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Laquo; Previous Entries. Back in April, when I set out to recruit three more Guides, I decided to start with the folks I thought would be best suited for the role and then move down the list as I accumulated rejections (of which I expected plenty). Instead, to my great fortune, the first three people I asked accepted. [.]. Summer’s End Roundtable, Part IV. This is the last of a four-part roundtable discussion with the Infinite Summer Guides. Infinite Summer: Did Infinite Jest change your life? This is th...
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Infinite Summer » Matthew Baldwin
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Laquo; Previous Entries. Back in April, when I set out to recruit three more Guides, I decided to start with the folks I thought would be best suited for the role and then move down the list as I accumulated rejections (of which I expected plenty). Instead, to my great fortune, the first three people I asked accepted. [.]. Sincerely Yours, David Foster Wallace. Join the Tunnel Club. This is cross-posted to the forums. We’ll be featuring guests for the remainder of the week, but I’m approp...As details em...
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Infinite Summer » Blog Archive » The End
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Raquo; Summer’s End Roundtable, Part I. Early in Infinite Summer, we received an email from a participant (who requested anonymity):. I went to a David Foster Wallace talk/autograph signing in Boston years ago. I asked him to write a message of congratulations to the reader on the final page. I thought this would motivate me to re-read IJ, since his congratulatory note would be waiting at the end. September 21, 2009 at 12:09 pm. September 21, 2009 at 2:01 pm. September 21, 2009 at 4:47 pm. This hexagram ...
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Summer’s End Roundtable, Part IV. This is the last of a four-part roundtable discussion with the Infinite Summer Guides. Infinite Summer: Did Infinite Jest change your life? Avery Edison: It’s definitely got me reading books again, which is marvelous. I hadn’t realized how much the internet had affected my ability to just sit down and read a book, and — [.]. Summer’s End Roundtable, Part III. Summer’s End Roundtable, Part II. Summer’s End Roundtable, Part I. Matthew Baldwin: I found the ending to be incr...
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Infinite Summer » Blog Archive » Summer’s End Roundtable, Part III
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Laquo; Summer’s End Roundtable, Part II. Raquo; Summer’s End Roundtable, Part IV. Summer’s End Roundtable, Part III. This is the third of a four-part roundtable discussion with the Infinite Summer Guides. Infinite Summer: Looking back, do parts of the novel that seemed superfluous at the time now make sense? I’m starting to understand that even if one section doesn’t give us any new information or make sense as a part of the story, it’s still important because it builds IJ. 8216;s tone. Infinite Jest.
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Infinite Summer » Blog Archive » Summer’s End Roundtable, Part IV
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Laquo; Summer’s End Roundtable, Part III. Summer’s End Roundtable, Part IV. This is the last of a four-part roundtable discussion with the Infinite Summer Guides. Infinite Summer: Did Infinite Jest change your life? It’s definitely got me reading books again, which is marvelous. I hadn’t realized how much the internet had affected my ability to just sit down and read a book, and — looking back — the first half of IJ. It…”) I’ve tried to quit a few times before, on an almost annual basis...I agree with Av...
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Infinite Summer » Blog Archive » Roundup
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Laquo; Infinite Summary – Week 11. Raquo; Hollow Man. This week many readers saw the light at the end of the summer and sprinted toward it, finishing the novel and writing about the end. If you are still behind the spoiler line, you should avoid:. Gerry Canavan, On Endings. Kevin Carey of A Supposedly Fun Blog, So I Lied. Daryl Houston of Infinite Zombies, I Know a Good Book When I Want to Write One. Lefttothereader, Infinite Summer …? Pages Turned, Couldn’t Keep to the Schedule. Girl Detective, 100%.
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Infinite Summer » Miscellaneous
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Here is a calendar and index of IS posts, for those who wish to tackle the novel in the summers to come. Early in Infinite Summer, we received an email from a participant (who requested anonymity): I went to a David Foster Wallace talk/autograph signing in Boston years ago. I asked him to write a message of congratulations to the reader on the final page. I thought this would motivate me to re-read IJ, since his congratulatory [.]. Join the Tunnel Club. Two months ago Matthew Baldwin told the Guides that...
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About : Journeyman
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Jeff Anderson (andersoncreativeonline at gmail dot com) is a copy editor living with his husband. In Los Angeles. Journeyman is where he writes about 1) things he would talk about in class if he were still in class; and 2) the cultural entertainments books, movies, TV shows, Internets that take up significant portions of his out-of-class time. And some other stuff. On the Third Hand…. 8220;Contemporary” Catechism. VISITING RELATIVE OCCUPES TIME, LIVING ROOM. Et in Arcadia Ego. By the Power of Netflix.
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