*sigh* so very sad...

[pensivewombat]

"An ardent magpie, Mr. Wallace tossed together the literary and the colloquial with hyperventilated glee, using an encyclopedia of styles and techniques to try to capture the cacophony of contemporary America. As a result, his writing could be both brainy and visceral, fecund with ideas and rich with zeitgeisty buzz."

(While i wouldn't go so far [or be so pretentious] as to recommend Infinite Jest to everyone, i will say that The Broom of the System is one of my personal favorites and i'd recommend it to anyone.)