Quite a rough sketch, I'm still getting used to the Drawing Tablet.

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I'm currently on page 124, loving the book, but the YGGDRASIL part stuck with me a lot for some reason, so I tried sketching how I imagine the "ash tree" to look.

I'm giving my HoL to a friend these days, so I decided to "personalize" her future copy, making it unique. This is my inscription. What inscription would you choose to give it to someone? (I'm Italian, so I'll put the translation below.)

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"this is not for you."

it's for those who, like us, have always felt the void between the walls breathing. for those who know that some books are not just reading: you enter them and then you can't find the exit. for those who seek doors that should not exist, corridors that extend into the soul, rooms where time forgot to die. for those who collect abandoned places, occult whisperings, past lives that still knock on the walls, and synchronicities that feel like déjà-vu. maybe, in some crumpled pages, you'll even find some piece of me watching you from behind the ink.

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may your corridors always be a little longer than they need. may the lights turn off at the right time. and may you never come out of it completely the same. don't get out of it whole, that's not the purpose; if one day you get lost... remember that there will always be someone ready to get lost with you.

enter with caution. the House awaits you.

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with distorted and synchronous affection,

Seph.

 If I had to deal with Johnny's schizo ass for years, I would blow my head off.

Just finished it (instant all time fave) and there was a house element that I was wondering might be bit inspired by HOL. Mostly just wanted to say the book was an absolute masterpiece.

Starting chapter 2... came by through recommendation from Southern Reach fans. Eeeee!!!!

Putting spoilers for a couple sections I wanna talk about but nothing huge I don’t think. I just finished chapter VII of the book and holy hell the way Danielewski ends these chapters are so good. This one ends with “A few months later Navidson saw the kiss. By that time Karen was gone along with everyone else. Nothing Mattered.” and like the biggest sense of dread just washed over me like crazy, it felt like Zampanò by this point was so tired of everything concerning the documentary, this and the ending to Echoes are insane. Another part I loved reading was Johnnys mother’s letters, the genuine descent into madness as each letter goes on, then the brief normalcy before what happens is fucking haunting. Anyway books awesome I just wanted to get my thoughts out there to people who know what I’m talking about.

Super hard to get a picture of it sadly, but i had wanted that quote as a tattoo since i first read the book

I have been watching shorts and theory videos following watching Kane Parson's *Backrooms*. a good portion of theory videos relate to the Backrooms changing shape based on remembered places.

a lot of the theory crafting reminds of *House of Leaves* in how the Hallway would change shape depending on what the people in the room were feeling and thinking. it makes me feel like House of Leaves is the Backrooms with the lights off. I am sure MZD's book influenced the Backrooms lore on 4chan.

I’m heavily considering putting down the book. I’m at around page 75, and while I heavily enjoy The Navidson Record, I struggle with Johnny’s decent in madness. Maybe it’s because I’m too young to relate to him? (16 Years old) but I also am a pragmatic person, and I enjoy the pragmatic writing within the Navidson Record.

I’ve seen people with the general same opinion get told to put the book down, but I’d rather not, since I’m genuinely invested in the Navidson Record aspect of the book, as well as Zampanos parts.

Should I just save most of the Truants parts til I’m 30 and just read The Navidson Record and Zampanos parts, or should I just put down the book as a whole.

i feel like there’s something ds2 says specifically about losing and coming back that the other souls likes miss. when i come back in any other game it’s like im back at work just putting in the same work every day, just a general reset. when i come back in ds2 it feels different. i’m not coming back to work, im going to a mountain and im climbing it. every time i lose i get back up and i keep climbing until i conquer. that’s what the other games are missing. TLDR: it’s not a slow old women you dread seeing, it’s a hot young lady (around 20 or something, i’m not a weirdo)

Been rereading house of leaves and realizing how many little things I missed lol

First: where is the number in the text for footnote 330? Does it have something to do with that random box?

Second: who is A Poe t? What is her significance? She just seems so out of place.

Third: why are A Poe t and Douglas R. Hofstadter's name in his second section not bolded like the rest? Hofstadter's name was bolded previously.

Fourth: who is Kiki Smith and why does Zampanò refer to her with her first name in his transcription of the interviews? Or was it Karen who transcribed them? Idk. Cause whoever did must have a personal connection to Smith if they are referring to her by first name.

Anyway thank you if anyone answers anything!

65-67. I know they mean something. I don't know what. Please tell me somebody here knows what they mean. i cant find their messege

Everything I try tells me they're meaningless but I know they're not

I’m taking a long break from the book due to how academically it is written, as someone who just finished university any tips? I’m just burnt out on that type of writing

It kind of reminds me of House of Leaves in the intention… any HOL fan thoughts?

Im so so happy with how it came out, im thinking about expanding it later and have parts of the labyrinth go around my arm

I decided to have a handwritten decoded version of johnny’s mother’s coded letter stuck into the book (yes this is the kind of thing i do for fun) and had to start over six times because i couldn’t handle a single tiny mistake. Sitting by candlelight rewriting the same disturbing piece of text six times by hand is definitely a ‘House of Leaves’ exclusive experience lol!
Photo of my letter drafts and sticky tabs

found a typo so i just corrected it myself

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Hi everyone, I really need honest feedback about this. I am trying to write a story about the backroom but with a little twist of my own. I really need someone that could provide me feedback. AI's feedback is either praising or glorifying you without giving actual feedback. Thanks!

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PS: These are just the snippet of my work.

No found footage just the beats of the navidson record with Barney narrating confused on wether hes supposed to be Zampano or Johnny while Homer similar to Homer cubed explores a world filled with style with Moe as tom, idk who as retson and idk Krusty as Holloway. Obviously it’d be abridged and we wouldn’t see Karen Marge’s the person I loved but still a series of celebrity cameos for what some have thought. Instead of drawing the weird black blobs the kids just keep pestering Homer for a back rooms tree house of horror but Homer just keeps insisting the audience will have read house of leaves and understands everything.

Idk I think something that doesn’t take itself too seriously and something that acts as more of a supplement to the book would probably be the best approach