Gormenghast. What to expect? Atmospheric? Creepy? Worth reading?

This is pulp for the people put off by the poverty of the language used by Stephanie Meyer.

>>7668225
I don't understand?

nothing BUT atmosphere

the series is good, but it's not in any hurry to go anywhere

Boy in Darkness is great though

bump because I am interested. Is this any good?

>>7668683
Haven't read it, but it seems to turn up on "books that inspired me" lists for SF and Fantasy authors a lot.

>>7668683
it is beyond good, it's really great, I wouldn't place it in fantasy or genre fiction because the prose value is far greater than anything done in those areas; like >>7668475 said, it is mostly atmosphere, but masterfully done.

>>7668217
I want to make a 'good fantasy' collage because the current one is full of boring commercial trite, and fantasy's failure to respond negatively to shite is a big part of why it's looked down upon.

>Gormenghast
>BotNS
>Lord of the Rings
>Gloriana
anything else?

>>7669307
second apocalypse

BOTNS is considered sci-fi

>>7669307
Little, Big

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>>7668217
Thumbnails are problematic.

>>7669312
>BOTNS is considered sci-fi
It's kinda on the preciipice, and it's a perfect example of why 'genres' are really just aesthetic choices.

>nautical novel is an aesthetic
>magical realism is an aesthetic
>southern gothic is an aesthetic
>fantasy is an aesthetic.
The difference is that in the post-comiccon world, it's very easy for fantasy to serve purely commercial aims rather than artistic ones.

>>7669312
>>7669288

Sorry but what is BotNS?

>>7669403
book of the new sun. it's like Ulysseys + Conan the Barbarian and it's fucking brilliant.

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>>7669403
Book of the New Sun

>>7669423
More like Proust + Jack Vance

>>7669771
nice, good call

>>7669771
Are you seriously ignoring the massive pulp influence that Wolfe has? BOTNS work is belles lettres artistic aims from within a pulp fantasy/sci-fi New Worlds-ish aesthetic.