... . A dominant theme in this series is "the belief in the supernatural [as being] part of the human soul..."24 These books are romantic, realistic, and supposedly written by various vampires to the mortal world. Because of this, a large following of Rice's characters has developed, especially Lestat de Lioncourt. Lestat is the hypothetical author of The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, and Memnoch the Devil.25 His fans, including Rice herself ... ."80 Nevertheless, this exploration will soon come to a momentary halt because America will have other things ...

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