How should I prepare to read Infinite Jest? [more inside]
posted by blueplasticfish on Sep 25, 2009 - 48 answers

Women writers like Neal Stephenson, are there any? [more inside]
posted by exceptinsects on Oct 5, 2008 - 18 answers

Is it worth waiting for the new edition of David Foster Wallace's 'Infinite Jest' to come out in the UK? [more inside]
posted by takeyourmedicine on Nov 14, 2006 - 12 answers

I need some recommendations for great fiction. And yes, I've read all those other threads. [more inside]
posted by nevercalm on Jun 29, 2006 - 38 answers

When reading David Foster Wallace, do you stop for every footnote, or read the piece all the way through and go back and read the footnotes later? Or are you too anti-hip cool to read David Foster Wallace¹? [more inside]
posted by alan on Aug 6, 2004 - 55 answers