INFINITE JEST By David Foster Wallace [PART 1/2 | UNABRIDGED VERSION*]

[@RobertPatchett]

3:30:23 the narrator says "reverse" but the book says "reserve". I feel both proud and disgusted for spotting this error and for feeling the need to point it out.

[@danielfields2201]

Be proud, that's a hilarious way to put it.

[@matthewsmith7766]

Disgusted by your need to point it out is suchhh a Wallace thing lol love it

[@tomliuyt]

At 50:27, the narrator says "ten days", but the book says "two days"

[@feanor7080]

Which page is that?

[@filetmignon23]

@@feanor7080 pg 65

[@minarandom9669]

1) year of glad *form **01:27** to **48:28* 2) year of the depend adult undergarment *form **48:28** to **01:22:57* 3) 1 april -- year of the tucks medicated pad *form **01:22:57** to **01:36:10* 4) 9 may -- year of the depend adult undergarment *form **01:36:10** to **01:39:20* 5) year of the depend adult undergarment *form **01:39:20** to **01:53:46* 6) year of the trial-size dove bar *form **01:53:46** to **02:02:14* 7) year of the depend adult undergarment *form **02:02:14** to **02:09:07* 8) october -- year of the depend adult undergarment *form **02:09:07** to **02:31:16* 9) year of the depend adult undergarment *from **02:31:16** to **02:52:24* 10) autumn -- year of dairy products from the american heartland *from **02:52:24** to **03:11:16*

[@Burps___]

You are an earth angel 😇

[@jacobrubio6667]

Best fortune on to u

[@baileylarkin5142]

Thank you king

[@pitfighter871]

3:39:23 YDAUG

[@Koox0018]

Amazing human and soul!!!

[@harry.flashman]

This book made me change my life in prison. And read alot.

[@tattoofthesun]

What was your favorite part about it?

[@harry.flashman]

@@tattoofthesun hard to say, the complex writing style, the music of it- like alot of his great work. the part where he explains a game of tennis as global nations, the whole book really. it was difficult and fun at the same time. my favorite books have been dfw, dostoyevski and ullysses james joyce among other pretentious books. those types of books i enjoy the most. did you have a favorite part? the characters are great too. hes probably my favorite author

[@frogscotch19]

in what way did it make you change your life? This is my first time hearing it, but i'm wondering whether i'd be better reading the actual book? @@harry.flashman

[@pitfighter871]

🐇

[@jmgresham93]

An ironist in a Boston AA meeting is a witch in church. Watches The Conjuring. Therefore Boston AA meetings are like exorcisms. This process of information is feedback.

[@oliverquick3405]

Side note to wrap your head around how special this work of art is:the guy who challenged himself with the german translation of infinite jest was working for 8 (8!!!) years till he was finished.and it's the best read of my life,i'm so thankful for his work,because i wouldn't stand a chance of surviving the original version

[@Draxtor]

I am reading parallel German and English and the translation is amazing!

[@lucasmchive]

Llllllllll J by

[@lucasmchive]

Aaaaaaaaa

[@CrimpKeeper]

I'm learning German so I can do something similar and read Hitler's Mein Kampf in it's original form.

[@TheLobstersoup]

@@CrimpKeeper That's neither something similar, nor something you should be proud of. Writers like David Foster Wallace would have been considered "entartet" under the Nazis. It's also quite ironic, because the only official German editions of "Mein Kampf" are annotated for getting a better understanding of that diatribe. There are enough actual writers in the world. If you think you need to read propaganda to make yourself interesting or worth being talked about (not to), think again.

[@toomanysymbols]

they should play this from loudspeakers in large public spaces. no one will know wtf is going on but it'll be glorious

[@CasperLCat]

They do that with the books of James Joyce in Boston every year for the runners in the James Joyce Ramble road race. People actually shout it live with megaphones along the race course.

