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Date: July 15th, 2020 7:46 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort i did 400 pages (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614435) |
Date: July 15th, 2020 7:47 PM Author: Wine macaca I did 40 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614443) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 7:49 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort nice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614458) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 7:50 PM Author: maroon locale Never tried. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614474) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 7:51 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort poast moniker synergy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614481) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 7:53 PM Author: Maize Disrespectful Church yeah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614492) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 7:54 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort should i read the other 600 pages (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614495) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 7:58 PM Author: Maize Disrespectful Church eh... did you LIKE the first 400 pages? imo in some sense the rest is going to be 'kind of what you expect' in many ways, even though that sounds paradoxical for a novel that is very original, unusual and defies categorization like probably no book has since early Pynchon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614510) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:03 PM Author: henna floppy filthpig potus agree with this. if you don't want to put in that much time and you haven't read Oblivion, just read that instead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614532) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:05 PM Author: Wine macaca (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614545) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:34 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort yeah i thought it was great but then i started reading another book or something (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614691) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 7:59 PM Author: Insane deranged market famous landscape painting Yeah. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614516) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:00 PM Author: henna floppy filthpig potus yeah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614517) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:00 PM Author: dashing overrated pozpig by the time i got it i didn't have a ton of time to devote to books, especially ones that long. so no. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614523) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:05 PM Author: Pontificating Hell Yarmulke I did finish, after like a month and a half. I regret it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614544) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:44 PM Author: Disturbing carnelian stain faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614745) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:06 PM Author: curious hospital masturbator whok probably did (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614553) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:36 PM Author: Rusted dead party of the first part shit, pure shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614700) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:37 PM Author: Vivacious Hyperactive House Mediation It is shocking how dated and frivolous that book seems now. We were so silly in the 90s. It was nice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614705) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:41 PM Author: Rusted dead party of the first part titcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614726) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:41 PM Author: brass razzmatazz area psychic That's always the vibe I got of this book (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614728) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:43 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614741) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:49 PM Author: nudist pearly tank station You must not have understood it. It's more relevant than ever.
Just this year companies have started releasing software that makes your face look better on video chats. |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:51 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort i wonder why he thought cartridges would be the next medium for storing entertainment bullshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614784) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:52 PM Author: Disturbing carnelian stain The specific technology (which feels dated as fuck) is much less relevant than the general feelings of dread and ennui that a world of meaningless striving evokes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614794) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:53 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort yeah im not a fucking retard okay? i read 400 pages of infinite jest. i know things. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614796) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 9:04 PM Author: brass razzmatazz area psychic interesting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614875) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:51 PM Author: henna floppy filthpig potus agree and disagree. it did not predict today's social and political strife, but the concept of non-stop "entertainment" weaponized against us certainly resonates (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614786) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:54 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort i think the fixation on addiction and substance abuse is sort of prescient
lots of people living in despair with some dying |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:55 PM Author: Disturbing carnelian stain some would even consider xo the Ultimate Entertainment (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614805) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:55 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614809) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:57 PM Author: henna floppy filthpig potus some? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614824) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 11:38 PM Author: nudist pearly tank station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40615643) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:59 PM Author: charcoal cuckold volcanic crater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614840) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:37 PM Author: Beady-eyed fantasy-prone idiot lol fuck no i threw it in the trash after ~40% of it or so
swordmo keeps telling me its a work of art but what does he know |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:37 PM Author: Burgundy telephone parlor I got like 120 pages in and then I was like "Why the fuck am i reading this?" and then stopped. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614707) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:37 PM Author: charcoal cuckold volcanic crater yes. 30% of it is interesting, in a conventional way. the rest is garbage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614710) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:39 PM Author: nudist pearly tank station Yes, it becomes a real page-turner around page 203. By page 400 you kind of understand what's going on.
I mean that sincerely. I have really strong visual memories from that book. It's really really good. |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:40 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614724) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:44 PM Author: Disturbing carnelian stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614753) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:45 PM Author: Deep appetizing abode old irish cottage Nope. Still sitting on the shelf and will probably never be read (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614756) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:47 PM Author: Disturbing carnelian stain Yes. It's my favorite novel and I don't just use that line to get laid (but it has worked)
DFW has a rare command over the written word, and it's a joy to experience. It's a book that makes you FEEL and THINK but lets you decide how much energy you'll put into these charges. And the reward is great, if the effort is there. |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:47 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort okay dave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614765) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:48 PM Author: Deep appetizing abode old irish cottage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614769) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:48 PM Author: nudist pearly tank station Cr. It's 1100 pages long on large pages with small type and every sentence is perfectly crafted. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614772) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:50 PM Author: charcoal cuckold volcanic crater the prose is godawful (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614776) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:51 PM Author: Disturbing carnelian stain Huge spritezero fan here. Big poaster. Full respect.
