Heads will be microwaved
Finally, a thought or two
Short Stories and Misc. by @thepalephantom
Infinite Jest Hardback Project (via Epyon MX)
“ Asked for clarification, though, Franzen gave what might actually have been his most satisfying answer. “You know,” he said, “honesty was a life and death struggle for Dave.
» Yes, We Are Still Missing DFW
Some scary stuff in here:
I tried to fix the problems (repetitions, confusing syntax, red herrings that referred to other parts of the book, etc.)
» Girlfriend Stops Reading David Foster Wallace Breakup Letter At Page 20
Old but still great.
» Peripeteia
- Aristotle wrote “The finest form of Discovery is one attended by Peripeties, like that which goes with the Discovery in Oedipus…”
» All That : The New Yorker
New David Foster Wallace fiction.
» "Westward the course of empire takes its way"
AKA Wallace’s story from Girl With Curious Hair
“ The last essay in my book considers the work of David Foster Wallace, a writer as gifted in fiction as in essay. I can’t offer a better example of a writer whose novel-nausea was acutely developed, whose philosophical objections to the form were serious and sustained, and yet who had the cojones and the sheer talent to write them anyway. Like all great fiction writers he is hard for other writers to read because his natural ability is so evident it makes you nauseous by turn. But that’s fiction for you: it taunts you with the spectre of what you cannot do yourself.
» Mise en abyme - Wikipedia
Synchronicities abound for the DFW fan.
