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How does one hold Infinite Jest?

I've tried to read this book several times before and I usually can't make it more than 10 pages before my wrists and fingers start to cramp under the weight of the book. Is there some way I can hold the book without causing some sort of discomfort for my hands?

>> No.7549548

>And but for the crushing realities he faced, Hal Incandenza would've truly experienced an infinite jest.

DAVE YOU FUCKING HACK

>> No.7549554

>Doesn't read all books on a lectern in a room full of chairs.

>> No.7549559

>doesn't summon the dead author to read the book to him
It's almost like you hate reading

>> No.7549566

Can't you just put the book on a table?

>>7549559
Writers usually read like shit.

>> No.7549569

On your lap for p. 1-150ish, then both hands on the spine like you might hold a phone while typing for the middle part, it'll stay open under its own weight, then back to the lap for the end.

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>>7549541
You rip it in half. Don't forget the footnotes.

>> No.7549587

>>7549566
>Writers usually read like shit
Where the fuck is your proof for this?

>> No.7549599

>>7549583
Jesus-Fuck-Christ-Almighty-What-Crap-Shit-God-Bollocks- is that really THE conformal Field Theory?

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>>7549583
wut

>> No.7549603

Kindle.

>> No.7549662

>>7549603
This, it's perfect medium to read IJ on

>> No.7549681

>>7549541
Start working out so that you can with stand the weight for longer.

>> No.7549825

>>7549599
topkek

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7549849

>not folding pages on a paperback back
Oh my god, it's $12 on amazon and probably 7 at HPB. Get a job that pays at least that much an hour before starting the 1200 page novel about watching too much TV.

>> No.7551039

>>7549541
i hold it with
my dick

>> No.7551046

start squeezing tennis balls until your forearms are large enough to hold the book

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>>7549541
In low esteem

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>>7551057

>> No.7551092

>>7549541
that's just it, anon- the great irony of it all.... do you really think DFW set out to write a novel? he was shitposting 70% of it, winging another 20%, and let his editor take care of the last 10% in order to create a novel that would hurt the wrists of anyone retarded enough to buy it.