Comments on: Hidden Gems: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielwski

By: Zarfe

Zarfe — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:57:56 +0000

I’m a Philosophy major, and I cannot even begin to explain how many times in a year I try to weave this book into papers. Still, after so many years, I have not found a way to do it any justice. Brilliant book, and even still intense for someone that has read it multiple times and sat writing out how things interconnect. Should get a new copy because of my own additions I’ve added.

By: Ghostwoods

Ghostwoods — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:48:22 +0000

I’ll send you an Email, Nadja. But in case anyone else is wondering the same thing, no, there’s no angels in House of Leaves — not openly, anyway.

By: Nadja K.

Nadja K. — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:29:42 +0000

Are there any angels in the book? I am looking for a book that has angel(s) in it, which is called “House of …” but I don’t remember the author…
Please help!

By: Rachel C

Rachel C — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:48:30 +0000

I don’t normally read horror, but someone bought this for me and I loved it. Absolutely brilliant, and genuinely scary. I used to have dreams about new rooms appearing in my parents’ house, and this put me right back into that head space, and new and worrying ways.

By: Canis

Canis — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:25:48 +0000

This is indeed a deeply weird book. Fascinating, and yet there’s a level on which I still can’t quite shake the feeling it’s a practical joke by MZD :-)

Of course, if you have read HoL already, you have to see: http://xkcd.com/472/

By: Gareth

Gareth — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:47:49 +0000

One of my favourite books ever.

@Emily: He released a second book, Only Revolutions. I thought it was absolutely unreadable twaddle (which, admittedly, was the opinion a lot of my friends expressed about House of Leaves.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:30:29 +0000

This was the first book I ever read that actually frightened me. I remember reading it in my car by flashlight one night while picking up a friend, and I actually got that whole cliche tickle on the back of my neck. When, oh when is his next book coming out?