law dawg Wrote:Jimbo-Speaking of Anne Rice, I just picked up a used copy of The Mummy for about $0.40. Has anyone read this/Is it any good? I read and was very disappointed in Interview with the Vampire, but I figured I would pick up th Mummy merely because of the cost. I also got Peter Benchley's The Deep.
Me-I enjoyed The Mummy. I have read all of Rice's books, although I will say that Interview was my LEAST favorite. Vampire Lestat I enjoyed enormously. For Vampires I enjoyed They Thirst. I cannot remember the author - McCammon maybe? Good one. Along with Salem's Lot. But the rest of Rice's vampire series is better than Interview.
My opinion only. Your mileage may vary.
Uh-oh, a topic we may agree on: Vampire novels.
First, yes, it is McCammon. It's on my 'to read' pile currently. The only other book of his I've read is Swan Song, which I wasn't that impressed with. For vampire novels, may I recommend The Light at the End (Hey, guys, I've recommended this many times. has anyone read it yet?) by Skipp & Specter. Also noteworthy are Covenant with the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogradis, though I have never gotten around to reading the sequels; the Dracula Tape by Fred Saberhagen, though I have mixed feeling about this and its being the 'basis' for the 1992 movie Dracula. Also, the Shadow Saga by Christopher Golden and the 'Darkness' series by Stephen Spruill which are unique takes on vampirism.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft