Read, Expected, Got

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>>9001494

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>>9001501

Infinite Jest edition?

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>>9001504

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>>9001522
For the longest time I'd see this picture on /lit/ and say, "Well damn, David Foster Wallace sure does look a hell of a lot like Jason Segel." Then I would silently think to myself, "If they ever make a movie based on the life of David Foster Wallace, it would be a criminal (CRIMINAL I say!) mistake to not cast Jason Segel as the lead role." It wasn't until years later, when researching the life of David Foster Wallace that I realized there was a biographic movie based on the esteemed authors life. And sure enough, it starred Jason Segel! Someone clearly had come to the same genius conclusion I had all those years ago. A week after that, it dawned on me that the photo I was so used to seeing of David Foster Wallace, was actually, in fact, Jason Segel, in disguise as David Foster Wallace, for the movie I had just learned about. Boy did I feel dumb!

memes aside, how difficult is infinite jest? i've been listening to a lot of interview with DFW and he's really interesting. only other book i've read that i'd consider challenging was brothers karamazov by dostoyevsky and i really liked it.

>>9001522
Does anyone have the unedited image on the right?

>>9001666
The language is complicated, he's going to use a lot of words that you don't know, and there are a lot of characters to keep track of.

Nice digits btw.

>>9001683
this is terrible

>>9001722
What terrible funny?

>>9001722
What terribly funny?

>>9001722
What terribly funny?

>>9001666
It's not the easiest book in the world, but compared to Joyce or Pynchon it's a walk in the park.

>>9002018
lol

>>9001666
With the exception of a lot of obscure words you'll have to look up and numerous abbreviations/acronyms to keep track of it's more or less written on a YA level.

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Over 9000 hours in paint

>>9001666
If you've never read any DFW I'd actually recommend reading from some of his essay collections. I found "authority and american usage" and "a supposedly fun thing I'll never do again" particularly compelling.

>>9001722
Wut, trebly funi?

>>9001666
I'm definitely not among the most "advanced" readers here, but I jumped right in to IJ due to the constant memes and hype and what not. I'm 461 pages in and it's really starting to pick up. There are some parts I have to really drudge through, and some that are a pleasure to read, but I've found it more digestible than Joyce or Pynchon's denser works. I think you should be able to handle it if you conquered Dostoevsky.

>>9001722
wet treble funy?

>>9001666
it's really not that difficult imo, just super long. you'll have to look words up and flipping to the back for the footnotes gets old, but neither of those things are that bad. if you could do dosto you can definitely do IJ

nice trips btw

>>9001343
/lit/ summed up

>>9001739
I hate that movie.

>>9002600

lost it

What themes does Infinite Best present?

>>9002881
*Jest

>>9002881
>>9002884
Bennis, mostly

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>>9002887
*Tennis

>>9002612
kek

>>9002092
Chad had it coming

>>9001522
>>9001529

Are you guys tryin to diss Good Old Neon? Cuz if so, HECK OFF

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>>9001330

>>9001722
wata fu

>>9001489
>It's a meee!

>>9004035
I have a feeling that the story of the radishes was maybe written for comedy.

I laughed.

>>9001489

Is Mario supposed to symbolize...Mario?

>>9001722
wot tribble fanner!

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>>9001686

>>9001722
whj t f ?

>>9001722
WTF?

>>9001722
What terribly funny?

>>9004933
lmao

>>9001990
>>9001722
There is one guy who autistically denounces anyone who uses more than one image in each box.

>>9004035
>>9004122
According to the edition's introduction that I read plenty of stories in it were for comedic endeavor. I read the introduction last and I laughed in a lot of the books essays.

>>9001683
Someone else already said this and got memed for it, but honestly, what the fuck does this even mean and how is it supposed to be funny (yes, I recognize Kant, Beethoven, Mozart, etc)? If you've actually read The Recognitions you should be able to make something coherent.

>>9001529
you joke, but man DFW sure didn't look like a chubby jew

>>9004035
LMAO

It's a funny story, and i don't want to be a spoilsport, but from what little i understand of the eastern religions, Taoism and Buddhism, I feel like the point that faith in goodness (even if it may appear ridiculous to others) is better than nothing and will one day help you in tragedy.

It's also obviously supposed to be funny (for the sake of emphasizing the "ridiculous" part) but also to make you think about it.

>>9005556
>wasteoftime
It's 90 pages and worth the read

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Updated OC

>>9004199
Is that a sad Hitler?

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really wasn't expecting how self-hating Endo was

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>>9001522
>>9003982

>>9006111
check'd

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oregano

>>9004651
let it die.

>>9002092
I think you have expected and got switched around.

>>9001722
W a t r i l f n y?

>>9001330
kys

>>9005693
>Using r/Iamverysmart in any, ANY context

off yourself

>>9001330
Don't read this you fools. Sageeee

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>>9002600
i don't get it

>>9005435
From what I can figure out, the expected makes no sense, the 'what I got' is supposed to be anon only got the references to composers (Sibelius, Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn?), as the book is full with mentions to their music

>>9005965
Wow, I didn't know. I just looked it up and found an interview where she gives her opinion on "Big Red Son." She says whoever hooked DFW up with the hardcore Max fucked up (there is a reason Max was incarcerated, she says), and, also, 1998 was a weird year for porn, and it's definitely different now.

>>9002307
>461 pages in and its really starting to pick up

>>9010630
What in the world did this anon mean by this image?

>>9010630
Why does Diomedes look like Thersites?

>>9001722
Was furchtbar komisch?

>>9006671
kek

>>9006424
This one always enrages me because of how true it is.

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>>9001330

>>9002092
Can anyone give me the unedited image of the girl on the right

>>9010387
nice wordgame

>>9011919
I can

I probably won't

>>9006424
#1

>>9001683
Haven't read the book, why are there composers?
And who's the fourth composer? I recognize Mozzie, Bee-bee and Sibbie, but who's the lower right one?

>>9002907
kek, god-tier /int/ memes flowing into /lit/

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>>9001330
OC, just made it

>>9012236
This is actually a pretty beautiful and meaningful conglomeration of images, I like it.

Not particularly funny, but really eye-catching. You captured the emotional feel and the chaos of the book nicely. Good eye.

>>9010630
I chuckled but what does this even mean??

>>9012029
>projecting Campbell/a literary-psychoanalytical concept on an author 100 years before him
lol

>>9007581
For real tho I mean whats with the title

>>9012215
Haydn

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>>9009922
did I strike a nerve there Iggy?

>>9012255
>wanting Norton to be your gf


full khv pleb

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>>9010630
Da fuc

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Alright

>>9010630
Swift-footed Achilles and the dozens of times cars (chariots) are mentioned?

>>9012236
How the fuck did you manage to get that
>No Mozart
>No Beethoven
>No Sibelius