Opinions on Cormac McCarthy?
He's one of my favorite writers. I often reread his script for The Counselor and sit back in awe of how badly Ridley Scott changed it and fucked it up.
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I've only read No Country for Old Men. Found it tough going to be honest, great story but the writing was a bit quirky. Sentences could last for a whole page with "and" being every 5th or 6th word.
>>8108549
Have you read or watched The Sunset Limited? It thought it was adapted pretty well once you get over Tommy Lee Jones' acting.
In the copies of The Orchard Keeper and Outer Dark they had at my library, someone had underlined every occurrence of the word 'dark', which got pretty ridiculous at times.
Still one of my favorite authors, though.
ah, blood meridian, monsieur? that novel is the sark and chaparral of literature, the filament whereon rode the remuda of highbrow, corraled out of some destitute hacienda upon the arroya, quirting and splurting with main and with pyrolatrous coagulate of lobated grandiloquence. our eyes rode over the pages, monsieur, of that slatribed azotea like argonauts of suttee, juzgados of swole, bights and systoles of walleyed and tyrolean and carbolic and tectite and scurvid and querent and creosote and scapular malpais and shillelagh. we scalped, monsieur, the gantlet of its esker and led our naked bodies into the rebozos of its mennonite and siliceous fauna, wallowing in the jasper and the carnelian like archimandrites, teamsters, combers of cassinette scoria, centroids of holothurian chancre, with pizzles of enfiladed indigo panic grass in the saltbush of our vigas, true commodores of the written page, rebuses, monsieur, we were the mygale spiders too and the devonian and debouched pulque that settled on the frizzen studebakers, listening the wolves howling in the desert while we saw the judge rise out of a thicket of corbelled arches, whinstone, cairn, cholla, lemurs, femurs, leantos, moonblanched nacre, uncottered fistulas of groaning osnaburg and kelp, isomers of fluepipe and halms awap of griddle, guisado, pelancillo.
>>8108553
It's his worst book I've read. It was written like it was meant to be a movie, and I think the movie was alot stronger. That said, Blood Meridian is a masterpiece and one of the best books I've read post 1980s. Child of God and the Road are also amazing.
>>8108567
I haven't seen it! It should be on HBO GO though I think I'll watch it.
I wonder if The Counselor has soured him on writing screenplays.
>>8108567
Jones' acting was phenomenal, Jackson phoned it in
Corncobber
>dude im a disciple of faulkner lmao
>proceeds to have absolutely none of the nuance of Faulkner
>>8108548
Tortillas YeCarthy, Corncob. A puffed up peddler of folksy yarns about spitting and murder. A total charlatan.
Cormac power ranking:
>The Orchard Keeper
Decent
>Outer Dark
Pretty good
>Child of God
Very good
>The Gardener's Son
meh
>Suttree
Excellent
>Blood Meridian
Sublime
>All The Pretty Horses
Great
>The Crossing
Great
>The Stonemason
Decent
>Cities of The Plain
Good, especially the end
>No Country for Old Men
OKAY
>The Sunset Limited
Excellent
>The Road
Good
>The Counselor
Meh
>>8108548
At his best, pretty good; at his worst, pretty bad. If you want consistently good corncob tales, take a look at the corncob king--Faulkner.
>>8109541
you know bloom likes yecarthy right?
>he spat and rode on
>>8109528
I wonder if there was a formal ceremony in 1962 in which Will Faulkner physically "passed the corncob" to his younger acolyte Cormac McCarthy.
>>8109548
that's irrelevant.
>>8109516
>power "rank"ing
>isn't ranked in order
wew
anyway you list is shit
correct power ranking:
Suttree - Redeemable
Rest of the drivel by Corncob Tortillas YeCarthy-
All Shit
>>8109560
How
>>8109548
Of course he doesn't. YeCarthy fags tend to have an extra chromosome or two.
>>8109541
Bloom thought BM was the best American novel of the late 20th century though
>>8109561
Your life is a meme
>>8109564
idiot
>>8109574
Source?
>>8109574
No, he gave that honor to Pynchon's Mason & Dixon:
Well, we have four living writers in America who have, in one way or another, touched what I would call the sublime. They are McCarthy, of course, with Blood Meridian; Philip Roth, particularly with two extraordinary novels, the very savage Sabbath’s Theater and American Pastoral, which I mentioned before; Don DeLillo’s Underworld, which is a little long for what it does but nevertheless is the culmination of what Don can do; and, of course, the mysterious figure of Mr. Pynchon. I don’t know what I would choose if I had to select a single work of sublime fiction from the last century, it probably would not be something by Roth or McCarthy; it would probably be Mason & Dixon, if it were a full-scale book, or if it were a short novel it would probably be The Crying Of Lot 49. Pynchon has the same relation to fiction, I think, that my friend John Ashbery has to poetry: he is beyond compare.
http://www.avclub.com/article/harold-bloom-on-iblood-meridiani-29214
>>8109603
If I'm not mistaken he mentions that in his introduction to it in the Modern Library edition, he considered Gravity's Rainbow, Sabbath's Theater, and Blood Meridian the top three novels written in the US in the late 20th century. I think he ends up putting BM slightly higher than the other two though.
