Heather answers “What is the best way to read HOL?”

Chad asked this question about House of Leaves:

What is the best way to read HOL?

Heather I'm only about 100 pages in so far, but I've found that reading it as it's presented (meaning sorting through the footnotes as they are dealt) makes t…moreI'm only about 100 pages in so far, but I've found that reading it as it's presented (meaning sorting through the footnotes as they are dealt) makes the most sense to me. It's sometimes clunky and hard to figure out what references what, but I'm of the belief that the author chose to include the footnotes at the places that he did because they contribute something to what is being presented, and that means in each individual case. You should definitely read the referenced appendices (which I also read as they were mentioned in the main body of the text) because they give the characters more depth that you don't get merely from reading the main text.(less)

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Jessica Mole What do you mean by sorting through the footnotes as they are dealt? This book confuses me! Are the footnotes made up or real? Should I be researching ...more
Jan 18, 2016 04:53PM

Heather I read them as they appeared in the text. So, read a line and then look at the footnote. Continue reading until you hit another one and then read that ...more
Jan 18, 2016 05:15PM

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