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Which one is better: Consider the Lobster or A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again?
I'm about to order some books and I can't decide.

tl;dr
Which one of DFW's non-fiction is better

>> No.1915683

The title essay is better in "supposedly fun thing".
The title essay in "Consider the lobster" is really overrated.
But "lobster" is the better book----the journalism in it, like the reviews of the porn industry and right-wing talk radio, are AMAZING

>> No.1915691

>>1915683

This guy said what I was going to say, so just read his post again for emphasis.

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>>1915683
>>1915691

Alright, thank you very much for the input.

And another question, yet not as urgent as my first one. Which one is the best collection of his short stories?

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>>1915700
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. Short, more vibrantly experimental, funnier than the others.

But Oblivion if you enjoy tears.

>> No.1915748

>>1915745

reading every story in Oblivion was like dying.
I still have no idea what was supposed to be going on at the end of the titular story.

>> No.1915762

>>1915748
My brother tipped me off to Good Old Neon (felt like the build up was too long, but damn that ending blew me back) and I read "Incarnations of Burned Children" on a whim because it was short... it reminded me how emotionally captivating Wallace's writing can be. Scary stuff.

>> No.1915966

bump

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>>1915989

wat

>> No.1916036

>>1916034
>Onion

>> No.1916041

>>1916034

>onion weekender

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>>1916036
>>1916041

Oh, I didn't see that.
Stupid vertical text.

>> No.1916114

>>1915673
Both of them are so captivating that it doesn't matter which one is better. You need to read both.
>>1915748
I think at the end of Oblivion [spoilers] the whole story turns out to be a dream of the husband, further complicating the matter of his relationship with his wife. [/spoilers]

>> No.1916117

>>1916114

Whoops!

>> No.1917973

>>1916114
Worst typo in the history of this board.