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4241087 No.4241087[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

What is this guy's most accessible book?

>> No.4241093

Indistinct Mess, by Footnotes McFuckyourself

>> No.4241108

fuck you

>> No.4241113

Probably The Broom of the System but it's also not exactly representative of his later, better work. I'd suggest reading Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again and then deciding whether his authorial voice and concerns click with you. After that, you can read more essays and stories with Consider the Lobster and Oblivion, or jump right into Infinite Jest. I'd suggest saving The Pale King and his pre-Infinite Jest stuff for later, once you've already established that you're a fan.

If you want to dip your toe in the water with a single short story or essay, I'd suggest Good Old Neon (fiction) or A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (non-fiction).

>> No.4241112

>>4241087
Any of his essays.
consider the lobster, a supposedly fun thing etc

>> No.4241115

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

>> No.4241119

This is the fastest thread on /lit/ I've ever seen.

>> No.4241132

>>4241119
enjoy your first day on /lit/ <3

>> No.4242049

Currently reading A Supposedly Fun Thing

Honestly, it's fucking great.

I have not read Infinite Jest.

DFW can be...eccentric (>and but so), but I don't really get all the flak he gets on /lit/. Reeks of sour grapes.

He was obviously phenomenally talented, and from what I've read so far, also very funny.

>> No.4242116

What's the difference between an essay and a book?

>> No.4242183

>>4242116
essays are shorter than books

>> No.4242190

>>4242183
Are you sure, a Fun Things Blahbity blah is considered an essay and it's longer than many books.

>> No.4242195

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.
He's not up his own ass that much in this book.

>> No.4242200

>>4242190
It's a collection you twat

>> No.4242212

>>4242200
>twat
What does that even mean?

>> No.4242213

Dive right in to Infinite Jest. It truly is a masterpiece of fiction and isn't really that difficult. Read at a pace you're comfortable with, use two bookmarks and don't give up when things don't make sense, it takes 300 pages or so to start coming together. When you finish read the first 20 pages again. Good luck and have fun, its a read experience like none other

>> No.4242219

>>4242116
a book is a pile of paper with ink scribbles or drawings on it.
an essay is a type of combination of ink scribbles that can fit inside a book.

>> No.4242226

>>4242219
What is 'is'?