Comments on: New Reading Schedule for Infinite Jest http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 22:21:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439&cpage=1#comment-43481 girldetective Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:04:59 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439#comment-43481 Welcome, Dan! I'll check it out. Welcome, Dan! I’ll check it out.

]]> By: Dan Roberts http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439&cpage=1#comment-43479 Dan Roberts Tue, 11 Aug 2015 16:04:02 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439#comment-43479 Hey there, Just stumbled on this blog because someone tweeted about the latest post, on the Eschaton chapter, and someone I follow RT'd it. I'm a journalist and have written a great deal on DFW and happen to be re-reading IJ right now, just for kicks, though slowly (started 6 months ago and am 550 pages in or so, since I am reading other books at same time). Glad to find this-- I'm going to try and follow along with you and jump in where I can and join the discussion. Thanks for doing this, always great to discuss IJ as a group with like-minded folks. I also just wrote this last month, might be of interest to the readers here: https://medium.com/just-words/the-democratization-of-david-foster-wallace-80ebc96caffb Hey there,

Just stumbled on this blog because someone tweeted about the latest post, on the Eschaton chapter, and someone I follow RT’d it.

I’m a journalist and have written a great deal on DFW and happen to be re-reading IJ right now, just for kicks, though slowly (started 6 months ago and am 550 pages in or so, since I am reading other books at same time). Glad to find this– I’m going to try and follow along with you and jump in where I can and join the discussion. Thanks for doing this, always great to discuss IJ as a group with like-minded folks.

I also just wrote this last month, might be of interest to the readers here:
https://medium.com/just-words/the-democratization-of-david-foster-wallace-80ebc96caffb

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439&cpage=1#comment-43475 girldetective Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:45:09 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439#comment-43475 Janet, no apologizing. there are great reasons these two books are some of the most abandoned--they're difficult and long. But, I found that even beginning books and stopping makes me more likely to try again. IJ, at least, I recommend unreservedly. Ulysses was more of a mixed bag, but I'm glad I did it. Janet, no apologizing. there are great reasons these two books are some of the most abandoned–they’re difficult and long. But, I found that even beginning books and stopping makes me more likely to try again. IJ, at least, I recommend unreservedly. Ulysses was more of a mixed bag, but I’m glad I did it.

]]> By: Heidi http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439&cpage=1#comment-43474 Heidi Sat, 08 Aug 2015 21:08:19 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439#comment-43474 Revision seems welcome. Particularly for the perpetually tardy IJ reader(s). Thx for the consideration. Revision seems welcome. Particularly for the perpetually tardy IJ reader(s). Thx for the consideration.

]]> By: Janet http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439&cpage=1#comment-43472 Janet Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:28:15 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6439#comment-43472 I'm sorry. I thought I could swing this book over the summer..why, I don't know. I had to quit. So, for those keeping track, I quit Ulysses and now I quit IJ. I'm not normally a quitter when it comes to reading. I let down the team! I will keep looking at the blog, though, I get such good ideas for titles here. Good luck to the rest of the IJ readers!! I’m sorry. I thought I could swing this book over the summer..why, I don’t know. I had to quit. So, for those keeping track, I quit Ulysses and now I quit IJ. I’m not normally a quitter when it comes to reading. I let down the team!

I will keep looking at the blog, though, I get such good ideas for titles here. Good luck to the rest of the IJ readers!!

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