House of Leaves: The Horror Of Fiction 

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You read and understood this book as a child?!? I am really impressed.

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pssh too much hubbub about nothing at all. I hear nothing about emotion or verisimilitude, i.e. the actual stuff that makes a novel. I've read this thing over and over and am still mystified at how cloying it is: in trying to appear so smart but it's not, anyone seeing this comment right now can write House of Leaves, all you need to do is copy and paste facts or make fictional statements around your college curriculum. That is not a book, that is note taking to prepare for a book. The authors Danielewski wants to emulate were actual writers: pick up anything by Joyce ( I'll wait), one of his short stories alone pack more emotion and horror than this whole book - and we're not even getting into inventiveness yet; don't even mention Pynchon that's blasphemy, Pynchon has skill.

@@myemailaccount3046 i feel like this reading reveals more about you than the book? you're so unwilling to grapple with what the book presents because you're swamped by what you perceive as pretentiousness. instead of thinking about what the presentation of fictitious material contributes in terms of thematic weight or material, it has to be cloying, it has to be the author trying to convince you of their genius. i've read many a solid critique of this novel, but this is... not a good one. dismissing the fake content because it is fake, and not granting it any weight is just ridiculous. most stories don't draw attention to how utterly contrived they are, and all stories are ultimately contrivances with structure. he is not trying to convince you it is real. no one is selling you anything. they're good dogs brent

@@MrRyanbtw I've never seen a solid critique or appraisal of this novel. So right off the bat you're lying. What I've seen is fauning. This book is rubbish. And what's crazy is I like Danielewski, I think the guy is genuine or at least trying to be -> the book has the strivings of being good but ultimately it's a failure, and it's a failure only in that it's amateur i.e. it's juvenile (there's nothing mature about obvious Minotaur metaphor, there's nothing mature about name dropping, it has to lead to something, there's nothing mature about having camille paglia in any work without a critique of sexual personae, I could go on ad nauseam. Infinite Jest this book is not, Jest is a masterclass of skill, it's a book about, among many other things, horror without even trying too hard to convey the horror. That's not to say that I don't like certain sections of this book. But ultimately all the doodads and wonks and sleight of hand baffle gab all stifle the novel, and if the subject matter was passed high school ap phil I'd hate the novel less.

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I'm a year behind here, but I had comment because I know exactly which review you're talking about. The most intense book review I've ever read.

@@kristinestaples7607 is it the review from The Goodfellow?

This is 2 years late, sorry. Actually none of those footnotes and references actually lead anywhere, just to more questions. That's the "horror", even f the universe has no meaning, we're doomed to search for one, and how it parodies academia. It can disappoint, you might stop reading when you figure this out, it's pointless. Like the inex of pages with the word "so", the answer IS "so what";, tracing the references never feeds the itch (some Easter eggs, but nothing meaningful). The author too, seems trapped by the act of writing the book itself!!! It's the curse of self-consciousness.Thebook is, by many different definitions a "house of leaves(pages)

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@@chrismarroquin6338 Poe? Her album "Haunted"?

It is very pretentious, but that's the point.

Johnny Truant is a bit grandiose, which is definitely a well-used character trait. I never felt that the writing was doing anything wrong outside of the world within the book.

Thank you! It's certainly a difficult book to describe.

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@@WhatsSoGreatAboutThat wow! Even more impressive! Seriously, very nice video review - smooth, informative, and beautiful.

Yes. Zampano is clearly a Borges surrogate and the entire books concept and execution is Borgean.

Is Borges a horror writer? I didn't used to think so, but the way he goes back to infinity time and again, the way he uses it , I think there's a real case to be made.

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Thank you very much! That's so kind. I'll see what the future holds. :) And I'd definitely recommend House of Leaves. It raises so many interesting questions.

READ IT… you might have to slog through a potion of the beginning, but I promise its worth it

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Also watched your video on David Lynch. You have a great talent for thoughtful and insightful video essays with engaging visuals and editing. Thank you for your work.

Thank you very much! it's a shame it's so difficult for you to get access to House of Leaves as it's a really interesting read. I hope you manage to get your hands on it!

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I think engineers would prefer exploiting this neverending space "creation" by capturing the energy out of it and converting it into some other kind of energy :d

Funny but when you put stuff in there for storage, it disappears. As explained in the book

@@JesusHComedy hence the Neverending landfill idea.

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@@WhatsSoGreatAboutThat I know, just kidding around :) Loved the video though

What about William Goldman's abridgment of S. Morgenstern work...?

Terry Pratchett: Yes, you are. But that doesn’t mean you’re an idiot.

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I hope it doesn't disappoint! And you can definitely just enjoy the book on a narrative level and not worry too much about how it all ties together.

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