[@h92o]

@@CasperLCat great

[@Muddyorphan1812]

They play at my grocery store stuff like from "ergo proxy" or any of the other Orwellian loud speakers .... the time is now all unvaccinated customers are required to wear a mask consume why skimp when you deserve more sleeplighten your load consume throw away waste !" Type of madness. Thanks to our ministry of truth

[@hwithumlaut8288]

Yeah but then the one person who knows it

[@reubenyebra4002]

Everyone knows this book🥱

[@nathanbranson9149]

3:39:26 The conversation between Kate Gompert and the doctor is the most fascinating chapter of the first 100 pages of the book. It is also the easiest to follow. The dialogue characterizes Kate and the doctor in a realistic way and grounds the reader in a time and place. I think it can be hard to read some of this because it jumps around to so many different characters. But I could really grasp this chapter (pg. 69 in my edition)

[@rachbell8915]

it stayed with me too. though the mould scene was the one i experienced with sharp clarity. no idea why.

[@Zythryl]

7:44:52 Hal’s 7th grade essay about heroes of television during the 70’s and 80’s hits so much harder after listening to his grandfather’s monologue. (It’s about thirty minutes into the second audiobook/shortly before pg. 160) And not just because of the obvious revelation that he’s describing the same Marlon Brando-like figure his grandad expressed distaste for.

[@HareKrishnaPerth]

See the break in the pages on the picture. Thats about how far I got reading this book in a year.

[@mollysmoth]

@@ryang7759 whatt?? i just got it it really takes that long 😖

[@shanechristopher1528]

I was locked up and it took me 4 months but after the first time I read it again with a little bit more ease but it still took awhile but it makes you think a lot at least 💡

[@randomidiot4247]

Wait... I was introduced to this book by a chick i met online about 6 years ago named Hali (pronounced Hayley) ... Changed my life. Pretty sure it's just a coincidence, but turn to page 49 and read the first line. Wtf!?

[@HareKrishnaPerth]

@@randomidiot4247 that is how I pronounce my name. Now I feel like this is some parallel universe. I don't have the book in front of me to check pg 49. But I will. Believe me. I will.

[@randomidiot4247]

Okay now this is getting weird. Just had a quick squizz at your channel and you're definitely not Hali from Utah, but you sound Aussie and you're a lego fan??? Wow me too.

[@allisonh2340]

I would like to read this with my eyeballs, but I always wanted an idea of what I would be getting myself into first. This is the perfect way to taste test the book before truly diving in. Thank you for sharing!

[@sidolanters1394]

"with my eyeballs" lmao

[@pedterson]

I'm glad you found a more practicable way. It was creepy when you were sneaking around bookstores licking the dust covers.

[@Bob-kt6bi]

@@sidolanters1394 it sounds better if you use big words

[@SavingSoulsMinistries]

I would rather read it with my pre frontal cortex

[@VeritableSmorgasbord]

Can anyone provide tips for approaching the book? I have a copy but haven't cracked it yet. Mostly I read stuff like Stephen King and Louis Sachar (lol) but I like DFW a lot and found Broom of the System manageable (and really funny), but definitely could be a workout. Should I train my endurance? What's the hardest part? Is it the length? The prose? The punctuation style? (Is punctuation considered prose? There were some parts of Broom that were a little hard to get my mind around, in particular I remember one of the editor's stories where a guy is climbing up a trellis or something and me realizing there was, like, a single period every two pages). Difficult words? Complex plot? I DID hear there are over a hundred characters or something. Does that make the plot hard to plot? Should I take character notes? (I thought about doing this for Broom but then just plowed ahead.) Here's a question for experienced readers: What's up with Pynchon? Like, what's his deal? I've tried to read Lot 49, which feels like it inspired Broom quite a bit, and have imploded twice before getting halfway. Explain to me why I might have found it difficult, while not being any meaner than is strictly necessary. (Or "...why I find it more difficult than Broom," how about. It's certainly shorter.)

[@OccamsRazor393]

This narrator is Exceptional, Thankyou for posting this.

[@rachbell8915]

absolutely exceptional. it's not my first listen. hearinghis voice is like a warm safe place for me (my life duringfirst listen was in shambles and listening to this during that time really made how good it is stand out so much more. escaping to this..... it was magical. nothing else mattered/existed)

[@paulchandler9241]

Was he trying to sound just like Wallace, or does he just coincidentally sound just like Wallace?

[@sonchik6324]

Doctor: you have 9 hours to live Me:

[@darkflow7773]

this.... this is fine. sips coffee*

[@wormswithteeth]

Listening to this because I like to suffer.

[@darkpoetik5375]

I love David Foster Wallace's essays....i'm going to clear out my weekend for this....THANK YOU !

