[UA] Inspirational books (was RE: Great and secret show)

[Kevin Elmore]

> >About to start Danielewski's _House of Leaves_, mainly
> on the strength of 
> listmembers' recommendations.  The typographical tricks
> look like they may 
> get old fast, though.
> 
> Actually, that's the most interesting part. The boring
> stuff is the long 
> chapters on mathematics, architecture, the meaning of the
> word, 
> 'labyrinth,' etc.
> 

The typographical tricks aren't too bad.  I've learned that
the huge-ass backwards and upside-down footnotes aren't too
important.  They seem to say stuff like, "You can find
other architecture examples in Blah, blah,...." for many
pages.  I have glossed over those, so if there are any
important points, I may have missed them.

What I found the most interesting was the appendix where
the author saved his mother's letters that she wrote from
the insane asylum.  

I agree that the descriptions of mathematics and
architecture can be quite wordy (and I'm a math major), but
they are worthy as well.  

I have to say that you should pay attention to the chapter
on echoes.  It leads up to something chilling.  I shuddered
when I read about the "game of 'always.'"  That shouldn't
be a spoiler.

Go pick it up.  I did after reading this list (pretty much,
I buy and read and view anything the list tells me; the
list owner can make some money this way).

Kevin





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