It's official.
>bret easton ellis
friendly reminder he squeezed his influence on the prize board to deny david foster wallace a posthumous pultizer for The Pale King
>>67838386
Good
>>67838316
>Likes Shosh
Good taste
>>67838386
what a dick
i thought maybe he was just lobbying for a friend, but they just didn't give a fucking award that year
>guy who wrote one book 25 years ago
>which is only known for it's movie
why do i care what this guy thinks? Girls is shit, haven't seen any episodes, but I can tell by the number of tumblr gifs there are of the show
>>67838386
Which is funny since Bret Easton Ellis has long held jealousy toward DFW for being the defining American author of their generation.
One time, DFW made a comment about how he thought Ellis's pessimism was destructive (if not repetitive of the French writers of the 1950s) toward American literature. It was an off-handed comment that BEE never forgave. He's spent his entire life shit-talking DFW, while DFW never really acknowledged him.
DFW is so far beyond BEE, it's not worth comparing the two
>>67838316
There is no way anyone would really like this show. Whats his angle?
>>67839109
he loves to be pegged, beta as he is
>>67838386
>The Pale King
Is it any good?
>>67839109
I actually like Girls
It's like going to the zoo for me
>>67840430
Because there's so many elephants?
>>67840349
If you like DFW and enjoy his rambling style then it's an okay swansong to a truly unique voice we lost too soon.
But, the book is a mess. Supposedly it was like 75 percent done. It feels more like a disorganized set of thoughts than an actual novel. Some of the passages are brilliant and insightful. There just doesn't seem to be any direction to any of it.
>>67840661
never read DFW to be honest, what's his best book?
>>67840469
ha, nice
it's because the characters' personalities are so different from people I've met in my life, I can't exactly connect with them so trying to figure them out is entertaining
>>67840732
Infinite Jest is his best book. Go ask /lit/ about it if you want to know more.
However, it's fucking 1000+ pages long, so it's not the best place to start.
If you're actually interested, here's an article he wrote for Rolling Stone following 9/11. If you like what you read, he wrote a lot of short fiction and non-fiction that you can dig into before taking on IJ.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/9-11-the-view-from-the-midwest-20110819
Is it wrong I thought this was hot?
>>67840895
Yes, you are mental illness.
