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[–] lerky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pffft, tourist. Read Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves" and then we can talk footnotes.

[–] clb92@feddit.dk 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Entered the comments just to suggest reading House of Leaves.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I knew my people were out there!

[–] clb92@feddit.dk 5 points 1 day ago

I'll have to admit that I never got very far in it, but what I did read, I really liked. One day I'll finish it... one day...

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 day ago

Same.

I read that book right after taking like English 400: Theory and Criticism, so I was like "yeah it has footnotes but doesn't every book have footnotes?" Then I recommended it to a friend who hadn't read a book more complex than harry potter in 20 years, and her brain like caught fire.

[–] monotremata@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago

There's also "Book" by Robert Grudin. At one point

spoilerthere's an uprising and the footnotes rebel against the plot.

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Trying to explain something but I have ADHD

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mark Danielewski: that’s cute

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago

This is a reference to the book, House of Leaves~§~ by Mark Z. Danielewski.

§panda_abyss, in his seminal work on referring to House of Leaves, mentions this reference in the Lemmy~†~ Thread "3. DFW 4. ibid".

† I used to work as a tattoo artist you know.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Terry Pratchett: Hold. My. Beer

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 7 hours ago

The Denephew joke remains one of my all time favourites, and it was a footnote to a footnote.

We truly are in the year of the disposable adult undergarment.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Man did that dude need an editor who could stand up to him.

That said still liked infinite jest. His college graduation speech is also pretty good. Other stuff was hit or miss.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Nonfiction is his best work.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I really need to continue Infinite Jest. It took me ages to read like 60 pages.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

It's worth the exercise IMO. Was in a similar boat, then picked it back up after a year and a bit and finished it. I was happy I did, it's a great book.

That said, if it doesn't grab you, it doesn't grab you. Nothing at all wrong with that, and it's definitely not everyone's cup of tea.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago

I’ve honestly been loving it so far! It’s just a much more dense read than my last book hahaha

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

loved it when pratchett did it tho

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago

Me, but with em dashes and parenthesis.

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Freaking loved his works.