03 These names are a bit wordy, is there a shorter way of referring to them? (Anne Rice FAQ)
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This article is from the Anne Rice FAQ, by Laura Ann lat13@columbia.edu with numerous contributions by others.
03 These names are a bit wordy, is there a shorter way of referring to them? (Anne Rice FAQ)
Yes there is, but only for some of the books. Others either
have short enough names or just aren't talked about enough
for a shorthand form to be necessary. Here's how some of
the books are referred to either in writing or conversation
(and how I'll write them in this FAQ):
Exit to Eden--EtoE
The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy--the Beauty books
The Witching Hour--TWH (Though this series is known as the
Lives of the Mayfair Witches, for some reason this title has
not caught on. It is referred to as the TWH series)
Interview With the Vampire--Interview or IWTV (Note: with the
publicity for the movie, you'll find some people referring
to Interview as "Vampire." While this is endearing, it's
also incorrect. None of her fans refer to it in this way as
the word "Vampire" refers to so many things in the series
that it's not specific enough for even context to let you
know what they're talking about.)
The Vampire Lestat--Lestat, TVL
The Queen of the Damned--Queeen, TQD, QotD
The Tale of the Body Thief--Body Thief, TotBT
The Vampire Chronicles--VampChron (Sometimes it's written as
VC but this often gets confused with The Vampire Companion
which is called VC more often than VampChron is so VampChron
is more common. In this FAQ, VC will refer to the
Companion, which I'll talk about later, only).
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