Day: November 3, 2005

Our long national nightmare is almost over: ‘Da Vinci Code’ Losing Best-Seller Status:

After more than two years spent dominating the New York Times best-seller list, “The Da Vinci Code,” by Dan Brown, is dropping off the list, at least temporarily.

I guess at some point I may actually have to read the damn thing.

It just seems like there’s so many better things I could be doing with my time.

Anne Rice has a new book out. Let the Amazon.com backlash begin anew.

Personally, I’ve only ever read Interview with the Vampire, so I can’t in all honesty comment on any of her later books. As I think I’ve said before, Interview itself wasn’t terrible, especially if you like that sort of thing, but for just a 300-400-page book, even that was a bit of a slog.

What I find interesting is what seems to be an increasingly antagonistic relationship between Rice and her fans. Some authors adore their fans; some look upon them as a necessary evil. Rice seems to have sometimes gone out of her way to attack hers.