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''Only Revolutions'' (2006) by Creator/MarkZDanielewski, of ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' fame, follows two parallel narratives spun by sixteen year olds Sam and Hailey. Immortal, they go on a roadtrip across America spanning two hundred years filled with adventure, romance and heartbreaking moments. That is, if you can [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible understand it]].

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''Only Revolutions'' (2006) by Creator/MarkZDanielewski, of ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' fame, follows two parallel narratives spun by sixteen year olds Sam and Hailey. Immortal, they go on a roadtrip across America spanning two hundred years filled with adventure, romance and heartbreaking moments. That is, if you can [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible understand it]].\n

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* ArcWords: A few, including variants of "always sixteen", "everyone loves the dream, but I kill it" and "boooooooomblastandruin".
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The pots of honey]].

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%% * ArcWords: A few, including variants of "always sixteen", "everyone loves the dream, but I kill it" and "boooooooomblastandruin".
%% * ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The pots of honey]].



* ImmortalImmaturity: They are, after all, "always sixteen".
* MindScrew: As with all Mark Z. Danielewski works. However, this one is more complex in the way the prose is written and less the plot.

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%% * ImmortalImmaturity: They are, after all, "always sixteen".
%% * MindScrew: As with all Mark Z. Danielewski works. However, this one is more complex in the way the prose is written and less the plot.



* PaintingTheMedium: The letter "o" and certain words are always [[RainbowSpeak typed in green or gold]]. Also, [[AC:THE CREEP]] and all instances of the word creep are always in purple.
-The book is the same stories told from 2 slightly different perspectives and the synopsis on the dust cover does the same.

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The letter "o" and certain words are always [[RainbowSpeak typed in green or gold]]. Also, [[AC:THE CREEP]] and all instances of the word creep are always in purple.
-The ** The book is the same stories told from 2 slightly different perspectives and the synopsis on the dust cover does the same.



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->''"Yes, maybe it's time t[[color:green:o]] m[[color:gold:o]]ve [[color:green:o]]n. Spare s[[color:gold:o]]me [[color:gold:o]]ur hurt bef[[color:green:o]]re the W[[color:gold:o]]rld retakes what we always elude when we run."''

''G[[color:green:o]], get a blender.''

''G[[color:gold:o]]t [[color:green:o]]ne? G[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]]d.''

''N[[color:gold:o]]w, add in liberal am[[color:green:o]]unts [[color:green:o]]f p[[color:gold:o]]etry, a few freef[[color:green:o]]rm jazz riffs, plenty [[color:gold:o]]f w[[color:green:o]]rdplay, tw[[color:gold:o]] hundred years [[color:gold:o]]f American hist[[color:green:o]]ry, m[[color:gold:o]]re than a pinch of ad[[color:gold:o]]lescence, a dash [[color:green:o]]f teenage angst, s[[color:gold:o]]me l[[color:gold:o]]ve, a sp[[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]nful [[color:gold:o]]f sex, a d[[color:green:o]]ll[[color:gold:o]]p [[color:green:o]]f c[[color:green:o]]nfusi[[color:gold:o]]n, a can [[color:gold:o]]f rage, three teasp[[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]ns [[color:green:o]]f yearning and a b[[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]k's w[[color:green:o]]rth [[color:gold:o]]f sheer beauty.''

''Turn the blender [[color:green:o]]n...''

Y[[color:gold:o]]u have either created ''[[color:green:O]]nly Rev[[color:gold:o]]lutions'' [[color:green:o]]r a jumble [[color:gold:o]]f abstract c[[color:gold:o]]ncepts in a blender.

''[[color:green:O]]nly Rev[[color:gold:o]]luti[[color:green:o]]ns'' (2[[color:gold:0]][[color:green:0]]6) by [[Creator/MarkZDanielewski Mark Z. Danielewski]], [[color:gold:o]]f ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' fame, foll[[color:gold:o]]ws tw[[color:green:o]] parallel narratives spun by sixteen year [[color:gold:o]]lds Sam and Hailey. Imm[[color:green:o]]rtal, they g[[color:gold:o]] [[color:green:o]]n a r[[color:green:o]]adtrip acr[[color:gold:o]]ss America spanning tw[[color:gold:o]] hundred years filled with adventure, r[[color:green:o]]mance and heartbreaking m[[color:gold:o]]ments. That is, if y[[color:green:o]]u can [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible understand it]].

