A Supposedly Fun Thing I ll Never Do Again Cruise
 First edition hardcover | |
| Author | David Foster Wallace |
|---|---|
| Embrace artist | Elizabeth Van Itallie |
| State | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Co. |
| Publication date | i Feb 1997 |
| Media type | Print (hardback, paperback) |
| Pages | 353 pp |
| ISBN | 0-316-91989-vi |
| OCLC | 35318437 |
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments is a 1997 drove of nonfiction writing past David Foster Wallace.
In the title essay, originally published in Harper'southward as "Aircraft Out", Wallace describes the excesses of his one-week trip in the Caribbean aboard the cruise ship MVZenith, which he rechristens the Nadir. He is uncomfortable with the professional hospitality industry and the "fun" he should exist having, and explains how the indulgences of the cruise cause introspection, leading to overwhelming internal despair. Wallace uses footnotes extensively for various asides.
Another essay in the same book takes up the vulgarities and excesses of the Illinois Country Fair. This collection also includes Wallace's influential essay "E Unibus Pluram" on television'southward impact on contemporary literature and the utilize of irony in American culture. In 2019, the collection was ranked in Slate as i of the 50 greatest nonfiction works of the by 25 years.[1]
Essays [edit]
Essays collected in the volume:
- "Derivative Sport in Tornado Aisle" (Harper's, December 1991, nether the championship "Lawn tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes"): An autobiographical essay about Wallace's youth in the Midwest, his involvement in competitive tennis, and his interest in mathematics.
- "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction" (The Review of Contemporary Fiction, 1993)
- "Getting Abroad from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All" (Harper'south, 1994, under the title "Ticket to the Fair"): Wallace's experiences and opinions on the 1993 Illinois State Fair, ranging from a report on competitive baton twirling to speculation on how the Illinois Land Fair is representative of Midwestern culture and its subsets.
- "Profoundly Exaggerated" (Harvard Book Review, 1992): A review of Morte d'Author: An Autopsy by H. L. Hix, including Wallace's personal opinions on the role of the author in literary critical theory.
- "David Lynch Keeps His Head" (Premiere, 1996): Wallace'due south experiences and opinions from visiting the set for Lost Highway and his thoughts about Lynch's oeuvre.
- "Lawn tennis Player Michael Joyce's Professional person Artistry as a Paradigm of Certain Stuff about Choice, Freedom, Discipline, Joy, Grotesquerie, and Human Abyss" (Esquire, 1996, under the title "The String Theory"): Wallace'due south reporting of the qualifying rounds for 1995 Canadian Open and the Open up itself, with the writer'due south thoughts on the nature of tennis and professional person athletics.
- "A Supposedly Fun Matter I'll Never Practice Once more" (Harper's, 1996, under the title "Aircraft Out"): Wallace'south experiences and opinions on a seven-night luxury Caribbean prowl.
In popular culture [edit]
In his 2011 volume That Is All, John Hodgman titles a affiliate most taking a cruise "A Totally Fun Thing I Would Do Once more as Shortly equally Possible". The proper name of the 2012 Simpsons episode "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Volition Never Practice Again" also references the title essay. Tina Fey's 2011 memoir Bossypants includes a affiliate on her ain cruise experience, titled "My Honeymoon: Or, A Supposedly Fun Thing That I'll Never Practise Again Either", in which she jokingly suggests that those who've heard of Wallace's book should consider themselves members of the "cultural elite." In Charlie Kaufman'south 2020 picture I'm Thinking of Ending Things, the character Jake mentions the book, refers to Eastward Unibus Pluram, then recites a portion of the essay from the section "Prototype-Fiction" verbatim.[ii]
References [edit]
- ^ Miller, Dan Kois, Laura (2019-11-18). "The l Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years". Slate Magazine . Retrieved 2020-12-03 .
- ^ Wallace, David Foster. E Unibus Pluram. http://jsomers.net/DFW_TV.pdf. p. 173.
- Wallace, D. F. (1997). A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. Little, Brownish. ISBN 0-316-92528-iv
- Wallace, D. F. (1996). "Shipping Out", Harper'due south Mag, January 1996 (292:1748)
External links [edit]
- "Shipping Out: On the (virtually lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise", Harpers Magazine. Also known as "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Practice Over again".
- "Ticket to the Fair", Harper's Magazine. Likewise known equally "Getting Abroad from Already Beingness Pretty Much Abroad from It All".
- "The String Theory", Esquire. Also known as "Tennis Player Michael Joyce'south Professional Artistry as a Epitome of Certain Stuff almost Option, Freedom, Subject, Joy, Grotesquerie, and Human Completeness".
- "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction", The Review of Contemporary Fiction.
- "David Lynch Keeps His Caput" Premiere, 1996
- "Derivative Sport in Tornado Alley", Harper's Magazine. Originally under the championship "Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes"
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