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Theories on this crux
| Reading | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Minor structure & design cruxes | favored |
Discussed in
- Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace
- Come On, Pilgrim
- Coming to Terms: Franzen, Wallace and the question of realism
- Freedom is Overrated: Jonathan Franzen and David Foster Wallace
- IJ Book Club Ep. 15: Quick question, Mike — Is the map the territory? — the shortest Marathe/Steeply interlude (p. ~317), then Eschaton whole (the I-Day debacle + n. 123)
- IJ Book Club Ep. 28 (S2 Ep 8): Ever felt like PT Krause, but looked like PT Krause? — Poor Tony resurrected, the anhedonia core, and the wraith learns where the DMZ is (pp. ~689–706)
- IJ Book Club Ep. 41 (S3 Ep 7 by feed position): Meaning from angle of incidence redux — the narrative changes on the page: unfiltered Gately, Hal horizontal in the viewing room, the wraith's misleading account of Hal's speech, and a live three-copy punctuation hunt (pp. ~891–900)
- The Rewriting of David Foster Wallace
- What the Hell is Water? Priming, Epiphany, and David Foster Wallace's Roadmap to Freedom from the Default Setting
- ‘Infinite Jest’ Has Turned Thirty