I read on in Infinite Jest, got to the first big gush of endnotes and said, "oookay, this is a good stopping point."
Simon: You're out of your mind. Early: That's between me and my mind.
'Objects In Space'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Laga - Apr 06, 2011 5:05:47 pm PDT #14310 of 28289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Laga - Apr 07, 2011 6:32:52 am PDT #14311 of 28289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Waitaminute, the end notes have end notes? I don't think I can do this book before coffee.
Tom Scola - Apr 07, 2011 6:36:19 am PDT #14312 of 28289
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
If I recall correctly, the endnotes of the endnotes have endnotes.
Laga - Apr 07, 2011 6:38:28 am PDT #14313 of 28289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
gnargh
Frankenbuddha - Apr 07, 2011 7:47:59 am PDT #14314 of 28289
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Plus if you hold your copy up to a mirror you can read an entirely different novel!
Polter-Cow - Apr 07, 2011 1:21:35 pm PDT #14315 of 28289
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
gnargh
Have you read House of Leaves ? The footnotes have an appendix that has footnotes.
le nubian - Apr 07, 2011 1:46:06 pm PDT #14316 of 28289
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Why would footnotes need footnotes?
Cass - Apr 07, 2011 2:27:02 pm PDT #14317 of 28289
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
footnote fetish?
Laga - Apr 07, 2011 3:01:53 pm PDT #14318 of 28289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Clearly all the other books I've been reading are footnote deficient.
Sheryl - Apr 07, 2011 3:54:34 pm PDT #14319 of 28289
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
I think the Discworld books are as footnote-heavy as I want to get.