House of Leaves read-along
podcast plus The StoryGraph: wanna play?
The StoryGraph now allows read-alongs, so I set one up for Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves, since I am working on the next episode, and was pleasantly surprised to find it to be accompanied by a discussion forum, so readers can leave each other questions and such. So I set up quick and dirty sections, which are open for negotiation, because I am winging it early in the morning here:
The Whalestoe Letters
The Navidson Record
The Editors’ Appendix
Haunted
Come join in! It doesn’t matter where you are in the novel, because it’s easy for people to mark spoilers, and this is just a casual hangout. There won’t be an exam at the end, and you will be able to find the exit. Unlike in the House.
The list of podcast episodes, in order, are as follows. They can be streamed here for paid members without ads (how to set up your podcast app), or streamed in order from this list, thanks to Podchaser:
Bone-Chimes and Primitive Spiders: House of Leaves: 68
Ergodic: House of Leaves: 70
Tangerines to Apples: House of Leaves: 73
Rooms Full of Indistinguishable Remains: House of Leaves: 80
In the Spirit of the Staircase: House of Leaves: 81
Please join me, this should be fun. Bring flashlights and water.
The books:
House of Leaves: Bookshop, The StoryGraph
The Whalestoe Letters From the House of Leaves: Bookshop, The StoryGraph