Travis wrote: > Some other series', universes though, that make my top ten > are as follows: > > -The Vampire Chronicles/Mayfair Witches (same Universe) - Anne Rice
Hmm. This is a tough one for me. I thought _Interview_ was incredibly interesting but ultimately quite flawed. I really enjoyed _Lestat_ and _Queen of the Damned_ (especially the latter), liked _Tale of the Body Thief_ a whole lot, and thought _Memnoch the Devil_ was the best in the series (in fact, I think it's probably the second best book Ann Rice has written, behind only _The Violin_). But my reaction to all of the Vampire Chronicles books since then can be summed up in one word; "Eh." I thought the first Mayfair Witches book was ok, but haven't much liked the ones since then. I think even _The Mummy: or Ramses the Damned_ was better than any of the Mayfair books. I just find it hard to connect to them for some reason, even though I really like the genre. I would say that if you limit The Vampire Chronicles to just the first five, it would probably be in contention for being in my list of top ten series of books, but IMO the rest of the series brings it down quite a bit. Of course, another way of looking at it is that the entire Rice universe is somewhat interesting and the first five Vampire novels elevate it quite a bit... By the way, have you read either _The Violin_ or _Servant of the Bones_? If so, what did you think of them? > -The War Against The Chtorr - David Gerrold This series is in my "to read someday" list but it doesn't look like I'll be getting to it anytime in the next year or two. > -Rama series - Clarke See above, although somewhat higher on the list. Reggie Bautista _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
