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I need to read that book again. It was scary, but I finished it utterly confused. I clearly missed a ton from the appendices.
Which book is this ?
House of Leaves, I believe
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
What book is it?
House of Leaves maybe?
House of Leaves definitely.
House of Leaves I believe
Alright, thanks!
Oh, I just started reading that. Any tips?
Read each page from left to right, starting to the top.
Usually pretty good advice for a book but actually not helpful in this book.
The real answer is to read it however you want to explore it.
The one time …
What if OP has a version translated into a right-to-left languages?
Did I stutter?
I don’t know, I was reading right to left
Don’t look up too much the first time reading it. Just enjoy the weird ride. Feel free to page over to the relevant appendices every now and then, although they didn’t make a ton of sense to me. When you’re done, check them out. Apparently there’s various secret messages and stuff back there that reveal more of the story but like I said, I still need to figure them out myself lol. Once I finished the book my mind was too twisted up trying to figure it out to look into them, but I’ll come back… one day.
Don’t expect too much to “happen” and just enjoy the vibes. I would say the book is primarily a character study.
I kind of found the book sort of teaches you how to read it if you pay attention to the structure in the first few bits. But multiple bookmarks can help.
I am guessing no one’s gonna give an actual answer to what the meme is about (yes I know it’s from house of leaves, I have 0 interest in reading it) so would be actually nice to have a more in depth explanation
The story begins with a man doing the things described in the picture. He is puzzled and becomes interested in finding out more about it. His wife is not very happy about it. It’s easy to get lost in a new hobby. Other people have written their opinions on the strange house, and those are included.
LEAVESPOSTING LETS GOOOOOO
Oh oh oh, do one about “S” next! We love Ergodics!
Was about to say I enjoy the subtle “house” reference, but it turns out - not so subtle lol.
Navidson Record moment
What is this referencing?
House of Leaves
What
House of leaves, a good book you should read a physical copy of
Why exactly a physical copy?
Because the author plays with the physical formatting of the book, and physically having the copy you’re reading is important for getting the intended experience. It doesn’t work right with an ebook
I remember some rumour that an early version was web/hypertext based, which would’ve been interesting to experience.
I still have very little evidence that anyone other than hypertext narrative writers and English Lit grad students actually read (traverse) hypertext narratives these days, though.
The page layout and other features of the book are unique, and it doesn’t really carry over well to an ebook or audiobook
I like what you did with house there.
Will, who tf is Delilah?
In today’s economy the bank might take that extra back.
Step 5: le minotaur
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I bought it like a week ago. I will start it before it ends up on the shelf of shame like S. did.
It’s been 16 hours since you’ve posted this. I can only hope you’re near the bottom of a looooong staircase at this point.
(Seriously, don’t sleep on this one - a lot of people get turned off by the experimental structure stuff but it’s 100% worth reading at least once)
Am I too millennial to understand WTF this meme is talking about?
This is a meme about a scary book called House of Leaves. It’s a book that will make you feel unwell.
Thanks but I don’t need books for that
