Booksology endless coverage
David Foster Wallace’s infamous doorstopper Infinite Jest turns 30 on February 1st. It would be wise to expect commemorative coverage to continue throughout the year. in new yorkerHermione Hobby wonders if we have forgotten how to read. atlantic ocean‘s Will Gottsegen looks around the modern world and concludes that Wallace was right about everything. An upcoming event at New York’s 92nd Street Y, where critics and authors will discuss the book, is sold out but available for streaming access. There is a commemorative edition with a foreword by Michelle Zauner, author of Crying in H Mart, an entire subsection of the Internet is dedicated to how to read this book, and it requires two infamous bookmarks. Perhaps most notable is that this book is one of the rare books that has garnered its own subreddit.
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Thirty years has proven to be long enough for readers to go through the love-hate-rethink cycle, so no matter how you view Wallace’s legacy, it’s an interesting phenomenon to keep an eye on.
Don’t bet on Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson has signed a crazy deal with Apple TV for the rights to his fantasy world “Cosmere.” The tech and streaming giant is planning to adapt Sanderson’s Mistborn series into a film, and has already announced that it is bringing in a producer for a TV series based on the Stormlight Archive. The deal, described as “unprecedented,” came about after Sanderson met with heads of a number of Hollywood studios and was given “rare control” over the process and final product. Hit hollywood reporter“Sanderson will be the architect of the universe, writing, producing, consulting and getting approvals…a level of involvement that not even JK Rowling or George RR Martin would enjoy.” Financial details have not yet been disclosed.
reading club Stay up all night Written by George Saunders
One of the most anticipated new releases of the season, George Saunders’ new novel Vigil, hit stores yesterday. It’s a spiritual companion to 2017’s Lincoln in the Bardo, but you don’t have to have read it. Bardo To understand it. While some reviewers, who I won’t name, seem to be obsessed with ambiguous (erroneous) readings, Jeff and I loved this book and had a great time reading it on today’s new episode of the Book Riot Podcast. I’ll explain it spoiler-free at the beginning, but if you don’t want to know the nitty-gritty details, I’ll tell you when to jump in. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcatcher.
