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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves is an amazing piece of ergodic literature, in printed form.
by unhammer 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves is an amazing piece of ergodic literature, in printed form.
- patcon 8y agoAgreed. Really great book. That and Cloud Atlas are my favourite non-linear books (pls forget the movie) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)
- raywu 8y agoLoved Cloud Atlas's structure. Hyperion and Infinite Jest also come to mind.
- mindcrime 8y agoMeh. I found HoL to be extremely over-rated, and more gimmickry than meaningful content. I got the impression that Danielewski was trying way harder to write "a post-modern novel" or "an ergodic novel" than he was trying to write "a good novel". That is, the focus was too much on the gimmicks: the multiple narrators, the typography/layout stuff, etc., as opposed to being a genuinely compelling story.