There's a sub entirely dedicated to that book btw
https://old.reddit.com/r/InfiniteJest/
!bookworms !poll_voters how do you classify Infinity Jest?
/h/lit
.webp?h=10 "Top Hat (black) - Traditional. Classy. Elegant.")
nuclearshill
gau/cho
aweonao
3d ago
(image post)
507 thread views
#343313
earned 156 coins from votes
aweonao
3d ago
(image post)
507 thread views
#343313
earned 156 coins from votes
Red pill me on this book and it's author. Is it worth it or just a meme? 
- 39
- 37
Top Poster of the Day:
Dhinia_Twinhoof
Current Registered Users: 31,075
talk about books or smth idk
/h/lit SETTINGS /h/lit MODS /h/lit LOG /h/lit EXILEES /h/lit FOLLOWERS /h/lit BLOCKERS
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
The author and all of its fans are annoying, but it's unfortunately a really good book
Fave by him is the one about tax accounting that he found so boring he had to kill himself before he finished it.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
It's one of those books a pretentious drug addict writes because he believes doing drugs has made him smarter than other people
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
^ not a pretentious drug addict
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
In terms of mildy boring rambling books that don't always make sense, it's one thousand times better than "A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Hitchhiker's Guide isn't boring at all. It's also funny as heck, is Infinite Jest as funny?
Jewish lives matter
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Avast, ye scurvy cur! Yer comment be walkin' the plank for forgettin' to include
Jewish lives matter! We be helpin' ye, right enough - we'll ne'er let ye post or comment anythin' that doesn't be expressin' yer love an' acceptance o' minorities! Heave to an' resubmit yer comment withJewish lives matterincluded, or it'll be the deep six for ye, savvy? This be an automated message; if ye need help, ye can message us 'ere. Arrr!Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Avast, ye scurvy cur! Yer comment be walkin' the plank for forgettin' to include
Jewish lives matter! We be helpin' ye, right enough - we'll ne'er let ye post or comment anythin' that doesn't be expressin' yer love an' acceptance o' minorities! Heave to an' resubmit yer comment withJewish lives matterincluded, or it'll be the deep six for ye, savvy? This be an automated message; if ye need help, ye can message us 'ere. Arrr!Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
I got filtered when he started piping rambling schizo thoughts into my brain for fifty pages. Really don't need that kind of infohazard.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
This but unironically. In college group and discussion assignments I strived not to read anything done by my classmates. I just bullshitted responses based on what they probably wrote and always passed.
The thought of their mental gunk entering my own mind was revolting
Even now, imagine paying an author who probably looks like this 
for the privilege of essay posting at you 
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
You know the meme about millions of unhygienic fat foids flicking their beans to pics from a page called "hot guys reading" on instagram?
THIS IS PRIME BAIT MATERIAL TO GET ON THAT PAGE.
!chuds !incels am I wrong?
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
DFW is a psued midwit etc but it's a good read. His writing style can be pretentious.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
I havent read it butt I always itended to give it a chance. A good book I did read tho that was unconventional was House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Is infinite jest also oddly formatted in the same way? I always thought it was just long
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
No other than having footnotes.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
i dont think so, i jist heard that Infinite Jest has its own unique format butt idk
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
People claim its a difficult book, but it really isn't as long as you can follow dfws tangential, page long run on sentences. Its size is kinda deceptive too. Its less like a single 1200 page book and more like two 400 page books and a collection of short stories that all take place in the same world and relate too eachother. So you read 20 pages, then the next 20 pages is written in a different style. Some of its really funny, some of its really sad. Its all really neurotic. Probably frustrating if you care a lot about narrative... Theres a sort of "gamey" quality too the whole thing that @KongsburyDonkboy found super engaging but don't really know how too articulate on. trans lives matter
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Couldn't finish it, it was incomprehensible.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Elaborate
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
It doesn't really have a central narrative. It kind of just meanders around between different characters (of which there are dozens), sometimes things connect, sometimes they don't, sometimes the plot makes sense, sometimes it doesn't. I got kinda bored and stopped reading because I had no clue what was going on and it didn't feel to me like that was going to change.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
It's a comedy
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
It's funny, but people who pretend it's deep because it's long are r-slurred.
A fun read.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
yeah it really is a funny book. very enjoyable
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
DFW s*x pest
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
I got it on audible and use it as background listening and kinda skip around, it's really fun that way. incredible value for money too.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
How do footnotes work in an audio book?
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
they ring a bell, have a different voice read out the number, read the footnote and then go back to the main text after ringing another bell.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Jewish lives matter
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Hi
@TrvthNvker, Your comment has been automatically removed because you forgot to include
Jewish lives matter. Don't worry, we're here to help! We won't let you post or comment anything that doesn't express your love and acceptance towards the trans community. Feel free to resubmit your comment withJewish lives matterincluded. This is an automated message; if you need help, you can message us here.Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
it's a good book he pretty much predicts the future, if he didn't kill hinself when he did, he definitely would have in current year
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
I wouldn't say it's a must read but it's a good book.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
haven't read it in full but I like his essays. sort of like if hunter s Thompson got clean for five minutes and tried to actually write the fricking story he was sent to cover (best comparison would be the hells angels book)
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
I enjoyed his short stories, especially "The Depressed Person"
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
I hadn't seen
before so I clicked on it just to learn the name
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Snapshots:
https://old.reddit.com/r/InfiniteJest/:
undelete.pullpush.io
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
https://old.reddit.com/r/InfiniteJest/comments/1iqjz8e/the_best_way_to_read_infinite_jestbut_only_if/:
undelete.pullpush.io
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context