What do you think of the UK 20th Anniversary cover?
>zadie smith
kek
fuck thats basd
>>7613005
zadie smith is a better writer than david 'the charlatan' foster wallace
that quote was probably pulled completely out of context
>>7613009
i agree that's part of the kek.
though that's a low bar~
>>7613002
Infinite Jest: Prepare to discern no talent Edition
>>7613009
the context of her writing a slobbering essay about dfw?
>>7613009
*BAD not 'basd'
/r/ing a version that quotes bloom
>>7613013
>>7613015
'it' was IRONIC
>>7613009
She literally sucked his cock.
She's not remotely better than him unless you introduce a x10 multiplier to her talent because she happens to be a non-white woman.
>>7613028
>implying she isn't ghostwritten by DeLillo
literally a face for his throwaway London joke books
not sure how it would look as a book. Not sure I like it but the other ones aren't that great either.
That's actually pretty decent compared to a lot of the IJ covers. Still not great.
thts such a faggy pandering cultural-meme cover
LOL so many FOOTNOTES :----D
LOL this is how many stickies I'M gonna need when I get around to reading this o_O
instead of a cover reflecting the book it's a cover reflecting the reputation of the book with people who haven't read it. Good shit, dfw would love it.
>>7613002
Significantly better than the silly "minimalist" American cover that looks like a placeholder.
It looks like they widened it out. I wonder if they made the text larger or if they just have less pages.
>>7613002
what do post-it notes have to do w/ infinite jest? you could argue the ETA sections is about how studious behaviour effects people but eh
the current uk edition is already the least interesting of all the covers
>>7613032
mild kek 6/10
>>7613056
I guess it's a reference to this
>>7613056
I think it's an homage to this lady artist Corrie Baldauf's project where she labeled when colors were mentioned in the book.
>>7613069
It's actually pretty cool and you are a shit.
>>7613078
You are now going to realise that your appreciation for this particular instance of vacuous autism is only due to... >lady artist
>>7613064
>she labeled when colors were mentioned in the book.
Why?
![FINAL-COVER-IJ20-Anniversary-Editionlarge[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/UKSL9ut.jpg "FINAL-COVER-IJ20-Anniversary-Editionlarge[1].jpg")
At least it's better than the new US cover.
>>7613122
If i remember correctly it was because it was the only thing that could keep her interested enough to keep going on with the book lol
>>7613130
would've been so much better
>people not getting the minimalist design and suggesting minimalist alternatives
>>7613161
not getting the maximalist design^
>>7613145
That actually looks really nice.
>>7613130
>>7613002
Not bad.
Would have been better with a "Stephen King is Cervantes compared to David Foster Wallace." - Harold Bloom, professor Emeritus of the Humanities at Yale, author of The Western Canon and Shakespeare: The Invention of Human
wheres the link for a source?
i can't believe they put that zadie quote
>>7613002
Bretty good desu
>>7613161
>minimalist
you're joking, right
I like it desu
>>7613214
The old edition has an equally cringe-worthy Sadie endorsement. It ends with "Darn him!" or something.
He must have given her a world class dicking.
>>7613293
>you will never fuck your way through the upper echelons of literary society
>>7613348
>you will never fuck
>>7613348
>dfw and that woman
>upper echelons of literary society
>>7613045
Completely right.
>>7613002
Looks nice but it doesn't really have anything to do with the contents of the book, even the clouds are more related.
>>7613145
That is fantastic, why the hell was the other one chosen
I've been listening to the same Drake song for the past five hours and it's not getting tiring what is wrong with me am I gay
>>7613348
I know, right. Zadie is a lucky lady.
>>7613386
Im guessing the large number of stickypapers represent the large number of footnotes or detail
>>7613437
No, they STICK to things just like the book is about attachments to pleasure and entertainment. And you can WRITE things on them, just like the book was WRITTEN.
Brazilian edition is the best.
>>7613674
except its in Brazilian
>>7613674
No.
>>7613394
IIRC that was a fan cover and was not even considered. Pity though, based cover.
>>7613680
ayyy lmao...
>>7613674
Is that the one that's basically printed on low quality toilet paper?
>>7613130
For some reason the font on this one irrationally pisses me off. Like, the illustration could have made a good cover but the font choice throws it all off
>>7613684
Nah they had a contest for the cover, so they were all fan covers basically. I think it was one of the submissions that didn't get picked..
