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Anonymous Thu Feb 2 08:16:50 2012 No.2373377 [Reply] [Original]

>mfw DFW could have at least finished the Pale King before he killed himself

>>	person !.avztqSy6I Thu Feb 2 08:18:50 2012 No.2373380 File: 22 KB, 328x400, DavidFosterWallace3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2373377 >that feel when he killed himself because he couldn't.

>>	▒ R E I ▒ !Ry9ZOO5Ag. Thu Feb 2 08:20:50 2012 No.2373381 File: 2.15 MB, 286x160, DFW ANIM.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] HE KNEW THAT IT WOULD SELL MORE COPIES IF IT WAS AN "UNFINISHED LAST WORK". PROBABLY HIS WIFE BENEFITS FROM THE PROFIT.

>>	Ryan !mHBuh/tvfE Thu Feb 2 08:20:50 2012 No.2373382 File: 8 KB, 187x187, David_Foster_Wallace_Thumb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2373380 >that awful feel when it's true

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 08:21:50 2012 No.2373384 >>2373380 But I thought he killed himself because he knew he hadn't any talent...?

>>	Ryan !mHBuh/tvfE Thu Feb 2 08:22:50 2012 No.2373385 File: 137 KB, 250x250, dfw2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2373381 MAYBE HIS WIFE KILLED HIM!

>>	person !.avztqSy6I Thu Feb 2 08:23:51 2012 No.2373387 File: 25 KB, 541x558, ElliotSmith.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2373385 This ain't no Courtney Love/Jennifer Chiba.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 08:39:50 2012 No.2373411 >mfw DFW could have at least finished the Pale King before he killed himself This is what makes me rage so much.

>>	Sunhawk !M9PhF5nIzs Thu Feb 2 08:41:50 2012 No.2373412 >>2373411 Writing an ending would've have made it so a ANY character appears in more than 3 chapters, or the novel has any real coherence. So who cares?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 09:07:51 2012 No.2373482 File: 74 KB, 640x360, 327069_AH.328476.png.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2373412 That makes no sense. Could you try again, but in English this time?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 09:12:50 2012 No.2373488 File: 153 KB, 455x627, nesting.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2373377 >mfw who cares

Anonymous Thu Feb 2 09:13:50 2012 No.2373491

ITT: People who don't acknowledge that between the tidbits of ordered plot synopsis Wallace sorted for Pietsch, the literary counterpoint of Kafka's Castle, and the unpublished suicide "letter" that explains his desire to allow the book to be published and reasoning for such; that this book is far more "finished" than Infinite Jest ever was.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 09:16:50 2012 No.2373498 >>2373491 And you can surely prove that? Link or something?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 09:17:50 2012 No.2373499 This is boring, can we talk about Tao Lin now?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 09:25:51 2012 No.2373512 bump

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 09:25:51 2012 No.2373514 So what's the deal, he haven't finished Infinite Jest either.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 10:02:50 2012 No.2373589 >>2373514 how come?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 10:20:50 2012 No.2373631 Your not the only person bothered by that OP. >>2373514 >>2373491 Srsly, what the hell?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 10:55:50 2012 No.2373687 >>2373377 bump

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 11:25:50 2012 No.2373763 >>2373491 >>2373514 MIND EXPLAINING? How it wasn't finished?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 3 01:28:57 2012 No.2375699 >>2373491 >>2373514 >>2373763 >>2373631 Can someone actually explain?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 3 01:32:58 2012 No.2375707 >>2375699 >>2373763 >>2373631 >>2373589 >>2373498 >>2373491 Can someone explain all this?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 3 01:33:58 2012 No.2375709 >>2375699 >>2373763 >>2373631 >>2373589 >>2373498 >>2373491 >>2375707 SOMEONE PLS EXPLAIN ALL THESES POSTS i am so confused

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 3 01:53:57 2012 No.2375748 >>2375709 >>2375707 >>2375699 >>2373763 >>2373631 >>2373589 >>2373498 >>2373491 >>2373482 >>2373412 WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!! I DONT GET IT!!!

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Fri Feb 3 01:55:58 2012 No.2375754 File: 15 KB, 300x300, elegant complex.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2373491 >>2373498 >>2373514 >>2373589 >>2373631 >>2373763 >>2375699 >>2375707 >>2375709 >>2375748

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 3 01:56:57 2012 No.2375758 >>2375748 >>2375709 >>2375707 >>2375699 >>2373763 >>2373631 >>2373589 >>2373498 >>2373491 >>2373482 >>2373412 OH GOD WHATS GOING ON I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HELP HELP PLEASE!!

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 3 04:42:58 2012 No.2375928 >>2375758 >>2375754 >>2375748 >>2375709 >>2375707 >>2375699 >>2373763 >>2373687 >>2373631 >>2373589 >>2373514 >>2373512 >>2373499 JESUS CAN SOMEONE HELP ME IM SO CONFUSED!!!!!!!!!!!

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 3 09:53:04 2012 No.2376256 >>2375758 >>2375754 >>2375748 >>2375709 >>2375707 >>2375699 >>2373763 >>2373687 >>2373631 >>2373589 >>2373514 >>2373512 >>2373499 >>2375928 YOU GUYS REALLY MANAGED TO CONFUSE ME HOLYFUCK

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 3 13:53:04 2012 No.2376658 >>2373763 >>2375699 >>2375707 >>2375709 >>2375748 >>2375754 >>2375758 >>2375928 >>2376256 >>2375928 You guys are so funny XD

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 3 13:55:04 2012 No.2376662 >>2376658 >you guys Samefag.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 4 02:53:14 2012 No.2378590 Can someone archive this thread before it 404's?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 4 11:09:15 2012 No.2379014 fuck hemingway

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 4 11:11:14 2012 No.2379023 >>2379014 You there, who keeps bumping all the DFW threads simultaneously and at regular intervals - I think you may need to seek medical help.

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