Comments on: On David Foster Wallace http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/09/14/on-david-foster-wallace/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mike Rowe http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/09/14/on-david-foster-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-128328 Mike Rowe Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:20:57 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2956#comment-128328 Boy, did he get the last laugh! What kind of bastard writes a novel that is designed with great intentionality to be addictive (all those clues that lead nowhere-- anticonfluential indeed!) and then kills himself before writing another? Here I am, suffering through Gaddis's "The Recognitions", waiting patiently for the next novel-- and it's never coming! I miss him so much already... why O why? Boy, did he get the last laugh! What kind of bastard writes a novel that is designed with great intentionality to be addictive (all those clues that lead nowhere– anticonfluential indeed!) and then kills himself before writing another? Here I am, suffering through Gaddis’s “The Recognitions”, waiting patiently for the next novel– and it’s never coming! I miss him so much already… why O why?

]]> By: Derek http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/09/14/on-david-foster-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-128325 Derek Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:22:39 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2956#comment-128325 This is the best/most personal testimony of all the tributes I've read today. I feel I must extrapolate, both to myself and DFW: Fuck You, you selfish, greedy, insatiable Motherfucker. This is the best/most personal testimony of all the tributes I’ve read today. I feel I must extrapolate, both to myself and DFW:
Fuck You, you selfish, greedy, insatiable Motherfucker.

]]> By: bob http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/09/14/on-david-foster-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-128324 bob Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:50:19 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2956#comment-128324 Here's a lovely post from one of his ex-students today this morning. Sounds like he was a good teacher (if not a troubled soul), and he probably would have enjoyed your letter. http://tinyurl.com/55wf9v Here’s a lovely post from one of his ex-students today this morning. Sounds like he was a good teacher (if not a troubled soul), and he probably would have enjoyed your letter.

http://tinyurl.com/55wf9v

]]> By: The Human Chronicle » More links of rememberance http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/09/14/on-david-foster-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-128323 The Human Chronicle » More links of rememberance Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:41:51 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2956#comment-128323 [...] The Tin Man [...] [...] The Tin Man [...]

]]> By: Esther http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2008/09/14/on-david-foster-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-128315 Esther Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:09:30 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=2956#comment-128315 This is so unbelievable. Unfortunately, I picked up Infinite Jest at a very difficult time in my life, probably the wrong time to read it. The book didn't make me a David Foster Wallace fan. I have to admit I was baffled by it. Although I do remember liking the tennis parts. Still, I know his writing resonated for many, many people. What an incredibly sad, horrible ending. This is so unbelievable. Unfortunately, I picked up Infinite Jest at a very difficult time in my life, probably the wrong time to read it. The book didn’t make me a David Foster Wallace fan. I have to admit I was baffled by it. Although I do remember liking the tennis parts. Still, I know his writing resonated for many, many people. What an incredibly sad, horrible ending.

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