Has anyone read House of Leaves?[views:8241][posts:16]______________________________________________ [Mar 6,2005 1:46pm - dneirflrigruoydeliani ""] I hear it is really good, any opinions? |
| _______________________________ [Mar 6,2005 3:35pm - XmikeX ""] 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. |
| ______________________________________________ [Mar 6,2005 4:42pm - dneirflrigruoydeliani ""] awsome, im going to order it on Amazon.com right now |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 8,2005 3:34pm - wakeoftears ""] I read the first like quarter of this book, got kninda confused and never picked it up again. I heard its excellent though. |
| _____________________________ [Mar 8,2005 5:14pm - nick ""] i read it, might read it again im pretty bored. |
| _________________________________ [Mar 8,2005 5:27pm - succubus ""] 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 |
| _________________________________ [Mar 8,2005 5:29pm - succubus ""] oh..sorry..his sister is poe.. you know the singer.. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 8,2005 6:02pm - ArrowHead ""] 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. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 8,2005 6:09pm - dunwich nli ""] 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. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 1,2009 11:41am - KadoogASSÜCK ""] 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. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 1,2009 12:06pm - xmikex ""] 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. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 1,2009 12:25pm - brian_dc ""] xmikex said: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 |
| __________________________________ [Jun 1,2009 12:25pm - brian_dc ""] actually. I might get a cat for the sole purposes of getting it to shit all over that book. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 1,2009 12:35pm - xmikex ""] 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" |
| ______________________________ [Jun 1,2009 12:46pm - Yeti ""] that reads like metalcore lyrics. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 1,2009 1:51pm - goatcatalyst ""] Without the irony. |
| ________________________________________ [Jun 2,2009 1:02pm - kadoog'n'stuff ""] 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. |