House of Leaves is something I've been wanting to read since I first saw it, but I've never had the chance. Unlike most books, I feel that I'd be missing out on a lot if I didn't read it in physical form.
Yes, it's definitely something you want to experience in the physical form! It's hard to describe what reading it feels like towards the latter parts of the book- you feel like you're lost in the book like how the Navidson gets lost in the house.
I keep track of my Emacs with a Tractive GPS collar, and I have an app on my phone that shows the trails and a heat map of everywhere he's been. And I debug him with Frontline, but that doesn't prevent him from coming in with slugs in his fur. (Emacs is my cat's name.)
Is he bigger on the inside? Does he represent a bet that didn’t pay off, on a future that will never, ever be allowed to come? Does he embody the charming but mistaken belief that creating tools to make people freer will begin a movement toward freedom?
Emacs, too, is bigger on the inside.