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[[Image:cover_IJ.jpg|310px|right]]<big>'''Welcome to the ''Infinite Jest'' Wiki'''</big>

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'''<span style="color:#f50">''Infinite Jest'' Character Diagram</span>'''<br />
Sam Potts has created an amazing diagram that includes pretty much every character in <em>IJ</em> and their connections. In researching this, Sam tapped the knowledge of a number of <em>IJ</em> experts. Every fan of <em>IJ</em> simply must have this! It's 3' wide by 2' and you can check it out [http://sampottsinc.com/ij/ here »]

'''<span style="color:#f50">''The Pale King''</span>'''<br />David Foster Wallace's unfinished posthumous novel was published on April 15, 2011. You can learn more about it on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pale_King Wikipedia] and on [http://www.thepaleking.com/ The Pale King website].
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This is the Wiki for [[David Foster Wallace]]'s ''Infinite Jest'', published in 1996 by Little Brown. Besides using the [[Infinite_Jest_Page_by_Page|page-by-page annotation]], you can also read the [[Reviews of Infinite Jest|reviews]], or [[Infinite Jest Obs|provide insights or observations]].

''Special thanks to '''Andrew E. Mathis''' whose own IJ wiki has been folded into this one. Andrew's content gives the [[Infinite_Jest_Page_by_Page|page-by-page annotations]] a great kickstart. And to '''Erik Ketzan''' whose encouragement and prodding was instrumental in getting this all together. Erik runs his own excellent [http://literarywiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page Literary Wiki website].''

==How to Use this Wiki==

The '''Spoiler-Free Annotations by Page''' allows the reader to look up and contribute allusions and references while reading the book, in a convenient and spoiler-free manner.

Apart from that, it's up to you.

==Page by Page Annotations==
An alternate form of commentary on the text. The guiding principle of these annotations is to remain spoiler-free, so that readers can follow along without the fear that later parts of the book will be revealed..
{{InfiniteJest PbP}}
<br><p>

==Wallace Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines==

[[Help:Contents|'''Click here for help with editing and creating pages.''']]

We have a few conventions we ask that you follow:

* When creating a new page, first check to make sure a page/article about what you want to write about hasn't already been created, by '''[[Special:Allpages|checking the list of all Wiki pages on the ''Infinite Jest'' wiki]]'''. If a page already exists, please modify that one.

* To open a discussion on an individual listing of the Alpha Index or Page by Page Annotations, give it a name that identifies the alpha listing (eg <nowiki>[[Discussion Subject|'''DISCUSSION''']]</nowiki>) and notice that the visible name will be "'''DISCUSSION'''" in bold and full caps, so it stands out a bit.

* [[Help:Contents|More help for this wiki available here.]]

==External Links==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest Wikipedia on ''Infinite Jest'']
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace Wikipedia on David Foster Wallace]
* [http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw The Howling Fantods - Nick Maniatis' great DFW website]
* [http://www.davidfosterwallace.com "Unofficial" DFW website]
* [http://www.smallbytes.net/~bobkat/jesterlist.html Bob Wake's "Reviews, Articles & Miscellany"]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050411015008/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8175/ij_first.htm Steve Moore's Notes on "The First Draft Version of ''Infinite Jest'']
* [http://paytonij.wikispaces.com/ Walter Payton College Prep Wiki]
* [http://faculty.sunydutchess.edu/oneill/Infinite.htm Scene-by-scene Guide]
* [http://www.salon.com/09/features/wallace1.html Salon.com Interview, by Laura Miller, Mar 8, 1996]
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw960411david_foster_wallace Bookworm Interview with Michael Silverblatt, April 11, 1996]
* [http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5639 Charlie Rose Interview (Video), Mar 27, 1997]
* [http://www.believermag.com/issues/200311/?read=interview_wallace Dave Eggers' Interview for ''The Believer'', Nov 2003]
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/23638939/getting_to_know_david_foster_wallace "Getting to Know David Foster Wallace" - RollingStone.com - David Lipsky, Oct 30, 2008]
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/23638511/the_lost_years__last_days_of_david_foster_wallace "The Lost Years & Last Days of David Foster Wallace - RollingStone.com - David Lipsky, Oct 30, 2008]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/books/15wallace.html?_r=1 ''New York Times'' Obituary, Sept 14, 2008]
* [http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/09/hbc-90003557 Download PDFs of all DFW's articles for ''Harper's Magazine'']
* [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Infinite_Jest Uncyclopedia on ''Infinite Jest'']
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJpfK7l404I&ob=av2e Music video based on the Eschaton scene]
* [http://www.pynchonwiki.com Thomas Pynchon Wiki]
* [http://www.failedentertainment.com ''A Failed Entertainment'': Film and art exhibit based on the James O. Incandenza Filmography in ''Infinite Jest'']
* Incandenza Filmography interpretations and other ''Infinite Jest''-inspired works online: [http://vimeo.com/21410100 "Infinite Jest IV"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDKbGDQKgYQ "Zero Gravity Tea Ceremony"], [http://www.jessicasegall.com/Jessica_Segall/medusa.html "The Medusa v. The Odalisque"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbjRj6knREQ "The Cold Majesty of the Numb"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR2mYlq0reY "Kinds of Light"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoSzWNCZ11I "Baby Pictures of Famous Dicatators 2: Eschatong"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9com2cBzluk "Good-Looking Men In Small Clever Rooms That Utilize Every Centimeter Of Available Space With Mind-Boggling Efficiency"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se48SUvD8Nc "Cage - Planar Version"], [http://vimeo.com/12942780 "The Exhibit and the Cage"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUJ8OFvaxZU "Après-Garde Film"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kItb7K9k7lQ "For Infinite Jest"], [http://vimeo.com/23467576 "Sixty Minutes More or Less with Madame Psychosis"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8_-hTa3g0 "Hal at Age 4"], [http://pooryorickentertainment.tumblr.com/ "Poor Yorick Entertainment" poster art]

