When did infinite jest become casual reading for the uninitiated?

when did infinite jest become casual reading for the uninitiated?

When it became popular
Apparently it isn't considered genius if it popular.

It's your fault for spamming it here

I'd be willing to bet the majority of people who aren't literature readers don't finish it.

it's always been senpai

ij is genre fic.

oh, what, did you nerds actually think you were reading some deep, complex, erudite novel? W E W

>considered genius
>"he can't think. he can't write. no discernable talent."
Infinite Jest is the meme that went so much further than expected

1996

What's your objective proof that he can't write? Ohave you considered that "Not liking "Infinite Jest"" might actually be the meme?

Bloom was just butt-hurt that he was called out in it. Him and Bret Easton Ellis are the only two big literary figure (and that's a stretch for Ellis) who hate on Wallace consistently, and they were both called out in his work. (Ellis a few times.) Bloom has some amazing work, but that doesn't change that fact that he's an overly sensitive, egomaniacal pussy.

You seem to be forgetting the fact that IJ is written and themed like a slightly more intellectual YA novel