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A review by colinandersbrodd
The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice
5.0
Some of Rice's best work, in my opinion . . .
I enjoy Anne Rice's work, and like many of her fans, I first came to her through the Vampire Chronicles. "The Mummy" is not part of those Chronicles (though it is set in the same world, I think - I believe there are references to Ramses the Damned in the Chronicles), in the early 20th century, as the archaeological excavations of Egypt and Egyptomania dovetailed together, and tells the story of a mummy who is in fact an immortal man. He cannot die or be destroyed, but has slept since before the fall of Rome. In a classically Anne Rice sensuous account, Ramses comes to terms with the "modern" world, and the nature of true bodily immortality is explored - the ethics of making someone immortal, of resurrecting the dead, the potential peril of rushing ahead with the best intentions . . . This is Anne Rice at her best, and somewhat similar in its way to "The Servant of the Bones" - I loved this one, and was happy to re-read it again! Incidentally, I wonder if Anne Rice really realizes what would be involved in fluency in Ancient Greek and Latin, let alone Egyptian, as several of the characters in the book are. I *AM* fairly fluent in Latin, and it makes me think :)
I enjoy Anne Rice's work, and like many of her fans, I first came to her through the Vampire Chronicles. "The Mummy" is not part of those Chronicles (though it is set in the same world, I think - I believe there are references to Ramses the Damned in the Chronicles), in the early 20th century, as the archaeological excavations of Egypt and Egyptomania dovetailed together, and tells the story of a mummy who is in fact an immortal man. He cannot die or be destroyed, but has slept since before the fall of Rome. In a classically Anne Rice sensuous account, Ramses comes to terms with the "modern" world, and the nature of true bodily immortality is explored - the ethics of making someone immortal, of resurrecting the dead, the potential peril of rushing ahead with the best intentions . . . This is Anne Rice at her best, and somewhat similar in its way to "The Servant of the Bones" - I loved this one, and was happy to re-read it again! Incidentally, I wonder if Anne Rice really realizes what would be involved in fluency in Ancient Greek and Latin, let alone Egyptian, as several of the characters in the book are. I *AM* fairly fluent in Latin, and it makes me think :)