false 2457487 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 6759 11 3271542 1996 Infinite Jest: A Novel total:5653|5:3204|4:1333|3:591|2:299|1:226| 5653 23949 13557 1426 4339 4.01 22182 3651 9466977 91127 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.22 4532 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 0 74 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 23 18:12:11 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 10 15:05:32 -0800 2008
apocopes
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simpat...more...]]> 13596631 828264 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 5 44 false Fri Jan 25 23:21:46 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 13:33:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 39762831 1713956 894363 0349108773 9780349108773 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179258492m/894363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179258492s/894363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/894363.Infinite_Jest 4.59 37 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 5 24 false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 10 03:16:39 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 24 14:22:30 -0800 2009
The review is the start of the mini-blog I kept while I was reading it (there is a link at the end to the concluding part)....more...]]> 679342 56692 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 5 15 false Wed Apr 11 15:58:45 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:51:13 -0800 2009
Infinite Jest is a mammoth slice of American pie, tipping the scales at 1079 pages, including 388 endnotes. Some of the endnotes have footnotes, too. A book of these proportions is bound to have its nay-sayers, from people who bel...more...]]> 7924435 60698 75786 0316066524 9780316066525 228 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170880755m/75786.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170880755s/75786.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75786.Infinite_Jest 4.29 862 A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.]]> 1996 5 17 false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 19 01:11:46 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 11 13:43:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 21779559 734631 3274797 0316920004 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1210063251m/3274797.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1210063251s/3274797.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3274797.Infinite_Jest 4.85 13 1996 5 15 false Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 08:38:36 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 11:53:47 -0700 2008
I was sitting on the southeast corner of 54th & Park; the first day I worked with Simon, king crawdaddy of the axe slayers, hardhat in hand shining like an unpeeled orange in the sun. Opened up the book and page one was already impenetrable and confou...more...]]> 6956989 427978 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 2 14 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Sep 28 12:48:58 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 13:07:39 -0700 2007 Infinite Jest:

Nearly a decade after publication, David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest remains a literary ink-blot test. With its 1,079 pages (including nearly 400 footnotes), and its fondness for gags, drugs, cult...more...]]> 18948937 931890 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 1 10 false Sat Mar 29 17:28:57 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 16:33:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3176486 196007 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 1 7 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jul 17 11:47:39 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:54:40 -0800 2009
This book is a giant pile of pretentious drivel. With a thousand pages and hundreds of endnotes (endnotes dammit! you need two bookmarks for this shit!) it's a book full of promises that are never delivered. By the end it feels like a practical joke has been ...more...]]> 3233797 202468 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 4 6 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 13:44:36 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:05:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 33690867 126351 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 5 6 false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Sep 24 02:57:02 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 11 05:06:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 21902493 45618 75786 0316066524 9780316066525 228 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170880755m/75786.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170880755s/75786.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75786.Infinite_Jest 4.24 5653 A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.]]> 1996 5 50 false Thu May 08 20:27:45 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 22 15:37:25 -0700 2009
i think it is time to write a proper review for this book, as it is one of my all-time favorites and deserves way more than two words. back when i was a junior in college, i was at the nyu bookstore, trying to sell back some textbooks before going away for winter break. the p...more...]]> 4860050 291073 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 4 4 false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Aug 21 06:37:33 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 07:09:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 55566236 1797553 75786 0316066524 9780316066525 228 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170880755m/75786.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170880755s/75786.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75786.Infinite_Jest 4.24 5653 A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.]]> 1996 4 20 false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 08:25:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 19:50:08 -0700 2009 Infinite Jest is a faultle...more...]]> 5166 425 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 5 3 false Thu Dec 28 15:25:55 -0800 2006 Wed Dec 16 15:53:18 -0800 2009
Obstenibly a "sci-fi" story (though not in...more...]]> 8834560 19804 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 2 4 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 08:38:47 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 08:41:40 -0800 2007 more...]]> 6588623 399189 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 5 6 false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Sep 21 22:23:07 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 05 07:28:35 -0800 2009
This book is brilliant and anyone that tells you otherwise ... well they s...more...]]> 75046950 2856392 75786 0316066524 9780316066525 228 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170880755m/75786.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170880755s/75786.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75786.Infinite_Jest 4.24 5653 A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.]]> 1996 0 2 false Mon Oct 19 13:48:35 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 13:27:45 -0700 2009 2 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymarti...
The Infinite Summer read was my second time through this amazing book. First time was an enthralled but impatient sprint, much like Wendy Macleod describes in you...more...]]> 36295201 2436 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 5 3 false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 27 06:45:56 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 09:54:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 33003018 204590 6759 0316921173 9780316921176 1117 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485m/6759.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest_A_Novel 4.24 5653 Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.]]> 1996 5 3 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Sep 16 09:03:19 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 09:06:45 -0700 2008
Bad news: David Foster Wallace hung himself Friday night, at the age of 46. While I didn't cry, I ...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2457487