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>>3516027
>Try David Foster Wallace.
+1 for DFW.

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So my older brother is going back to college with a view to eventually getting a university degree in something crazy like nanotechnology or something. I would like to give him a decent book of popular science for Christmas, does /lit/ have any recommendations?

Preferably new, preferably not too technical.

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>>3096833
>Infinite Jest is our ITAOTS

But ITAOTS is unlistenable. At least you can read IJ, and some of his other books are even enjoyable.

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Can any Americans tell me if Monty Python was broadcasted in the states?

The only reason I ask is that the central premise of Infinite Jest was clearly lifted from a Python sketch and I'm just wondering if DFW would have watched MP when he was younger.

Here's the sketch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gpjk_MaCGM

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>>2960028
DFW suffered from hyperhidrosis. If he didn't wear his bandanna he would have sweat streaming down his face.

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DFW is the queen of /lit/

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