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Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« on: June 09, 2009, 01:22:10 am »
So apparently the internet has spontaneously decided to read Infinite Jest this summer. All this is seemingly for the sake of a wordplay joke, and that means that I cannot resist.

I will be doing this. It will be my first time reading Infinite Jest.

Who has heard of this? Who is doing this?

Infinite Summer dot org

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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2009, 02:23:49 am »
That blog post gives me the impression that Infinite Jest must be a lot like listening to Joe Satriani.  That is to say, the dude can play the shit out of the guitar, but he's not making music (at least to my ears).
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2009, 02:34:59 am »
This strikes me as a gimmick that some bloggers came up with to make themselves more famous. And I am sorry to have to say that because a couple of them are favorites of mine.
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2009, 03:07:55 am »
What is the wordplay joke?

I read this about 3 years ago on the recommendation of Andalucia (a former TOUAMBie) when I said I really like books with neat footnotes.

It was definitely interesting but I'm still not sure if it's actually good or just obtuse enough that people go, "this is difficult to understand therefore it must be really good"
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2009, 03:21:59 am »
The wordplay joke was "Infinite Summer". Because it makes it sound like the summer is going to be infinite? And maybe I thought it was more clever than it is?

*grins awkwardly*

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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2009, 03:34:56 am »
I might give it a shot, if I can get my hands on a copy easily and cheaply.  I got a couple hundred pages into it a few years ago.
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2009, 06:53:39 am »
If these people got into a big fight about how to read it, it could be a Crisis on Infinite Jest.

And...

And I'm a nerd.
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2009, 07:58:36 am »
I would be all for this except I just read that damn book at the start of the year. Which was my summer anyway? So yeah.

Also yes LFM, yes you are.
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2009, 06:38:24 pm »
I remember that book as the largest unread one in Side_Show's collection.
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2009, 09:19:08 pm »
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2009, 10:35:53 pm »
Reading that thread, I see that a lot of people here are more interested in jests of the finite variety.

Also, what is the deal with prescriptivism vs. descriptivism? I read about that in Dinosaur Comics.
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2009, 11:01:16 pm »
You mean there was a Dinosaur Comic about how TOAUMB can't go five freaking seconds without getting into a discussion of prescriptive vs descriptive grammar? I knew things had gotten out of hand, but that's pretty impressive.
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2009, 02:27:02 am »
My girlfriend and I are planning to read Infinite Jest this summer.  It'll be fun. Maybe.

I'll let you know. Maybe.

Glad to see the board is kicking it post-modern school.
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2009, 03:33:01 am »
Quote from: wombat on June 09, 2009, 11:01:16 pm
You mean there was a Dinosaur Comic about how TOAUMB can't go five freaking seconds without getting into a discussion of prescriptive vs descriptive grammar? I knew things had gotten out of hand, but that's pretty impressive.

Also: breast-size preference and pubic hair grooming. All topics we can't get enough of.
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Re: Infinite Summer (Not Endless Summer)
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2009, 08:29:56 am »
Giraffe placentas alas, seem to have gone the way of the dodo.
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