Should I bother with TBOTS or head straight to IJ? Pic related

>>8890457
Go straight to TFIOS

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>>8890457
On a sidenote: which cover do you like more, the one above or this one?

>>8890461
OP here. Been there, done that. It was aight (it wasn't)

TBOTS is a cute little rip-off of Pynchon and a clear display of potential from a young writer, but unless you (like me) are obsessed with literary dick measuring, I'd say skip it until after you have read Wallace's other stuff.

>>8890464
In think the yellow/blue in the clouds is still the best cover. Something all encompassing about it

>>8890461
The >dfw is like YA hahaha
Meme is unfunny and needs to die

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>>8890470
This one?

>>8890475
Yep.

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>>8890468
OP here. Thanks, anon. Also, do I need to read IJ before TPK or is it totally indifferent?

>>8890464
I kinda like this one.
Way more A E S T H E T I C than the others.

>>8890484
They are separate beasts. You could theoretically start with Pale King if you wanted. Nonetheless, I'd say that would be an ill-advised route to take. My sense is that someone who hadn't had their burden of proof met by IJ beforehand would find PK a bit too much of a slog to justify itself.

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>>8890508
One last question: someone on here said that DFW's short stories aren't really worth reading and one should rather his nonfiction instead. Does he have a point?

>>8890546
Nah he wrong
Good old neon is good, is almost like his suicide note

>>8890472
It's true tho

>>8890546
Brief Interviews is very good, but it's a chore to get through. It also has its ups and downs (what the fuck was that very first flash-story all about, for instance). Can't tell you about Oblivion or the other one.

>>8890461
What does TFIOS stand for?

>>8890487
no you're dumb
aesthetic is a noun and the post-it note meme is a shit aesthetic
the 2007 cover is the best hands down

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Read this if you have interest in philosophy/math

>>8890457
Oblivion Stories first otherwise you'll probably give up before page 100 of IJ and blame it on DFW

>>8890712
The Fault In Our Stars by that shit-eating cretin John Green.

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>>8890747
>Merriam-Webster English Dictionary
>aes·thet·ic
>adjective
> : of or relating to art or beauty
>Full Definition
>1 a : of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful

Dumb, brain-dead fuck.