{"id":3410,"date":"2020-04-04T12:08:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T04:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/?p=3410"},"modified":"2020-04-04T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T04:10:07","slug":"this-might-be-an-infinite-jest-all-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/2020\/04\/this-might-be-an-infinite-jest-all-right\/","title":{"rendered":"This Might Be An Infinite Jest All Right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Some of you probably know me from my live blogging of The Lord of the Rings<\/a> movies. You may also be aware of my 24-hour speed read of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, I’m a masochist who loves to punish himself. And that brings me to my next experiment. I will be live blogging along as I read David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. It’s something I’ve been plotting for several years, and what with forced quarantine and no work, I figured why not now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I expect that unlike the work of Peter Jackson and Dan Brown, Infinite Jest possesses some literary value, I have also heard that it is an extremely long, dense, and complicated book, up there with Ulysses in terms of difficulty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well I say: bring it on! This experience can’t be any worse than watching Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, right? Because if it is, I may have to head to a Florida beach in hopes of catching Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not setting any rules or time limit this time. However long it takes is how long it takes. I may finish, or I may not. All I can promise you is I will try. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to follow along on Twitter, you can follow me here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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