Infinite Summer 2014 discussion

I *started* but only made it about 10 pages before I fell asleep. I was reading before bedtime, I didn't fall asleep because it was boring :). I am going to start this weekend as well! On the beach in Miami!

Meghan wrote: "I'm going to be starting this weekend, I think, to make sure I have time (and give myself a head start!). I've got a 12-hour flight on Saturday, so that's when I'm counting on getting some reading ..."

Oh good, I'll start this weekend too. I've been trying to take on this book for years (Proust is a cakewalk in comparison-I reread him every year) compared to I.J. I'm looking forward to group support :)

I started last week, but am only about 50 pages in right now. This will be my second time reading it and I'm really looking forward to having some people with whom to discuss things this time around.

I also picked up Elegant Complexity, the reader's guide by Greg Carlisle. I have been reading a section in I.J. and then reading the accompanying section in E.C. It's working well so far!

Meghan wrote: "I started last week, but am only about 50 pages in right now. This will be my second time reading it and I'm really looking forward to having some people with whom to discuss things this time arou..."

I started the other day, and do this too. It really helps, I think.

I started yesterday! No guides for me, although reading Hamlet before or alongside IJ is intriguing. I might give it a try.

I've read the first 20-30 pages of Infinite Jest maybe 20-30 times over the years and never continued. I look forward to finishing this time.

Hey guys. I stumbled upon this page and decided to join. I started the book about a week ago. I'm currently on page 85.

I've been rereading Hamlet in preparation as well. I figured at least it would prepare me for a slower reading pace if nothing else.

Just wanted to share - I created a wordpress site for reading this in summer 2014! http://infinitesummer2014.wordpress.com/
I hope you find it useful. Glad to know I'm not the only one tackling this beast :)

(i'm at page 200)

Anyone else reading on the Kindle (or any kind of e-book reading device)?

John wrote: "Anyone else reading on the Kindle (or any kind of e-book reading device)?"

I'd love to read this on my iPad, but I don't think there's a version that makes the footnotes bearable. If anyone knows differently, please let me know!

The footnotes aren't too bad on the Kindle. I don't get the 3 bookmark experience (or the lugging around IJ experience), but it clicks me to the footnote and back with relative ease.

John wrote: "Anyone else reading on the Kindle (or any kind of e-book reading device)?"

I'm reading on both - at the gym I definitely go with my Paperwhite. Footnotes are a breeze with the kindle. But when I come home I use my hard copy.

I started today and I have read 4%, which is about 40 pages. Pretty good so far. I particularly enjoyed the part about marijuana and hope there is more about drug addiction further in.

I know I'm so late to this discussion, but I just found this group and started the book so....

I'm reading an .epub version on several devices: iphone, ipad, and laptop. Really whatever device is most convenient based on whatever I'm doing at the time. I normally prefer paper books, but given all the endnotes, I cannot imagine this is easier to read in paper form. Clicking the hyperlinks between endnote and text is as breezy as possible, and yet the pace STILL feels rather fragmented. (Not necessarily a bad thing.)

It's interesting that Wallace wrote this before the advent of the ebook because the way he wrote it is actually perfect for this format. It makes me wonder about how the ebook format has influenced or will influence literature, and what other authors are using the format to innovate storytelling.