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Post by smogquixote on May 16, 2021 22:29:29 GMT
Been listening to the audiobook of this the past few nights, has anybody else read this?
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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 17, 2021 8:54:21 GMT
Been listening to the audiobook of this the past few nights, has anybody else read this? A book I've often meant to read but its heft puts me off Audiobook is probably the way to go What's yer verdict Smog?  |
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Post by smogquixote on May 17, 2021 14:13:56 GMT
Too early to say, it’s the first audiobook I’ve ever listened to and I often need to double back to make sure I heard something correctly. I’ll update when I’m finished!
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Post by smogquixote on Jul 16, 2021 16:16:41 GMT
So much to unpack it’s unreal, there’s about ten different themes and motifs that run concurrently through the first half of this book that you could write 10,000+ word dissertations on in this book.
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Post by smogquixote on Jul 16, 2021 16:17:02 GMT
It’s all “suitably surreal” as my man politician2 would say!
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Post by smogquixote on Oct 24, 2021 16:35:40 GMT
We’re well on our way now! less than half the chapters left to go.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 24, 2021 19:32:43 GMT
Great stuff Smog
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Post by smogquixote on Oct 25, 2021 16:54:58 GMT
Wouldn’t normally mention an update on how I’m doing but this thing is like 1,100~ pages lol. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 25, 2021 17:21:12 GMT
Wouldn’t normally mention an update on how I’m doing but this thing is like 1,100~ pages lol. Exactly - it's a massive undertaking and so the more updates the better How much are you enjoying it so far? |
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Post by smogquixote on Oct 25, 2021 19:10:18 GMT
Wouldn’t normally mention an update on how I’m doing but this thing is like 1,100~ pages lol. Exactly - it's a massive undertaking and so the more updates the better How much are you enjoying it so far? I particularly like the more futuristic and surreal chapters, however, there are some really deliberately overwrought and overly long chapters all about tennis lol! |
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Post by smogquixote on Feb 21, 2023 22:38:13 GMT
Took me over 18 months and had to restart a couple of times but I’ve closed the final chapter of “Infinite Jest”, what a story!
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 22, 2023 8:40:54 GMT
Took me over 18 months and had to restart a couple of times but I’ve closed the final chapter of “Infinite Jest”, what a story! Alan Moore's Jerusalem next? One of my all time faves and another massive undertaking |
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Post by smogquixote on Feb 22, 2023 12:56:01 GMT
Took me over 18 months and had to restart a couple of times but I’ve closed the final chapter of “Infinite Jest”, what a story! Alan Moore's Jerusalem next? One of my all time faves and another massive undertaking I’ll put it on the list, I’m reading “Dubliners” and I suspect I’ll be done with that by the weekend |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 22, 2023 16:12:19 GMT
Alan Moore's Jerusalem next? One of my all time faves and another massive undertaking I’ll put it on the list, I’m reading “Dubliners” and I suspect I’ll be done with that by the weekend Are you building up to Ulysses and Finnegans Wake? |
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Post by smogquixote on Feb 23, 2023 16:31:53 GMT
I’ll put it on the list, I’m reading “Dubliners” and I suspect I’ll be done with that by the weekend Are you building up to Ulysses and Finnegans Wake? I read a decent amount of “Ulysses” when I was a teenager but it was pretty wasted on me at the time and I did also read about eighteen pages of “Finnegan’s Wake”, I doubt I’ll be returning to the latter. Lol! |
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