DFW INCORRECT USAGE

Holy shit. Documented evidence of a DFW grammar mistake. In point #1, Wallace states that "backwards" and "afterwards" are the only two prepositions ending in -ward that also have an 's.' Assuming that's true, it's not actually a factoid, or a "questionable or spurious statement presented as fact."

Sperm Whale Swimming

I'm surprised I hadn't looked at some videos like this before. Fairly impressive.

Sponged

What happens when you cut a physical fractal on the diagonal?

http://www.google.com/logos/2012/moby_dick12-hp.jpg

Field trip?

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/06/infinite_jest_on_stage_berlin_theater_adaptation_of_david_foster_wallace_s_novel_.html

Why Finish?

if in fact it's infinite, wouldn't any point be as good as any other? making "the end" fairly arbitrary?

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/mar/13/why-finish-books/

two new dfw things (one very very tangently related to War & Peace)

Decemberists do DFW

and

Jonathan Franzen on Robinson Crusoe and DFW's death don't know if this link will work, but it's worth tracking down