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6958820 No.6958820 [Reply] [Original]

>He can’t think, he can’t write. There’s no discernible talent.

>> No.6958854

>>6958820
>A book of great charm, beautifully written, unfailingly rewarding.

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6958948

>>6958854
>the new york times

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>>6958820
>A gnostic fantasy

>> No.6958968

>>6958820
he tried to get every single copy of this removed from bookstores and libraries iirc

>> No.6959656

>>6958968
Now I really want to read it.


>also wtf "Select all images with commercial lorries". Why does captcha think I'm in Britbongistan?

>> No.6959948

>>6958820

the book he based it on was rather original but extremely poorly written. Like, pulp level of craft in prose. I could barely read it. A Voyage to Arcturus.

The thing is, Bloom's book is actually even more poorly written, and is basically the same book.

Bloom literally wrote fanfiction.

>> No.6960632

>>6958820

I read this book out of curiousity. Harold Bloom is undoubtedly one of the great literary critics of recent times--what would his own fiction read like?
Ugh. This book is cast in the mythological prose of a Dungeons and Dragons enthusiast. This is low quality fantasy. The real star of the book is Bloom's eccentric philosophy of Gnosticism and no thought at all is given to characterization or euphony of language. I think Bloom is trying to write a new testament here, not a novel. He fails. This is an embarrassing piece of work.
Do try his criticism, though. When Bloom is on his home court, he's engaging.