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   foolghool@wizard.casa's status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:31 JST foolghool

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   @Originalboy2 @lain thank you, though I'm more interested by the psychological and supernatural horror parts than the metafictional qualities of the book. The closer I have in mind is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges called "There are more things". Now that I think about it, there are parts in "Our Share of Night" by Mariana Enriquez that really come close to House of Leaves regarding how the house is something unnatural by itself.

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     Originalboy2 (originalboy2@spodeli.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:34 JST Originalboy2

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     @foolghool @lain i also just found another book you may be interested in called "The Cipher"
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     Originalboy2 (originalboy2@spodeli.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:35 JST Originalboy2

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     @foolghool @lain i reccomend the book "S."
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     foolghool@wizard.casa's status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:36 JST foolghool

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     @Originalboy2 @lain I remember being annoyed by the repeated pornographic and bar diving accounts but the paranoid and delirious panics with visions and smells were ok

     I want to read another story like this now

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     Originalboy2 (originalboy2@spodeli.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:37 JST Originalboy2

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     @foolghool @lain i liked johnny's parts because I could relate with him on doing things you know are horrible but never trying to improve and the guilt associated with that. Maybe I am just unlikable lol
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     foolghool@wizard.casa's status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:38 JST foolghool

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     @lain @Originalboy2 I felt like this too toward the end, the whole meta-fiction and layered narration exercice makes the book a fantastic and unique physical object but ultimately the main sources of horror and enjoyment are this dreaded house and the exploration diaries. I didn't care about the unlikable junkie dude's rambling in the footnotes and the academic pastiche content quickly felt like a drag to go through

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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:39 JST lainy

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     @Originalboy2 yeah i think even the basic idea of the house is already good enough to fill a book, but he did like 3 layers more. it can be frustrating to read but i like it a lot
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     Originalboy2 (originalboy2@spodeli.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:40 JST Originalboy2

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     @lain thats awesome :3 did u like it
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:42 JST lainy

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     @Originalboy2 read it like 10 years ago
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     Originalboy2 (originalboy2@spodeli.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:43 JST Originalboy2

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     @lain read house of leaves
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 18:07:44 JST lainy
     HELLO THIS WAS AN INVITATION FOR YOU TO SAY "OH I HAVE READ THAT IT WAS SHIT" OR "OH YEAH READ THIS ONE IT'S AMAZING"