09-16-2008, 05:20 AM | #1 |
Demiurge
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 36,368
|
David Foster Wallace
How shameful is it that I had never heard of him before he died?
|
09-16-2008, 01:32 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 10,665
|
Blame BYU.
__________________
Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster |
09-16-2008, 03:30 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,484
|
Pretty shameful. Start with his nonfiction work; I think it's much better than his fiction.
__________________
"Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12 |
09-16-2008, 03:34 PM | #4 |
Demiurge
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 36,368
|
They say he's like Joyce. I hate Joyce. I will pass.
I heard that he's done some good non-fiction magazine articles. |
09-16-2008, 03:35 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,484
|
That's why I said start with his non-fiction work; and I'd probably end there too. Infinite Jest was just that for me.
__________________
"Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12 |
09-16-2008, 11:55 PM | #6 | |
Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 471
|
Quote:
I happen to be reading his short stories collection called Oblivion right now. And I really liked Consider the Lobster, too. I highly recommend that. |
|
09-16-2008, 11:58 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: the far corner of my mind
Posts: 8,711
|
WHen he says "consider the lobster" is that, like, "instead of the steak?"
__________________
Sorry for th e tpyos. |
09-17-2008, 12:00 AM | #8 |
Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 471
|
|
09-18-2008, 04:21 PM | #9 |
Demiurge
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 36,368
|
New Yorker had a short piece on him. I'm decently aware of culture. I'm surprised he was under my radar.
|
03-02-2009, 11:42 PM | #10 |
Demiurge
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 36,368
|
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...?currentPage=1
Article on Wallace in latest New Yorker, chronicling his life, his work, his demons, his unfinished novel. |
Bookmarks |
|
|