tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post4591505872486974512..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Factor #103Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-24105356796518090132018-08-05T16:13:04.592-05:002018-08-05T16:13:04.592-05:00I am now imagining a livid Marvel Universe Anne Ri...I am now imagining a livid Marvel Universe Anne Rice raging against the Montesi formula pulling the rug off from under her career in the early 80's by killing her sources.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-72528083083913806532018-08-05T09:28:42.114-05:002018-08-05T09:28:42.114-05:00I’m sure fantasy and supernatural fiction is no le...I’m sure fantasy and supernatural fiction is no less popular in the Marvel Universe, but perhaps using “real”-world knowledge (skewed or incomplete though it might be) as a springboard; anyway, I like the idea of a bestseller there that is based on an actual interview with a vampire.Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-74123243859351493902018-07-31T13:42:50.244-05:002018-07-31T13:42:50.244-05:00"Points to DeMatteis for remembering that, at..."Points to DeMatteis for remembering that, at one point in time, Havok & Polaris left the X-Men to study geology and were working in that field before getting sucked back into the life of the X-Men just prior to the Outback Era."<br /><br />Alex was studying geology, and Lorna was studying archeology. For what it's worth. :)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-66262305255724919442018-07-28T11:11:08.601-05:002018-07-28T11:11:08.601-05:00It just gets worse from there. Interview is easily...It just gets worse from there. Interview is easily the high point of Anne Rice's writing career, and very much worth a read. After that, the books get harder and harder to make it through. I read all of her original five Vampire books, because I was a fan, but looking back, it was all a waste of my time after Interview.<br /><br />Tale of the Body Thief spends a lot of pages with the main character complaining about how much it sucks to have a mortal human body.<br /><br />Sure, he's absolutely right, but it might have read as more interesting if Rice's core readership wasn't made up of Homo Sapiens, who probably already have some notion that our bodies can really be a pain quite a bit of the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-54348221477774040512018-07-27T15:36:46.585-05:002018-07-27T15:36:46.585-05:00I read INTERVIEW (because of the movie...) and mos...I read INTERVIEW (because of the movie...) and mostly enjoyed it. I managed to finish LESTAT, but it was...a slog to do so, which I probably why I never continued with the series. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-46163172773595090562018-07-27T15:20:16.216-05:002018-07-27T15:20:16.216-05:00I borrowed Vampire Lestat from my local library at...I borrowed Vampire Lestat from my local library at my teens but couldn't get past halfway with it.<br /><br />The librarian messed with me when I checked it out because The Interview had been on the telly just the previous night and, well, she read me like an open book there.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-27145337298147095432018-07-27T15:11:35.366-05:002018-07-27T15:11:35.366-05:00Actually, this version has also the same image:
h...Actually, this version has also the same image:<br /><br />https://www.fictiondb.com/covers/034538475X.jpgTeemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-8191887470360042902018-07-27T15:08:56.549-05:002018-07-27T15:08:56.549-05:00Ah, you're totally right about that! Tales of ...Ah, you're totally right about that! Tales of the Body Thief was (I think) first published around this time as well, so it would have been more in the zeitgeist. I bet they left off the "Tale of" for legal reasons. <br /><br />Dur. I really should have thought of that. Those books were still all the rage when I first started working at B.Dalton and I handled them constantly. I've even read INTERVIEW & LESTAT (never made it to BODY THIEF, though). Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-86831248521884047522018-07-27T15:01:34.737-05:002018-07-27T15:01:34.737-05:00The Tale of the Body Thief is an actual book by An...<i>The Tale of the Body Thief</i> is an actual book by Anne Rice, fourth in her Vampire Chronicles series started by <i>The Interview With A Vampire</i>, and the title on that book cover in the panel is a (kind of) direct lift from one version of the real life cover of the book:<br /><br />https://www.antiqbook.com/books/AB_images/l/lelivr_RO60078187.jpgTeemunoreply@blogger.com