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House of Leaves (2000)

by Mark Z. Danielewski

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A young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility--until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story: one of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams. House of Leaves influenced, and was influenced by, the music of POE, Mark Z. Danielewski's sister. Her album Haunted includes many songs inspired by House of Leaves.… (more)
  1. 182
    The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (macart3)
    macart3: Those who read the "House of Leaves" will recognize how the house also consumes people in "The Haunting of Hill House" and the feeling that there is something unearthly inhabiting the house.
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    The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (Liyanna)
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    The House on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier (PandorasRequiem)
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    Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (hubies)
    hubies: Piranesi is not scary, but in both books there is this mystifying, unpeopled world of impossible (and perhaps infinite) house-like space. Also: cryptic diary entries, unstable mind, short film as a plot device.
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    The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan (ligature)
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    Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (AndySandwich)
    AndySandwich: Gravity's Rainbow = paranoia House of Leaves = claustrophobia
  7. 30
    At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien (Fenoxielo)
    Fenoxielo: At Swim-Two-Birds is the grand-daddy of all meta-fiction and House of Leaves owes a great deal to it.
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    Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (fundevogel)
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    Vellum by Hal Duncan (MyriadBooks)
    MyriadBooks: For a sincere ambition to figure out what the hell is going on.
  10. 20
    S. by Doug Dorst (PaulBerauer)
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    Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar (sparemethecensor)
    sparemethecensor: Great experimental works where you get something different from the book depending on the order in which you read its pieces.
  12. 10
    Dave Made A Maze [Blu-ray] by Bill Watterson (aethercowboy)
    aethercowboy: Both works deal with a strange and deadly labyrinth that's bigger on the inside.
  13. 21
    Empire of the Ants by Bernard Werber (guyalice)
    guyalice: The mysterious basement and the unending staircase draw parallelisms.
  14. 10
    How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu (sduff222)
  15. 10
    Chunnel Surfer II by Scott Maddix (aaronius)
    aaronius: Another experimental narrative that takes you different places than ordinary fiction.
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    House of Stairs by William Sleator (Cecrow)
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    Report on an Unidentified Space Station by J. G. Ballard (Ignatius777)
    Ignatius777: A Short story concerning an exploration of a deserted Space Station whose size increases the further the explorers travel.
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    You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann (amanda4242)
  19. 00
    The Way Inn: A Novel by Will Wiles (bluepiano)
    bluepiano: Another book with a protagonist who is deeply unsettled by the seemingly infinite building he is living in.
  20. 00
    Icelander by Dustin Long (sduff222)

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I think of this less of a novel and more of art. It's not an easy read, but it was a faster read than I expected (this may be in part that some pages only have a few words or a paragraph on them). Still - it's not easy to describe. This is a book that will stay with you, which is both positive and negative (you'll understand once you read it). ( )
  SStewart89 | Feb 11, 2024 |
Finally finished. Hope to get the review done soon. ( )
  Zombimomi | Feb 7, 2024 |
While I appreciate the sheer amount of work that went into this novel, I didn't enjoy it very much. It was a slow read and I kept waiting to be scared. Instead, I was bored. ( )
  devilhoo | Jan 3, 2024 |
Mind blowing, but only if you've never encountered postmodernism before. I came back to this recently and was disappointed. ( )
  ethorwitz | Jan 3, 2024 |
One of the craziest, darkest, and most interesting books I've ever read. The story is chilling, but not overtly so. The journey into Navidson's house (and ultimately, mind) is both thrilling and foreboding as the narrator tries to work out his own mental maze. The book will pull you in, so be careful. Highly, highly recommend.

The second time through didn't reveal a whole lot more than the first. The change I would recommend is to skim or even skip Truant's ramblings. I don't think they add a meaningful layer of depth and really they take away from the main narrative. ( )
  ohheybrian | Dec 29, 2023 |
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House of leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski runs to 710 pages: 13 pages of introduction, 535 of text, followed by three appendices and a 42-page, triple-column index.
added by KayCliff | editThe Indexer, Hazel K Bell (Aug 4, 2009)
 
... let me say right off that his book is funny, moving, sexy, beautifully told, an elaborate engagement with the shape and meaning of narrative. For all its modernist maneuvers, postmodernist airs and post-postmodernist critical parodies, ''House of Leaves'' is, when you get down to it, an adventure story: a man starts traveling inside a house that keeps getting larger from within, even as its outside dimensions remain the same. He is entering deep space through the closet door.
 

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Danielewski, Mark Z.primary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fuentecilla, EricCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Santen, Karina vanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Schuenke, ChristaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Vosmaer, MartineTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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This is not for you.
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I still get nightmares. In fact I get them so often I should be used to them by now. I'm not. No one ever really gets used to nightmares.
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On oubliait facilement l'IA quantique au cœur de notre vaisseau. Elle restait discrètement fondue dans le décor, nous nourrissant, nous transportant, imprégnant notre existence comme un dieu discret, mais tout comme Dieu, elle ne prenait jamais nos appels.
Les animaux vivant en meute mettent toujours en pièces les plus faibles d'entre eux. Tous les enfants le savent d'instinct.
Il est beaucoup plus facile de vivre en se sachant vandale que meurtrier.
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A young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility--until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story: one of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams. House of Leaves influenced, and was influenced by, the music of POE, Mark Z. Danielewski's sister. Her album Haunted includes many songs inspired by House of Leaves.

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A blind old man, a young apprentice working in a tattoo shop, and a mad woman haunting an Ohio institute narrate this story of a family that encounters an endlessly shifting series of hallways in their new home, eventually coming face to face with the awful darkness lying at its heart.

The “1st Edition” was on-line; thus, the first printed book is the 2nd Edition.
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One creepy closet,
Holds plenty of shoes, coats and
Navidson Records
Is it fact or fake?
Academia amok,
At the heart: nothing.

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