the beginning. This series is worth keeping as a collection item. I have not read anything this good since the Happy Hooker series. Anne Rice rocks!

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In the final volume of Anne Rice's deliciously tantalizing erotic trilogy, Beauty's adventures on the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of his harem. As this voluptuous adult fairy tale moves toward conclusion, all of Beauty's encounters with the myriad variations of sexual fantasy are presented in a sensuous, rich prose that intensifies this exquisite rendition of Love's secret world and makes the Beauty series an incomparable study of erotica. In it, Anne Rice makes the forbidden side of passion a doorway into the hidden regions of the psyche and the heart.