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->''"Yes, maybe it's time t[[color:green:o]] m[[color:gold:o]]ve [[color:green:o]]n. to move on. Spare s[[color:gold:o]]me [[color:gold:o]]ur some our hurt bef[[color:green:o]]re before the W[[color:gold:o]]rld World retakes what we always elude when we run."''

''G[[color:green:o]], get a blender.''

''G[[color:gold:o]]t [[color:green:o]]ne? G[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]]d.''

''N[[color:gold:o]]w, add in liberal am[[color:green:o]]unts [[color:green:o]]f p[[color:gold:o]]etry, a few freef[[color:green:o]]rm jazz riffs, plenty [[color:gold:o]]f w[[color:green:o]]rdplay, tw[[color:gold:o]] hundred years [[color:gold:o]]f American hist[[color:green:o]]ry, m[[color:gold:o]]re than a pinch
''Only Revolutions'' (2006) by Creator/MarkZDanielewski, of ad[[color:gold:o]]lescence, a dash [[color:green:o]]f teenage angst, s[[color:gold:o]]me l[[color:gold:o]]ve, a sp[[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]nful [[color:gold:o]]f sex, a d[[color:green:o]]ll[[color:gold:o]]p [[color:green:o]]f c[[color:green:o]]nfusi[[color:gold:o]]n, a can [[color:gold:o]]f rage, three teasp[[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]ns [[color:green:o]]f yearning and a b[[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]k's w[[color:green:o]]rth [[color:gold:o]]f sheer beauty.''

''Turn the blender [[color:green:o]]n...''

Y[[color:gold:o]]u have either created ''[[color:green:O]]nly Rev[[color:gold:o]]lutions'' [[color:green:o]]r a jumble [[color:gold:o]]f abstract c[[color:gold:o]]ncepts in a blender.

''[[color:green:O]]nly Rev[[color:gold:o]]luti[[color:green:o]]ns'' (2[[color:gold:0]][[color:green:0]]6) by [[Creator/MarkZDanielewski Mark Z. Danielewski]], [[color:gold:o]]f
''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' fame, foll[[color:gold:o]]ws tw[[color:green:o]] follows two parallel narratives spun by sixteen year [[color:gold:o]]lds olds Sam and Hailey. Imm[[color:green:o]]rtal, Immortal, they g[[color:gold:o]] [[color:green:o]]n go on a r[[color:green:o]]adtrip acr[[color:gold:o]]ss roadtrip across America spanning tw[[color:gold:o]] two hundred years filled with adventure, r[[color:green:o]]mance romance and heartbreaking m[[color:gold:o]]ments. moments. That is, if y[[color:green:o]]u you can [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible understand it]].



!! This b[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]]k pr[[color:green:o]]vides examples [[color:gold:o]]f:

* ArcWords: A few, including variants [[color:gold:o]]f "always sixteen", "every[[color:green:o]]ne l[[color:gold:o]]ves the dream, but I kill it" and "b[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]mblastandruin".

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!! This b[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]]k pr[[color:green:o]]vides book provides examples [[color:gold:o]]f:

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* ArcWords: A few, including variants [[color:gold:o]]f of "always sixteen", "every[[color:green:o]]ne l[[color:gold:o]]ves "everyone loves the dream, but I kill it" and "b[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]mblastandruin"."boooooooomblastandruin".



* DoubleSidedBook: A tricky palindr[[color:green:o]]me [[color:gold:o]]f a n[[color:gold:o]]vel, y[[color:green:o]]u can start it fr[[color:green:o]]m either c[[color:gold:o]]ver.

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* DoubleSidedBook: A tricky palindr[[color:green:o]]me [[color:gold:o]]f palindrome of a n[[color:gold:o]]vel, y[[color:green:o]]u novel, you can start it fr[[color:green:o]]m from either c[[color:gold:o]]ver.cover.



