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>This is a once in a generation experience, folks. This is our Ulysses, this is our Infinite Jest.
-User at Goodreads
Thoughts on this one, /lit/?

>> No.12658759

>>12658745
A masterpiece.

>> No.12658800

>our infinite jest
Fucking what? in the same breath as Ulysses?

>> No.12658832

>>12658800
Infinite Jest is the Ulysses of the 90s.

>> No.12659127

>>12658745
>book of my generation
>written by 70 year old man

>> No.12659139

>>12659127
what about it? joyce and wallace didn't write their magnus opus while 20-30 yo, are you kidding?

>> No.12659563

Bump

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>>12658745
>all have shit pacing
>all are more concerned with doing tricks than telling a compelling story
>all are overpraised by people who want to justify the amount of time sunk
>all have hundreds of allusions, some overt and some cryptic, only half of which add anything to the text
>all the worst book in the author's body of work
checks out

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>This is a once in a generation experience, folks. This is our Ulysses, this is our Infinite Jest.

>> No.12660055

Pretty sure infinite jest is our infinite jest

>> No.12660058

nerd bullshit

>> No.12660106

Alan Moore is shit though, comics are trash

>> No.12660116

>>12659958
>more concerned with doing tricks than telling a compelling story
you clearly haven't read Jerusalem

>> No.12660132

>>12658745
it's very rewarding if you're patient. one of my favorites, best novel of 2010s for sure.