I have not, but I’ve heard pretty good things. Being 27 books long makes me wonder what he’s thinking thoughinsertnamehere wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:41 pmSomehow I completely missed this thread despite having read and loved the book. Now, if only I could find a way to turn into a mafia game...ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:18 pm I can talk about this book for days. I don’t find it gimmicky because everything seems to have a reason (formal, narrative-driven or otherwise) for being in there — even the backwards pages and strange layouts. It’s really like nothing else I’ve ever read, and if other Syndicaters haven’t picked it up in the five years this thread has been around, they should get on that!
Have you tried any of Danielewski's other work? I know that just last year his proposed 27-book long series got put on "pause" a mere 5 volumes in, which makes me wonder if it's worth checking out at all.
As far as a mafia game I have toyed with the idea of it but doing it properly is beyond me. A real House of Leaves mafia would be a formalist exploration/explosion into the very nature of the game itself. Also, there’d be hallways.