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tl;dr

>> No.9289244

hal is a smart tennis player
he likes weed

there are random government bits thrown in

Marathe is some random guy who nobody cares about

lots of fart jokes

literally hundreds of pages that offer nothing to the plot

some guy dies in the bathroom.

that's all I got out of it

>> No.9289247

tldr it's like a strong 8/10, maybe with some more aggressive editing a 9/10

>> No.9289319
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9289319

>>9289247
>tfw it was edited so that 700 pages were cut out of the original transcript

>> No.9289416

>>9289239
it's like some joke that just never ends

>> No.9289489

All you can get is a tl;dr of the first 150 or so pages. Please upgrade to a 4chan platnium account for additional notes on the footnotes.

>> No.9289492

those bookmarks...

fucking pathetic

you must be either a pseud or a retard to do such an idiot thing

>> No.9289671

>>9289239
>drugs aren't useful or significant but I, author, spend so much time talking about them you can't help but wonder if they are
>fun without meaning is harmful and dangerous
>current society values image over merit, also hyper-capitalism is bad and immoral, I guess
>dealing with being talented but not genius is tough
>in our ironic world, you can either be true to yourself or communicate with other people, but not both
>depression is not sadness but rather pain, treat it as such
>disabled canadians are funny

>> No.9289756

All the incest in this book is hot. Especially the bit with Pemulis

>> No.9290397

BBBBBBBRPBBRFHFPFHBBBBBBBRRRAP-P-P-P-P-P-PPPP-PP-P-P

>> No.9290402

>>9289239
Haha.
It's supposed to be funny right?

>> No.9290406

in a word?

spooks

>> No.9290409

>infinite jest
>book ends