* MindScrew: As with all Mark Z. Danielewski w[[color:gold:o]]rks. H[[color:green:o]]wever, this [[color:purple:o]]ne is m[[color:gold:o]]re c[[color:green:o]]mplex in the way the pr[[color:gold:o]]se is written and less the pl[[color:gold:o]]t.
* NarrativePoem: Quasi-example. It reads similar t[[color:gold:o]] a p[[color:green:o]]em, but it has n[[color:gold:o]] meter [[color:green:o]]r j[[color:gold:o]]ining characteristic, making it fit in the blurry area between a typical n[[color:gold:o]]vel and a narrative p[[color:green:o]]em.
* PaintingTheMedium: Haven't y[[color:green:o]]u n[[color:gold:o]]ticed? The letter "[[color:green:o]]" and certain w[[color:gold:o]]rds are always typed in green [[color:green:o]]r g[[color:gold:o]]ld. Also, [[color:purple:[[AC:THE CREEP]]]] and all instances [[color:green:o]]f the word [[color:purple:creep]] are always in purple.
* PostModernism: Definitely.
* TitleDrop: Near the end [[color:gold:o]]f b[[color:green:o]]th sides [[color:green:o]]f the b[[color:gold:o]][[color:gold:o]]k.
* UnconventionalFormatting: It's a Mark Z. Danielewski n[[color:gold:o]]vel, what did y[[color:green:o]]u expect?
* UnreliableNarrator: B[[color:gold:o]]th [[color:green:o]]f them. The same st[[color:green:o]]ry is w[[color:gold:o]]ven, but Sam and Hailey's acc[[color:gold:o]]unts differ, [[color:green:o]]ften sh[[color:gold:o]]wing themselves in a sympathetic light.
* UnstoppableRage: Sam and Hailey b[[color:green:o]]th have this.

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* MindScrew: As with all Mark Z. Danielewski w[[color:gold:o]]rks. H[[color:green:o]]wever, works. However, this [[color:purple:o]]ne one is m[[color:gold:o]]re c[[color:green:o]]mplex more complex in the way the pr[[color:gold:o]]se prose is written and less the pl[[color:gold:o]]t.
plot.
* NarrativePoem: Quasi-example. It reads similar t[[color:gold:o]] to a p[[color:green:o]]em, poem, but it has n[[color:gold:o]] no meter [[color:green:o]]r j[[color:gold:o]]ining or joining characteristic, making it fit in the blurry area between a typical n[[color:gold:o]]vel novel and a narrative p[[color:green:o]]em.
poem.
* PaintingTheMedium: Haven't y[[color:green:o]]u n[[color:gold:o]]ticed? The letter "[[color:green:o]]" "o" and certain w[[color:gold:o]]rds words are always [[RainbowSpeak typed in green [[color:green:o]]r g[[color:gold:o]]ld. or gold]]. Also, [[color:purple:[[AC:THE CREEP]]]] [[AC:THE CREEP]] and all instances [[color:green:o]]f of the word [[color:purple:creep]] creep are always in purple.
* %%* PostModernism: Definitely.
* TitleDrop: Near the end [[color:gold:o]]f b[[color:green:o]]th of both sides [[color:green:o]]f of the b[[color:gold:o]][[color:gold:o]]k.
*
book.
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UnconventionalFormatting: It's a Mark Z. Danielewski n[[color:gold:o]]vel, novel, what did y[[color:green:o]]u you expect?
* UnreliableNarrator: B[[color:gold:o]]th [[color:green:o]]f Both of them. The same st[[color:green:o]]ry story is w[[color:gold:o]]ven, woven, but Sam and Hailey's acc[[color:gold:o]]unts accounts differ, [[color:green:o]]ften sh[[color:gold:o]]wing often showing themselves in a sympathetic light.
* %%* UnstoppableRage: Sam and Hailey b[[color:green:o]]th both have this.
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* ImmortalImmaturity: They are, after all, "allways sixteen".

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* ImmortalImmaturity: They are, after all, "allways "always sixteen".
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* ArcWords: A few, including variants [[color:gold:o]]f "allways sixteen", "every[[color:green:o]]ne l[[color:gold:o]]ves the dream, but I kill it" and "b[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]mblastandruin".

