tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post8050037796341212650..comments2023-11-10T16:19:46.880-05:00Comments on Blogslot: David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-12408352564584742092008-10-08T21:33:00.000-04:002008-10-08T21:33:00.000-04:00I hadn't thought of that connection until after I ...I hadn't thought of that connection until after I posted this, but DFW did get his MFA at UofA right after I got my journalism BA.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512881095588291721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-34195137377715018322008-10-08T20:11:00.000-04:002008-10-08T20:11:00.000-04:00And you went to school with David, didn't you, Bil...And you went to school with David, didn't you, Bill?Peter Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08449725607931123045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-83479598611081228762008-09-15T16:55:00.000-04:002008-09-15T16:55:00.000-04:00A few years ago I read Infinite Jest and Everythin...A few years ago I read <I>Infinite Jest</I> and <I>Everything and More: A Compact History of the Infinite</I> back to back and came away amazed at Wallace's incomparable intellect. I may have learned more from those two books than I did in all of high school. <BR/><BR/>Bill, I think I e-mailed you about <I>Infinite Jest</I> because I was impressed with several aspects of the book, including Wallace's handling of some hyphenation issues that are occasionally discussed by the terminally geeky.<BR/><BR/>I am saddened by his death. We have lost an extraordinary talent; the world is less because of it.H. Philip Asterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00970489392681184111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122549.post-12424635480196172992008-09-14T11:10:00.000-04:002008-09-14T11:10:00.000-04:00In the January 1996 issue of "Harper's" there was ...In the January 1996 issue of "Harper's" there was a long article about cruise ships. It was told in the first person, and was a bit of an exposé of the lameless of the whole cruise ship industry. It was funny, yet also kind of sad, but hugely readable.<BR/><BR/>For years I saw that article as the benchmark for the kind of articles I like to read. I read it two or three times over the years but eventually lost my copy of the magazine.<BR/><BR/>When a friend was getting ready to go on a cruise last spring, I decided to try to find the article. It wasn't easy to find since I didn't know the author's name or the date of publication. All I knew was "Harper's, cruise ships, and mid-90s."<BR/><BR/>I eventually found a typo-laden version of it on some third-party Web site. In the end, I didn't give it to my friend because I didn't want to ruin his vacation, but I was never so glad to find an article on the Web. <BR/><BR/>If you haven't guessed by now, the author was David Foster Wallace. As far as I know its the only thing of his that I've read, but I made a note to look out for more by him. That article, it turns out, was re-published as the main essay in his book "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Agian."<BR/><BR/>His passing is a great loss.Blorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381065813167569332noreply@blogger.com