2009

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Elsewhere Jest
Roundup
08.16.09 | Permalink | 11 Comments

Every Happy Days needs a Laverne and Shirley, and maybe even a Joanie Loves Chachi for good measure. So too is Infinite Summer spawning spin-offs. Next week Infinite Jest will finally be published in German. At that time, the publisher is planning an Infinite Summer like read-along, and has a bunch of writers all lined […]
Summaries
Infinite Summary – Week 8
08.15.09 | Permalink | 10 Comments

Milestone Reached: 590 (60%) Chapters Read: Page 528 – PRE-DAWN AND DAWN, 1 MAY Y.D.A.U. / OUTCROPPING NORTHWEST OF TUCSON AZ U.S.A., STILL: The Marathe and Steeply show continues. Steeply argues that America is not the only culture in which people are drawn to things that could “entertain them to death”. Page 531 – 0450H., […]
Avery Edison, Eden M. Kennedy, Kevin Guilfoile, Matthew Baldwin, Rountables
Midsummer Roundtable, Part V
08.14.09 | Permalink | 7 Comments

This is the fifth of a five-part roundtable discussion with the Infinite Summer Guides. Infinite Summer: Any predictions as to what will happen in the second half of the novel? Matthew Baldwin: I’ll tell you what I’m not expecting: anything resembling a standard climax or dénouement. In nearly all of Wallace’s non- and short-fiction I’ve […]
Avery Edison, Eden M. Kennedy, Kevin Guilfoile, Matthew Baldwin, Rountables
Midsummer Roundtable, Part IV
08.13.09 | Permalink | 22 Comments

This is the fourth of a five-part roundtable discussion with the Infinite Summer Guides. Infinite Summer: Kevin, do you find Wallace’s style influencing your own? Will the title of your next novel (The Thousand) refer to the number of endnotes you went back and inserted? Kevin Guilfoile: I’m pretty easily influenced by anything that I […]
Avery Edison, Eden M. Kennedy, Kevin Guilfoile, Matthew Baldwin, Rountables
Midsummer Roundtable, Part III
08.12.09 | Permalink | 41 Comments

This is the third of a five-part roundtable discussion with the Infinite Summer Guides. Infinite Summer: Does anyone have a favorite character? Avery Edison: I’ve written before about liking Hal the most, whilst suspecting that he may be a dick. That’s still holding true. I tend to like the smarter characters, and in a book […]
Avery Edison, Eden M. Kennedy, Kevin Guilfoile, Matthew Baldwin, Rountables
Midsummer Roundtable, Part II
08.11.09 | Permalink | 36 Comments

This is the second of a five-part roundtable discussion with the Infinite Summer Guides. Infinite Summer: Have you been sticking to the schedule? Avery Edison: For the first time since the project started I’m sticking to the schedule. I had been catching up in 75-page burst the day before my posts were due to be […]
Avery Edison, Eden M. Kennedy, Kevin Guilfoile, Matthew Baldwin, Rountables
Midsummer Roundtable, Part I
08.10.09 | Permalink | 41 Comments

This is the first of a five-part roundtable discussion with the Infinite Summer Guides. Infinite Summer: Congratulations on reaching the halfway point. Eden M. Kennedy: Thanks. Matthew Baldwin: Huzzah! Avery Edison: Thank you. Although I think that once you factor in the endnotes, we technically haven’t even started. Kevin Guilfoile: I turned 40 last year, […]