You're wrong. |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:53 PM Author: charcoal cuckold volcanic crater disagree (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614795) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 9:03 PM Author: brass razzmatazz area psychic what books do you like (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614871) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 9:07 PM Author: charcoal cuckold volcanic crater authors i like: pynchon, joyce, fitzgerald, flaubert (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614898) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 9:08 PM Author: brass razzmatazz area psychic Nabokov?
what do you like by Joyce? |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 9:10 PM Author: charcoal cuckold volcanic crater i dig nabakov. i like everything abt joyce. have not read finnegan's wake tho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614916) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 9:30 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort nobody has ever read finnegan's wake (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40615029) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 11:46 PM Author: Exciting Arrogant Immigrant No apostrophe come on man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40615657) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:56 PM Author: charcoal cuckold volcanic crater Harold Bloom:
Asked about novelist David Foster Wallace, who took his own life in 2008, but who has a new book out, “The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel,” put together from manuscript chapters and files found in his computer, Bloom says, “You know, I don’t want to be offensive. But ‘Infinite Jest’ [regarded by many as Wallace’s masterpiece] is just awful. It seems ridiculous to have to say it. He can’t think, he can’t write. There’s no discernible talent.”
It’s all a clear indication, Bloom notes, of the decline of literary standards. He was upset in 2003 when the National Book Award gave a special award to Stephen King. “But Stephen King is Cervantes compared with David Foster Wallace. We have no standards left. [Wallace] seems to have been a very sincere and troubled person, but that doesn’t mean I have to endure reading him. I even resented the use of the term from Shakespeare, when Hamlet calls the king’s jester Yorick, ‘a fellow of infinite jest. |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:57 PM Author: Disturbing carnelian stain ins't he famous for penning a screed about western canon or something (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614829) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:59 PM Author: Copper Histrionic Resort yeah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614848) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 9:00 PM Author: Disturbing carnelian stain good man, but. Jewish. can't escape that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614854) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 9:03 PM Author: charcoal cuckold volcanic crater fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614870) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:59 PM Author: henna floppy filthpig potus I'd agree that DFW's prose style works against him at least as often as it works for him. I think he had solid ideas and insight though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614841) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 9:02 PM Author: charcoal cuckold volcanic crater i agree--my copy of IJ has a few paragraphs and sentences marked up. but IJ didn't have a big, unifying idea interesting enuff to carry a book of that size. dfw's shorter, nonfiction stuff is pretty good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614866) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 11:47 PM Author: Exciting Arrogant Immigrant Lmao “But Stephen King is Cervantes compared with David Foster Wallace." |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:58 PM Author: charcoal cuckold volcanic crater this critique seems pretty accurate: [T]he novel's Pynchonesque elements...feel rather willed and secondhand. They are impressive in the manner of a precocious child's performance at a dinner party, and, in the same way, ultimately irritating: they seem motivated, mostly, by a desire to show off."
dfw was a gen-x/poor man's pynchon |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 8:58 PM Author: Amber passionate field newt It is the Great American Novel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614836) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 9:13 PM Author: bright ungodly nursing home hairy legs I became extremely annoyed with it after about 50 pages and decided to cut my losses. This may be the only book I started and never finished. Just found it exhausting to read and not enjoyable at all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40614932) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 11:40 PM Author: nudist pearly tank station That's crazy. If you're not enjoying a book you should quit reading it and start another one. You'll never run out of good books and you might be wasting time on bad ones. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40615648) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 11:49 PM Author: Exciting Arrogant Immigrant Sometimes you gotta keep going though to make sure, e.g. Rabbit tetralogy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40615664) |
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Date: July 15th, 2020 11:47 PM Author: Elite public bath I read it when I was unemployed, which helped a lot I think. It's so much to absorb, and it really comes together at the end in a more rewarding way if you don't read it over, say, 3 months. The good passages in IJ are as good as anything I've ever read, like the suicide attempt, or the eschaton game, or the Mt. Dilaudid part. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40615659) |
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Date: July 16th, 2020 9:15 AM Author: Lime Sneaky Criminal Indian Lodge it's up there w moby dick for best written work by an america. I have read it twice. the chapter on eschatology is the best thing anyone has ever written (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40616595) |
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Date: July 16th, 2020 11:11 AM Author: Indigo Big Ticket Booth Ceo I could never get through IJ. Really enjoyed Oblivion (in particular commentary on GC, eg a food company naming an indulgent candy bar "Felony!" to commoditize transgression in a profitable way). And the NYT sports "Federer as religious experience" is great. Collected essays on descriptivism vs prescriptivism, consider the lobster, etc were all interesting. But he's a little self indulgent for 1100 pages? I'm sure there are passages I would enjoy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4585875&forum_id=2#40617178) |