[@gummywormjim]

So much of this novel is just Wallace expressing his shame at being a pothead. It doesn't hit the same if you live in a legalized state. All the paranoia and shame are really sad, from my perspective.

[@Kittycats-s]

My favorite thing to listen to while trimming buds.

[@basialaufman6365]

Listening to this is sooooo addictive! gosh now I have to contact Library and get the second part .. I hope I can log into it

[@Zythryl]

4:46:39 Start of Marathe & Steepley’s meeting on April 30th YDAU 5:46:09 Marathe & Steepley continued;

[@solutionorppt]

THANK YOU!! All the other uploads of part one go wacky around the 2h mark.

[@TheMagicDreamer]

That’s postmodern lit for ya

[@redacted5035]

@@TheMagicDreamer postmodernism do be lit tho

[@nolongerthere]

Love it!! Literally LOLing

[@StriderStryker]

Yeah. No movie or TV adaptation for this novel, which is probably for the best.

[@dagoo1462]

Wallace's descriptions of tech seem to ease my own anxiety.

[@aubreyskipper9642]

2:56:59 3:33:41 3:59:03 4:01:44 4:11:28 4:15:42

[@DrMJC13]

Great narration for this amazing book. Thanks for the upload!

[@darkflow7773]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@solutionorppt]

Should be - that's DFW reading it.

[@chriseganiii]

@@solutionorppt Sean Pratt narrates this. I would love to hear a DFW version, but really admire how well Pratt pulls this beast off.

[@solutionorppt]

@@chriseganiii Really? He has incredibly similar vocal qualities to DFW. So powerfully similar in his normal narrative voice to every interview I've heard with DFW (quite a few) that I was totally convinced. Not to mention how well he seems to understand the material!

[@chriseganiii]

@@solutionorppt haha, I know! Can't even imagine tackling the 56 hour voiceover of this book. Insanity.

[@rudyhernandez7747]

Thanks for the upload I've had this book for nearly 2 years and have never gotten around to read it. Now I can't put it down

[@levijames96]

We’re in the year of “sheesh”

[@coenpelsrijcken8530]

I am reading infinite jest for the first time. I reread oages 2-3 times because the lamguage is often difficult and I dont understand what is described immediately. Listening to this on my commutes helps. I am only on page 33 or so haha....

[@jakepurcell9599]

Bookmark 3:37:18

[@ayarezk8684]

The different accents are pretty cool. Amazing narrator!

[@kmac1766]

“Hang in there Buckaroo.”

[@SK-le1gm]

Everybody enjoying the Year of Glad?

[@papapurepropaganda612]

IRL Year Of Glad may be ten years late but goddamn Dave has been startlingly accurate otherwise.

[@SK-le1gm]

Papa Pure Propaganda Right. So, IJ is an alternative universe to this one, right? It’s very obscure but the fork moment is the Kemp/Limbaugh ticket, which wins the US presidency in 1996

[@papapurepropaganda612]

@@SK-le1gm Time in the novel can't perfectly be aligned to our own, Dave fucked up a little bit and even had to change ages and dates in later editions of the novel to resolve inconsistencies. Generally speaking though the novel can be made sense of with a few simple clues. The Year of The Yushityu has 2007 in its label which hints at that being the gregorian year. The militant grammarian riots occured in 1997 according to JOI's filmography which are later said on an unrelated note to have taken place twelve years prior to the YDAU. Given that yushityu (likely 2007) was two years prior to YDAU and the riots took place in '97 then YDAU is 2009 and Glad is 2010.

[@papapurepropaganda612]

Hence why I said IRL Year of Glad ended up being 10 years late.

[@maxmeeks9910]

This reminds me of Phillip K Dick. The continued tennis discussion reminds me of AL Bundy's 4 touchdowns in one game.

[@chocolatewheelchair]

hahaha

[@randomidiot4247]

Page 144-151 The truth is stranger than fiction

[@ice9557]

Yeah it’s a super tough read I’ve read a lot of books mom and g ma were librarians but this one is challenging very much so, the chapter on higher math Arica most especially

[@ajinkyanaik593]

7:46:00 Page 140 bottom

[@grantfreemangrooves8065]

Ain’t got anything on Alabama roaches. They’re all giant and they fly

[@EndrChe]

Lol. F that.

