Editing Less than Zero (novel) (section)

==Reception==
The author stated in 2005:
{{blockquote|I read it for the first time in about 20 years this year—recently. It was so great. I get it. I get fan mail now from people who weren't really born yet when the book came out. I don't think it's a perfect book by any means, but it's valid. I get where it comes from. I get what it is. I know that sounds so ambiguous. It's sort of out of my hands and it has its reputation, so what can you do about it? There's a lot of it that I wish was slightly more elegantly written. Overall, I was pretty shocked. It was pretty good writing for someone who was 19. I was pretty surprised by the level of writing.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=571852 "A Conversation with Bret Easton Ellis] Amazon.com</ref>}}

Upon the release of ''Imperial Bedrooms'', ''Details'' commented on ''Less than Zero'' and its original reviews, stating: "Years ago people could have read some of your books and said, 'Oh, this is just [[nihilism]]. These people don't exist! There's nobody that rich and stupid and narcissistic!{{'"}}. (The article states, "When Michiko Kakutani first reviewed Less Than Zero in ''The New York Times'' in June of 1985, she began the review this way: 'This is one of the most disturbing novels I've read in a long time.{{'"}})<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kakutani |first=Michiko |date=1985-06-08 |title=BOOKS OF THE TIMES; THE YOUNG AND UGLY |pages=32 |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/08/books/books-of-the-times-the-young-and-ugly.html |access-date=2023-09-22}}</ref> Ellis remarks "surprise!". They also credit him with "In a way, [inventing] [[Paris Hilton]] and [[Spencer Pratt]] and [[the Kardashians]]."<ref name=eternalbadboy>{{cite journal|url=http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/music-and-books/201006/author-bret-easton-ellis-less-than-zero-sequel-imperial-bedrooms|title=Bret Easton Ellis: The eternal bad boy |journal=[[Details (magazine)|Details]]|last=Gordinier|first=Jeff|date=June 2010|access-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>