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I wouldn't call it 'fine'. He may have had a way with words, but stories like "Starchild" was a 'what if we do the ritual of abramelin the mage, then have sex during the goetic rituals(demon summoning/dismissing) part to put a demon in this prostitute"

Yeah. That's the plot of the book. How to have sex and put a demon in the fetus.

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Having no previous knowledge or awareness of the author or the story of Abramelin the Mage (besides a hasty skim of the Wikipedia page): your summary of the plot does not seem as disuasive (or persuasive fwiw) as you make it out to be.

So many fictional plots can be reduced to absurdity by such descriptions.

The problem with Starchild isn't the ridiculous story line. The problem is that in the last ten pages of the novel we find that the whole journey of the main character was not important in the slightest. On to fight WWI instead. I would recommend his short stories and poetry though.

Raiders of the Lost Ark has the same issue, but spawned a franchise.

Lucas and Spielberg digging and turning Crowley's bookish lead to cinema gold! The true alchemists.

isn't it "moonchild"? if so, i have read it and it is dull at best.

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