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Wheezer, I miss you already

It was too depressing to go to the dead pool, so I'm starting a second David Foster Wallace thread.

I finished Oblivion which is a collection of stories about, well, a lot.  Mostly is revolves around internal
worries/thoughts/fears/etc, particularly related to social pressures or anxiety.  The whole thing had a
lot of weight around it considering DFW's suicide, but I enjoyed the whole book.  Enjoyed isn't the
right word, it is sad but amazing.  I'm always in awe with DFW's ability to wield what seems like the
entirety of the English language to give a precise description/emotion/idea etc.  Always makes me feel
like I write like a 3rd grader.

I would also recommend breaking your mp3 player and having an excuse to pickup an ipod touch.
There's a couple free dictionaries you can load on it which is amazingly useful for trying to keep up.

I also started Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity which is a non-fiction book by him
and I'm really enjoying, but would only recommend if you either are a math nerd and/or if you love
appreciating brilliant writing as far as form/function/style/diction/everything.

Also, has anyone else heard about his incomplete novel they are going to publish?  I hope it's not the
travesty that Douglas Adam's supposed partial novel was.