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Re:Consider the Lobster (2004) [pdf] by spenczar5 on Sunday December 05, 2021 @11:02AM (#29450216)
If you get a chance, A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again is really terrific too. I love Infinite Jest, but I think I love DFW’s essays even more. They are just the right length.
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Re:Consider the Lobster (2004) [pdf] by eckmLJE on Sunday December 05, 2021 @11:19AM (#29450359)
Agreed, there is an essay collection named after Consider the Lobster that has some great ones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consider_the_Lobster
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Re:Consider the Lobster (2004) [pdf] by jeffbee on Sunday December 05, 2021 @12:03PM (#29450720)
The David Foster Wallace Reader has these and more including the brilliant “Both Flesh and Not” and some trivia like his course syllabi and correspondence.
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Re:Consider the Lobster (2004) [pdf] by dhosek on Sunday December 05, 2021 @03:25PM (#29452818)
I found A Supposedly Fun Thing to be rather grating and self-congratulatory. In contrast, the essays in Consider the Lobster showed a better balance between restraint and indulgence.
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