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Paperback, 1079 pages
Published 2006 by Back Bay Books (first published 1996)
ISBN: 0316066524
  / 75786.infinite_jest  

My conversation on The Great Concavity podcast:
https://greatconcavity.podbean.com/e/...

David Foster Wallace Society:
https://www.dfwsociety.org/

TOC
1. Intro 0:00:00
2. Apology 0:05:11
3. Approach to Reading 0:09:12
4. General Observations of IJ 0:10:37
5. Themes in IJ 0:12:47
6. (Attempt at) Plot Summary 0:14:13
7. Literature Review 0:20:47
8. Ramble through Reading Notes 0:47:12
9. Parting Thoughts 1:14:50

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Sources

Bookworm interview with David Foster Wallace (11 April 1996):
https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bo...

“David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide” by Stephen J. Burn
  / davidfosterwallacesinfinitejest  

“A Reader's Companion to Infinite Jest” by Robert Bell and William Dowling
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“Conversations with David Foster Wallace” edited by Stephen J. Burn
  / conversationswithdavidfosterwallace  

“Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace” by D.T. Max
  / everylovestoryisaghoststory  

“Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace” by David Lipsky
  / althoughofcourseyouendupbecomingyou...  

“Understanding David Foster Wallace” by Marshall Boswell
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“Elegant Complexity: A Study of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest” by Greg Carlisle
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“The End of the Tour” (2015) starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3416744/

“Programming Literary Influence: David Foster Wallace’s ‘B.I. #59’” (from Texas Studies in Literature and Language) by Lucas Thompson
https://www.utexaspressjournals.org/d...