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>tfw done with Infinite Jest and only 24

>> No.6300614

i wrote infinite jest at 24

>> No.6300624

have you read ulysses and gravity's rainbow yet?

>> No.6300628

i sure hope this is bait

>> No.6300658

>>6300628
>le purple toad man
what do you think

>> No.6300662

Why would you waste your time reading that hack when you could have been reading Proust's Search?

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>>6300658
>thinking
gtfo nerd

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> in the bookstore
> guy comes up next to me and takes Infinite Jest off the shelf
PUT THE FUCKING MEME BOOK DOWN AND GO BACK TO YOUR SHITTY BOARD

>> No.6301636

>implying you can ever be "done" with a good book
>inb4 someone implies infinite jest is bad

>> No.6301649

>>6300586
In the same time you could have read the first five novels (at around 1000 pages of both a well-crafted faux-historic novel and fantasy epic) in the saga of our age, A Song of Ice and Fire by George "RR" Martin

>> No.6301654

>>6301649
>the saga of our age, A Song of Ice and Fire by George "RR" Martin>Not Netflix's Marco Polo

>> No.6301663

>>6300586
>and only 24

>tfw I'm 23
>tfw I feel old as fuck
>tfw I want to be 17 again

>> No.6303096

>>6300586

I guess 24 is not too late. I read it at 19. Don't be too hard on yourself m8.

>> No.6303107

25 is literally the age you are predicted to be when you read it. so yea.