Alright guys, the book Infinite Jest is now only $8. No reason not to buy...

[DainBramaged]

Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the most endearingly screwed-up families in contemporary fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to dominate our lives, about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people, and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are.

Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.

This book is amazing. A fellow ATOT'er told me to read it and it was the best book recommendation I have ever gotten.

It used to be $20ish, and now for the 10th anniversary, it's selling for $10 or less. BUY IT! READ IT!

Amazon Link

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

You know, all osrts of different people keep telling me that this book is amazing. I just may cash up the 10 bucks for it.


Thanks for the tip, trout!

 

[DainBramaged]

Sunday morning bump.

 

[chuckywang]

Go to your library.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Go to your library.

No way that you could read the book within two or three weeks.

 

[Syringer]

I don't read fiction.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Syringer
I don't read fiction.

You should start. There are many things that can be conveyed through the medium that could never be conveyed through non-fiction.

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: Syringer
I don't read fiction.

Neither do I - anymore. I used to read a lot of it, but after I went to university and started reading scientific papers, textbooks, etc every day, now I can't read anything else. Even my casual reading is popular science. Like right now I've got The Quark and the Jaguar by Murray Gell-Mann and the latest New Scientist magazine sitting upstairs.

 

[Corporate Thug]

ordered,

Hopefully its some good winter reading

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: Syringer
I don't read fiction.

You should start. There are many things that can be conveyed through the medium that could never be conveyed through non-fiction.

I use movies for fiction

 

[MrChad]

Thanks OP, I may check this out.

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: Syringer
I don't read fiction.

Neither do I - anymore. I used to read a lot of it, but after I went to university and started reading scientific papers, textbooks, etc every day, now I can't read anything else. Even my casual reading is popular science. Like right now I've got The Quark and the Jaguar by Murray Gell-Mann and the latest New Scientist magazine sitting upstairs.

I'm the same. Used to read lots of popular fiction (Stephen King, Dan Brown etc) but now read exclusively non-fiction. There are only a finite number of books you can read in a lifetime and I'd like to make sure I'm learning as much as possible while I'm reading.

I considered picking up The Quark and the Jaguar but I read some appalling reviews, are you enjoying it?

 

[thejnaitor]

Thanks for the recommendation, OP. I just ordered it. Should keep me occupied over Christmas break

 

[Dedpuhl]

I can't read.

 

[DainBramaged]

Bump for a good "hide indoors during the winter" book.

 

[shuttleboi]

Thomas Pynchon has his own new 1000-page book out. I'm gonna hit that one first.

 

[Xyo II]

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
I can't read.

Don't worry, most people on the internet can't type. This should make everyone happy.

 

[Xyo II]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Bump for a good "hide indoors during the winter" book.

Thanks, I'll have to check this one out!

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: Syringer
I don't read fiction.

You read this damn forum though?

 

[ajayjuneja]

my ex gf got it for me as a present a while back...

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: ajayjuneja
my ex gf got it for me as a present a while back...

READ IT, motherfvcker.

 

[ajayjuneja]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: ajayjuneja
my ex gf got it for me as a present a while back...

READ IT, motherfvcker.

I will, this xmas break. need some free time. Yes, she was a very good gf. Yes, I'm dabbling with the idea of getting back together.

 

[RGN]

If you pay attention while you read, this book will open up a whole world to you. It is the best fiction I have ever read hands down. Great ****** in there.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: RGN
If you pay attention while you read, this book will open up a whole world to you. It is the best fiction I have ever read hands down. Great ****** in there.

:thumbsup: to the guy who made me read it.

 

[dbk]

thanks d00d.