Man, I love the internet. First Prince Show on SNL was Feb 04 [link] , Losers Lounge was May/Jun 04 [link] so theoretically, we should have known.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 26, 2008 6:23:13 am PDT #6573 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 26, 2008 6:27:01 am PDT #6574 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
OMG- not even Interview with a Vampire?
Also, the copy of Cry to Heaven that I had had a cover blurb that started "Join the glittering world of 18th century castrati..." and my BF and I only have to say those words and we crack up.
Also, I am just realzing that Anne Rice was a little obsessed with "sexless" beings who have sex, kinda sorta.
Barb - Oct 26, 2008 6:35:29 am PDT #6575 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
I usually mention Anne Rice's Cry To Heaven in the lecture. This is the first year I've had a class where no one knew who she was. Even mentioning Interview with a Vampire didn't get a response.
::facepalms::
Three of the kids in the class had Twilight books with them, though, and claim to "love" vampires.
::headdesk::
::headdesk::
::HEADDESK::
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2008 6:40:37 am PDT #6576 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat! Apple Pan?
I think ita should take that attending home and call him George.
I think I was prety obnoxious once I got drugged. Everytime anyone asked me what I wanted to do next I told them it was between the attending and my specialist--I'd follow their lead. I even told the attending I had an irrational fear of being admitted and he honoured that and upped my next dose instead of telling me to sign myself in. Hell, he gave me a third dose, which most doctors won't.
Wait, so we're up a Kat P? I should act gracious about this, but, go team SoCAl!
msbelle - Oct 26, 2008 6:47:42 am PDT #6577 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
So maybe the Twilight books will give Rice's some new life. Are the Twilight books as poorly written as Rice's?
ION, I just had to rip out 4 inches of knitting. Poop.
Barb - Oct 26, 2008 6:49:36 am PDT #6578 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Are the Twilight books as poorly written as Rice's?
Worse.
msbelle - Oct 26, 2008 6:52:15 am PDT #6579 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Wow, so these kid's should be encouraged to move up to Rice. That hurts to write.
Gadget_Girl - Oct 26, 2008 6:58:47 am PDT #6580 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Point to what Barb said and shakes head in agreement with msbelle.
Barb - Oct 26, 2008 7:02:18 am PDT #6581 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Think of it this way—Rice at least embraces the inherent sensuality and sexuality of the supernatural—the no-holds barred where life, as it were, is concerned. Conversely Meyer actively works to repress it, unless it's conducted within a narrowly defined scope. Her world of the vampire is ascetic and almost monk-like.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2008 7:06:40 am PDT #6582 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think Rice was actually a very skilled and evocative writer early on, before the purple prose gobbled her up and ran away.