>>8109505
Amazing pos5
>>8109505
This is why I come to this board
>>8108567
I thought Sunset Limited was great. For an almost 2 hour play with only two old guys in one room it was very engaging
>>8108567
>In the copies of The Orchard Keeper and Outer Dark they had at my library, someone had underlined every occurrence of the word 'dark'
>>8109505
when will this meme die, it's not funny at all
>>8109516
Decent ranking, but I think The Crossing is McCarthy's best
you guys confuse me
I don't know which side is the meme one now
you've all been praising this cunt for years and now there's a bunch of you calling him a meme and a hack
so what the fuck? is he good or not? I've wanted to read him for a long time, but I don't wanna waste ten euros on a shit book
>>8110479
It's in my top three for sure
>>8110598
What does it mean to be a "meme"?
>>8110598
Some people, myself included, really like his work. Some people really don't.
>>8110598
he's a great author, /lit/ calls him a meme partly because he's popular and thus is not acceptable to be a laudable figure on 4chan, and partly because Blood Meridian is extremely violent which attracts edgelord teenagers who are just one rung removed from jerking off to Chuck Pahlaniuk novels
>>8110598
He's a corncobber. Unless you like stories about dirt n' tobacky n' spittin he's not worth your time.
>>8110469
I'm pretty sure it's just literally one guy
>>8110653
Why haven't you killed yourself already?
>>8110668
you have a shocking lack of ability to discern talent. Why are you even here? To ruin other would-be readers' time with your turdish, idiotic opinions? You must be very unhappy
>>8110664
>this is what yecarthyfags try to make you believe
>>8110668
>accurate satire
>not just some dumb faggot being a dumb faggot
>>8110668
What's a meme?
>>8110684
except it's true. In the last 10 posts the unique poster counter has risen by 3, meaning the memer is just samefagging all over the place
>>8110598
He's an average author who writes some really unremarkable books and some decent stuff. Very provincial, half a step away from genre. Slightly better Stephen King, but not as famous - but still very much a "mass market" author. Attracts a lot of insufferable fans.
>>8110705
Btfo
>>8110705
To be honest, I am a little mad that you're spewing such faggotry which actually might deter somebody from reading a good author. Like some three year old smearing his shit on the walls so mommy will notice he's special
>>8110726
>good author
Spat out my earl grey right there
>>8110734
>ye spat
I hate new lit so much lol, everything's a meme war between autists
>>8110726
>dude violence lmao
>dude texas and mexico lmao
>dude no punctuation lmao
How the fuck is the old corncobbing shit a good author?
>>8110776
(You)
>>8110784
(autism)
>>8110806
>Yecarthy redditor still thinks autism is a hot insult on 4chan
Predictable.
>>8110817
>says yecarthy for the 83rd time and accuses of reddit
>not predictable
McCarthy is redditcore.
>>8110830
>is a mad pleb
>>8110858
hot insults
>>8108571
Is this autism?
so is this board officially /mu/ pt 2 now?
>>8110988
dubs confirm inferior bantz
>>8111079
what a hateful little weasel
>>8111627
>I hate that people like you visit this board.
Haters like you will never find love. You live in a prison of your own making.
>>8111637
k. I still hate your presence on this forum
>>8109505
While I disagree with your opinion, I will fight tooth and nail for your right to express it. Go in peace, ye blustery fopdoodle ye.
Does anyone have a link to that cringe-y YouTube video where (if memory serves) this guy is drunk and standing in his bathroom, reading off some copypasta he taped to the ceiling ridiculing Blood Meridian/Cormac McCarthy? (Whom he keeps calling "Corncob Tortilla Yecarthy"; fucking epic lol!)
Anyway, he posted it to /lit/ a few months ago, but I haven't been able to find it since. Maybe he deleted it out of embarrassment.
>>8113039
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEVX42Pg1xw
>>8108548
Love him. A giant. One would have liked to watch him adjust his belt buckle after a hearty dish of beans.
>>8108549
Is the 3 hr extended directors cut or whatever any good?
He created:
One for the critics (Blood Meridian. Considered a masterpiece by all that still care.)
One for hollywood (No Country For Old Men, a screenplay-turned-novel, won Coen the 'adapted' academy award)
One for the kids (All The Pretty Horses taught in high-schools)
One for the masses (The Road)
And one for the boys (Suttree. A cult classic)
And pre-success he wrote professionally for 28 years without cashing a royalty check. An admirable man. A NEET's NEET if you will.
>>8113131
is this pasta?
>>8113099
Based anon. Thanks.
>>8109516
go to bed bloom
>>8109633
pynchon is even worse than mccarthy
>>8108548
His very memey but is honestly a great writer.
BM, Suttree and ATPH are all top books.
>>8111647
Suck it up you little bitch. This isn't reddit.
>>8113099
How is this cringey? He doesn't say anything that isn't true. He doesn't even seem drunk.
