So I read this book around 3 Am (not a good idea) but its about this man who discovers an x-dimension in his house. Which is a space larger on the inside than on the outside. Eventually the place is so large that he enters on an expedition to record it. But everything goes terribly wrong.
It's very freaky on an animal and base level, and I highly recomend it.
Even though I botched the explanation, try it out anyways.
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AHH! Forgot to mention.
The book is written in to styles mixed in.
One is the main character the dude exploring his house. But the other is a guy reading House of Leaves and going insane.
MAN SORRY!
Thats what makes it so freaky, because you're wondering (at least in 3am I was) if you're going insane too?
AHH! Forgot to mention.
The book is written in to styles mixed in.
One is the main character the dude exploring his house. But the other is a guy reading House of Leaves and going insane.
MAN SORRY!
Thats what makes it so freaky, because you're wondering (at least in 3am I was) if you're going insane too?
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I may have to check it out as well.
Edit - Balon, is it by Mark Z. Danielewski?
Edit - Balon, is it by Mark Z. Danielewski?
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You do not hear, and so you cannot be redeemed.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
This should help
search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/is ... 3768&itm=1
What amazon link?
Oceana has always been at war with Eurasia....
Please return to your telescreen.....
search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/is ... 3768&itm=1
What amazon link?
Oceana has always been at war with Eurasia....
Please return to your telescreen.....
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That's the page I found, but it wasn't instantly obvious what the hell the book was about. I find Amazon very user-unfriendly.
Thanks man.
Thanks man.
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Great book. Enjoyed the way the structure of each chapter corresponds to the subject--two columns in the chapter about twins, complicated back and forth footnotes in the chapter about Labyrinth, etc. Brilliantly done. Lots of hidden messages as well.
An academic paper by a blind man about a documentary film that doesn't exist, which may be a fabrication by a brilliant fraud, who might be just the deluded fantasy of a woman in an insane asylum.
An academic paper by a blind man about a documentary film that doesn't exist, which may be a fabrication by a brilliant fraud, who might be just the deluded fantasy of a woman in an insane asylum.
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I found a copy of this at the local Borders (hmmm, Borders), but it's $70.00 (approx. $45.00 US or £23.00) or the price of three normal novels. Gods damnit! 
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book began on the net i understand. thus the formatting.
oh so postmodern.
i liked the story all the way up to the expedition...
when he got lost, so did i.
the guy in the house wigged me out, the one going loony.
sheesh.
i was really creeped out for a while on the first part of that book.
book began on the net i understand. thus the formatting.
oh so postmodern.
i liked the story all the way up to the expedition...
when he got lost, so did i.
the guy in the house wigged me out, the one going loony.
sheesh.
i was really creeped out for a while on the first part of that book.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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I can't tell you how many times I've picked up this book and considered buying it, only to put it down because I thought the chapter structure was simply a cheap selling ploy. Don't get me wrong, I love experimental fiction and nonconventional writing styles, but writing in circles? Along the borders? I had to wonder if the story was as intriguing as the layout. I know it's probably stylistically groundbreaking and unique, but it was just enough to keep me from purchasing it.
But since I've read some great praise for it from Murrin and others on the Watch, I'm confident that it's worth reading.
But since I've read some great praise for it from Murrin and others on the Watch, I'm confident that it's worth reading.
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Proverbs for Paranoids #3.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
Im a cheap bastard, I ussually just get them from the library, and If i find something I really like, I'll break down and buy it used.
I think I've only bought whole price from Borders or BandN mabye a dozen times ever.
WOO! CHEAPNESS!
I think I've only bought whole price from Borders or BandN mabye a dozen times ever.
WOO! CHEAPNESS!
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