True - very little solace does come.... but if you go with the drifting thoughts and shifting walls... then whole GALAXIES of possibilities open up. (People forget that even inside themselves their own 'walls' and 'floors' shift - as cells and dna and genes replace themselves... so nothing is ever static - Go with the Flow!!)
I'm following your struggles and flowings with the House of Leaves book, but I just could NOT!!! haven't got through tomes of straightforward print yet !!! keep being distracted by other titles that pop up ...
I'm a bit concerned about the author of House of ... scary head that!
Even a couple of years back, I baulked at taking on this book - it is a project, I think, rather than just a story and not for the faint-hearted. I will admit some of it feels a bit 'money-for-old-rope'. BUT.....it is good, just difficult to grasp shifting perceptions.
I think of it as an excercise in complete concentration; unless you have a brain the size of a planet, I don't think it is a book that most people could retain in snatches.; I most certainly couldn't.
At least I know that I can practically read ANYTHING now and understand it :-)
You know, you're tempting me!!! You really are.. I AM curious... and now that my head is returning with my legs.... I do need something to work the brain with...
Shall I Oscar Wilde???? Do you think my old nut could cope with all the changes and wierdnesses... or would I LOVE IT... simply cos it was different? Shall read your review and Ummmmm upon it!!!!
Bless... and I think you've done bloody wonders with coping with all the changes and SEEING them.. and SORTING them and REASONING with them... Hell, analysing ordinary prose is bad enough... but ... I AM CURIOUS!!!!!!
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I'm following your struggles and flowings with the House of Leaves book, but I just could NOT!!! haven't got through tomes of straightforward print yet !!! keep being distracted by other titles that pop up ...
I'm a bit concerned about the author of House of ... scary head that!
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I think of it as an excercise in complete concentration; unless you have a brain the size of a planet, I don't think it is a book that most people could retain in snatches.; I most certainly couldn't.
At least I know that I can practically read ANYTHING now and understand it :-)
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Shall I Oscar Wilde???? Do you think my old nut could cope with all the changes and wierdnesses... or would I LOVE IT... simply cos it was different? Shall read your review and Ummmmm upon it!!!!
Bless... and I think you've done bloody wonders with coping with all the changes and SEEING them.. and SORTING them and REASONING with them... Hell, analysing ordinary prose is bad enough... but ... I AM CURIOUS!!!!!!
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