==Featured Articles==
[[image:DFW-RollingStone.jpg|thumb|100px|left]]'''''Wall Street Journal''''': [http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/15/david-foster-wallace-his-secret-life-as-a-philosopher/ David Foster Wallace: His Secret Life As a Philosopher] Interesting article by Moira G. Weigel: "A new book from Columbia University Press reveals what his mentors and friends had long known: Wallace was also a talented philosopher."

If you missed '''David Lipsky's''' excellent and sad "The Lost Years & Last Days of David Foster Wallace", which appeared in ''Rolling Stone'' in the Oct 2008 issue, and used to be available online, it's too late. However, Mr Lipsky has a new book out, a ''memoire'' about his time spent with DFW, ''Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace''. You can read an excerpt [http://www.npr.org/tablet/#story/?storyId=126483112 here]. And it may soon be [http://www.observer.com/2009/media/david-lipskys-david-foster-wallace-book-finds-home-broadway adapted for Broadway]! Also, you can read [http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/04/the-challenge-of-writing-about-david-foster-wallace/39275/ ''The Atlantic'' magazine review].

Also, [http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/09/14/david_foster_wallace/ a nice remembrance by Laura Miller on Salon.com »]

I think DFW would have been behind [http://savethewords.org/ SaveTheWords.org »]

[http://torontoist.com/2011/02/brief_interview_with_a_david_foster_wallace_book_club_founder.php Interview with DFW Book Club Founder, Peter Merriman]

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==Gallery==
Below are some of the images you will find on this Wiki. {{Special:Newimages}}

Enjoy...

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2011-06-04T18:00:41Z

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[[Image:cover_IJ.jpg|310px|right]]<big>'''Welcome to the ''Infinite Jest'' Wiki'''</big>

To become a contributor/editor, [http://www.wallacewiki.com/mycaptcha/captcha-page.php '''Create an account.''']

:[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316066524?ie=UTF8&tag=hyperartspynchon&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316066524 '''Order ''Infinite Jest''''']

<div id="announcement-home">
'''<span style="color:#f50">''Infinite Jest'' Character Diagram</span>'''<br />
Sam Potts has created an amazing diagram that includes pretty much every character in <em>IJ</em> and their connections. In researching this, Sam tapped the knowledge of a number of <em>IJ</em> experts. Every fan of <em>IJ</em> simply must have this! It's 3' wide by 2' and you can check it out [http://sampottsinc.com/ij/ here »]

'''<span style="color:#f50">''The Pale King''</span>'''<br />David Foster Wallace's unfinished posthumous novel is to be published on April 15, 2011. Folks who've had a peek are raving about it. You can learn more about it on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pale_King Wikipedia] and on [http://www.thepaleking.com/ The Pale King website].
</div>

<likebutton>http%3A%2F%2Finfinitejest.wallacewiki.com%2Fdavid-foster-wallace%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DMain_Page</likebutton>

This is the Wiki for [[David Foster Wallace]]'s ''Infinite Jest'', published in 1996 by Little Brown. Besides using the [[Infinite_Jest_Page_by_Page|page-by-page annotation]], you can also read the [[Reviews of Infinite Jest|reviews]], or [[Infinite Jest Obs|provide insights or observations]].

''Special thanks to '''Andrew E. Mathis''' whose own IJ wiki has been folded into this one. Andrew's content gives the [[Infinite_Jest_Page_by_Page|page-by-page annotations]] a great kickstart. And to '''Erik Ketzan''' whose encouragement and prodding was instrumental in getting this all together. Erik runs his own excellent [http://literarywiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page Literary Wiki website].''

