"COME OUT COME OUT AND FLIP TO THE BACK OF THE FUCKING BOOK AND SEARCH FOR THE TINY NUMBER. OH YOU HAVE A PDF? THEN FUCK YOU AND YOUR FUCKING LIFE" - DERANGED SICKO PUBLISHERS

Under communism, endnotes will be banned and punishable by law.

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[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

infinite jest is my favorite novel, but i also enjoyed the novelty of having to use double bookmarks and being constantly reminded of the physical bounds of reading

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait, it uses endnotes not footnotes? God damn, Foster Wallace was a sadist.

I've read some of his essays, he was a good writer. I may read infinite jest one day, my partner enjoyed it.

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

yeah, and the endnotes themselves are a trip. they're like a quasiacademic experiment in writing. i'm a big nerd so i enjoyed the pedantry of its formatting, but it also has a lot of interesting things to say about addiction and entertainment that remain extremely relevant today.

God damn, Foster Wallace was a sadist.

doomjak yea

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it's such an ADHD ass book. why would i just go one page at a time, the narrative is in a big pile on the floor and i get to put it together like a lego set.

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

oh, you wanted a chronologically ordered narrative? fuck you, the years have names, the order is on a random page, fuck you for wanting to figure out how this fits together. it's like a big puzzle, and half the narrative doesn't even directly happen within the pages