The Nothing in the Never Ending Story was more of a destructive force. This is more like a science project gone wrong.zeldas_lullaby wrote:Oh. HA HA HA.
That reminds me of the Nothing in the Neverending Story. Weird.
Most unusual book you have ever read
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Re: Most unusual book you have ever read
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Just because it is "unusual" doesn't mean it is bad. I actually really enjoyed it. But man is it weird.zeldas_lullaby wrote:You know, I may have to look into this book.
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For example:
The use of footnotes (obviously)
A plot that revolves around an enigmatic film
and, most spooky of all, House of Leaves has a main character, the protagonist's wife I believe, who shares a name with David Foster Wallace's widow--Karen Green (I do not believe the real Karen Green and Mr. Wallace were together at the time of HOLs publication)
Anyway, Infinite Jest is the most unusual book I've read because it really pushed postmodernism a step further (earning the newly coined phrase 'post-postmodernism (a movement which House of Leaves would be part of)) with its arc plot and its use of invented words and language as well as its control of a type of story telling one could only describe as 'Maximalist'. The only other book I can think of that was that unusual for its time is Moby Dick which was Modernist before Modernism was cool.
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I read that book too! Well, most of it. I completely agree. The MC's painful shyness that never went away just ate away at me, the reader. I mean, it seemed realistic, but maybe too much so.TrisNook wrote:The most unusual book I've read was Prep by Curtis Settinfeld which was about a girl that fought and fought to go to a private school far away and then hated it and hated herself there and was miserable the whole time. It was really good but the character was self destructive and it made the whole book weird.
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That is a fabulous book, all of the Xanth series are, and they're all quirky.Melaniep wrote:The Color of her Panties by Piers Anthony. And no, it's not THAT kind of book! I actually enjoyed it for all it's quirkiness!
I just finished The Years of Rice and Salt a few minutes ago, and that is my pick. The same characters live through many incarnations and hundreds of years. It is also a history that differs from reality, which makes for a really fascinating look at what could have been.
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