Muppelope: House of Leaves

Muppelope 03.13.19	Feel free to discuss the music as well! Looking for more 2019 recs.
PyramidNoise 03.13.19	Read it while I was at uni. That book is insane in the best possible way.
StallionMang 03.13.19	just got up to chapter ix, which from my understanding is where the relatively-normal part of the book ends and the real fuckery begins i personally fuckin love it. the navidson record is pretty gripping psych-horror and the whole critical analysis aspect is super inventive
Muppelope 03.13.19	I can already tell after I finish it that the next novel I pick up will probably be something else by Danielewski. The style of the book, and his other works as far as I can tell, is indeed very inventive.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 03.13.19	Amazing book
IronGiant 03.13.19	Loved it personally. Could completely understand why someone would think it's pretentious garbage. Johnny Truant is one of the most "round" characters I've ever read.
zakalwe 03.13.19	Read it a few years ago. Thought it was a massive bollocks. No depth, substance, and devoid of intrinsic value. A yanks wet dream tbh.
Muppelope 03.13.19	That's quite a strong sentiment. Care to elaborate as to why you feel that way?
Slex 03.13.19	It's so fucking incredible, one of my favorites
neekafat 03.13.19	ive gotta read that damn thing already
zakalwe 03.13.19	I’ll try and expand. A characterless, insipid reflection of nothing espousing a meaningless idea wrapped into a story with no value or reflective insight into anything. Wuthering Heights it ain’t.
pjquinones747 03.13.19	It's pretty wild. Very dense. I haven't finished it because the syntax is borderline overwhelming.
BMDrummer 03.13.19	used to work at a book store and always got excited when i saw it, really need to dive in someday
StallionMang 03.13.19	if ur into lynchian or lovecraftian horror this is the good shit
zakalwe 03.13.19	Nah it’s bollocks
Lord(e)Po)))ts 03.13.19	Ur such a predictable dullard zak
zakalwe 03.13.19	I am what I am pal
zaruyache 03.13.19	I keep forgetting I bought a copy like a year ago and just keep pushing it down my todo list. Flipping through and all the stylistic shifts alone make it look nuts and i'm excited to read it, whenever that'll be.
zakalwe 03.13.19	You use phrases such as ‘like a year ago’ You’ll think it’s rhe greatest book of all time you shlep cunt. That’s shlep not sheep for all you other morons.
StallionMang 03.14.19	we got it pops u didn't like the book
Muppelope 03.14.19	You use phrases such as 'You use phrases such as 'like a year ago''
Rowan5215 03.14.19	lol zak lashing out at shit he doesn't comprehend, classic book will go down as one of the greatest
loulou 03.14.19	Best book ever
dbizzles 03.14.19	My experience is that it owns. But I wasn’t even sure I liked it until a few days after I finished it. Definitely kept me reading and engaged throughout. Book took me places I’d never been before.
dbizzles 03.14.19	Mupp, to each their own, but I honestly haven’t read anything else by him that was worth my time. Fifty Year Sword is okay and very short. Only Revolutions was.... frustrating. It could have been good, but the focus on style over substance makes HoL look like a Hemingway short story in comparison.
Rowan5215 03.14.19	I tried the first couple pages of Only Revolutions and it was just hella bad lol
Rowan5215 03.14.19	I'd recommend Steven Hall's The Raw Shark Texts to this whole thread. if you can imagine a British Danielewksi with a much firmer editor writing another HoL you're in the ballpark.
Muppelope 03.14.19	I've heard of that one, I'll definitely consider it as well. Concerning danielewski's other novels, I was thinking the familiar series would be my next choice. I've heard good things overall.
PyramidNoise 03.14.19	Having read his other novels, they don't really compare. They often feel like he's just trying to be clever with the format for the sake of it and it ends up feeling nowhere as engaging as it does in HoL.
dbizzles 03.14.19	^^^ Also, Raw Shark Texts is pretty solid and the comparison is just- mostly for the first half or so though, imo. I was curious if he ever wrote anything else and I think the only other thing he did was write for the campaign of Battlefield 1. Which is weird as shit.
PyramidNoise 03.14.19	Also the Familiar is basically just "lets do a book that works like HoL again because it's become popular" I never actually got around to reading any of them.
JoeTex 03.14.19	massive bollocks[2]
JoeTex 03.14.19	aye turn the book upside down... reads like a choose your own adventure.
JoeTex 03.14.19	mystery at chimney rock >
dbizzles 03.14.19	I was going to check The Familiar when there were more books out, but uhhhhhh they ceased production on it "for now."
Muppelope 03.14.19	I heard the familiar was supposed to be like 27 books or something ludicrous like that? If it ever gets there, that'll be one massive undertaking.
dbizzles 03.14.19	Yeah, supposed to be large. Think it only made it 3-4 volumes before the publisher and Danielewski said it didn't make financial sense to keep printing it at the rate they were. I wonder if it will ever continue.
Stalusk 03.18.19	Enjoyed the book, maybe could have been a little more concise (not that I've ever written a book). Just personal taste, but I would've had Astronoid higher on your list.