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* ArcWords: A few, including variants [[color:gold:o]]f "allways "always sixteen", "every[[color:green:o]]ne l[[color:gold:o]]ves the dream, but I kill it" and "b[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]mblastandruin".
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''[[color:green:O]]nly Rev[[color:gold:o]]luti[[color:green:o]]ns'' (2[[color:gold:0]][[color:green:0]]6) by [[Creator/MarkZDanielewski Mark Z. Danielewski]], [[color:gold:o]]f ''HouseOfLeaves'' fame, foll[[color:gold:o]]ws tw[[color:green:o]] parallel narratives spun by sixteen year [[color:gold:o]]lds Sam and Hailey. Imm[[color:green:o]]rtal, they g[[color:gold:o]] [[color:green:o]]n a r[[color:green:o]]adtrip acr[[color:gold:o]]ss America spanning tw[[color:gold:o]] hundred years filled with adventure, r[[color:green:o]]mance and heartbreaking m[[color:gold:o]]ments. That is, if y[[color:green:o]]u can [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible understand it]].

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''[[color:green:O]]nly Rev[[color:gold:o]]luti[[color:green:o]]ns'' (2[[color:gold:0]][[color:green:0]]6) by [[Creator/MarkZDanielewski Mark Z. Danielewski]], [[color:gold:o]]f ''HouseOfLeaves'' ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' fame, foll[[color:gold:o]]ws tw[[color:green:o]] parallel narratives spun by sixteen year [[color:gold:o]]lds Sam and Hailey. Imm[[color:green:o]]rtal, they g[[color:gold:o]] [[color:green:o]]n a r[[color:green:o]]adtrip acr[[color:gold:o]]ss America spanning tw[[color:gold:o]] hundred years filled with adventure, r[[color:green:o]]mance and heartbreaking m[[color:gold:o]]ments. That is, if y[[color:green:o]]u can [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible understand it]].
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''[[color:green:O]]nly Rev[[color:gold:o]]luti[[color:green:o]]ns'' (2[[color:gold:0]][[color:green:0]]6) by Mark Z. Danielewski, [[color:gold:o]]f ''HouseOfLeaves'' fame, foll[[color:gold:o]]ws tw[[color:green:o]] parallel narratives spun by sixteen year [[color:gold:o]]lds Sam and Hailey. Imm[[color:green:o]]rtal, they g[[color:gold:o]] [[color:green:o]]n a r[[color:green:o]]adtrip acr[[color:gold:o]]ss America spanning tw[[color:gold:o]] hundred years filled with adventure, r[[color:green:o]]mance and heartbreaking m[[color:gold:o]]ments. That is, if y[[color:green:o]]u can [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible understand it]].

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''[[color:green:O]]nly Rev[[color:gold:o]]luti[[color:green:o]]ns'' (2[[color:gold:0]][[color:green:0]]6) by [[Creator/MarkZDanielewski Mark Z. Danielewski, Danielewski]], [[color:gold:o]]f ''HouseOfLeaves'' fame, foll[[color:gold:o]]ws tw[[color:green:o]] parallel narratives spun by sixteen year [[color:gold:o]]lds Sam and Hailey. Imm[[color:green:o]]rtal, they g[[color:gold:o]] [[color:green:o]]n a r[[color:green:o]]adtrip acr[[color:gold:o]]ss America spanning tw[[color:gold:o]] hundred years filled with adventure, r[[color:green:o]]mance and heartbreaking m[[color:gold:o]]ments. That is, if y[[color:green:o]]u can [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible understand it]].
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->''"Yes, maybe it's time t[[color:green:o]] m[[color:gold:o]]ve [[color:green:o]]n. Spare s[[color:gold:o]]me [[color:gold:o]]ur hurt bef[[color:green:o]]re the W[[color:gold:o]]rld retakes what we always elude when we run."''

''G[[color:green:o]], get a blender.''

''G[[color:gold:o]]t [[color:green:o]]ne? G[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]]d.''

