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inferis
Dec 30, 2003

I can't be the only one sick of the trend of anytime someone does an article about david foster wallace they have to do some parody of his style.

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inferis
Dec 30, 2003

i sort of skimmed finnegan's wake, I think i got the basic gist

inferis
Dec 30, 2003

ultrachrist posted:

I have Infinite Jest in my stack of poo poo to read, looking forward to it.

i wish i could read it for the first time again

inferis
Dec 30, 2003

An unabridged audiobook version of the Broom of the System just came out a few days ago. How long until Infinite Jest?

inferis
Dec 30, 2003

Tell me about some more books you don't like!

inferis
Dec 30, 2003

The smoking gun posted the autopsy report:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/david-foster-wallace-autopsy

e: oh nevermind this is old

inferis
Dec 30, 2003

Wait so what is even considered a 'spoiler' for infinite jest?

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inferis
Dec 30, 2003

syscall girl posted:

JOI's ghost was moving the furniture/exercise equpiment around. Avril is quite promiscuous. Everything regarding the disposition of the samizdat. How in the gently caress was that giant glass tumbler Orin was trapped under not a fever dream? And DFW wouldn't admit to having read Pynchon!?!?

Like that.

But most of that is open to interpretation and furthermore none of it has a surprise element that is crucial to the message of the book. This book isn't exactly fight club or citizen kane, maximalism is inherently unspoilable.

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