Who has read it?

And the two resulting questions:

Who had nightmares?

and

Who didn't finish it?

A girl I was dating years ago recommended it to me. I tucked it away in my brain for later retrieval. When I was in Iraq sweltering in a pool of existential despair, and my own sweat and semen I decided that the next time I got around to making the trip to the internet I was going to order it.

Probably not a good idea.

I read it voraciously through until the part where Holloway flips his lid in the labyrinth and then had to stop for two weeks. Then, on a few days when I happened to not go out, have post, or anything, I read the rest straight through. There were several points during these few days that my little poncho/poncho liner cavern I had built on my rack started to close in on me and I started floating and ****. I'm sure my mental state was effected by dehydration and the lack of nutritious food, but all the same, the effect this book had on me was probably the closest to a religious experience I have ever had.

I'm sure it is just the nature of the book. It's about ****ed up people, so anyone is going to find some sort of ****ed up mirror or Rorschach blob to see, but the more I reread it, the more I seem to develop some disturbing intimate relationship with it. At first it was just a psychological horror novel, but at the same time it isn't really that at all. It's so scattered and incomprehensible that it makes the circle back to a perfect portrayal of, something. I am always blown away by the number of links it makes to itself and reality that are mind blowingly subtle. What's currently blowing my mind is Zampano's likely military past, possible relation to JT, or the possibility that the whole god damn thing is just JT's brain dumping.

If you haven't read it, I think I recommend it.

I haven't been able to find a colour version, will getting the greyscale version affect my enjoyment?

Yes. It's is an utterly remarkable book, I absolutely loved it and feared it. I wouldn't go as far as you do, but you were certainly reading it in extreme conditions which probably heightened the experience. Maybe that could spawn a whole new field of entertainment, I wonder if reading a book while bungee jumping or listening to an audiobook while walking through a minefield would make them better.

I was recently clearing out the basement in my house and I found this really creepy door, and none of my house mates have ever noticed it before. It's stuck behind the carpet and we can't open it, but I'm terrified of that door.

There's a little companion book, I forget what it is called, but it contains more of the letters between Johnny and his mother.

I read the greyscale version, and the intention of the formatting is still obvious and still clever - but I imagine the colour version is much better. I've seen it in some places, but it's ridiculously expensive.

You should also check out the musician Poe. She's the sister of Mark Z. Danielewski, and some of her songs mention House of Leaves. After their father's death, they discovered a whole series of tapes recorded by him and she includes samples from this in her tracks. It's really creepy.

Detty, I would get the color version if you can. I found it for real cheap on the internet. There are some things that the color is important for. More than just the house being printed in blue.

Mort I think that opening this door is the perfect inaugural attempt for your new genre of entertainment. Make a documentary. If it's not exciting, make some crazy **** up for the ending.

Also, as I understand it, Haunted was written along with HoL. I highly suspect that this book is the result of a ten year drinking problem, but the alcohol didn't seem to hurt his sister's creativity.

"Whalestoe Letters" is the book of letters and poems.

Here's a picture of my scary door. It was covered up by the carpet on the left.

I read it last summer. Ehhhh it certainly didn't get under my skin like advertised by the friend who recommended it. I don't think it was... really skillfully written, just tirelessly written, and that resulted in, at times, a tiresome read :/.

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Didn't get under your skin hmm?

What are you going to do bout that door?

I think it's more interesting if left closed.

That's what wusses always say!

It's probably a crawlspace access or something.

Crawlspace access, or plumbing access.

Paging Flirbnic.