>>7613166
>OSTER WALLACE
>>7613002
Combines the best elements of the 10th anni version while doing a few new things.
I like it
>>7613734
shut up
>>7613674
So fucking sexy. wish it was in english
how does this look as a cover?
>>7613348
I've had a fair share of fun, but let me say, he must have had one hell of a time fucking his way around until he DFW'd himself.
>>7614122
Bad, words are hard to read and the art is generic.
Why is Zadie so obsessed with based DFW? DFW was completely out of her league.
>>7614203
where can i get some based dfw chinos? all the shit at like saks and shit are like some slim fit faggot shit that don't let your balls breath, like i want those big old professor pants that have as much room as those big pants rappers use to hide guns and big dicks, i need some pants where my balls don't touch the part in between the legs and are also big enough to put an iphone 6plus and abig white cockin without it showing, sick of this small dick jew fashion that's dominating right now, i need that dfw swag (butt fuck the bandana tho)
>>7614229
Just go to sears and buy some khakis. Anything branded as "chinos" will be skinny.
>>7614252
why the fuck don't they have these in that fucking tan color?!
http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524446919537&R=889261124966&P_name=Alexander+McQueen&sid=1526C479C782&Ntt=khaki&N=0&bmUID=l9Fs4L2
>>7614281
DFW didn't give a shit about fashion or designer brands. If you wanna dress like him find some cheap shit because that's what he wore.
>>7614292
actually i wanna dress like that professor who taught the literary theory class on OYC, he also has the big dad dick khaki swag, and i have to assume as a Yale prof he shops at very exclusive boutiques aimed at protestants and well to do semites, sears seems like the kind of place a catholic handyman would go to get some carhartts before mowing the lawn behind the pool
>>7614304
>>7614304
Well then you don't want to dress like DFW. I can't help you.
>>7614328
>imply dfw didn't raid the ivy look for inspiration
dfw is like ivy mixed with 80s hairband, a compelling synthesis of high and low culture, just like his writing! just kidding his writing is a bunch of middle brow crap
>>7614339
DFW is like good will mixed with Sears. Everything he wore was cheap as fuck.
Eerie how his initials were DFW, and he DFW'd himself...
>>7613019
just sharpie it onto your copy
>>7613666
Deep, thanks 4 opening my eyes Satan.
>>7614514
Damn....
>>7614346
He looks like he came from the midwest instead of some pretentious left-coast hipster or east coast snob. go figure.
>>7613666
Shrug off uncle Luc.
>>7614514
This is gonna become new next DFW meme material, DFW'ing yourself.
Where can I read the new foreword from Tom online? I tried looking for a book preview on amazon but I didn't find the 20th anniversary.
Anyone help?
>>7613032
>>7615543
Oh god, my sides, I'm literally dying from this.
It's corny but at least it's eye-catching, we've all picked up books just because they had interesting covers
>>7613130
Why is the kerning so shit
>fan made cover
O right
>>7615608
Goodness, now I noticed.
Eww
Harol Bloom quote incoming
>In Lorna Koski's, The Full Harold Bloom, (WWD Eye Scoop), Bloom is asked about David Foster Wallace:
>Asked about novelist David Foster Wallace, who took his own life in 2008, but who has a new book out, “The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel,” put together from manuscript chapters and files found in his computer, Bloom says, “You know, I don’t want to be offensive. But ‘Infinite Jest’ [regarded by many as Wallace’s masterpiece] is just awful. It seems ridiculous to have to say it. He can’t think, he can’t write. There’s no discernible talent.”
>It’s all a clear indication, Bloom notes, of the decline of literary standards. He was upset in 2003 when the National Book Award gave a special award to Stephen King. “But Stephen King is Cervantes compared with David Foster Wallace. We have no standards left. [Wallace] seems to have been a very sincere and troubled person, but that doesn’t mean I have to endure reading him. I even resented the use of the term from Shakespeare, when Hamlet calls the king’s jester Yorick, ‘a fellow of infinite jest.’
>“It’s sort of a dark time. Imaginative energy I think is very difficult to summon up when there are so many distractions. There’s a kind of Grisham’s law [in literature]; the bad drives out the good.”
