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returntothepit >> discuss >> Has anyone read House of Leaves? by dneirflrigruoydeliani on Mar 6,2005 1:46pm
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toggletoggle post by dneirflrigruoydeliani   at Mar 6,2005 1:46pm
I hear it is really good, any opinions?



toggletoggle post by XmikeX at Mar 6,2005 3:35pm
That book is out of control good. It's like Borges/Cortazar/Baudrillard wrapped into one in an intensely creative horror type book. It's seriously possibly the best book I've ever read.



toggletoggle post by dneirflrigruoydeliani   at Mar 6,2005 4:42pm
awsome, im going to order it on Amazon.com right now



toggletoggle post by wakeoftears  at Mar 8,2005 3:34pm
I read the first like quarter of this book, got kninda confused and never picked it up again. I heard its excellent though.



toggletoggle post by nick   at Mar 8,2005 5:14pm
i read it, might read it again im pretty bored.



toggletoggle post by succubus  at Mar 8,2005 5:27pm
Holy Crap!!

you guys know that book????

Mark (the writer is a really cool guy (with a famous sister) in case you didn't know.

i was as a party for young writers (under 30) and his book won! that's also where i met ethan hawke by the way and i have ethan reading the book too




toggletoggle post by succubus  at Mar 8,2005 5:29pm
oh..sorry..his sister is poe..

you know the singer..



toggletoggle post by ArrowHead  at Mar 8,2005 6:02pm
I tried reading that book. When I leafed through it I thought it looked amazing and truly original. However, I'll warn you, when I sat down to read it I just found it confusing and hard to follow. It was pretty unique, but if you have a short attention span like I do you might not make it through the whole book, I didn't. It's too bad too, because the storyline itself is awesome and really bizzare. I wish he'd re-release a more linear and traditionally written version so I can follow along better.



toggletoggle post by dunwich nli at Mar 8,2005 6:09pm
It's worth reading anyway. The format is an extension of the theme to some extent but the writer did seem to go out of his way just to be difficult. I would like to see what else he can come up with.



toggletoggle post by KadoogASSÜCK at Jun 1,2009 11:41am
this is book is fucking brilliant, brilliantly put together. There's a reason it's so hard to follow, and it comes through more and more as you read along. Everyone on earth should read this book.

Anyone else read it in the 4 years since this thread started? I just finished it yesterday.



toggletoggle post by xmikex at Jun 1,2009 12:06pm
HoL rules. I stand by it. Danielwski got totally full of himself after writing it though, and took the book's success as a free ticket to write whatever he wanted. I wouldn't line my cats litterbox with Only Revolutions.



toggletoggle post by brian_dc  at Jun 1,2009 12:25pm
xmikex said[orig][quote]
HoL rules. I stand by it. Danielwski got totally full of himself after writing it though, and took the book's success as a free ticket to write whatever he wanted. I wouldn't line my cats litterbox with Only Revolutions.


What this guy said



toggletoggle post by brian_dc  at Jun 1,2009 12:25pm
actually. I might get a cat for the sole purposes of getting it to shit all over that book.



toggletoggle post by xmikex at Jun 1,2009 12:35pm
AN ACTUAL EXCERPT FROM ONLY REVOLUTIONS (from Amazon):


I'm no hurry.
But what now worries me?
Terribly unique. Heartendingly
sharp. Out there, my only harm.
Of course I approach the edge.
Roams below drippling the extent
of my thawing ramble. Surely.
I'm the Mountain which
the world climbs down from and
I laugh because it tickles.
Martins wheel.
And though with a wave I could
raze it,
I'm fascinated.
My donkey trots off.
-never fall.


Nice fucking novel, dick. I could just picture him typing that up on his iBook while he sips on his bubble tea and says "I'm the greatest writer since Dean Koontz"



toggletoggle post by Yeti at Jun 1,2009 12:46pm
that reads like metalcore lyrics.



toggletoggle post by goatcatalyst   at Jun 1,2009 1:51pm
Without the irony.



toggletoggle post by kadoog'n'stuff at Jun 2,2009 1:02pm
Hahahaha I just started leafing through Only Revolutions this morning. Boo. I'm sure he knows he can't top House of Leaves, but he could have at least TRIED.



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