''N[[color:gold:o]]w, add in liberal am[[color:green:o]]unts [[color:green:o]]f p[[color:gold:o]]etry, a few freef[[color:green:o]]rm jazz riffs, plenty [[color:gold:o]]f w[[color:green:o]]rdplay, tw[[color:gold:o]] hundred years [[color:gold:o]]f American hist[[color:green:o]]ry, m[[color:gold:o]]re than a pinch of ad[[color:gold:o]]lescence, a dash [[color:green:o]]f teenage angst, s[[color:gold:o]]me l[[color:gold:o]]ve, a sp[[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]nful [[color:gold:o]]f sex, a d[[color:green:o]]ll[[color:gold:o]]p [[color:green:o]]f c[[color:green:o]]nfusi[[color:gold:o]]n, a can [[color:gold:o]]f rage, three teasp[[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]ns [[color:green:o]]f yearning and a b[[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]k's w[[color:green:o]]rth [[color:gold:o]]f sheer beauty.''

''Turn the blender [[color:green:o]]n...''

Y[[color:gold:o]]u have either created ''[[color:green:O]]nly Rev[[color:gold:o]]lutions'' [[color:green:o]]r a jumble [[color:gold:o]]f abstract c[[color:gold:o]]ncepts in a blender.

''[[color:green:O]]nly Rev[[color:gold:o]]luti[[color:green:o]]ns'' (2[[color:gold:0]][[color:green:0]]6) by Mark Z. Danielewski, [[color:gold:o]]f ''HouseOfLeaves'' fame, foll[[color:gold:o]]ws tw[[color:green:o]] parallel narratives spun by sixteen year [[color:gold:o]]lds Sam and Hailey. Imm[[color:green:o]]rtal, they g[[color:gold:o]] [[color:green:o]]n a r[[color:green:o]]adtrip acr[[color:gold:o]]ss America spanning tw[[color:gold:o]] hundred years filled with adventure, r[[color:green:o]]mance and heartbreaking m[[color:gold:o]]ments. That is, if y[[color:green:o]]u can [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible understand it]].

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!! This b[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]]k pr[[color:green:o]]vides examples [[color:gold:o]]f:

* ArcWords: A few, including variants [[color:gold:o]]f "allways sixteen", "every[[color:green:o]]ne l[[color:gold:o]]ves the dream, but I kill it" and "b[[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:green:o]][[color:gold:o]]mblastandruin".
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The pots of honey]].
* DoubleSidedBook: A tricky palindr[[color:green:o]]me [[color:gold:o]]f a n[[color:gold:o]]vel, y[[color:green:o]]u can start it fr[[color:green:o]]m either c[[color:gold:o]]ver.
* ImmortalImmaturity: They are, after all, "allways sixteen".
* MindScrew: As with all Mark Z. Danielewski w[[color:gold:o]]rks. H[[color:green:o]]wever, this [[color:purple:o]]ne is m[[color:gold:o]]re c[[color:green:o]]mplex in the way the pr[[color:gold:o]]se is written and less the pl[[color:gold:o]]t.
* NarrativePoem: Quasi-example. It reads similar t[[color:gold:o]] a p[[color:green:o]]em, but it has n[[color:gold:o]] meter [[color:green:o]]r j[[color:gold:o]]ining characteristic, making it fit in the blurry area between a typical n[[color:gold:o]]vel and a narrative p[[color:green:o]]em.
* PaintingTheMedium: Haven't y[[color:green:o]]u n[[color:gold:o]]ticed? The letter "[[color:green:o]]" and certain w[[color:gold:o]]rds are always typed in green [[color:green:o]]r g[[color:gold:o]]ld. Also, [[color:purple:[[AC:THE CREEP]]]] and all instances [[color:green:o]]f the word [[color:purple:creep]] are always in purple.
* PostModernism: Definitely.
* TitleDrop: Near the end [[color:gold:o]]f b[[color:green:o]]th sides [[color:green:o]]f the b[[color:gold:o]][[color:gold:o]]k.
* UnconventionalFormatting: It's a Mark Z. Danielewski n[[color:gold:o]]vel, what did y[[color:green:o]]u expect?
* UnreliableNarrator: B[[color:gold:o]]th [[color:green:o]]f them. The same st[[color:green:o]]ry is w[[color:gold:o]]ven, but Sam and Hailey's acc[[color:gold:o]]unts differ, [[color:green:o]]ften sh[[color:gold:o]]wing themselves in a sympathetic light.
* UnstoppableRage: Sam and Hailey b[[color:green:o]]th have this.

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