[@JDT-vk4kn]

Chapter 14; 3:39:20 (it’s a shame I can’t virtually bend the corner of the pages lol)

[@JDT-vk4kn]

Chapter 15: 4:37:20

[@JDT-vk4kn]

Chapter 16: 4:46:40

[@JDT-vk4kn]

Chapter 17: 5:12:30

[@JDT-vk4kn]

Chapter 18: 6:00:23

[@SavingSoulsMinistries]

This is the book that made me cry out Christ Jesus . No joke, this world is done for

[@johnlabry325]

Just found out about David yesterday. Such an amazing Genius

[@miscmedicin]

intro music kinda slaps

[@nanoloopbandit]

What a neat channel you’ve got here, I love it. Definitely worth subscribing

[@darkflow7773]

Thank you dear one. I have a lot of content coming up on here soon, I am happy that you enjoy it : )

[@DrMJC13]

Agreed!

[@katarinahinsey3931]

He was humble and authentic in an era of arrogant masks.

[@freindmaker4473]

is this anti mask posting lmao cringe

[@gavin4175]

@@freindmaker4473 u doughnut

[@mohammad4110]

@@freindmaker4473 You are a gay boy and i am not

[@StoneStraiff]

​@@freindmaker4473 what? Lol

[@jackslepowron5905]

@@freindmaker4473 someone doesn't understand metaphors

[@jmgresham93]

It might be understood in slight difference from more dominant forms of thought that Tim Berners-Lee instead developed the karmic network that the tennis academy used to justify their retributive shenanigans. In order to welcome Hal: Tim had to seek counsel with Torvalds and Stallman because retribution was something economic; and thus the growing action of social change of IBM, Cisco, Red Hat, and Hewlett-Packard began to encourage the use of version control. It was Linus that began to exploit the opportunity of version control because Richard Stallman was suspecting of thuggery and invasive spy networks.

[@snowmiser4893]

I understand the infinite part, but I never quite got the jest.

[@getsome4806]

You've made that very clear with this quip.

[@samaelrising666]

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the dialogue in chapter one seems to be modeled on film noir? And if so do you consider it a coincidence?

[@SpiderWick12]

I'm really curious what you mean by this. What's film noir dialogue like?

[@samaelrising666]

@@SpiderWick12 I'm so glad you asked that! Watch " Kansas City Confidential". Or read Kafka. Specifically, "The Caslte" Both are perfect examples of what DFW is going through. And the dialogue , while mainly Kafka-esque, is mean, shitty, and demoralizing in a way that we understand and unfortunately are forced to deal with . Its horror and profound absurdity can be seen in a lot of modern comedy. That's a lot, I know. Peace

[@Skeletalschlong]

Definitely not a coincidence. “pemulis looks left to right before he speaks unclear if unaffected or he is emulating a film noir character

[@benitopezone3629]

@@samaelrising666 I absolutely got the same impression as you as soon as I was reading Year of Glad. It really felt like Hal Incandenza was a parallel to Gregor Samsa, but Hal’s transformation is not exactly phisical or surreal and it makes the whole thing so much creepier in my opinion. Especially considering that those pages are the damn beginning of the book (but also kinda the end in some way)

[@DevishDevotchka]

Sorry, is this the abridged version? Or are you just missing some of the book?

[@RumbleFish69]

I've been asked once or twice... If I could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would I choose.... My answer is always the same, Marilyn Monroe! I am pretty sure that David would have loved that response.

[@irtnyc]

Geez, what's the point of choosing Marilyn?

[@RumbleFish69]

@irtnyc Well, if you know anything about DFW, then you'd know that he was very fond of women. Moreover, he really loved Marilyn Monroe. Not only for her beauty, but he thought she was extremely interesting. She died taking a lot of secrets with her, and that's the point. Dinner with Marilyn Monroe would not be an attempt to sleep with her, but rather, just to talk.

[@riodany1]

7:43:46 bookmark

[@samvit_]

51:48 bookmark

[@zealouslyCantankerous]

6:18:00 the bottom of page 114

[@stevenhayes548]

The narrator is so charming. I think I'm in love.

[@taramilton8695]

get a grip mate

[@Henry_Swanson]

I made it. somehow. See ya in part two suckers! I will probably come back in an attempt to improve comprehension. I'm back, bookmark 44:22

[@HarryManback0]

The full audiobook is 64 hours. This is only a small portion.

