KATG Book Club: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

[36D]

Originally Posted by jesikat

hush you! why you tryin' to roon tings for Dee

THANK you.

[jesikat]

Originally Posted by rajjy

See below...

well go read the book then. Problem solved!

[shera]

"I actually feel that if someone suggests that House of Leaves could or should be a movie, then I highly doubt that someone has actually read the book.."

In other words, this book is far beyond anything that could be done with film?

I totally disagree. What makes this book so brilliant and special that it couldn't be made into a film? I could see a variety of styles being used to portray different sections, characters, images and elements from the book: like animation, photo stills, black and white, film vs. video. Like that has never been done before.

[36D]

Originally Posted by rajjy

Like how they fucked up American Psycho when they tried to turn it into a film.

Fuck off Dee, its not the only book I've read!!!

Give me a break, rajjy. All the years that we have been bestfriendsforever and I have NEVER seen you mention a book other than American Psyco

[DWarrior]

Originally Posted by rajjy

Like how they fucked up American Psycho when they tried to turn it into a film.

Fuck off Dee, its not the only book I've read!!!

Let me guess, the other one was 1984?

Go read HoL already, you illiterate fuck.

[36D]

Originally Posted by DWarrior

Let me guess, the other one was 1984?

Go read HoL already, you illiterate fuck.

Originally Posted by rajjy

I've got a better idea, how about you go fuck yourself?

No Hatin' in book threads!!! Take that shit to DNA. THX

[36D]

As tough as it is to follow, I enjoy the way the book is shifting and changing as the inside of the house is. I need fishing line and neon markers to find my way back to where I started. I lose my place and panic, worried that I won't find where I started from. When we come to the pages of only a few words, I read

each word

on

the page

so

slowly

and it

sinks
in
and
resonates.


We're now at a point in the Navidson Plot where we can try and figure out all of the many things that the house could symbolize. Internal fear and phobias. The mind. Insanity. Zampano's fears. Truant's mind. Our insanity.

Exploration #4 and Holloway remind me of Heart of Darkness and Kurtz. Morality changes in the darkness, and Holloway adapts this new sense of moral code. He is more affected by the darkness than Jed or...the other guy (I don't have the book in front of me). Darkness, barbarianism.

What is the purpose of the long lists that Zampano includes as footnotes? Is it to distract us? Do you think that the discombobulated format the book has taken on is Truant's or Zampano's? I'd prefer it to be Zampano's, because I want him to be the crazy one, not Truant. I'd rather have Truant be a trustworthy guide through Zampano's work, even though we have already been misled by him.

My favorite character is the house.

[motherTrucker]

our next read should be cat in the hat

[DWarrior]

Damn, I'm kinda way behind, still on page 121. I think I should get there by Sunday though.

PS, this guy's lists one up Andy Rooney's.

[36D]

Since I am apparently by myself in this book club thing, I think we should all read up to Chapter 13 by Friday. Everyone good with that? Yes? okay then