Videodrome
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House of Leaves
Finally finished reading this thing and if anything I can honestly say I've never read anything like it before. This is just to weird.
The most obvious thing that stands out just by picking up this book and flipping through it is some of the bizzare text layout(see below). Each of the main characters in this book gets their own unique Text Font. They are the short lived Zampono who started a research documentary on a series of films based on a strange space defying house called The Navidson Record and The Five and a Half Minute Hallway, tatoo artist Johnny Truant who discovers Zampono's work and decides to continue it despite ensuing mental breakdowns and paranoia, and the comments by the editors who try to decipher and explain the odd behavior of the would be author Johnny Truant.
Essentially what you are reading is House of Leaves by Zampano with Commentary by Johnny Truant. As you read the story begun by Zampono you are provided with research notes and strange commentary by Truant describing his experience of compiling Zampano's work and his own efforts to finish the project so you have two stories running parallel. Also provided are comments on what happened at the mysterious Navidson house by sources such as architects, various authors, philosophers, and psychologists. These notes are provided by Zampano's and Truant's research.
The real meat of the story wich is wrapped with all this strange commentary and footnotes is the story of Will Navidson's family and the house they moved into on Ash Tree Lane somewhere in Virginia. The first really odd thing to occur is the appearance of the infamous 5 1/2 Minute Hallway wich is on the outside wall of the house living room. This is a severe violation of space because walking through this openning should take you outside but it doesn't. Later a door appears on one of the walls within this strange new hallway wich leads to even more doors and rooms.
Exploration A finds that these rooms are able to shift and change shape making it potentially a very dangerous labrynth. Eventually a very large chamber is discovered with a massive spiral staircase. During one incident an exploration party is straned with the staircase is thought to have expanded to 13 miles. During a following rescue attempt using ropes when the stairs briefly returned to a smaller size each time someone was brought up successfully a quarter was dropped to the bottom. Suddenly the stairs violently stretch back out.... and 55 minutes later the last person stuck at the bottom hears a quarter drop. According to the notes that would mean the staircase was longer then the diameter of the Earth.
Another text anomoly in this book is there are references written down referencing the myth of King Minos who imprisoned his monstrous deformed son, commonly called Minotaur, within a great maze called The Labrynth. For some reason Zampono decided to try and destroy these references but Truant managed to uncover most of them.
If you are willing to plow you're way through this strange book you will be rewarding with very strange and chilling scenes in this book ranging from Truant's breakdowns to the horror experienced during Exploration 1 and team leader Holloway has a sever claustrophobic reaction. There is also a fascinating part toward the end when Navidson's obsession leads him to try one more exploration wich nearly kills him.
Finally finished reading this thing and if anything I can honestly say I've never read anything like it before. This is just to weird.
The most obvious thing that stands out just by picking up this book and flipping through it is some of the bizzare text layout(see below). Each of the main characters in this book gets their own unique Text Font. They are the short lived Zampono who started a research documentary on a series of films based on a strange space defying house called The Navidson Record and The Five and a Half Minute Hallway, tatoo artist Johnny Truant who discovers Zampono's work and decides to continue it despite ensuing mental breakdowns and paranoia, and the comments by the editors who try to decipher and explain the odd behavior of the would be author Johnny Truant.
Essentially what you are reading is House of Leaves by Zampano with Commentary by Johnny Truant. As you read the story begun by Zampono you are provided with research notes and strange commentary by Truant describing his experience of compiling Zampano's work and his own efforts to finish the project so you have two stories running parallel. Also provided are comments on what happened at the mysterious Navidson house by sources such as architects, various authors, philosophers, and psychologists. These notes are provided by Zampano's and Truant's research.
The real meat of the story wich is wrapped with all this strange commentary and footnotes is the story of Will Navidson's family and the house they moved into on Ash Tree Lane somewhere in Virginia. The first really odd thing to occur is the appearance of the infamous 5 1/2 Minute Hallway wich is on the outside wall of the house living room. This is a severe violation of space because walking through this openning should take you outside but it doesn't. Later a door appears on one of the walls within this strange new hallway wich leads to even more doors and rooms.
Exploration A finds that these rooms are able to shift and change shape making it potentially a very dangerous labrynth. Eventually a very large chamber is discovered with a massive spiral staircase. During one incident an exploration party is straned with the staircase is thought to have expanded to 13 miles. During a following rescue attempt using ropes when the stairs briefly returned to a smaller size each time someone was brought up successfully a quarter was dropped to the bottom. Suddenly the stairs violently stretch back out.... and 55 minutes later the last person stuck at the bottom hears a quarter drop. According to the notes that would mean the staircase was longer then the diameter of the Earth.
Another text anomoly in this book is there are references written down referencing the myth of King Minos who imprisoned his monstrous deformed son, commonly called Minotaur, within a great maze called The Labrynth. For some reason Zampono decided to try and destroy these references but Truant managed to uncover most of them.
If you are willing to plow you're way through this strange book you will be rewarding with very strange and chilling scenes in this book ranging from Truant's breakdowns to the horror experienced during Exploration 1 and team leader Holloway has a sever claustrophobic reaction. There is also a fascinating part toward the end when Navidson's obsession leads him to try one more exploration wich nearly kills him.
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