Comments on: Roundup

By: Duane C

Duane C — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:24:10 +0000

Aw crap…

Nevermind, disregard, I might have to re-read this. But not for a few years I don’t think.

Still not funny

By: Doubtful Geste

Doubtful Geste — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:55:59 +0000

preferably all together on an overcast beach, waiting for the tide to come back in.

By: Doubtful Geste

Doubtful Geste — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:49:56 +0000

Y’know how some languages end all syllables with a vowel? Um, well, do that to the first syllables of the Incandenza brothers and you get “O-Ma-Ha,” birthplace of the bane of the Incandenza family, Marlon Brando! No, seriously, I’m SURE it’s intentional! This book is TOTALLY all about Nebraska!

By: chia

chia — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:12:57 +0000

I did not write anything about Infinite Jest after I finished it, because I cried and cried when it was over.

I was sad that it was over, but I was also terribly depressed by the way things were left. As in there was no ending, we just continue struggling along as our heros lay in coma or cannot get off the floor or are expelled…

I suppose my reaction would have been more positive had DFW still been alive.

But I do love the book as much as Pemulis loves the mean value theorem.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:00:47 +0000

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all your visits this summer. In addition to the above mentioned post, I do have a “final” one as well. Just put it up there today. I tried to come up with some theories of my own, but mostly synthesized ideas from people smarter than me!

http://ijustreadaboutthat.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/david-foster-wallace%E2%80%93final-thoughts-infinite-jest-1996/

Thanks again, this whole experience was a lot of fun, and I’m sorely tempted by 2666!

By: Heather Wardell

Heather Wardell — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:40:39 +0000

I just finished and wrote a short post about it…

“The concepts of sponsored time, of the UHID, of eschaton, are truly brilliant. And I will never hear the words “something smells delicious” again without thinking (with a shudder, no doubt) of IJ.”

http://infinitezombies.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/finished-this-morning/

By: Mrs. Kennedy

Mrs. Kennedy — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:57:08 +0000

You know, we should all get together and re-read it next summer.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:45:28 +0000

Three weeks after finishing, I finally managed to write down some thoughts. I have a feeling this isn’t the end:

http://notworriedaboutit.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/no-hay-banda/

By: Percy (Thinking Without...)

Percy (Thinking Without...) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:27:11 +0000

Thanks for the link guys. It was a lovely surprise to read this post and see my blog listed.

And, thanks once again for Infinite Summer. It was/is a brilliant idea and I think reading the book with your blog posts every week as an inspiration + commentary made the journey even more enjoyable.

By: Karin D

Karin D — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:11:44 +0000

I'd written a "book-in-progress" review about IJ under the name Ex Kathedra for The Arbiters of Taste earlier in the summer. Yesterday I finished a post entitled "What I Learned From Infinite Jest"--an attempt to capture (partially for myself) what exactly is still rollicking around in my brain after finishing the novel sometime back in August with as little spoilerage as possible. Also, my boyfriend Luke (also an IJ reader) and I recently went to a costume/themed dance thrown by our college (Covenant College, Lookout Mtn, GA) at the Chattanooga Aquarium as David Foster Wallace and Amelia Earhart. In an almost creepy coincidence the dance was held the day before September 12, but we felt the costume was more tribute than mourning. (But we did meet with another DFW fan on the 12th and read the Kenyon address aloud.) Thank you Infinite Summer participants so much for a truly enjoyable, wonderful experience! Luke asked me to send a particular thank you to Matthew Baldwin for all the work he's done putting this together.