david foster wallace appreciation thread

http://nmaps.net/user/scythe33 · Postby **scythe** » 2011.03.02 (03:47)

I've been reading Infinite Jest.

Fantastic stuff. Possibly the best thing I've ever read.

Postby **t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư** » 2011.03.02 (06:09)

I only know who this is because I was told my writing style resembled his by an online service whose accuracy received consistent, strongly negative criticism.

http://nmaps.net/user/scythe33 · Postby **scythe** » 2011.03.02 (06:54)

I remember said website. It said "herp derp" was similar to Stephanie Meyer and it became a meme.

Postby **t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư** » 2011.03.02 (09:15)

scythe wrote:I remember said website. It said "herp derp" was similar to Stephanie Meyer and it became a meme.

This is amazing. How have I not heard of this?

http://nmaps.net/user/rennaT · Postby **Tanner** » 2011.03.02 (14:58)

T̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư wrote:
scythe wrote:I remember said website. It said "herp derp" was similar to Stephanie Meyer and it became a meme.
This is amazing. How have I not heard of this?

I haven't heard of this either but that sounds like reddit.

http://nmaps.net/user/beginner2 · Postby **mediate** » 2011.03.02 (15:23)

I think I've seen that site before. Very inaccurate but hilarious results. I think pasting in Maddox gets David Foster Wallace as well.

In regards to the topic, I think I'll go and borrow the book from the library. Never read it, but I've heard good things about the story before.

http://nmaps.net/user/ · Postby **noops** » 2011.03.03 (20:57)

I remember that machine. I got Stephen King. :/

We were all playing with that machine and ukw in #n one time. It was pretty funny. What was even funnier was that most of what ukw said actually returned Stephenie Meyer.

http://nmaps.net/user/gloomp · Postby **unoriginal name** » 2011.03.06 (00:14)

Hellz yes. Sincerely recommend anyone and everyone track down some of his non-fiction, too. I would say he's an even better essayist than he is a fiction writer.

http://nmaps.net/user/chume14 · Postby **chume14** » 2011.08.05 (16:55)

Yes everyone should be forced to read Infinite Jest as a small child

Postby **SlappyMcGee** » 2011.08.05 (17:32)

post-something wrote:Hellz yes. Sincerely recommend anyone and everyone track down some of his non-fiction, too. I would say he's an even better essayist than he is a fiction writer.

This seems to be the consensus of the AV Club comment section, also.

I can't speak to that, having only read Infinite Jest, which is impossibly long and truly brilliant. It's basically Pynchon but less ambitious; write about what you know and everyone will be able to understand it, instead of write about what scholars know and teach it by using the recurring themes of modern literature.

Postby **otters~1** » 2011.08.07 (18:28)

I got suicidally depressed when I realized my library didn't even have it. Thank god I'm moving.

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