Good Old Neon by David Foster Wallace [pdf]

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Post by zcase » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 4:01 AM UTC

Good Old Neon by David Foster Wallace [pdf]
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Re: Good Old Neon by David Foster Wallace [pdf]

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Post by aaronbrethorst » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 7:07 AM UTC

My favorite DFW essay of all time is this one: http://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazin...

(and previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6694749)

Re: Good Old Neon by David Foster Wallace [pdf]

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Post by doug1001 » Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 7:27 AM UTC

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #2

My favorite DFW essay of all time is this one: http://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazin... (and previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6694749 )

i remember reading that one in "Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again", and indeed it is awesome. My favorite is from the same volume, and i can't remember the name but it's about a day spent at a State Fair with an old (female) friend who he refers to as "Native Companion"--so excellent that for a while after reading it i wanted to become a carnie.