[@Henry_Swanson]

@@HarryManback0 yes, but this video contains the beginning and the end because, fractals? Either way I finished it and came here to re-listen to the first/last chapter

[@unskilledlabor1]

It's a shame the title "White Noise" was already taken

[@jakepurcell9599]

Bookmark 2:13:18

[@shoegal]

5:50:00 5:04:00 3:26:55 48:41 2:23:13 2:35:38

[@Nebulisreconx]

Oh snap this whole book is non-stop circumlocution?! MY PEOPLE I AM HERE!

[@noirnerd]

You absolute madman

[@animal0mother]

Can one really read a 958 page book aloud in less than 17 hours?

[@StoneStraiff]

This isn't all of the book

[@irtnyc]

No.

[@LG-lb7sf]

You can almost taste the absurdity and meaninglessness behind his carefully constructed descriptions.

[@Gcssdvnkloiutesc]

It’s not absurd or meaningless. It’s a comment on modern culture, the hyper competitive careerism and head over heels hedonism and entertainment addiction, blah blah blah

[@teodordl]

@@Gcssdvnkloiutesc haha, did you see yourself from the outside again as you wrote that comment? and so on and so on, blah blah blah

[@Gcssdvnkloiutesc]

@@teodordl it’s called a summary, abbreviation, I’m not going to write paragraphs dissecting what is heavy duty moralistic literature. Sure, you can say the themes are loneliness, hedonism, alienation, but that doesn’t do justice and is reductionistic. Wallace very ambitiously wanted to capture something at modern life during the 80s and 90s which he say correctly something very sad and lonely about it. Still holds true to this day. It’s also not a philosophy essay. It’s literature, it’s about style and aesthetics. I’m one of my favorite parts is how beautifully he captures a moment where a doctor who has a routine of returning home and passing out in front of the television. Lots of Americans do this. But he poetically captures the pathos and defines the disease. Or how he captures how AA and support groups are it’s own kind of addiction. The moral of the book is that our society is increasingly dehumanized which is a deadly progression in our culture.

[@gelatobutterbby]

7:31:08 Bookmark: 3 November YDAU pg 135

[@vertyisprobablydead]

I just started this video to see how quickly my eyes glaze over and I become lost. As I suspected, if it's hard to absorb on paper, it's several times more difficult to follow a rambling voice. For over 8 hours no less (without even the important footnotes everyone mentions).

[@harry.flashman]

I sing it when I read or try to. It's worth reading.

[@fenixsuriel300]

There’s actual two 8 hour parts, so yeah, fun times

[@lovetownsend]

Yeah realizing real quick I needa see the words lol thanks tho

[@loon4830]

4:37:18 pg 85 "Schitt is finding what he has just said very amusing indeed." 6:57:59pg 126, 30th of april ydau

[@skooptywooop1030]

only a small way through atm but this book is just wild

[@bigalexg]

Link to the notes?

[@Gcssdvnkloiutesc]

This is not unabridged.

[@mihael5808]

Thanks for the channel 👍

[@darkflow7773]

Welcome!

[@otterrivers3765]

Primitives like myself who never went to college and don't even remember high school English read books like this because we gleam that it is something read by intelligent people. Even though when we hear this we understand none of it nor the apparent appeal. -- There seem to be a lot of pretentious people who like to feel smug because they understand what makes these books so great. Books like "gravity's rainbow" etc.

[@otterrivers3765]

I should reserve judgment until I've listened to more than a few minutes. Maybe I'll actually get it.

[@otterrivers3765]

Some of it really catches my attention and appreciation. Then some of it is just boring description for an hour at a time. Maybe it's amazing art and I'm just too uneducated to appreciate it.

[@RabidRabbit93111]

@@otterrivers3765 Honestly, I think it's just what you vibe with. I absolutely love this book, for example, but I had to drop Gravity's Rainbow halfway. I would never look down on someone because they like/don't like certain books. In the end, it's about being entertained, regardless of whether you are reading Infinite Jest or some throwaway thriller. It's probably more like chilii. Like you have to be accustomed to eating chili before you can eat the spicy one. In the same way, you are more likely to appreciate these kinds of books when you read a lot and you developed a taste for seeing how different words work together. BUT sometimes you just don't like certain kinds of chili and that's all there is to it. Actually, all reading is good and beneficial :) Sorry for the rambling, hehe:)

[@dantegaelguerra1070]

What is that song in the intro?

