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[cleolinda]

Oh, hell. I have no internet for a few days, so of course the Anne Rice wank of all time hits. Dammit.

ETA: OH MY GOD, IT'S MADE THE NEWS.

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[enthroned.livejournal.com]

she CAN'T have really written that...(not that I put it past her lol)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'm still wading through the comments, but apparently Amazon gave her the "real name" seal of approval--her reviewer name and the name on her credit card are the same. It really seems to be her.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

Oh man. Is it ever fiiiiine.

*hugs*

[meredith-mae.livejournal.com]

I love one commentator's interpretations:

"He's not a Mary Sue! He just talks like me, reacts like me, and has all of my opinions!"


Come to think of it, I don't know if I really would want to meet a real version of Lestat, so if he is, in fact, a Mary-Sue, god help us all.

[jazzchang.livejournal.com]

Marty-Sam, please. Unless I really missed something by not reading those books.

My favorite is 'series of book.'

[kittenkatt.livejournal.com]

OMG, that was so frigging funny. I... proletarian soul?!?!

::dies::

[soberloki.livejournal.com]

OMFG. Seriously. *is dead*

[bluemarie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was totally hilarious and appalling at the same time (as all good wank is, really). My personal favorite part was the brave soul on F_W who decided to try to copy-edit the rant into some semblance of coherence: I believe it took 5 separate posts to list all of the corrections required.

[life-on-queen.livejournal.com]

Awe man, thanks for posting the link. Reading that was the first smile of my day. *shakes head* Not too thin skinned, eh?

[christigilly.livejournal.com]

Icon loooooooove!!

[arayuldaiel.livejournal.com]

Dear Lord, it's made the news? This woman is...just...ack, there. are. no. words.

*shakes head sadly* You know, I fell embarressed that she lives in the South. Please, somebody, grab A Street Car Named Desire and whack her in the head.

[arayuldaiel.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm so embarressed that I can't spell feel.

[pinstripe-bindi.livejournal.com]

...she refuses to be edited.

It shows.

[snacky]

OMFG SO BEAUTIFUL!

[meredith-mae.livejournal.com]

I love your icon.

[seraphina-pyra.livejournal.com]

hee, it's in the news?! lol

[phanatic.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see Robert Jordan do something like this.

Then we could find out where he lives, and burn his house down.

[soberloki.livejournal.com]

*starts checking criss-cross directories*

Jordan, Robert...

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

I use to work for Del Rey which is part of Ballantine which publishes the paperback editions of her books. One of my friends had to interact with her and her assistant on a regular basis. He could work with anyone and everyone including her but he has the patience of Job. From the scuttle butt I have access to still, she has really gone around the bend since her husband died so part of these antics may be grieving for her loss. Not that this behavior should be excused but maybe explained a bit.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Wow. I hadn't realized that Stan Rice had died--or actually, I think I did hear that, but had forgotten--until I was pretty deep into the FW comments. That is terrible.

But--even though a lot of writers get this way--I do think the "I'm too great to need an editor anymore" is pretty bad. And the misspelled hissyfit stuff.

[sennical.livejournal.com]

I found that wank last night. Laughed my ass off.

[kaytethinks.livejournal.com]

I love that it's hit the news. So funny.

Now that is truly teh funny!

[mistressofrohan.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAO.

This just proves to me that I did the right thing by avoiding her books altogether.

No editing? Ayiee! Everyone needs an editor! Even Shakespeare!!

MM

Re: Now that is truly teh funny!

[phanatic.livejournal.com]

No kidding.

When Tom Clancy got sufficiently profitable to do away with an editor, his books started to suck. When Robert Jordan got sufficiently profitable to do away with an editor, his books started to suck. When John Grisham...okay, bad example, his books always sucked.

But the pattern is nonetheless clear.

[takekammuri.livejournal.com]

I am just really sad. I believe it's a fact that at least a plurality, if not even a true majority, of the people writing those posts (on amazon, on journalfen, and as a reply to cleo's post) are true fans of at least 'Interview with the Vampire', if not even 'The Vampire Lestat' and QotD. Yes, it is true, her writing did get worse with time, especially after QotD and 'The Mayfair Witches', but everybody seems to have forgotten her earlier work.

Also: I can't even begin to imagine what must have been going on in her life to warp her mind to the extent of that "wank".

I am just sad.

[ferelwing.livejournal.com]

She lost her husband. That does something to a person especially since she's been with him for 41 years. Watching someone deteriorate... *shudder* I have a lot of sympathy for her.

[theendofallthat.livejournal.com]

Poor crazy Anne Rice.

This goes on my list of "things I won't do when I'm a professional author."

[quizzicalsphinx.livejournal.com]

::dies:: I figured this might just go around the Internet a few times, but I never expected the papers to get hold of it.

[jazzchang.livejournal.com]

Iconlove!

[ferelwing.livejournal.com]

I feel for her. I am betting the loss of a lifemate would make a person go nuts. However I suspect watching him fall apart didn't help her writing any.

[stavia.livejournal.com]

"And you have used this site as if it were a public urinal to publish falsehood and lies."

I for one would only use a urinal to publish the TRUTH.

This is what happens when you don't hire an editor.

[jazzchang.livejournal.com]

I always thought urinals were for peeing in...

[thisfishflies.livejournal.com]

I have not read that book( or any Anne Rice, for that matter) but I did notice something while reading the wank- Blackwood Farm(or something) & Uncle Julien. That is a bit to close to Blackwood Estate & Uncle Julian. I literally have Shirley Jackson/s We Have Always Lived in the Castle right in front of me. That was just freaky...

I think I may read this book just to see if there is any sort of connection.

[silverspar.livejournal.com]

That has got to be the wankiest wank that ever did wank.

Idea

[iczer6.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if your adoring fans could tempt/trick/bribe you into doing a Mi15M piece on either 'Interview with a Vampire' or 'Queen of the Damned' in honor of this wank.

Re: Idea

[meredith-mae.livejournal.com]

IWTV would be good. QOTD would probably just be sad. I think the movie for M15M have to at least be somewhat good for the humor to work. ;-)

Not her address

[marcusisabadass.livejournal.com]

Unless she still gets mail there, that aint her house no more. She lives out in the suburbs, not uptown anymore. Which is fine by me cause that means no more dodging goth kids hanging outside her house when I run.

Now the kids waiting at the Buddah Belly for Trent Reznor to show, on the other hand,...

[meredith-mae.livejournal.com]

And Yo, you dude, the slang police! Lestat talks like I do. He always has and he always will. You really wouldn't much like being around either one of us. And you don't have to be.

I'd be pretty freaked out if Anne Rice did talk like that, she being a 64 year old woman and all.