Editing Mark Z. Danielewski (section)

===''Only Revolutions''===
Danielewski came up with the concept for his second novel, ''Only Revolutions'', while he was touring for ''House of Leaves'' and working on ''The Fifty Year Sword''. He had initially wanted to write something along the lines of a "''House of Leaves, Part 2''", set in China or elsewhere.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bookslut.com/features/2006_10_010029.php|title=Interview with Mark Z. Danielewski|last=Goodwin|first=Geoffrey H.|date=October 2006|website=www.bookslut.com|publisher=Book Slut|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref> However, his publishers pushed for him to do something more complex, with more colors, typographical intricacies and constraints.<ref name=":14" /> There are seven colors in ''Only Revolutions'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=Only Revolutions|last=Danielewski|first=Mark Z.|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=2006|isbn=978-0375421761|location=United States|url=https://archive.org/details/onlyrevolutions00dani}}</ref> as opposed to four in ''House of Leaves''. The novel also requires constant physical manipulation to read, whereas only certain sections of ''House of Leaves'' require readers to flip the book around.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|url=http://www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/wuc/regulated|title=Revolution 2: An Interview with Mark Z. Danielewski|last=Benzon|first=Kiki|date=March 20, 2007|website=www.electronicbookreview.com|publisher=Electronic Book Review|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref>

As the work progressed it became obvious to Danielewski that the novel was something of a counterpoint to ''House of Leaves''; in fact, he has said in interviews that ''Only Revolutions'' is centrifugal while ''House of Leaves'' is centripetal.<ref name=":15" /> This aspect of the novel was brought to the forefront in the endpapers in the hardback versions of ''Only Revolutions'', released September 12, 2006,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Only Revolutions: A Novel (hardcover)|last=Danielewski|first=Mark Z.|date=September 2006|publisher=Pantheon Books |isbn=978-0375421761|url=https://archive.org/details/onlyrevolutions00dani}}</ref> as well as the "A Spoiler" published by the French literary magazine ''Inculte'' in 2007.<ref name=":16">{{Cite book|title=A Spoiler|last=Danielewski|first=Mark Z.|publisher=Éditions Inculte|year=2007|isbn=978-2916940021|location=France|pages=173–177}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Revue inculte #14|url=http://www.inculte.fr/catalogue/revue-inculte-14/|website=Inculte|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Only Revolutions Commentary: Only Revolutions Spoiler Poster|url=http://howwethink.nkhayles.com/onlyrev/poster/|website=How We Think|publisher=Allen Riddell|access-date=31 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005130508/http://howwethink.nkhayles.com/onlyrev/poster/|archive-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> A paperback edition of the book was published on July 10, 2007,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Only Revolutions: A Novel (paperback)|last=Danielewski|first=Mark Z.|date=July 2007|publisher=National Geographic Books |isbn = 978-0375713903}}</ref> an audiobook featuring music by [[Danny Elfman]] was also released that year,<ref>[https://music.apple.com/us/album/only-revolutions-reel-1/257005439 Only Revolutions (Reel 1)]. iTunes. 30 May 2007.</ref> and an interactive ebook version was released through Apple's iBooks on December 15, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.apple.com/us/book/only-revolutions/id422526207|title=Only Revolutions: A Novel (ebook)|last=Danielewski|first=Mark Z.|date=December 2015|website=[[iTunes]]|publisher=Apple Itunes|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref>

''Only Revolutions'' was a finalist for the 2006 [[National Book Award]] and has been translated into French, Dutch, and German. Like ''House of Leaves'', ''Only Revolutions'' has a cult following and has been taught in universities. In 2013, two graduate students at [[UC Santa Barbara]] created an ''Only Revolutions'' database called Vizor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vizonlyrevolutions.com/|website=Vizor|publisher=Lindsay Thomas and Dana Solomon|access-date=31 March 2016|title=Vizor}}</ref>

====Collaboration with Biffy Clyro====
Danielewski is a fan of the Scottish rock band [[Biffy Clyro]], as they discovered when Danielewski attended one of their shows after they borrowed the title ''Only Revolutions'' for [[Only Revolutions (Biffy Clyro album)|their album of the same name]].<ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20100831-2010-08-31-1714-wb-en-culture-Biffy-Clyro-Simon-Neil Simon Neil meets with Eve Jackson]. France 24. 1 September 2010.</ref> They collaborated for a performance on March 2, 2011, which included readings of ''Only Revolutions'' by Danielewski, musical performances by Biffy Clyro, and a Q&A exploring how the book inspired the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2011/02/author-danielewski-biffy-clyro-set-spin-benefit/|title=Author Danielewski, Biffy Clyro Set for SPIN Benefit {{!}} SPIN|website=Spin|access-date=2016-04-21|date=2011-02-03}}</ref>  All proceeds went to [[Homeboy Industries]], a Los Angeles-based non-profit that offers training and support to at-risk and formerly gang-involved youth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.homeboyindustries.org/why-we-do-it/|title=Homeboy Industries – Why We Do It |website=www.homeboyindustries.org|access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref>