Adora
08-23-2007, 10:45 AM
So, I haven't read House of Leaves per-se. I kind of read a bit of it. Then decided I value sleep more than I value cult literature. I did get it cheap, though, and it's the full-colour illustrated edition, with lovely coloured words and printed polaroid/whatever appendices in the back.
But has anyone actually finished the book? Nobody I know has. They've either been too freaked-out or didn't get through it fast because it's so dense and had to give it back to their friend/family member/library nazy.
Bey, you of all people must have cracked this one, right?
For those who are wondering, House of Leaves is about a guy who haphazardly inherits a manuscript from a dead old crazy guy, and said manuscript is a theoretical work on a film. Said film is called The Navidson Record and is about a family living in a house that's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. It starts out in little ways (5/16ths of an inch, in fact) but grows to huge proportions until the house contains an entire infinite labyrinth that drives anyone who goes into it insane. Obviously, people go exploring.
I only got up to the part about echos and Karen screaming about the bookshelf until I had to put it back on my own shelf. I figure I'll be safe to read it on a plane at Christmas, but not whilst I reside within a house. It's like trying to read Poe whilst sitting in a high-roofed room filled with ravens and dusty old curtains.
And anyone who has read the book will get why I'm putting house in blue. Also, Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves).
But has anyone actually finished the book? Nobody I know has. They've either been too freaked-out or didn't get through it fast because it's so dense and had to give it back to their friend/family member/library nazy.
Bey, you of all people must have cracked this one, right?
For those who are wondering, House of Leaves is about a guy who haphazardly inherits a manuscript from a dead old crazy guy, and said manuscript is a theoretical work on a film. Said film is called The Navidson Record and is about a family living in a house that's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. It starts out in little ways (5/16ths of an inch, in fact) but grows to huge proportions until the house contains an entire infinite labyrinth that drives anyone who goes into it insane. Obviously, people go exploring.
I only got up to the part about echos and Karen screaming about the bookshelf until I had to put it back on my own shelf. I figure I'll be safe to read it on a plane at Christmas, but not whilst I reside within a house. It's like trying to read Poe whilst sitting in a high-roofed room filled with ravens and dusty old curtains.
And anyone who has read the book will get why I'm putting house in blue. Also, Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves).