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I never read the annotations and I never will and I do not at all feel bad about that
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There's like... a whole chapter in there. Also the list of films is the funniest thing in the book, but whatever.
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blue squares posted:Of course by reading it on an ebook with convenient hyperlinks you'll be compromising Wallace's vision BUT I GUESS NO ONE CARES ABOUT ART ANYMORE I hope somebody asked back when he was hanging around. Mr. Squishy posted:There's like... a whole chapter in there. Also the list of films is the funniest thing in the book, but whatever.
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Nakar posted:Did Wallace even explain when and how we're supposed to read the footnotes? There's a number of instances where one note refers to another hundreds of footnotes later and thus hundreds of pages later. I just read every footnote as I came to it and went back. He's definitely talked about why, and without relistening to the whole rhing, I'm pretty sure it's in this interview.
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Feb 4, 2016 00:11
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There's an Audible version of Infinite Jest. How does that work, I wonder.
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Feb 4, 2016 03:46
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I never read the annotations and I never will and I do not at all feel bad about that So edgy intentionally missing out on a huge chunk of the story
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hope and vaseline posted:So edgy intentionally missing out on a huge chunk of the story I am not gonna stop every few sentences to turn 900 pages to the back of the book to find the right annotation
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Feb 4, 2016 14:26
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I have one word for you: two bookmarks
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Feb 4, 2016 14:58
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I am not gonna stop every few sentences to turn 900 pages to the back of the book to find the right annotation Maybe you don't deserve to read the bad dull book then!
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CestMoi posted:Maybe you don't deserve to read the bad dull book then! stop trying to inject Calvino into every discussion
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Feb 4, 2016 15:11
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blue squares posted:I have one word for you: two bookmarks it still breaks up the flow. When I read I get into a deep state of flow and if I have to break it to keep flipping back and forth I am gonna have an unpleasant experience and its also going to take loving forever to finish
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Feb 4, 2016 15:38
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I am not gonna stop every few sentences to turn 900 pages to the back of the book to find the right annotation Yeah! You tell them! One page at a time, or gently caress it. gently caress artistic intent, added depth, world building and added humor! My book, my way.
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Feb 4, 2016 15:40
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Mel Mudkiper posted:it still breaks up the flow. that's actually the point, apparently
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Feb 4, 2016 15:43
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Franchescanado posted:Yeah! You tell them! One page at a time, or gently caress it. Mel is all about the reader's authority. Come argue about this in the loving Child thread! (I'm serious, we love to discuss stuff like this)
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I gave up on Infinite Jest a few years ago. I'll try again it again, when it's available as a brain implant, or a suppository.
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Saying that the reader can read the book any way they want to doesn't seem like the most insane judgement in the world to me
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Franchescanado posted:My book, my way. Yes this is actually exactly how it works and has always worked Tell you what, go read Hopscotch by Cortazar the way "the author intended" I will wait. EDIT: Also lol, I am missing out on "world building." Oh no, not WORLD BUILDING. Mel Mudkiper fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Feb 4, 2016 |
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Mel Mudkiper posted:it still breaks up the flow. Read House of Leaves! Sounds right up your alley! You'll LOVE IT.
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oopsie rock posted:Read House of Leaves! Sounds right up your alley! You'll LOVE IT. whoa House of Leaves I haven't heard of that can I get Amazon to deliver it to the rock I am clearly living under
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More like dearth of the author, am i rite?
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Nakar posted:Did Wallace even explain when and how we're supposed to read the footnotes? There's a number of instances where one note refers to another hundreds of footnotes later and thus hundreds of pages later. I just read every footnote as I came to it and went back. I used two bookmarks.
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I think the last bookmark I used was some kind of glittery rainbow monstrosity covered in unicorns. Picking out bookmarks as a kid was almost as much fun as picking out books.
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Feb 6, 2016 00:14
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buy a deck of cards 52 durable bookmarks for cheap
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Feb 6, 2016 00:38
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One of the places I used to buy used books from would put random scraps of paper in as bookmarks. Usually like handwiritten recipes, but one time it was a gay cartoon. I wonder if I still have it.
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Feb 6, 2016 01:05
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Presumably that was not done by the bookshop itself, but from the various previous owners. Unless by place you mean somebody's house.
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I have a small collection of pictures I have found left in books as bookmarks from thrift stores and used bookstores. They're kinda spooky.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Presumably that was not done by the bookshop itself, but from the various previous owners. Unless by place you mean somebody's house. I always assumed it was the shop because literally everything I got there had one (and often from the same "series", ie same handwriting), and I don't remember getting them anyplace else.
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How odd. I guess that makes sense.
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It sounds like by purchasing those precise books you intercepted coded messages between spies.
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Feb 6, 2016 01:40
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Horny gay spies.
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DirtyRobot posted:It sounds like by purchasing those precise books you intercepted coded messages between spies. Isn't that more or less the plot to Mr. Penumbra
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I just started reading The Satanic Verses, and I'm only up to the point early in the second chapter where Ismaill/Gibreel's adoptive mother dies. Obviously I've only just started the book and I assume I have a while to go before I get to the controversial parts, but so far the book doesn't seem particularly blasphemous and is a dark, satirical take on the perils of hubris and idolatry. Also, dumb question from someone who doesn't know literature very well, is The Satanic Verses considered magical realism?
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So this is a thing, apparently: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Cursed_Child My question is: why? The story had reached a nice conclusion, and she's certainly not hurting for money considering that at one point she was the richest person in the UK. Why create this?
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Trying to get that Very Potter musical money
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She ran out of money building a pyramid made from gold and wants to finish it before she dies so she can be honoured in the afterlife.
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Mr. Squishy posted:She ran out of money building a pyramid made from gold and wants to finish it before she dies so she can be honoured in the afterlife. luckily, if she gets there and the stores are all closed, with a word she can get what she came for
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paradoxGentleman posted:So this is a thing, apparently: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Cursed_Child Because she can do whatever the gently caress she wants
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paradoxGentleman posted:So this is a thing, apparently: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Cursed_Child Answer is normally in the question.
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