The Vampire Companion: The Official Guide to Anne Rice's the Vampire Chronicles

"The Vampire Companion" is a very exhaustive encyclopedia of most of the terms, characters, locations, and events in the Vampire Chronicles series. It only covers the first five books in this series, though ("Interview With the Vampire", "The Vampire Lestat", "The Queen of the Damned", "The Tale of the Body Thief", and "Memnoch the Devil"), which may bother more die hard Vampire fans. Information on the other four books ("The Vampire Armand", "Merrick", "Blood and Gold", and "Blackwood Farm") is obviously missing since they were published after this book.Just about everything's included in this mammoth 500+-paged book: maps, illustrations and photos, bits of Anne Rice information, a time line, in-depth character biographies, etc. Even the unpublished short story of "Interview With the Vampire" is included, which originated the novel one year later.If you're an Anne Rice fan--and especially if you enjoyed the Vampire Chronicles--then I highly recommend this official reference guide to her popular vampire series, even though it only covers half the books in the series. (Hopefully, there will be another revised edition published soon.) But for what it does cover, "The Vampire Companion" is very thorough and worthwhile to Vampire fans. This is certainly a book worth owning, since it answers just about every question you've ever had about this series and then some.Also recommended: Katherine Ramsland's "The Witches' Companion."

"The Vampire Companion" is an excellent reference book for the "Vampire Chronicles". Katherine Ramsland's definitions are complete and very informative, and the pictures are superb. The time line and maps are essential, since there is a long history of these vampires and they traveled quite a bit. The original short story of "Interview with the Vampire" in the back of the book was a delightful bonus. Those who are reading the Chronicles for the first time, or reading them again for fun, this book is for you. Pick it up today!

This book tells you everything you could ever ask about The Vampire Chronicles.The character descriptions are great. A great book for any Anne Rice lover.

This is a must have for anyone who has ever read the vampire chronicles! It digs deep to find the meaning of the chronicles plus, cool pictures from the movie Interview With the Vampire.

This book is indispensible if you want to read just one of the chronicles & want information. This is the "Family Tree" of Anne's vampires with explanations given so that with this book, each chronicle can be read and understood separately. I love to refer to this as I'm rereading the series & need a reminder of someone or something.