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Hey ST, DFW and Proust. Do you see it?
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I don't remember reading about DFW having a crush on Proust or anything, but after reading half of Swann's Way and half of TPK at the same time I find some obvious parallels.
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Bob Loblaw wrote:Reading LW's discourse on IJ is one of my fondest memories from the old forum.

Can you find it for me, please?
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Bob Loblaw wrote:Reading LW's discourse on IJ is one of my fondest memories from the old forum.
reading anything from LW is pretty fun. wish I'd saved his scathing PMs to me.
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malice wrote:
Bob Loblaw wrote:Reading LW's discourse on IJ is one of my fondest memories from the old forum.
reading anything from LW is pretty fun. wish I'd saved his scathing PMs to me.
I wish he would have been on this board for the government shutdown.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
malice wrote:
Bob Loblaw wrote:Reading LW's discourse on IJ is one of my fondest memories from the old forum.
reading anything from LW is pretty fun. wish I'd saved his scathing PMs to me.
I wish he would have been on this board for the government shutdown.
it's all obama's fault.
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Bob Loblaw wrote:Hey ST, DFW and Proust. Do you see it?
Oh, for sure.
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Harry Lime wrote:150pgs into "Infinite Jest" and I can't go on. It bores me. And I hate quitting on books too.
Most people give up when they get to "Wardine by cry."
Did you know that the Wardine chapter could be the oldest portion of IJ? Some people date it to the mid to late 1980s ('86-'88 or so).
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Simple Torture wrote:
Bob Loblaw wrote:Hey ST, DFW and Proust. Do you see it?
Oh, for sure.
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Harry Lime wrote:150pgs into "Infinite Jest" and I can't go on. It bores me. And I hate quitting on books too.
Most people give up when they get to "Wardine by cry."
Did you know that the Wardine chapter could be the oldest portion of IJ? Some people date it to the mid to late 1980s ('86-'88 or so).
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The definitive Michael Jordan biography due out May of next year. I already have it pre-ordered. I've been waiting for this a long, long time.
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I'm switching between two recommendations from people on here.

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The Last Question and The Last Answer by Isaac Asmiov. Both are short enough that everyone can be reading them right now.
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Harry Lime wrote:150pgs into "Infinite Jest" and I can't go on. It bores me. And I hate quitting on books too.
Same. This book here just goes bloody on and on.
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Sarah, let us know what you think of the PKD when you finish it
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malice wrote:Sarah, let us know what you think of the PKD when you finish it
I read that many years ago and I'm pretty sure it was a great read. It's quite different from the movie. I'll have to read it again some time.
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Switching Between The Rape of Europa by Lynn H. Nicholas and Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard.
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Doctor Sleep by Stephen King.

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Thejambi wrote:Switching Between The Rape of Europa by Lynn H. Nicholas and Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard.
any comments or thoughts on fear and trembling so far?
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