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David Foster Wallace killed himself on my birthday earlier this month. Out of curiosity I decided (not for the first time) to start reading his novel Infinite Jest. After I complete it, it will be the longest book I have ever read. Reading this detailed and excessively footnoted book that creates an entire universe of details reminds me of how difficult it is to hold a reader's attention for that long. It's rare that a novel of this length doesn't stray into SF territory: with a lot of pages to fill...why not make something up, the more outlandish the better? Then I started wondering: What are the longest books in science fiction, and what do they promise for the insane person who tries to read them? More »
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