I read this book a few years ago when looking for a lighter, winter vacation House of Leaves. It's fantastic in spite of because of the gimmicks. It's a perfect loaner book because it's accessible and very much open to interpretation.
I like the idea of having some content exclusive to certain language versions of the book, as far as books like this go. posted by Solon and Thanks at 3:00 PM on June 20, 2009
Cool! Thank you for posting. posted by sciurus at 3:25 PM on June 20, 2009
Thanks for posting this, juv3nal. I just read The Raw Shark Texts a couple months back and really enjoyed it. Glad to see there's some supplemental material that I can jump into. posted by Donnie VandenBos at 4:05 PM on June 20, 2009
Just don't go jumping the Raw Shark... posted by hippybear at 4:28 PM on June 20, 2009
I enjoyed this book but felt let down by the resolution -- I would have been a lot more satisfied if the ending hadn't been [ROT-13 SPOILER]na rknpg ercyvpn bs gur raqvat bs Wnjf[/ROT-13 SPOILER]. There seemed to be room for something else in the resolution than the literal treatment that we got. posted by camcgee at 5:00 PM on June 20, 2009
On reflection, I think it's really misleading to call anything in that book "literal." posted by camcgee at 5:11 PM on June 20, 2009
Take care with this material. The Ludovician is in the internet: fact... I believe blue sites are easier for it to traverse than others. I've reset my desktop to this , but I don't know how long that will that will keep it back... posted by yoz420 at 1:18 AM on June 21, 2009
yoz420: It's worse than you think. Metafilter is Mycroft Ward.
Seriously, I love this book and love this post for bringing me new info on it. posted by etc. at 7:42 AM on June 21, 2009
Take care with this material. The Ludovician is in the internet: fact... I believe blue sites are easier for it to traverse than others. I've reset my desktop to this , but I don't know how long that will that will keep it back...
I read this book before I read House of Leaves. To be honest, I enjoyed the latter much more. The Raw Shark Texts was a little too obvious for my tastes. posted by spitefulcrow at 8:29 PM on June 21, 2009
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in spite ofbecause of the gimmicks. It's a perfect loaner book because it's accessible and very much open to interpretation.I like the idea of having some content exclusive to certain language versions of the book, as far as books like this go.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 3:00 PM on June 20, 2009