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18 Mar 2012, 4:24 am

Author: Mark Z. Danielewski

The best way to approach this book is to go in with no previous knowledge, so I'm not saying anything about it. Give it 30 minutes or so, you'll be glad you did.

I suspect I'll give it another read soon.



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18 Mar 2012, 5:06 am

Easily one of my favourite books. I love it to pieces.

I read it on a recommendation of a friend, and I had no idea what it was about. Let's just say, I didn't get any sleep that night.



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18 Mar 2012, 3:26 pm

it's been on my to-read list for years. thanks for bringing it up, maybe I'll finally get to it!


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18 Mar 2012, 3:47 pm

I have a copy on my bookshelf, but it's so goddamned massive that I'm too intimidated to read it. And just flipping through it, it looks so horribly gimmicky and "postmodern," the kind of stuff that hipsters go crazy over. I may actually give it a chance some day, but I'll probably give it away if anyone sees it and wants it.



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18 Mar 2012, 3:48 pm

It was worth reading once. I will say the story of the Navidson Record was very interesting.



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18 Mar 2012, 5:27 pm

VIDEODROME wrote:
It was worth reading once.

Yah.

Estimated diameter of the house: 20 metres.


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19 Mar 2012, 12:08 am

I enjoyed it, to be frank. One of the best horror books that I have ever read. And to be fair, I haven't read many horror books...


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