>I'm more than a little surprised by this. In my experience even readers who have read Wallace and not particularly enjoyed his writing wouldn't respond with, "He can’t think, he can’t write. There’s no discernible talent." Which leaves me wondering if Bloom has actually read Wallace at all. He doesn't see any continuation/development/growth/exploration beyond the also mentioned Pynchon, Roth, McCarthy and DeLillo?
>*shrug* Each to their own, I guess.
>I just hope this doesn't become the kind of flippant crititque without argument that sticks.
Of course you guys should all know that Harold Bloom is an aesthete and his opinion can't really be trusted for anything else.
>>7615857
I noticed, he tried to hide between the lines with the "seems to have been a very sincere and troubled person, it but it's very apparent he's prejudiced towards "troubled persons", which is total b.s. because many geniuses considered prestige in literary and science fields, had troubled youth, I read for example a quote from Edison in which his mother supposedly told him a lie which involved to say he was nuts and the school didn't want him, and instead she said he was so intelligent they could not be enough for his capacity, which pretty much drove him to success until he found the real paper in his mother's belongings, what pisses me off most is the fact that he self entitles himself to not having to "endure reading him" which is mostly a way to say, "I will not read anything because people like him are trash and so is their content." Of course he doesn't have to if he finds the work tedious or, even in a characteristic that doesn't add to his way of being, but that doesn't mean he can't try, he simply won't, which is pretty much defined to -don't give a fuck about hyped shit- kind of attitude.
I find it offensive myself as I'm a cluttered mess and am giving all my energy and focus into centralizing every aspect I need in my life in order to do a worthy, beautiful work, and getting closure on many things, which could drive any simple man mad, yet I stumble giving it my best to be brave and face all my fears, I have my own inner demons to deal with and when I see such spurred comments a little flame inside me grows, not because of the comments, but because of their underlying intentions, because I can see through that kind of bullshit.
>>7613020
>mfw my image still gets posted
>>7615921
>my image
Don't misinterpret me, I'm not saying you didn't make it, it's just...
Well, okay, yeah.
>>7615917
Anyone with a brain can see that Bloom is a fraud and a cretin. He's just a meme; don't take him too seriously - DFW certainly didn't.
>>7615945
Okay, thank you.
>>7614281
"I'm so relaxed with these pants, and the price tag made me even more relaxed, but for some reason I ran short on the rent this month, can't explain it."
>not giving davey fostercare wallert his cover of choice
1/3
>>7616043
>>7616046
2/3
>>7616054
3/3 i think this was the one he wanted
Look at the filename, you'll understand.
Post only your favorite DFW's
>>7615857
Bloom is a cocksucker
>>7614122
Like clip art.
This is the only cover available in my third world country.
Looks like a boring textbook.
>>7618660
it's actually pretty nice
>>7618503
I'm curious, why would romanticism make him dislike Wallace?
>>7613235
it's a nice contrast to the maximalist work. most ij covers are pretty simple.
>>7616060
absolutely fantastic cover bravo.
Is this book just a meme or is it actually good?
>>7619124
Meme-tier pseudo-intellectual proto-post-post-modernism pynchon-esque drivel shit.
Is DFW even popular in the UK? I've bought a lot of his books and they are always near the till when I walk into my local Waterstones but I don't imagine post-modernism or DFW being popular here for some reason.
I preferred this >>7618660
cover honestly. At least it is better than the cloud one in the US.
>>7615917
>Of course he doesn't have to if he finds the work tedious or, even in a characteristic that doesn't add to his way of being, but that doesn't mean he can't try, he simply won't
You gotta remember Bloom is old, man, a book that big is probably a health hazard to him, imagine him flipping the book for the endnotes like you're supposed to, the exercise could kill him! And don't even think about telling him to use a digital copy.
But hey, he's a literary critic™, so he must have a big opinion on a big book, he's the last guardian of litorcher.
>>7619286
He seems pretty respected here. I think his humour jibes well with British sensibilities and most of the American problems he examines are pertinent to us too. I even saw a qt reading Infinite Jest on the Tube once. Didn't have the balls to approach her, obviously.
>>7619336
If there wasn't such a thing as copyright, I'd re-use the title to make some crazy brutal scifi, yes, I'm the one you responded to, your post was funne, thanks, and thanks for the picture, many laffs indeed.