[@absurdistpotato]

yea same question

[@absurdistpotato]

what's the song in the beginning

[@joelwiegand812]

Other comments:"This book is so long" Me:*laughs in having listened to The Gulag Archipelago*

[@wormswithteeth]

Bookmark 1:53:13

[@jasonlu9253]

27:16

[@ClarksonFisherIII]

Did you mean abridged?

[@darkflow7773]

There was an error in the upload forum, and the last part of this audio book is missing, it is uploaded from the digitized cassettes so as to make finding the last part difficult, but there are other versions that are complete, the narration on this one was just really nice, so I kept it, unfortunately still trying to come up on that last cassette, if I do so will let you know lovely

[@ClarksonFisherIII]

@@darkflow7773 so yes

[@ClarksonFisherIII]

@@darkflow7773 Thank you for uploading this.

[@jennaellis1488]

6:40:21 p. 121

[@maudlinfaust]

Great book but who seriously what madmen are listening to this book??

[@muzzy562]

1:00:55 pg9

[@ftlbaby]

DMZ FTW

[@superhenkable]

so is this plus part 2 the whole book? I thought it was massive.

[@HarryManback0]

The full audiobook is 64 hours.

[@mahimapatel8706]

What -​@@HarryManback0

[@HarryManback0]

@@mahimapatel8706 I have the audiobook on Audible, I'm over 30 hours into it now.

[@danielaguilera474]

His name is Hal! Hall Incandenza!No mames wey. H.A.L.!? It better not be from pinche 2001 space odyssey

[@aWomanFreed]

Why not? The title is from Shakespeare

[@bobbyboygaming2157]

I bought the audible book and it is is like 30+ hours long so i dont know how your upload here is only 16hrs long

[@johnwakefield5633]

Bmark 4:29:37

[@jayden28430]

Thank you

[@WisdomTooth1987]

2:21:03 twitter?

[@bencheshire]

1:31:16 Hal

[@Ana_Lev]

35.03 min page 13

[@IAMJASONii]

Finally have an excuse to smoke 🌲 unfortunately I already threw my bong away🤨

[@WesleyChamp-k5h]

The infinite jest is reading this book.😅

[@AudiobooksandRareMedia]

I uploaded the rest

[@parmism.2177]

does the audiobook have the endnotes?

[@DJABEATS]

No, the small voice reading the numbers occasionally is marking which footnote to read along with the ausiobook

[@user-gn4bc4lv3l]

Ugh This book was written like he had a 300 page book he was trying to get to 1000 pages, annoyingly descriptive. Not every leaf needs nine metaphors. There’s beauty in brevity.

[@johnmartin2813]

7.41: This story is plagiarised from Gerard Hoffnung a British cartoonist and comedian active in the fifties. It is available in the original form on KZbin. Where it is presented in a much funnier form

[@jackslepowron5905]

Is it word by word? You can take inspiration from others you know.

[@johnmartin2813]

@@jackslepowron5905 : Yes. I'm aware of that. But simply borrowing somebody else's story without due acknowledgement seems to me to constitute a sort of theft. It is after all a fairly complicated story. And all the details are the same. Perhaps he hoped his American audience wouldn't notice.

[@seanfarrellsullivanhasemotions]

(Comment disabled due to lack of author's living pulse. Comments are only to be read by author for a feeling of pride.)

[@izzy4305]

5:59:53

[@SK-le1gm]

Notice how Jim Trolsch gets the rhinovirus

[@2Shy2Beautifulll]

28:57

[@baggyBr33ks]

no sections for listeners to skip to on a book this big is stupid

[@atheycol97]

48:29

[@francescarb]

47.10 'i know he is mine'

[@Itsnotanymore-ku7dz]

1:03:35

[@thallesvinicius2729]

01:29 23:20

[@otterrivers3765]

Dark flow? Ah. Drink more water.

[@chocolatewheelchair]

what the heck is water????

[@Jazzinthecountry]

One-hitters. LOL. Lightweights

[@MPenndog57]

45:33