Where do I start with DFW?

I started with Consider the Lobster, highly recommended.

>>9680220
Start with his first, like you would any author

A few of his short stories like incantations of dead children, good old neon, whatever that swimming pool one is called and then jump into IJ.

>>9680220
>Where do I start with DFW?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1hSP9UWV7M

>>9680220
Consider the Lobster. I've never read a collection of essays as eclectic, well written, fun, and culturally significant. Move on to A Supposedly Fun Thing... And then Both Flesh or Not. If at all, tackle IJ after The Pale King.

>>9680220
The Greeks

>>9680220
Read essays, then stop.
If you read Infinite Jest you will regret it.
Wasted time.

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Start with the greeks

OPTIMAL STRAT:

300 pages of IJ. you'l be confused but that's fine everybody is. Then you fly through the Pale King and get used to his prose. Then you finish IJ a lot more quickly. Then his essays and short stories. Ive yet to read Broom of the System but people say it's a nice first effort but nothing compared to his later works

>>9680220
slim shady lp

>>9680220
I'm gonna be honest, the first DFW book I ever read was Infinite Jest. I actually hadn't heard of it before, I just saw it on a library shelf and wanted a thicc book to read. I had no idea of his reputation or his fan base. Same thing happened to me with Death Grips, actually

>>9680272
This is the only answer. I don't know why people ask this question.

just read Good Old Neon, then IJ, and Pale King if you really like IJ. DFW is a very simple author

>>9680758
could you elaborate on why is it a waste, please?

>be me, after two years of being a NEET, finally working as an accountant
>ages since last time I had sex
>talking to a 7/10 at local bar
>take her to my place for 'last drink'
>trying to hide the fact that I'm pretty stressed
>talking about bad decisions we've made over a glass of bourbon
>"I don't regret studying literature. But, then again, I'll never be able to rent a nice appartment like this one." she says
>I grin
>after third drink start making out
>get to bed, strip down
>she climbs on top of me, starts moving her hips
>suddenly she stops moaning, grins
>starts laughing really loud
>i follow her eyes
>my three copies of Infinite Jest are still on the nightstand
>"Oh I do remember you, you're the Infinte Jest guy!"

>>9682173
Because he's full of shit and never actually read it.

>>9682762
Best pasta in a while.

>>9681652
came here to post this, minus pk