It has been a very heady time this past week. Absorbing the newest work of an author like Mark Z. Danielewski can make your head spin. Danielewski's first novel, House of Leaves, became a major cult hit (emphasis on the cult) when it was released in 2000. Since then Danielewski has spent most of his time doing readings and working on his latest opus, Only Revolutions. It may appear to be a normal work of science fiction following two teenagers who never grow old and spend their time careening through...
Honestly I loved House of Leaves so ofcourse I went out to get the new book but I think I'll have to wait untill my winter break from school to read it. With in the first few pages I was so confused. I have this bad feeling I'll become too obcessed while reading this book and forget I'm in school....so I'll wait
Xplosivo said:
Honestly I loved House of Leaves so ofcourse I went out to get the new book but I think I'll have to wait untill my winter break from school to read it. With in the first few pages I was so confused. I have this bad feeling I'll become too obcessed while reading this book and forget I'm in school....so I'll wait
I know exactly what you mean! I bought it, but now I can't find time to sit and read it start to finish... and I hate only being able to read a few pages at a time because it's so poetic... maybe Friday. I think I'll just go sit in a cafe and read it all day.
Amazing interview!! I need that book, but i really need to finish house of leaves first... so many footnotes to read, hehe! And I listen to POE just way too much...
Great interview. I'm only a quarter of the way through Only Revolutions, and it is just fantastic. I can't even begin to imagine the kind of work he had to put into this book. I didn't think he could write anything else as mind-melting and great as House Of Leaves, but so far it looks like he's topped himself.
Not to be a whiner, but no one said a peep about Fifty Year Sword. It required a good deal of finagling to find and obtain a copy of that, and I would've really loved to learn a bit more about it's creation process, origins, et cetera.
But don't listen to that- I whine. It was a great interview. I've been holding off on getting a copy of O.R. but I think now's the time.
ghostandride said:
Not to be a whiner, but no one said a peep about Fifty Year Sword. It required a good deal of finagling to find and obtain a copy of that, and I would've really loved to learn a bit more about it's creation process, origins, et cetera.
But don't listen to that- I whine. It was a great interview. I've been holding off on getting a copy of O.R. but I think now's the time.
Pumped!
Did you read Fifty Year Sword? How was it? Do you think its worth the trouble tracking down a copy of it?
Wow! It's been a long time since I read House of Leaves. It's one of the first books I recommend to weirdos I meet. I'm so excited to hear he has a new book out.
I like the bit about sushi and swimming.
To Powell's I go. I just spent a quarter of my paycheck there on Wednesday!
You always hear people compliment books by saying, "I couldn't put it down!" Well, in the case of House of Leaves, I actually didn't put it down - I read it straight through in about 36 hours. And it haunted me (thanks, Poe) for months and I really felt like I was off my game the whole time. Like Xplosivo and fluxuation, I feel like I need to make space and time in my life to read Only Revolutions, and I really would like to re-read House of Leaves at a somewhat more leisurely and non-obsessive pace!
Thanks for a great interview of a fascinating writer.
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SEP 18, 2006 06:00 AM