tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post6090413769570894019..comments2024-03-28T00:47:44.556+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: "Backbone" by David Foster WallaceMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-73163038569704542532011-10-03T08:25:29.155+08:002011-10-03T08:25:29.155+08:00It reminded me of the work of JG Ballard, and, in ...It reminded me of the work of JG Ballard, and, in a way, Borroughs. Using words and a form of radical writing to create a different form of consciousness, a different way of seeing reality, a different way of thinking.Elliot Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964519903027517480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-80377275052658609452011-03-11T06:27:24.919+08:002011-03-11T06:27:24.919+08:00I read his Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and I...I read his Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and I'm still trying to get up the nerve to read Infinite Jest. Perhaps I'll try out his short stories first...Short Story Slorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09139511411002760755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-8152670881162842132011-03-11T04:36:56.104+08:002011-03-11T04:36:56.104+08:00Luann-so much I have learned from blogging
Suko-v...Luann-so much I have learned from blogging<br /><br />Suko-very interesting-maybe we can set a joint read of some kind on Infinite Jest sometime<br /><br />Ben-tell us more on Wallace pleaseMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-57790672250951216882011-03-10T23:30:13.317+08:002011-03-10T23:30:13.317+08:00I will be all over this story, like a fat kid on c...I will be all over this story, like a fat kid on cake. Thank you so much for that. I had no idea it was published. I'm one of those almost-cultish Wallace readers.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11483490020980574428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-8422473328865235092011-03-10T13:18:02.175+08:002011-03-10T13:18:02.175+08:00That should be David Foster Wallace--I often mix u...That should be David Foster Wallace--I often mix up the order of the names. Sorry.Sukohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893742747135555499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-89449691518442221732011-03-10T13:16:11.388+08:002011-03-10T13:16:11.388+08:00David Wallace Foster caught my attention several y...David Wallace Foster caught my attention several years ago for a sensitive piece he wrote called <i>Consider the Lobster</i>. He was an excellent writer. He was also a writing professor at the Claremont Colleges (my alma mater). I know that he was a brilliant man who suffered from depression. <i>Infinite Jest</i> is a book I plan on tackling in the future.Sukohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893742747135555499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-61431664014517318182011-03-10T09:16:45.275+08:002011-03-10T09:16:45.275+08:00I haven't heard of this man, either. I plan to...I haven't heard of this man, either. I plan to read his short story in the near future, but at a glance, I probably agree with you.LuAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13049897327581610278noreply@blogger.com