Subject: Infinite Jest, Laughing Man and Too Much Joy. . .
Susan_Baskett@mail.pc2k.com
Date: Tue Jun 17 1997 - 08:10:03 GMT
Hah - my subject heading ended up connecting in an amusing way that I
didn't plan - oh well. . . anyway, i haven't written here in a while but
I felt the desire to ask a few questions today. . .
Has anyone read "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace yet? Any
thoughts about it? I'm planning to buy it next week after I finish the
three books I'm in the middle of reading now. . . I have an awful (but
very enjoyable) habit of roamimg through bookstores and buying a few new
books even when I have loads at home to read. So anyway, within a week
or so I'm thinking of allowing myself to buy it but I've never read
anything by DFW before. Would it be better to start with another of his
works (like many suggest if reading Pynchon's Mason&Dixon)?
On another topic, I would like to hear anyone's thoughts on something
from "The Laughing Man." What did you make of the Chief's relationship
with his girlfriend (I can't remember her name and I don't have the book
around. . . )? I haven't read the story in a while but I don't think I
ever quite *got* what happened with them? Did they just split up or was
there something more to it that I completely missed. . . ?
Completely random note: Have any of you heard the band Too Much Joy's
song "William Holden Caulfield?" Here are a few of the lines. They go
something like this,
"they call me william holden caulfield
it was no compliment
what's wrong with william holden caulfield? &
i'm afraid of people who like catcher in the rye
yeah, i like it too, but someone tell me why
people he'd despise say i feel like this guy?
i don't wanna grow up 'cause i don't wanna die"
Has anyone else heard that song?
Any thoughts on all the above???
Susan
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