Customer Reviews

Cult Fiction: Popular Reading and Pulp Theory

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Cult Fiction was the first serious study of popular fiction of this type, and was intended to be a scholarly and academic study. Lots of books are on the shelves now which have copied what Bloom started. But he is still the best. I would recommend this book for students of popular fiction and academics alike.

A disaster. Too many mistakes to be believed. In the first place: the authors state that there is only one known photo of Thomas Pynchon. Wrong. There are several, many of them easily accessible online. Second: The authors state that all of the novels of William Gaddis are written almost entirely in dialogue. Wrong again. The Recognitions is not written that way. Also, the authors do not include David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest, which is one of the major cult books around.

Other errors abound, too numerous to list here. While an interesting and valuable idea, this book is simply too badly executed to be of any real use.

A scholarly, interesting and unusual book on a subject not usually covered - I enjoyed it.

I found this book thouroughly interesting and an extremely good read!

I must disagree with the reader from NY and agree with the one from Boston! After reading and checking the background to this book all information is correct! for example: I found no other pictures on the net! I would strongly recommend this book as a good buy!

I strongly disagree with this arguement, the book is extremely accurate in what it says and very well executed if i may say so! I think a judgement can only be made by an individual and i recommend that it be bought and your opinions put forward!

This book is great! Unfortunately my last roommate took my copy, so I have to buy it again.