r/infinitesummer

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Infinite Summer

r/infinitesummer

A subreddit dedicated to reading David Foster Wallace's *Infinite Jest* over the summer. Based on the InfiniteSummer.org reading group from 2009.

Created May 14, 2013

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Join us as we read David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest over Summer 2019.

###Spoiler Policy

If you make a post, you need to write in the subject in square brackets up to which page you intend for the thread to have spoilers. So if I've read up to page 107 and I want to start a discussion about a recurring theme that has appeared up until around page 92, I would write, for example "[SPOILERS UP TO PAGE 92] Did you guys notice DFW mentions adult depend undergarments a lot?" EVERY POST NEEDS TO HAVE THIS!!!
If you make a comment, and your comment is about something that is in a page further along than the page mentioned in the subject of the thread (see spoilers rule 1), then you need to blackout your comment. If you are using the fancy pants editor (I think this is the default one), then use this button to mark your spoiler. Or you can hit "switch to markdown" and then do this >!spoiler!< to blackout your spoiler comment.

###Schedule ~1000 pages, ~75 pages a week, ~10 pages a day.

Week	Date	Page	Location	%
1	June 7	1	1	0%
2	June 14	63	1522	6%
3	June 21	137	3236	13%
4	June 28	210	4844	21%
5	July 5	284	6545	28%
6	July 12	358	8174	36%
7	July 19	432	9832	44%
8	July 26	506	11510	51%
9	Aug 2	580	13233	59%
10	Aug 9	653	14900	66%
11	Aug 16	801	18315	81%
12	Aug 23	875	19972	89%
13	Aug 30	949	21708	96%
14	Sept 6	981	22403	100%

The best way to stay on track is to read read 10-15 pages a day (full disclosure: the footnotes aren't counted in that). For a daily breakdown, see: http://infinitesummer.org/archives/168

###Resources Wallace Wiki - Infinite Jest: The most comprehensive source of information on Infinite Jest.

A Philistine's Guide to Literature Podcast is reading Infinite Jest with us.

Steve's Infinite Jest Utilities Page: Chapter thumbnails, footnote tag locations, a map of the concavity, and helpful links.

Character Diagram: Available as a poster or pdf.

Infinite Jest Glossary: A handy reference of terms and names in IJ.

Infinite Jest Index: Because this book really needs an index.

Howling Fantods IJ Page: A DFW fansite's Infinite Jest page.

Kotke Infinite Jest Posts: Great IJ-related blog posts.

Kotke's "How to Read Infinite Jest": A how-to.

A scene-by-scene guide: Caution - Spoilers

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