>>8113703
>t. / lit
I've only read Suttree. What other books of McCarthy should I read?
>>8113863
Rather that than reddit, you fit that bill nicely
>>8113123
No, stay away from the film at all costs.
>>8110598
He's good but he's probably not everyone's cup of tea.
Pick up Child of God and The Road cheap on Amazon and make up your own opinion on him - those are pretty short reads.
AND HE ATE THE TORTILLA
>>8108549
Could you elaborate on how Scott's version is different?
I hated the film and couldn't bring myself to read the script because I figured it would be just as bad.
>>8113685
k. I still hate your presence on this forum
>>8113099
Every time I watch this I consider finding this guy and jerking off on his massive faggot forehead. Nothing worse than someone who is completely unfunny but thinks he is being clever as fuck
>>8116131
Nobody cares.
>>8116150
>yecarthyfags are this upset that their god gets BTFO by a rando on /lit/
>>8113099
>les memes xD 4chan right guise?!
>maybe I'll review M&D next see Im just liek you I read Pinecones 2
>>8113099
I'm the guy who originally called him Corncob "tortillas" YeCarthy. I died laughing.
>>8116154
k. I still hate your presence on this forum
>>8116150
inability to detect sincerity in a person's voice and facial movements is a sign of autism
also, even though you're trying to sound tongue in cheek with le funny masturbatory reference in place of a threat, your tough guy attitude in the face of your tastes getting criticized make you look like nothing other than a complete virginal faggot.
>>8116169
>Replies with breakneck speed
Have you really been monitoring this thread all day?
Time to kill yourself.
>>8116155
please, I'm not even a fan of McCarthy. I just think that video guy is a huge faggot and needs to take his maymays back to r/books
Greatest living writer on this planet. When he dies the literary industry dies with him; contemporary lit is fucking garbage.
>>8116182
No this is the first time I've been on the thread in a day, I just still dislike you enough to keep telling you that I hate you
>>8116186
Whatever you say, you triggered little baby.
>>8116173
lol somebody's super mad
>>8116195
t. corncobber faggot
>>8116195
We still have Pynchon.
>>8116199
That would be cute if it was true. Sad that you feel the need to lie in order to safe face on an anonymous imageboard.
Don't worry about it anon, we all have our lazy days where friends aren't available.
>>8116200
why am I a baby, just because I thought your video was a cringey piece of shit and that you're a huge faggot for making it? I'm sorry if I made you cry, anon.
>>8116195
>corncobbers think american lit is relevant at all
kek
standard tasteless plebs
>>8116219
>getting mad and confrontational for no reason
>thinking you're anything other than a baby
also, nice projecting
>>8116216
I think you have enough for the both of us, you massive cunt
>>8116212
not to mention barth, delillo, gass
but all these guys are old as fuck nobody is saying they compare to the writer they were 40 years ago
>>8116228
>n-no u
I'm laughing at you.
>>8116226
I'm not mad, I'm just voicing the fact that you're a waste of life. I can do that with very little emotional involvement, to be honest
>>8116237
laugh through the tears will probably make you feel better to be honest. I hope you cheer up, not everybody is good at something :)
>>8116238
Nah, thinking a stranger on the internet is a waste of life because of some banter indicates that you are pretty mad, my man.
I'm sure the gratuitous edgy shit in Yecarthy's tomes of corn will help you vent your frustration.
Holy shit this thread is full of fucking faggots. Nothing but bait and pissed off idiots. What the hell happened to this board? This is sub-/tv/
>>8116253
I guess you'll have to take my word for it. I'm not mad, and I also think you are worthless. Sorry pal
>>8116263
I want to pinch your widdle baby cheeks
>>8116212
>we still have our garbage meme writer who uses "le ZANY IRONIC STORYTELLING" to make up for his total inability to write genuine characters and sincere emotion
No.
>>8116262
Judging by the fact that it's from people taking ye olde corncob memes as serious criticisms, I'd say it's because of some influx of newfaggotry.
>>8116267
That's a good joke anon, put it in your next super funny video
>>8116283
Honestly the corncob memes aren't funny either. This thread is just two idiots slinging insults at each other
>>8116275
>he hasn't read a single sentence of Pynchon
wew lad
>>8116195
You're forgetting about William Gass, Joseph McElroy, Thomas Pynchon, Alexander Theroux, Robert Coover, John Barth, D. Keith Mano, Julian Rios, Don DeLillo, David Markson, Harry Mathews, Stephen Dixon, Jacques Roubaud, Raymond Federman, and William T. Vollmann--all authors of equal or greater praise.
>>8116212
>Pynchon
>Good
Vineland was such a steaming pile of garbage
>>8116384
I haven't read it, but isn't that widely considered his worst novel, or maybe second worst next to Bleeding edge?
>>8116375
Markson and Federman are dead
>>8116407
R-really? This makes me sad.
>>8108548
It's a meme to hate on him these days.
But really, he's fucking great. The Crossing is one of my favorite stories.
>>8108571
I. Respect. You.
>>8116451
hi newfriend
