About this title: Lestat, who made Louis into a vampire in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, awakens from an ancient sleep and finds himself in the 1980s. Resourceful, enamored of glamour, he becomes a rock star. The novel traces the vampire legend from its origins in ancient Egypt its through European permutations and, eventually, to America.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Good. Cover art varies. Cover worn with creases & rubbing; back top corner 1/2" surface chip (colored over); some soiling & various dings. Pp. 81-2, 133-38, & 511-12 bottom corner creased; pp. 111-20 wrinkled. Text is clean, clear, & bright. See my website for cover image. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book is very solid with unmarked pages. The cover has minor shelf wear & moderate edge wear. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Fair. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. The book is very solid with lightly browned pages. The page edges have small stains that do not extend into the page surfaces. The front of the cover has a small stain. The cover has moderate shelf & edge wear & a 3/8 inch tear at the top front at the spine. The spine has shallow creases. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Vampire Chronicles (Paperback), 2. Audience: General/trade. Edge wear. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Vampire Chronicles (Paperback), 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Vampire Chronicles (Paperback), 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Vampire Chronicles (Paperback), 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Reading copy. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Vampire Chronicles (Paperback), 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very light edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. No spine creases. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Vampire Chronicles (Paperback), 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Some edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. No spine creases. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Vampire Chronicles (Paperback), 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Some edge and corner wear. Small marks on book side. Tanned pages. Cover crease. Tiny tear at bottom end of spine. Tight binding. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Vampire Chronicles (Paperback), 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Some edge, corner and seam wear. Creases on back cover. Slight spine slope. No marks. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 560 p. Vampire Chronicles (Paperback), 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1986-09-12
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: USED: Good. 1988 Fifth printing with red background cover illustration. unmarked pages, spine creases, faint hinge crease, some edge wear and shelf wear rubbing. read more
Description: Very good. SOFTCOVER. MMPB. Feburary 1989 edition. Very Nice Condition copy. Slight paper toning only. Some spine creases. All pages are present, clean and un-creased. Cover has no tears. No underlining, highlighting, tears, stamps, bookplates, remainder marks, price clips, etc. Not an Ex-library copy. I ship International orders by Air Mail. read more
Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345313867ISBN:0345313860
Description: Very Good. 0345313860 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, some light edge/corner rubs, this book is Great! Shop & Save With US. read more
"This is one of those books that defined me. I do mean that I turned goth or vampire or whatever. No... it started me thinking.
I was born and raised in the South. I didn't read anything else other than fantasy novels (like Dragonlance). I joined the Marines in 89 and while watching a movie about a teenage vampire it was mentioned that Dracula is 'good literature'. I went to the base library to check out Dracula and beside it on the shelf was this book. I took this one instead.
The book was great. I loved it. The book engendered a question within me that never found any sunlight growing up a protestant in the Deep South. That queston, can something evil love? The values of the Southern protestant is one of black and white and there is no mixing, no grey, no overlap. By witnessing the drama of Lestat's journey, this manifestation of the Shadow declaring it's evil and it's good... I questioned this myself.
It is a slippery slope to question everything. With no reading, history, or even exposure to any philosophy (Arkansas public school after all) I now asked questions about ethics, the nature of God, what is beauty, morality, and more. I had become a philosopher (though not a good one).
Now, 17 years later I've been around the world many times, am nearing the completion of two degrees (psychology and philosophy) and am a much different, much broader, much more deepened soul. The questions I've asked, the roads I've taken, the experiences I've had, are all a result of my search for my own truth. A lot of that was set afire because of reading this book.
I know that many bemoan Anne's move from the supernatural and to Christian writings. It's her life and I respect that. Yet I am reminded of something Jung said, we do not become enlighted by imagining beings of light, but by making the darkness visible (I'm paraphrasing). Lestat might not be a being of light (that's another topic) but his darkness is illuminating.
"In "Interview With a Vampire", Lestat was the villain, and could be viewed as a cold, unfeeling monster. In the sequel, Lestat gets a chance to 'set the record straight.' Reading HIS account on his life, and the years spent with Louis, he actually manages to gain sympathy, and he fully admits to being a brat prince of the undead, and you fall in love with this vampire who listens to Beethoven while riding a motorcycle down the moonlit streets. Lestat has an ego so large, it is little wonder that he chooses to become a rock star and write a book accounting his long life story, because where else can you find that level of admiration and worship if not from center stage, with a microphone, in front of thousands of people cheering you on like at a concert? Who else would write the book but Lestat himself? (Under the alias of Anne Rice, of course.) He proves to be so entertaining that all of the vampire books after that are told from his point of view."
"Now this is how Interview should have read! Anne Rice *finally* hit the mark with this book. Lestat is everything you don't want to admit to being. With Lestat Rice has managed to create a character that draws you in and won't let go. Maybe you started out hating him, but it wasn't hard to like him after reading just a few pages. The real Lestat is intriguing and charming. Lestat's story is captivating. Following Lestat through the ages as he matures and tries to find his way gives the reader common ground. Yet his impetuousness keeps the story from stagnating and lays the stage for so much that is to come. I especially appreciated how Rice handled Lestat's introspection. Unlike Louis, Lestat didn't whine. And though Lestat is still impetuous and full of himself, it is these qualities that make the book an enjoyable read."
"I loved and hated this book. Even though there's no profane language nor sex, the relationships between Lestat and his mother, and Lestat and Nicolas were so disturbing that I almost closed the book. Almost, because I REALLY wanted to know what happened next. I had read this book before, but I didn't remember much of it. I love Lestat; he's my favorite of all the many characters. I liked learning about his origins, and the origins of all vampires, but some parts were VERY dark. Beautiful, bewitching writing. Anne Rice has such a talent! All the same, I think I'll take a break from the Chronicles... too much blood, too much drama. I need something lighter for the summer."
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