/lit/ - Literature

>>10428173
Start with his essays. Read "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again", the lobster one, and then the one on the Illinois State Fair. If you like them, then go ahead and jump into Infinite Jest.

Oh, and welcome to the water, kid.

>>9968724
but it is funny. particularly the sad stork's list of previous movie projects before he did infinite jest.

you fucked up the joke, op, you fucked it up good. here's a better start to the same thread:

>Infinite Jest
>it doesn't go on forever

david
foster
wallace

not even memeing.

lobsters, crusing, lynch, television are all essential texts that lay the foundation for understanding our current era

i literally cringe when i hear those cucks in the audience starting to clap and cheer when he gets to the part about the suvs. they are EXACTLY what he is depressed about in america.

desu i try to think the best about people now. i dont always succeed, but i try. if dfw was alive today he'd just kill himself again wrt all the insanity going on around the world

unironically: david foster wallace

>>5132308
"Truly, we finally became an Infinite Jest"

>/lit/ is a dick-measuring contest and no one has any rulers
>we're all blind
>we have no hands
>we do have mouths

>>2705270
>kierkegaard

>>2696455

>>2200025
I love this.

Why are you afraid of sincerity? Why do you cling to the life raft of irony?

David Foster Wallace - his articles on cruising, the Illinois State Fair, and television are all fantastic.

How many of your have a strong enough sense of self-awareness to admit that you are not of above-average intelligence? Statistically not everyone can be above-average although no one seems to admit it.

Corollary: For those of you who claim to be of above-average intelligence but lack accomplishments to back it up (I am defining accomplishment to be OUTSIDE the realm of tests so grades, SAT score, and IQ don't count) feel that you don't have these things because you a) didn't apply yourself b) are misunderstood?

Contemporary hipsters are people who care about fashion and pretend to care about a few other niche "artsy" categories (literature, music, film).

>>1495099

As far as sci-fi/fantasy stories go:

"Bears Discover Fire" - Terry Bisson
"We Are Norsemen" - TC Boyle
"New Rose Hotel" - William Gibson

Especially "Bears Discover Fire." Hilarious premise and well written.

Describe or sum up one of your favourite books without using the letter 'a' or any word containing this letter.

I want to read David Foster Wallace; What should I begin with? In what order?

>>1042142
sayswho?