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• Miscellaneous

  Infinite Index

  06.07.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Here is a calendar and index of IS posts, for those who wish to tackle the novel in the summer of 2010 and the years to follow.

• Miscellaneous

  The End

  09.21.09 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Early in Infinite Summer, we received an email from a participant (who requested anonymity):
  I went to a David Foster Wallace talk/autograph signing in Boston years ago. I asked him to write a message of congratulations to the reader on the final page. I thought this would motivate me to re-read IJ, since his congratulatory [...]

• Miscellaneous

  Announcements

  09.13.09 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  Infinite Summer: Dracula
  … is a go. Please visit (and circulate) infinitesummer.org/dracula.

  After Summer Parties
  There are a number of post-I.S. parties in the works. Here are the ones of which we are aware:
  Andbutso (Austin):

  Skylight Books (Los Angeles): A party to celebrate the completion of Infinite Jest by people all over Los Angeles, the country [...]

• Miscellaneous

  “It’s weird to feel like you miss someone you’re not even sure you know”

  09.12.09 | Permalink | 30 Comments

  You Are Loved

• Matthew Baldwin, Miscellaneous

  Join the Tunnel Club

  08.31.09 | Permalink | 129 Comments

  This is cross-posted to the forums.
  We’ll be featuring guests for the remainder of the week, but I’m appropriating my Monday slot for a discussion on the future of Infinite Summer.
  the sub-14 E.T.A.s historically have a kind of Tunnel Club. Like many small boys’ clubs, the Tunnel Club’s unifying raison d’etre is kind of vague. Tunnel [...]

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  Oops

  08.26.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Two months ago Matthew Baldwin told the Guides that August 24-28 would be devoted to guest posts and Kevin Guilfoile, who is a professional, wrote this on a calendar, and Matthew Baldwin, who is not, did not, and, long story short, Kevin doesn’t have a post prepared, so we’re running the weekly guest post today [...]

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  Infinite Jests

  08.07.09 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  The ranks of Infinite Summerians are thinning quickly, as participants drop out or finish early. For those of us on the schedule, though, it’s time for a halftime celebration.
  John Campbell drew the above two panels in his Hourly Comic Journal. They appeared in the January 9th, 2008 entry. Mr. Campbell went on [...]

• Guides, Miscellaneous

  Amanda French: ∞/2

  08.02.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  The midpoint of Infinite Jest is rapidly approaching (next Thursday, according to the schedule). What better time to organize meet-ups, so that readers in various cities can discuss their progress through the novel?
  Militant Grammarians in the audience will notice a conspicuous lack of actor in the preceding sentence. Specifically, we did not say [...]

• Miscellaneous

  Odds and Ends

  07.19.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Media: There was a piece about Infinite Summer in Salon last week. Other mentions in the media: a lengthy article in the Globe and Mail, and mention in the Boston Globe’s Ideas Blog (our new motto is “Infinite Summer: Spanning the Globes”), and a feature in the Kentucky Courier-Journal.
  Spoilers: [...]

the challenge

Join endurance bibliophiles from around the world in reading Infinite Jest over the summer of 2009, June 21st to September 22nd. A thousand pages¹ ÷ 92 days = 75 pages a week. No sweat.

1. Plus endnotes^a.
a. A lot of them.

The Sponsors

The Queue

In October we are reading Bram Stoker's Dracula in October. See the announcement.

In January & February of 2010 we are reading 2666, the paperback of which was just released.

At some point in between we are reading a novel TBD.

The Search

The Last 10 Posts

• Infinite Index
• Acknowledgements
• Summer’s End Roundtable, Part IV
• Summer’s End Roundtable, Part III
• Summer’s End Roundtable, Part II
• Summer’s End Roundtable, Part I
• The End
• Roundup
• Greg Carlisle: Reading Infinite Jest Changed My Life (and Now It Will Change Yours)
• Mission Improbable

The Last 10 Comments

• Pemulis' Yachting Cap on Mission Improbable: Ooh, I’m thinking maybe Gately’s ginormous head has to do...
• Pemulis' Yachting Cap on I Got This Fire In My Heart, Won’t Let Me Sleep, Can’t Concentrate…: Nucks...
• Pemulis' Yachting Cap on Summer’s End Roundtable, Part III: I just realized that Mario reminds me a bit of Owen...
• Pemulis' Yachting Cap on Summer’s End Roundtable, Part III: I’m finished! I’d started last summer...
• Tao Joannes on Infinite Index: So, are we doing it again this summer as an official thing? I’ve got some...
• Melissa on Infinite Index: Thanks, Matthew. I was keeping pace with y’all last year up until August, when I had...
• Peer on Acknowledgements: Thanks for the link. I will check it out. I was just hoping for some announcements here...
• Prolixian on Acknowledgements: Peer – if you are interested in 2666, check out bolanobolano.com. A group read...
• Peer on Acknowledgements: When will we start the new book?
• Todeswalzer on Acknowledgements: RIP Infinite Summer. It was great while it lasted.

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