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  Infinite Summery – Week 1

  06.27.09 | Permalink | 46 Comments

  Milestone Reached: Page 73 (7%)
  Chapters Read:

  Chapter
  Beginning Page
  Synopsis

  YEAR OF GLAD
  3
  Hal interviews at the University of Arizona; in a flashback, Hal eats mold as a child.

  YEAR OF THE DEPEND ADULT UNDERGARMENT
  17
  Erdedy awaits a delivery of pot.

  1 APRIL — YEAR OF THE TUCKS MEDICATED PAD
  27
  Hal speaks with a “professional conversationalist”.

  9 MAY — YEAR OF THE [...]

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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.

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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

• 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
• I Got This Fire In My Heart, Won’t Let Me Sleep, Can’t Concentrate…

The Last 10 Comments

• 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.
• Medusa4303 on Join the Tunnel Club: Thanks. Scott! I have just joined the Bolano group, and I am looking forward to...
• ariel on Join the Tunnel Club: thank you scott!!
• Scott on Join the Tunnel Club: If not here, maybe as a group read on the Bolano Googl Group. See the discussion of...
• ariel on Join the Tunnel Club: hi! can we please revisit this? is there going to be a 2666 club in january?
• sarah klise on Maria Bustillos: The Wonder of Wallace-L: Ken- No immediate plans for repub. We shall see what the...
• redsock on Summer’s End Roundtable, Part II: Re Avril’s sexual affairs mentioned by Daryl: In the...

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