The Pale King is ultimately about the internet and a world inundated with information. I looked into Book of Numbers, the meta aspect seems a bit too much like City of Glass but the structure seems interesting, not sure if I will read it. Just got The Netanyahus and will start that in a few days and go from there.
>The Pale King is ultimately about the internet
Interesting. I thought it was about the IRS and boredom. I may have to check it out. I really enjoyed IJ but Broom of the System and his short story collections didn't do it for me.
Give it a shot, especially if you enjoy Infinite Jest. And BotS is not terribly good, he pretty much disavowed it. But I think Pale King has passages that absolutely surpass Infinite Jest even. You can really see the growth in his prose. I wholeheartedly believe it would have been his masterpiece if he'd have finished it.
On the plot level it is about the IRS and boredom, but the plot is nearly nonexistent and not at all the point.
Give it a shot, especially if you enjoy Infinite Jest. And BotS is not terribly good, he pretty much disavowed it. But I think Pale King has passages that absolutely surpass Infinite Jest even. You can really see the growth in his prose. I wholeheartedly believe it would have been his masterpiece if he'd have finished it.
Is this actually good? I was thinking of reading either this or the netanyahus but got distracted
The Pale King is ultimately about the internet and a world inundated with information. I looked into Book of Numbers, the meta aspect seems a bit too much like City of Glass but the structure seems interesting, not sure if I will read it. Just got The Netanyahus and will start that in a few days and go from there.
Can't people for once shut up about DFW?
No. Seethe.
It is topical, why should I ignore it?
>The Pale King is ultimately about the internet
Interesting. I thought it was about the IRS and boredom. I may have to check it out. I really enjoyed IJ but Broom of the System and his short story collections didn't do it for me.
Give it a shot, especially if you enjoy Infinite Jest. And BotS is not terribly good, he pretty much disavowed it. But I think Pale King has passages that absolutely surpass Infinite Jest even. You can really see the growth in his prose. I wholeheartedly believe it would have been his masterpiece if he'd have finished it.
On the plot level it is about the IRS and boredom, but the plot is nearly nonexistent and not at all the point.
It is a masterpiece as is.
>Josh ~~*Cohen*~~
Can the mfa troon stop spamming this hack
You need to go back.
Mfagays hate the Cohenmeister
Cohen is peak mfaslop
Nah, Cohen is way more serious and ambitious than MFA weenies. Whether he pulls it off is of course another question.
yep
https://player.fm/series/our-struggle/imaginary-boardwalks-ft-joshua-cohen
>cohen
no
This described the internet before the internet
Nah. That would be Forster
Ok you’re right I forgot about that one.
No :_)
The bawds