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Ok, not to expose how behind I am in this read but on page 95 is the line “Pemulis, who can stand about ten seconds of communal silence tops, clears his” unbolded for everyone or is my copy of the book just tweaking?
— Apr 06, 2025 11:40PM
Grace Cimpan
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This first scene(?) from YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT—an actual masterclass in the stream of conscious writing style. 🙌
Watch out, Virginia Woolf.
— Jan 20, 2025 10:59PM
Watch out, Virginia Woolf.
Grace Cimpan
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Thoughts and prayers pls
Also—just an immediate observation that I am way too mentally exhausted right now to look up myself, but is Hal being named Hal a reference to the best character (totally unbiased opinion) in the Shakespeare canon?
— Jan 19, 2025 11:37PM
Also—just an immediate observation that I am way too mentally exhausted right now to look up myself, but is Hal being named Hal a reference to the best character (totally unbiased opinion) in the Shakespeare canon?
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Jan 22, 2025 08:53PM
Haha can't wait to get home and see which passage this is about
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Looks like it was the Gately passage. I had a pretty similar reaction when I first read that. So strange yet compelling
And, of course, brutal
This may be more from my current cold than last night’s reading session, but my head is still spinning 😵💫
Also why did I spend 9 pages last night reading the filmography of James O. Incandenza?
I just wanted to chill last night but David keeps getting weirder 😭
Lol the filmography is the best part! Ok no, but the Gately thing was the first passage that really got my attention when I was reading through. It's definitely one of those points where I think you're supposed to just set it down for a bit and have a break. As for why you would read through 9 pages of obscure, avant garde art film, is Fun with Teeth or Every Inch of Disney Leith not incentive enough?
lol our brains work very differently. I was totally on board with this book until we hit the Gately passage. Then I was just lost and wondering wth this book is. Tbf, I wasn’t feeling very well and had looked forward all day to curling up with my book and getting cozy for the night… clearly, Infinite Jest was not the right book to get cozy with 💀
But yes, the filmography was great (I just like whining)…I especially appreciated Sperber’s intense hatred for Incandenza’s work
The man was on a mission and I respect the hustle
That's pretty tough lol. At least you can appreciate the Sperber bit after the Gately thing and the passage about the face in the floor. And like your Middlemarch comment, I'll hold off on expanding on some things.*Also, correction to my previous comment: it should have been apres garde not avant garde*
Lol honestly, I'm probs going to have to reread that whole section again. I feel like I missed a lot of details in my confusion/impatience haha
Which section? If you mean the filmography section, I wouldn't worry too much about the finer details for now. But it wouldn't be entirely fruitless if you chose to reread it.
No, no, I might skim over the filmography section again, but I need to reread the Gately section. 😅
Yeah no point going over the filmography atm. I could say more but I'm trying to refrain from influencing your experience
