I read the whole book, years ago. I was blown away. By and far the best book i have ever, ever read. I haven't been able to make it through a book since. None compare.
Help me. Is there a way to recalibrate my brain so that I can enjoy other books?
Help me. Is there a way to recalibrate my brain so that I can enjoy other books?
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Re: This book ruined me
Tue, July 6, 2004 - 2:48 PMThat's a tuffy. Have you tried "House of Leaves"? I hear its nearly as much of a head trip as I.J.
As far as the resetting goes, maybe if you start with trashy novels and work your way back in to literature, the literature will seem so far superior to the trashy novels that you'll be able to read it again? Good luck :)
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Re: This book ruined me
Thu, July 8, 2004 - 8:54 PMyou might try _gravity's rainbow_ by pynchon....if you want to reset your head, thatll do it, tho it might ruin you for other(other) books...
house of leaves was alright....plotwise it was intriguing, but its no match for dfw... -
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Re: This book ruined me
Thu, July 8, 2004 - 9:23 PMAlready read Gravity's Rainbow, pre-IJ.
Maybe I should just keep reading IJ over and over again... and I'll get trapped just like the people who were trapped watching the tape!
Maybe that was DFW's motive all along! Maybe the book IJ is the same as the tape???
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Re: This book ruined me
Fri, July 9, 2004 - 12:32 PMI think the whole point of the book was that people want to find something to give themselves to or lose themselves in, whether it is drugs, sports, or women.
When I got to the end and realized that I wanted to start over from the beginning I sort of started to think that that motif was played out not only in the book but also by the person who is willing to spend the time to wade through the enormous thing. He did it to us on purpose...
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Re: This book ruined me
Sun, January 7, 2007 - 7:28 PMhouse of leaves was fun, but it felt kind of forced.
i would reccomend:
The Crying of Lot 49 - Pynchon
Gravity's Rainbow - Pynchon
Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami
The Corrections - Franzen
Whitenoise - Don DeLillo
Middlesex - Jeffrey Euginides
also, DFW has other books.
and i don't care what anybody says, i really dislike Eggers.
now a list of authors that DFW has actually reccomended:
"Franzen, Richard Powers, William T. Vollmann, A.M. Homes, Jeffrey Eugenides and George Saunders."
