Yeah, that's what so surprising. Here's a guy who was a nationally ranked college tennis player, got a genius scholarship, became one of the most notable young authors by the early 90s and gave lecture and workshops on a variety of ethical/literary topics. Just surprising to me. But I should probably know better.
Anyway, I started but didn't finish Broom of the System. It did strike me a very smart but also fragmented. I'm not a big fan of voluminous footnotes in a novel because it strikes me as liberal arts term paper.
But people say good things about Infinite Jest. Maybe I'll try it too.
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Wild. Looks like I need to read Infinite Jest.
Jim's been reading it. It's strange to be reading or listening to something while the author is ending it all...
Yeah, that's what so surprising. Here's a guy who was a nationally ranked college tennis player, got a genius scholarship, became one of the most notable young authors by the early 90s and gave lecture and workshops on a variety of ethical/literary topics. Just surprising to me. But I should probably know better.
Anyway, I started but didn't finish Broom of the System. It did strike me a very smart but also fragmented. I'm not a big fan of voluminous footnotes in a novel because it strikes me as liberal arts term paper.
But people say good things about Infinite Jest. Maybe I'll try it too.
"i respect a man who goes to where he wants to be. even if he wants to be dead."-vic chesnutt
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