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Can anyone recommend me something similiar to House of Leaves?

>> No.9556136

>>9556122
the familiar.

>> No.9556182

>>9556136
Does it contain horror elements?

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9556340

>>9556122
yep

>> No.9556926

>>9556136
how are the rest in the series? does the concept warrant a full 27 books?

>> No.9557005

>>9556340
Can I have a quick rundown on this and why should I read it?

>> No.9557036

>>9557005
"Necronomicon for the 21C?"

It's sort of like Negarestani's worldview as a continental philosopher combined with a big postmodern horror novel. RN's view on things is ultra-dark, but if you like reading outer-fringe continental stuff you might find it a kind of enjoyable darkness, because he's a really smart dude with things to say.

The best way to get a sense of what it's actually about would be to browse through this. It's a bunch of academics, intellectuals and other guys writing essays about it. If this kind of writing or ideas interests you, you might go ahead and read the thing itself. I read the book a couple of years ago and found it a struggle, much harder than HoL. But this was just as thought-provoking in a way, maybe even moreso.

https://books.google.ca/books?id=wt2gAclC27EC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=nick+land+humanity+oil&source=bl&ots=j84mMjrkuM&sig=b8vZGbys3fSmuU8Ee1vazO5C08U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKueaM9I3UAhUBExQKHfYoBSoQ6AEIUTAI#v=onepage&q=nick%20land%20humanity%20oil&f=false

>> No.9557382

130 pages in and I've had to put reading this novel on indefinite hold. It's just so tedious and gimmicky. I really wouldn't mind the Navidson plot if it was just written straight. I really think if this book were published today it would be filled with emoji.

>> No.9557389

>>9557382
Having read the whole thing I can honestly say there are many parts you can skip, and it gets worse as the story progresses unfortunately.

>> No.9557406

>>9557389
Does the Traunt plot move past descriptions of one night stands? Had to really speed read through that trash.

>> No.9557717

>>9556926
The concept doesn't even warrant 1 full book.

>> No.9557724

>>9557382

The only good part is the spooky house story, the rest is tryhard YA tier.

>> No.9557840

>>9556340
Cyclonopedia is basically Nick Land fanfiction, he desperately tried to reaction the same style and fails.

>> No.9557877

>>9557840
Does it describe the world Nick Land preaches about?

>> No.9557891

>>9557877
Not really, Its mostly just a continuation of CCRU, but instead of Caycian Atlantis it goes with a Islamic aesthetic.

>> No.9557960

>>9557891
>Islamic aesthetic
doesn't sound very inviting