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Topic: David Foster Wallace RIP (Read 1737 times)
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naum
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/14wallace.html?hpDavid Foster Wallace, whose darkly ironic novels, essays and short stories garnered him a large following and made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, was found dead in his California home on Friday, after apparently committing suicide, the authorities said.
Mr. Wallace, 46, best known for his sprawling 1,079-page novel “Infinite Jest,” was discovered by his wife, Karen Green, who returned home to find that he had hanged himself, a spokesman for the Claremont, Calif., police said Saturday evening.
Not one of my favorite authors, my copy of Infinite Jest is still only half-read, though he's a favorite of many, including our kids… …what a tragedy.
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"Should the batman kill Joker because it would save more lives?" is a fundamentally different question from "should the batman have a bunch of machineguns that go BATBATBATBATBAT because its totally cool?". ~Goumindong
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rattran
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I heard the suicide note was 1,040 pages, with a 100+ page crossref'd index.
Too soon?
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NiX
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Locomotive Pandamonium
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Lakov_Sanite
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Well as suicides go, nothing more poetic than hanging.
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~a horrific, dark simulacrum that glares balefully at us, with evil intent.
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TheWalrus
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A bungee cord would have been the right cross of tragic/funny.
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