How do I start with DFW? I bought this, but I don't really

>Should I just jump into Infinite Jest?
Yeah. It's not difficult, just long. I started with Broom of the System and regretted it because that book fucking sucks.

Start with Infinite Jesticular Cancer

read little expressionless animals, my appearance, and here and there, then e unibus pluram, then tornadoes and tennis, then infinite jest.

>>8443806
his debut novel, Broom of the System, is actually really good. I would read that before deciding you want to spend the next month reading IJ. IJ isn't overly difficult or anything though, so if you are confident you want to invest the time you could jump straight to that.

>>8443806
pake king is better than the meme IJ

You should read books that you want to read.

If you're a fast or tenacious reader, jump into Infinite Jest.

It's good and long. But it's not really good. I dropped it around page 700. I'm a slow reader with not enough free time that it felt like it was worth it.

From what I read I can see why it would be the favorite book of many.

Give it a try.

Don't be afraid to drop it early. Few here finished it much less read it at all.

>>8444002
>I started with Broom of the System and regretted it because that book fucking sucks.

Please don't say that ):

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I started with this. Some of the last stuff he ever wrote, but it's all fairly easy to read. There's some really good short stories, particularly Good Old Neon and Soul is Not a Smithy.

Not really the most indicative of his writing, but it's good to decide if you want to continue with him.

>>8444945
>There's some really good short stories, particularly Good Old Neon
this is the story that DFW himself recommended people start with

>>8443806
I started with Consider the Lobster then onto IJ.
There are lots of extracts and articles that are pretty representative of his writing out there for free eg. The Depressed Person

You can just jump into IJ. I read IJ first and then A Supposedly Fun Thing...

Does anyone like DFW's essays more than his fiction? IJ is great imo, and as a collection I don't think ASFTINDA is better than IJ but I like hearing David talk more than I have the desire to read his other fiction pieces.