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[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 52 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

just putting House of Leaves on display, with no concern for what might happen, smh

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 4 weeks ago

Notice how its the only copy? All the others on that table have small stacks. It's like someone got it off the shelves deeper into the shop and then their nerve failed them.

[–] chrischryse@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Not a big book reader so can you explain?

[–] You_are_dust@lemm.ee 28 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Not the OP but I have read the book. It's very unique and the story is told in some pretty strange ways. Parts are written backwards, in code, in the margin of the pages, etc. I think it's a great experience and I'm glad to see it on that table. I've never read anything else like it.

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

OMG!!!!! I was friends with a girl (smalls) in the early 2000’s at tech school for the Air Force and every once in a while throughout the years when I’ve thought about her I’ve always wondered what this book was and tried to figure out a way to google it so I could get a copy. You have solved a twenty+ year life mystery for me, thank you so much!

[–] chrischryse@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Welp guess I might make an exception then lol

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If you enjoyed the book, check out the album Haunted by Poe. Anyone with a functioning radio in the 90s may have heard Angry Johnny a time or ten but she's got some other good tracks too. Poe is the stage name of Anne Danielewski and, if the last name is familiar, that's because she's the House of Leaves author's sister.

[–] wisemanzero@lemm.ee 51 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

So... Any Richard Bachman?

[–] istdaslol@feddit.org 32 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Am I the only one to have the sudden urge to put at least one Stephen King book in the display?

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 39 points 4 weeks ago

Put a book written under his pen name on there...

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Don't put "it" there...

[–] Diddlydee 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

The Terror is marvelous. If you're thinking of buying Paul Tremblay's short story collection, don't. It's dire from start to finish, full of half-thought stories and stories that seem to have no point.

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

+1 for The Terror. That and Carrion Comfort are my two favourite Dan Simmons novels.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

full of half-thought stories and stories that seem to have no point.

Ugh, so many short story collections are like that. It's such a nice surprise when can find a good author of short stories because I like them more than novels.

[–] generic_computers@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Nick Cutter is awesome, especially if you’re into body horror …. I highly recommend The Breach

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Better or worse than The Troop?

[–] BCOVertigo@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I saw Nick Cutter and wanted to ask this as well. The Troop was such a fantastic book with vile description and really left an impression on me. Fuck you Shelley.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

That was my first Cutter book and I did not expect to like it as much as I did.

Fuck Shelley, justice for Newton. 😭

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

I've always preferred Geri's Game anyway

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 7 points 4 weeks ago

I'm not seeing The Girl With All The Gifts there!

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What, no Дми́трий Глухо́вский?! Metro rules.

[–] Aermis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah metro is good. My name is Artem so when I listened to the audio book it felt like I was reading a dream.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fuuuuuck that dream! Lol the rats, shudder.

[–] Aermis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not a good dream it still read as a nightmare lol

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

The Only Good Indians is a fun read.

I'm gonna have to read The Terror because the show was 🤌🏾

I was never a fan of King, but his son on the other hand!

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Damn, his kid is a writer too?

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

He is! He goes under Joe Hill so people don't know, but I think he's great. The Heart Shaped Box was my first book with him and I found it a lot of fun! NOS4A2 is my overall favorite, but it's a long one, so I always recommend the shorter one first.

[–] GeminiFrenchFry@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Joe and Owen both write

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

I just read I was a Teenage Slasher, which was super fun. Gonna look into The Terror now!

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago

Stephen Graham Jones' The Only Good Indians was wonderful, and Augusta Bazterrica's Tender is the Flesh was dystopian nightmare fuel. Both absolutely excellent books.

[–] owsei@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

HOUSE OF LEEEEEEAAAVEEESSSS