orin-coded-call
Scenes
Theories on this crux
| Reading | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Minor structure & design cruxes | favored |
Discussed in
- IJ Book Club Ep. 02: Are they addicted to the process, the secrecy, or the drug? — early-pages session, Orin's phone call through the pump room
- IJ Book Club Ep. 10: Your Angle of Incidence to the Sun — Joelle's bathroom, Enfield, the 5-Nov Orin call (scene 064) worked hard (the murder theory in full), Port Washington (pp. ~219–270)
- IJ Book Club Ep. 13: Separatism and Return — Orin's backstory reappraised, Poor Tony's seizure, endnote 110 begun (pp. ~283–306 + n.110): the light inventory and the lightless last sentence
- Infinite Jest Book Club ep. 14: Word is Wayne has exactly one gear — endnote 110 line-by-line (the Orin–Hal call as coded warning), plus Mario's birth section