|
The Pale King
|
|
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 |
|
As the official release date closes the articles and reviews continue to roll in. Reviews: Non-review Updates:
|
|
Philosophy
|
|
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 |
This is the most extensive and enlightening review of David Foster Wallace's Philosophy Thesis, Fate, Time and Language that I've read. It's an important review because it is from the philosophical community and does a very good job of summarising the Fatalism issue, DFW's solution and the importance of the work as a whole.
|
|
Infinite Jest
|
|
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 |
|
This is a great summary of all the bits and pieces from around the web that document the journey to the final version of Infinite Jest. Great stuff.
|
|
The Pale King
|
|
Tuesday, 12 April 2011 |
Matt Bucher has posted a brief summary of all the sections in The Pale King over at Simple Ranger. It's a great quick reference if you didn't take notes while reading. Spoiler Warning! Click here knowing full well there are heaps of spoilers... |
|
The Pale King
|
|
Sunday, 27 March 2011 |
|
Update: Canberra Meetup! There are a few of us planning to meet at 6pm on Sat 16th of April in the City. More details when we have a location. Dear lurkers, feel free to show up! To formalise things a litte: If you are keen to organise something in your area post a message in the comments saying so, I'll then forward any private emails to you (so we can keep email addresses out of the comments) If you'd like to meet up with an organiser send me a message here and I'll forward your email to the organiser.
Would anyone like to attend a small get together to celebrate the release of The Pale King in Canberra, Australia on the 15th or 16th of April? Let me know by commenting on this thread or contacting me directly. If I get enough interest I'll publicise it here. Trying to organise an event? I'm happy to help!
First up, Robert is wondering if there is an event planned anywhere in Vancouver, BC. If so, let us know! If you'd like to meet some other Vancouver fans, post a comment below or contact us. Brisbane? Little Rock, AR? Seattle?
|
|
The Pale King
|
|
Tuesday, 12 April 2011 |
Might be a bit slow with the updates over the next couple of days, cycling accident on the way to work. Grazes, lost skin, damaged ego. I'll keep updating the twitter feed, it's easier to do lying down. Reviews: Non-review:
|
|
DFW Remembrance
|
|
Monday, 11 April 2011 |
Jonathan Franzen has an essay with sections about David Foster Wallace in the latest New Yorker, “Robinson Crusoe,” David Foster Wallace, and the island of solitude. If you have a subscription (or a Facebook account and you're prepared to 'Like' the New Yorker) you can get access here. Although if you have Facebook's security settings set to high and thus forcing https:// for each session, it won't work... The Facebook New Yorker pages require you to disable it for a session. It would be a good enough reason not to bother - except for that the article is worth reading: On the eve of my departure for Santiago, I visited my friend Karen, the widow of the writer David Foster Wallace. As I was getting ready to leave her house, she asked me, out of the blue, whether I might like to take along some of David’s cremation ashes and scatter them on Masafuera. I said I would, and she found an antique wooden matchbox, a tiny book with a sliding drawer, and put some ashes in it, saying that she liked the thought of part of David coming to rest on a remote and uninhabited island. It was only later, after I’d driven away from her house, that I realized that she’d given me the ashes as much for my sake as for hers or David’s. There's also a section with Franzen's thoughts about David Foster Wallace's suicide in the second half of the article in case you're are trying to steer clear of that kind of stuff (I found I was not prepared for Franzen's thoughts and reasonings..).
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next > End >>
|
