Infinite Summer

I have officially started reading Jest, following Infinite Summer (IS); a plan to read Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace over the summer. The first milestone is this Friday, June 26th, about 70 pages a week (it’s a huge book).

So I have the second printing of the book, and I also bought the kindle version on my iPhone. The IS folks were clever enough to create a schedule including the print and kindle pages.

So what has been hugely helpful for me is reading the wiki page on Jest, which explains the timeline at least and doesn’t give away the book.

Jason Kottke and Colin Meloy (Decemberists fame) finally sealed the deal for me.

I’m also interested in watching The Royal Tenenbaums after I finish the book, since I hear it’s basically a movie version of Jest. I might even read Hamlet since Jest is much related to it.

Wish me luck! I hear the first 200 pages are the hardest to get though.

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