will it ever be topped?

Maybe. But it's hard to imagine.

>>8680240
underworld came out the year after. I do like the jest1000 a lot (even though oblivion had better shit (haven't read the pale king yet though ))

>>8680240
I'll top your faggot ass

>>8680240
DFW already topped himself senpai

>>8680808
This. Also, pleasing digits.

Pale King was better.

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60 years prior

Yes, it will be topped. I just haven't finished it yet

What's this book about? Seems like it was written by a memester

>>8680240
I'm not memeing when I say that his prose is irredeemable. His book reads like a more mature John Green novel.

>>8680877
You aren't memeing but you're a hopeless, tasteless plebshit

>>8680919
The main appeal of the book is DFW's insights into the modern world. This doesn't make for an enjoyable thousand page read when his prose is stale.

It took TWELVE years to make!

>people put this shit on the same level as Ulysses
It's a fun book, but it's not a masterpiece

>>8681013
>people
Literally who? I don't think anyone is doing that...

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>>8680240

It just has been

>>8681045
when will this meme die

>>8681013
It's better than Ulysses

>>8681432
sorry wanted to reply to >>8680240

>>8680989
And the amount of effort put in makes it good? The movie Boyhood took 12 years to make and it ended up being a fucking terrible film.

You can push out the most enormous shit you've ever taken for as long as it takes, but it's still shit and nobody's gonna be that proud that you defecated.

>>8680240
Has anyone read "Every love story is a ghost story" by DT Marx?

Its made me reassess IJ somewhat. Turns out its nearly all autobigraphical and some things that seem like they mean something really mean that he was angry with his mother (this is literally true btw).

He was more desperate and extremely articulate than having any real insight I suspect.

There is better writing in The Pale King. But I think he really shines as an essayist actually.