About this title: The vampire Lestat's internal religious conflicts are fully explored in this, the fifth volume in the "Vampire Chronicles", in which he realizes that he is being stalked by a creature that even he cannot understand--the Devil.
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Edition: First edition. STATED
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780679441014ISBN:0679441018
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Very Good FIRST Edition Book, DJ shows some wear and r-corner tear keeping jacket at good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 368 p. Vampire Chronicles (Hardcover). ( $25.00 org. price printed inside of DJ flap ) ******* Please, No PRIORITY ORDERS as book has some weight ****** read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780345409676ISBN:0345409671
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 448 p. Vampire Chronicles (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780679441014ISBN:0679441018
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has very minor wear, binding is tight and square, pages are clean and unmarked. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 368 p. Vampire Chronicles (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1995-07-03
ISBN-13:9780679441014ISBN:0679441018
Description: GOOD in GOOD jacket. HB/DJ. CLEAN AND SOLID FIRST EDITION. DJ HAS EDGEWEAR, RUBS. FRONT BOARD SEEMS SLIGHTLY BOWED. SPOTS ON BACK BOARD. NORMAL READING WEAR. Items may or may not have the same cover art as displayed for this item on this site. If you need a specific cover please inquire first. Vinyl is visually graded according to Goldmine. Because of our volume we just don't have time to play test every album, however we would gladly play test any album and it's often a great idea to ask us ... read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780345409676ISBN:0345409671
Description: Good. 0345409671 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780345409676ISBN:0345409671
Description: Good. 0345409671 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
"Memnoch is my favorite Rice book in the Vampire Chronicles series. Also deemed as the most controversial in the series, it follows Lestat as he is lead through heaven, hell and far back into history to experience a retelling of sorts from the devil himself.
I found Memnoch to be a much easier and pleasant read (if that isn't strange enough) than most of the other Vampire novels. I highly recommend this one, especially if you are a fan of Rice, the Vampire Chronicles, or of vampires in general."
"This is the worst since, and perhaps including the first in this series. A long - boring - trite treatise on religion and the nature of god and the devil, this is full of the kind of whiny self-loathing psuedo - introspective tripe that made the 1st volume so boring.
If you liked any other books in this series, and arent too anal retentive to skip one, skip this one, and go on to the next. It cant be worse, and most of the others so far have been better, so...."
"In Memnoch the Devil, Anne Rice has allowed herself to indulge in an orgy of purple prose. We hear so much about the lush greenery of the early Earth that we begin to forget what the story is about. And because of this, not much actually happens in the story. If this book were made into a film, in fact, it would probably be no more than 20 minutes long.
Aside from that, this isn't much of a "vampire chronicle." The purpose of this book seems not to be to tell a tale of the vampires, but only to further Rice's latent agenda to besmirch Christianity. Albeit, there's nothing wrong with that in itself; but I was expecting to hear about vampires, and instead I hear about nothing but God and The Devil.
If you plan to read this book (and perhaps you should if you plan to read the rest of the chronicles - which are worth a read, btw), I would highly recommend skimming through the 250-some pages at the middle of the book, paying close attention only to the beginning and end of the tale."
"Ive read the previous vampire chronicles which I enjoyed yet find her writing to been a long winded discription at times.Yet this was my favorite out of the bunch.The way that she turns the God vs Devil conception on its head, the spins it around was fascinating.She has such a vivid imagination and writes with such a lush, textured feel that can either bore you of keep your eyes glued to every word.Depends if you like her style of writing, and the mythology behind religion and the V chronicles."
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