[ExI] John C. Wright Interview

[Damien Broderick]

At 04:39 PM 1/25/2008 -0800, Jef wrote:

>I rather enjoy the last several lines.

Yes, Molly Bloom's rapturous closing lines that complete ULYSSES are 
about as justly famous as anything in 20th century literature.

John Wright is a very smart guy, and a powerful writer in his own 
modes (his forthcoming sequel to van Vogt's NULL-A novels is 
astonishing), so I'm surprised by his vehement opposition to Joyce's 
complex novel, and his silly "nyah nyah you're all just pretending to 
like it". But I was even more astonished by his retreat from atheism 
in favor of the vulgarity of Christian "Science" (at least it wasn't 
Scientology, which captured poor van Vogt for years); he is a man 
with his own rather distinctive canon of values.

Damien Broderick