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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | '''Cult fiction''' is a term used to denote [[literature]] that has attracted a [[cult following]]. |
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| + | Books that tend to attract a cult following include [[List of banned books|banned books]], [[Transgressional fiction|transgressive fiction]], [[List of controversial books|controversial books]], [[erotic literature]] and [[genre fiction]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | ||
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| + | == Bibliography == | ||
| + | *''Cult Fiction: A Reader's Guide'' (1998) - Andrew Calcutt | ||
| + | *''Cult Fiction: Popular Reading and Pulp Theory'' (1998) - Clive Bloom | ||
| + | *''Classic Cult Fiction: A Companion to Popular Cult Literature'' (1992) - Thomas Reed Whissen | ||
| + | *''The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction'' (2005) - Michaela Bushell, Helen Rodiss, Paul Simpson | ||
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| + | ==Examples of cult books== | ||
| + | *''[[Anti-Œdipus]]'' ([[Gilles Deleuze]] and [[Félix Guattari]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Atomised]]'' ([[Michel Houellebecq]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Atrocity Exhibition]]'' ([[J. G. Ballard]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Bell Jar]]'' ([[Sylvia Plath]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Catch-22]]'' ([[Joseph Heller]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Catcher in the Rye]] ([[J. D. Salinger]]) | ||
| + | *''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'' ([[Anthony Burgess]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Dice Man]]'' ([[Luke Rhinehart]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Dispatches (book)|Dispatches]]'' ([[Michael Herr]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Doors of Perception]]'' ([[Aldous Huxley]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' ([[Frank Herbert]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]]'' ([[Tom Wolfe]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Ender's Game]]'' ([[Orson Scott Card]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' ([[Hunter S. Thompson]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Female Eunuch]]'' ([[Germaine Greer]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Fight Club (book) |Fight Club]]'' ([[Chuck Palahniuk]]) | ||
| + | *''Food of the Gods'' ([[Terence McKenna]]) | ||
| + | *''The Function of the [[Orgasm]]'' ([[Wilhelm Reich]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Gaia (novel)|Gaia]]'' ([[James Lovelock]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Gödel, Escher, Bach]]'' ([[Douglas Hofstadter]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' ([[Margaret Atwood]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ]]'' ([[Douglas Adams]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Illuminatus! Trilogy]]'' ([[Robert Anton Wilson]] and [[Robert Shea]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Journey to the End of the Night]]'' ([[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Laws of Form]]'' ([[G. Spencer-Brown]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Le Grand Meaulnes]]'' ([[Alain-Fournier]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Less Than Zero]]'' ([[Brett Easton Ellis]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' ([[J. R. R. Tolkien]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Naked Lunch]]'' ([[William S. Burroughs]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Neuromancer]]'' ([[William Gibson (novelist)|William Gibson]]) | ||
| + | *''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)|One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' ([[Ken Kesey]]) | ||
| + | *''[[On the Road]]'' ([[Jack Kerouac]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Outsider]]'' ([[Albert Camus]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Siddhartha]]'' ([[Hermann Hesse]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]'' ([[Kurt Vonnegut]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Storm of Steel]]'' ([[Ernst Jünger]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Story of the Eye]]'' ([[Georges Bataille]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Stranger in a Strange Land]]'' ([[Robert A. Heinlein]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge]]'' ([[Carlos Castaneda]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Tropic of Cancer (novel)|Tropic of Cancer]]'' ([[Henry Miller]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Trout Fishing in America]]'' ([[Richard Brautigan]]) | ||
| + | *''[[The Wasp Factory]]'' ([[Iain Banks]]) | ||
| + | *''[[White Noise]]'' ([[Don DeLillo]]) | ||
| + | *''[[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]]'' ([[Robert Pirsig]]) | ||
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Cult fiction is a term used to denote literature that has attracted a cult following.
Books that tend to attract a cult following include banned books, transgressive fiction, controversial books, erotic literature and genre fiction. [1] [Apr 2007]
Bibliography
- Cult Fiction: A Reader's Guide (1998) - Andrew Calcutt
- Cult Fiction: Popular Reading and Pulp Theory (1998) - Clive Bloom
- Classic Cult Fiction: A Companion to Popular Cult Literature (1992) - Thomas Reed Whissen
- The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction (2005) - Michaela Bushell, Helen Rodiss, Paul Simpson
Examples of cult books
- Anti-Œdipus (Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari)
- Atomised (Michel Houellebecq)
- The Atrocity Exhibition (J. G. Ballard)
- The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
- Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
- The Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger)
- A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
- The Dice Man (Luke Rhinehart)
- Dispatches (Michael Herr)
- The Doors of Perception (Aldous Huxley)
- Dune (Frank Herbert)
- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
- Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
- The Female Eunuch (Germaine Greer)
- Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
- Food of the Gods (Terence McKenna)
- The Function of the Orgasm (Wilhelm Reich)
- Gaia (James Lovelock)
- Gödel, Escher, Bach (Douglas Hofstadter)
- The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
- The Illuminatus! Trilogy (Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea)
- Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
- Laws of Form (G. Spencer-Brown)
- Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
- Less Than Zero (Brett Easton Ellis)
- The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
- Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
- Neuromancer (William Gibson)
- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
- On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
- The Outsider (Albert Camus)
- Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
- The Storm of Steel (Ernst Jünger)
- The Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
- Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
- The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge (Carlos Castaneda)
- Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
- Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan)
- The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks)
- White Noise (Don DeLillo)
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
