- Prospice tibi--ut Gallia, to quoque in tres partes dividaris.

- Prospice tibi--ut Gallia, to quoque in tres partes dividaris.

I work backstage at the theatre, and a year or two ago I was working on the stage adaptation of 'Lestat'.

One could take the song from that production that Lestat sings to the night children and have Rex sing it to the nocturnals, and it would fit seamlessly into context.

Perhaps I'm remembering that production (which closed within a month after opening on Broadway) more than the books themselves, when one is subjected to the retelling of a story eight times a week for several weeks, things start to blur, and the final stage product was certainly different from the original text (novel).

- Prospice tibi--ut Gallia, to quoque in tres partes dividaris.

'The Vampire Lestat" (#2) is a good book, and well as "Interview with a Vampire" (#1) (Yeah JP, I did read alla them...).

"The Vampire Armand" (#3) looses some of the steam, but since one has followed the characters thus far, it is still somewhat compelling.  However, by the time one makes it to "Queen of the Damned." (#4) the whole thing has gone downhill fast, and I personally felt that the only reason I was continuing to read it was to find out what the final outcome was (not really worth the effort).

Shadygirl, I think you are dead on in your assessment.  Exploring these differences was the reason I started this thread.

- Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! (May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!)