==How to Use this Wiki==

The '''Spoiler-Free Annotations by Page''' allows the reader to look up and contribute allusions and references while reading the book, in a convenient and spoiler-free manner.

Apart from that, it's up to you.

==Page by Page Annotations==
An alternate form of commentary on the text. The guiding principle of these annotations is to remain spoiler-free, so that readers can follow along without the fear that later parts of the book will be revealed..
{{InfiniteJest PbP}}
<br><p>

==Wallace Wiki Help and Contributor Guidelines==

[[Help:Contents|'''Click here for help with editing and creating pages.''']]

We have a few conventions we ask that you follow:

* When creating a new page, first check to make sure a page/article about what you want to write about hasn't already been created, by '''[[Special:Allpages|checking the list of all Wiki pages on the ''Infinite Jest'' wiki]]'''. If a page already exists, please modify that one.

* To open a discussion on an individual listing of the Alpha Index or Page by Page Annotations, give it a name that identifies the alpha listing (eg <nowiki>[[Discussion Subject|'''DISCUSSION''']]</nowiki>) and notice that the visible name will be "'''DISCUSSION'''" in bold and full caps, so it stands out a bit.

* [[Help:Contents|More help for this wiki available here.]]

==External Links==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest Wikipedia on ''Infinite Jest'']
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace Wikipedia on David Foster Wallace]
* [http://www.thehowlingfantods.com/dfw The Howling Fantods - Nick Maniatis' great DFW website]
* [http://www.davidfosterwallace.com "Unofficial" DFW website]
* [http://www.smallbytes.net/~bobkat/jesterlist.html Bob Wake's "Reviews, Articles & Miscellany"]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050411015008/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8175/ij_first.htm Steve Moore's Notes on "The First Draft Version of ''Infinite Jest'']
* [http://paytonij.wikispaces.com/ Walter Payton College Prep Wiki]
* [http://faculty.sunydutchess.edu/oneill/Infinite.htm Scene-by-scene Guide]
* [http://www.salon.com/09/features/wallace1.html Salon.com Interview, by Laura Miller, Mar 8, 1996]
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw960411david_foster_wallace Bookworm Interview with Michael Silverblatt, April 11, 1996]
* [http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5639 Charlie Rose Interview (Video), Mar 27, 1997]
* [http://www.believermag.com/issues/200311/?read=interview_wallace Dave Eggers' Interview for ''The Believer'', Nov 2003]
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/23638939/getting_to_know_david_foster_wallace "Getting to Know David Foster Wallace" - RollingStone.com - David Lipsky, Oct 30, 2008]
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/23638511/the_lost_years__last_days_of_david_foster_wallace "The Lost Years & Last Days of David Foster Wallace - RollingStone.com - David Lipsky, Oct 30, 2008]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/books/15wallace.html?_r=1 ''New York Times'' Obituary, Sept 14, 2008]
* [http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/09/hbc-90003557 Download PDFs of all DFW's articles for ''Harper's Magazine'']
* [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Infinite_Jest Uncyclopedia on ''Infinite Jest'']
* [http://www.pynchonwiki.com Thomas Pynchon Wiki]

==Featured Articles==
[[image:DFW-RollingStone.jpg|thumb|100px|left]]'''''Wall Street Journal''''': [http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/15/david-foster-wallace-his-secret-life-as-a-philosopher/ David Foster Wallace: His Secret Life As a Philosopher] Interesting article by Moira G. Weigel: "A new book from Columbia University Press reveals what his mentors and friends had long known: Wallace was also a talented philosopher."

If you missed '''David Lipsky's''' excellent and sad "The Lost Years & Last Days of David Foster Wallace", which appeared in ''Rolling Stone'' in the Oct 2008 issue, and used to be available online, it's too late. However, Mr Lipsky has a new book out, a ''memoire'' about his time spent with DFW, ''Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace''. You can read an excerpt [http://www.npr.org/tablet/#story/?storyId=126483112 here]. And it may soon be [http://www.observer.com/2009/media/david-lipskys-david-foster-wallace-book-finds-home-broadway adapted for Broadway]! Also, you can read [http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/04/the-challenge-of-writing-about-david-foster-wallace/39275/ ''The Atlantic'' magazine review].

Also, [http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/09/14/david_foster_wallace/ a nice remembrance by Laura Miller on Salon.com »]

I think DFW would have been behind [http://savethewords.org/ SaveTheWords.org »]

[http://torontoist.com/2011/02/brief_interview_with_a_david_foster_wallace_book_club_founder.php Interview with DFW Book Club Founder, Peter Merriman]

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==Gallery==
Below are some of the images you will find on this Wiki. {{Special:Newimages}}

Enjoy...