Copyright © 2004 by David Foster Wallace

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First eBook Edition: June 2004

ISBN: 978-0-759-51156-9

First Edition

Contents

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Dedication

Mister Squishy

The Soul is Not a Smithy

Incarnations of Burned Children

Another Pioneer

Good Old Neon

Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

Oblivion

The Suffering Channel

About the Author

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The Broom of the System

Girl with Curious Hair

Infinite Jest

A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Everything and More

For Karen Carlson and Karen Green