r/houseofleaves

I noticed that hyphens being used to break a word up at a line break are properly mirrored on the next page; except when that happens as the last line of each pages box.

I noticed it twice.

Anyone have any idea what, if anything, that may mean?

It seems odd to me to do it, just not at the end of each page. Either not at all or each and every time.

Thoughts? Ideas? Musings of fellows lost in madness?

I went to a used book store in the hopes of finding one of Danielewski's other works, and had just about given up when my eye caught this one by chance. I was so surprised I practically yelled "Oh, fuck" in the otherwise quiet store.

Now I just need to tack down the other 4

In the French version of *House of the leaves*, there is one of the very few English words from the book that appears twice : "Redwood" highlighted there in green

Page 342 : it appears alone at the top of the page. It is not the end of a sentence, it is simply inserted in the middle of the text with a footnote (299) referring us to Appendix B

Page 553 (Appendix B) : The word appears once again in isolation, without context, outside of any sentence, in the middle of a typewritten text where it seemingly makes no sens

Does the word "Redwood" appear elsewhere in your English versions ? Do you have any theories about this odd word slipped into a text where it doesn't belong ?

Anyone ever play persona 3?
For those who don’t know, there’s a dungeon called Tartarus that’s like a void and seems endless and it changes every time the protagonist leaves and Returns.
I just thought that connection was nifty.

I just got the standalone version of The Whalestoe Letters as I understand there are some additional letters published in that.

I saw that the cover has "house" in blue on the front and back cover and thought it a good way to continue the metatextual/metanarrative/whatever. Nothing more. Then I got it and noticed that both the copyright page in the front and the further reading page in the back have the word "house" in grey (as if it were a black and white copy of a color text) and the that the copyright page has a "Note on the edition" like the main book except that it just lists a black and white version.

I haven't read through the letters in either the main book nor this yet, so I don't know where the word may appear in them (the index in HoL doesn't have an entry that far in, but the index is wrong in a few areas). A quick skim only shows "house" once, in the preface. And it is in a standard black.

So, my question is, are there actually other editions in color? Were/are there planned color editons that were either cancelled or haven't come out yet? Or are the peculiarities on those pages nothing more than furthering the joke as the covers appeared to do?

I've included pics of all the relevant parts for anyone curious.

Thank you.

this book feels like a cognitohazard. everytime I try to pick it up again, boom, headache. Anyways I don’t even know where to start reading here and I think it goes on like this for more pages, so. Damn.

I dont even wanna know

EDIT: ITS FROM THE BOOK IM READING LMAOOOO

https://youtu.be/d5xlHHY1rQg?is=Pc8x_v056lk1nQQW

Just WATCH this theory. And think of Pelafina when he mentions Frank. Or maybe Zampano. Johnny is Greg. And fregley, the minotaur. It sounds stupid but just watch. There are so many similarities between this theory and 90% of House of Leaves theories... the book being a projection of true events including a divorce... and death... My Dear Zampano, Who Did You Lose....

Alright maybe im just losing it atp

⚠️THIS IS MY OPINION⚠️

Don't get me wrong, the way the story plays out is great but the ending is still genuinely pissing me off. The whole idea of Navidson pulling out a book and going "well guess this is the only thing left for me to do..." only for it to fucking be House of Leaves is nothing but humorous to me. I've heard the theory that the book is actually The House of Leaves by Nathaniel Tarn, but that book is only 166 pages, not the 736 page Novel Navidson is reading. And then Johnny listening to some band play Only for them to have a song that has the lyrics "the 5½ minute hallway" which Johnny goes up and says "where did you get that from??" Just for them to pull out House of leaves with Zampanò's name and his on it was so fucking dumb to me. And then August 28 1999 footnote ending with "I know it's going to be ok" like I should give two shits about Johnny at all is astounding. Like, you talked about strangling and raping a girl Johnny. I don't know how to feel. I'm just mad it ended on some meta b.s. . This only my opinion maybe I'll find some way to make it seem better.

Just finished powering through HoL for the first time. Personally, i had MUCH more fun reading the Navidson Record than anything else.
There are some things i still don’t get. Like how some pages list names or places, but i can’t seem to find any hidden message within them. I had no issue reading the (horrifying) hidden messages in Johnny’s mom’s letters.
I’m also frustrated that we never find out what exactly was causing the banging on the walls.
This book makes me feel frustrated. Frustrated because i feel too dumb to understand a lot of what’s happening outside the Navidson Record. Frustrated when i realized (embarrassingly late) that the entirety of the Navidson Record is made up bullshit from unreliable narrators. But i also loved every second i read this book in the dark with backrooms music. Absolutely legendary experience. 10/10