And they say you can't get good acid anymore.

I don't care if it rains or freezes,
Long as I got my VampireJesus
Sitting on the dashboard of my car.

Oh Jesus. I'm gonna go watch the monkey and the kitten again.

Are they sure they want to have Pink Floyd do the soundtrack for the new Dune?

The first rule of "God Man" club is you do not talk about "God Man" club. Anne, you're out.

@Sarcastro: "Drop Kick Me Lestat Through the Goalposts of Heaven."

Does she eat his body and drink his blood as part of her worshipping ritual?

@PandoraSpocks: It may just be that it's Monday, but I was sure that monkey was going to toss that kitten off a cliff.

That God-man who knew all the answers to all the theological and sociological questions wouldn't have the initials T.C., would he?

Cue the "Christianity is for loonies" snark. So original!

Rice's two (so far) novels about the life of Jesus are gorgeous, IMO. You don't need 'shrooms to have an epiphany. Just an open mind.

I dunno, I thought it was kind of a beautiful piece from a Christian perspective, if you go in for that sort of thing.

I was as disappointed as any other fan when I found out there would be no more pulpy/freaky/sexy/spooky books from La Rice, and that they'd all be about Jeebus from now own. But, you know, that's her right, so lucky for the Xtians, shucks for the rest of us.

Also, nerdy point here, Hamilton: Lestat had a very personal encounter with the God Man Himself in one of the later books, so to answer your question: yes, even "THAT SOUL".

I will now return to the comic book store, where I dispense insults, rather than receive them.

Keep Vampires Working
The Servant of the Scientologists
Interview with a Scientologist
The Tale of the Body Thetan

@ElizabethD: Christianity ISN'T for loonies? I'm confused. Bible mythology seems to be only a half step away from the Scientologists and Xenu fairy tales.

@Maya Twocents: Nope, I can't just leave it. I have to say this - Anne Rice is an artist, and she has a right to be inspired any way she wants. She found something that makes her feel happy and complete. Why does that make her subject to ridicule? If that's her way to God, why isn't she welcome to it?

I've listened to way too much Jordan Maxwell to be a Christian myself, but what do I care? It brings her joy and she wants to use it for good. Good for her.

somebody needs to rip the jade necklace from around her neck! it's cursed!

@Maya Twocents:
...say, what's coming out on Wednesday? I'm twiddling my thumbs for some Ellis.

@Maya Twocents: Everyone's subject to ridicule. If you lose that principle, the next step is the thought police.

@antisocialite: Fair enough. But I guess I feel like some things are more worthy of ridicule than others, and this one, besides being old news, is kind of a stretch.

@Mike_Jahn: No, no. Cheetah like kitty. Protect him from big, soon to be in roasting pan, chicken.
@ElizabethD: Nothing wrong with being a person of faith, but after 20 years or so of living alone in a black-on-black house and writing about the undead, her revelatory experience does make her sound like a nutjob.

Wait. I missed monkeys and kittens, somehow? Where? Where?

OK, so Anne Rice makes a public conversion in 2005 ... and it is current news over at the WP this Easter?

Yeah, wasn't that news in 05 when she released, ""Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt"?

Maybe the WP can make us aware of the book's discount bin price, as well.

Not that I think christianity is cheap. Just profiting from it.

Mmm, Onion-y.

@ElizabethD: Oh, come on. First she wrote about undead blood drinkers, now she's writing about an undead guy who gets his blood drunk. That's funny.

@mitchel_stevens: Here ya go:
[www.comiclist.com]

Ooh, "Army of Darkness Xena Why Not #1 of 4"! Gotta put those on reserve.

@Kakapo: Oh, darling little parrot of the night.

@Maya Twocents:
Awesome. Beserk and MPD Psycho will be ordered.
But why doesn't Avatar ever get listed? Or Dynamite? Do I have to go through Previews for that, oh dear comic book store gal?

@mitchel_stevens:
*Berserk.

@mitchel_stevens: Actually, the Army/Xena comic is from Dynamite (it's all on the forum)! I guess for Avatar you have to go straight to the source: [www.avatarpress.com] Know what I miss? Cyberella.

God, I'm a nerd. But at least I'm not alone.

@Maya Twocents:
Indeed, I am blind. But the Army/Xena thing seems like they've finally taken their popular concept and buried it so far down that it'll never return--
until Army of Darkness vs. Pumpkinhead: Seriously, Why Not?

I miss Ash. If only because the figure is awesome and the concept is so mid-80s ("He's a fireman...WHO CAUSES FIRE! His name? Cinde--wait, no. ASH.") that it can't not be incredible.

"On the afternoon in 1998 when faith returned, I experienced a sense of the limitless power and majesty of God ..."

result of post-menopausal estrogen replacement therapy rush, no doubt.

If the daily news teaches us anything, it should be to beware of a wide assortment of gods.

Latent?! Replace 'blood' with 'semen' in an Anne Rice novel and it's straight-up gay porn!

Does this explain why her novels became completely unreadable sometime in the late 1990s?

She's the one of the best homoerotic authors.

@PandoraSpocks: Living alone for which 20 or so years and in which black-on-black house?

I get your general point, but your supporting facts are off.

I seem to be suspended between several thoughts on this subject. There was the part about a choice between ridicule and thought police which threw me for a loop when I wondered to myself, "must one choose between asserting a belief and attacking someone else's?" I see validity on both sides. Ridicule can be tiresome when it's inevitable, but thought police are more chilling than Ms. Rice's "latent" characters. Another thing: are faith and religion being recognized as the same thing? I only wonder because one points to an inner state and the other suggests things like doctrine, laws, do/don't, and other aspects of appearance. It also makes me curious as to whether our author-friend is off her rocker or the "crazy idea" that convinced her was a worthy argument. What about Billy Corgan and Alice Cooper? Are they also nuts for the same reason?