Podcasts about The Pale King

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One of the great rewards of "weirding" the world is learning that boredom may be a kind of ethical transgression—the world is simply too strange to allow for it, and if you're bored, you're at least partly to blame. Few have put this notion to the test as rigorously as Lionel Snell, whose work as a magician celebrates the wonders of everyday events, from a walk in the park to a moment of car trouble. Unlike the pursuit of the extraordinary that often defines occult practice, Snell's approach reminds us of the magic in the mundane. In this episode, Snell, also known as Ramsey Dukes, shares the insights he's gained over his decades-long career as one of the leading figures in contemporary magical theory and practice. For an exclusive Vimeo link to Aaron Poole's film Dada mentioned in the intro, go to Instagram and send @aaronsghost the direct message "movie link please". REFERENCES Ramsey Dukes, Thundersqueak (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780904311129) Weird Studies, Episode 141 on “SSOTBME (https://www.weirdstudies.com/141) Weird Studies, Episode 24 with Lionel Snell (https://www.weirdstudies.com/24) John Crowley, Little, Big (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780061120053) Arthur Machen, “A Fragment of Life” (https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700361h.html) David Foster Wallace, The Pale King (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780316074223) Max Picard, The Flight from God (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780316074223) Lionel Snell, My Years of Magical Thinking (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780904311242) Robert Anton Wilson, Prometheus Rising (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780692710609) Henry Bergson, Matter and Memory (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781420937800) Russell's Paradox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox) Special Guest: Lionel Snell [Ramsey Dukes].

In the newest installment of Kate's bonus episodes, she has turned away from her ordinary method of covering new voices in fiction written by women to talking about one of the authors she almost never stops mentioning on the main program. Yet she has chosen not to cover his primary work, but the less popular, technically unfinished novel that very few people read. Why does she do this? Listen to find out.If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show better.https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezoneAs always, thanks so much for listening!Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpodInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/

[This is one of the finalists in the 2024 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done. I'll be posting about one of these a week for several months. When you've read them all, I'll ask you to vote for a favorite, so remember which ones you liked] For the longest time, I avoided reading The Pale King. It wasn't the style—in places thick with the author's characteristic footnotes,1 sentences that run for pages, and spasms of dense technical language. Nor was it the subject matter—the book is set at an IRS Center and tussles with postmodernism. Nor the themes, one of which concerns the existential importance of boredom, which the book, at times, takes pains to exemplify. No—I couldn't read The Pale King because it was the book that killed him. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-book-review-the-pale-king 

In Episode Fifteen, DDSWTNP take on The Names, a Greece-based story of a strange “abecedarian” murder cult, a novel regarded by DeLillo as his turn toward more “serious” writing and placed at or near the top of many a reader's list of favorites. We discuss The Names as an examination of the “Depravities” and guilt of being an American in the complex late-1970s world of corporations, risk analysis, bank loans, and intelligence covers that narrator James Axton navigates, and we ask why The Names puts this geopolitical tumult (including the 1979 Iranian Revolution) in the context of ancient languages, ritual sacrifice, and a dissolving marriage and family life for James. Language-obsessed Owen Brademas (the archeologist and “epigraphist” who is drawn relentlessly to the fascinating cult) and filmmaker Frank Volterra (perhaps a sly satire of a certain American auteur?) figure in this story of religion, aesthetics, and the enduring appeal of violence, but we turn at the end of this episode to the nine-year-old author Tap, Axton's son, whose misspelled, highly spirited tale of the spirit to which his tongue might “yeeld” lets DeLillo showcase all the ways to use the alphabet to salutary and generative ends. #getwet #themindslittleinfinite We also announce the winner of our Amazons raffle and say thanks to all who have supported and continue to support us at buymeacoffee.com/delillopodcast. Texts mentioned and discussed in this episode: Burn, Stephen J. “‘A Paradigm for the Life of Consciousness': The Pale King.” David Foster Wallace and “The Long Thing”: New Essays on the Novels, ed. Marshall Boswell. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014. 149-168.  “Don DeLillo: The Art of Fiction CXXXV,” Interview with Adam Begley, The Paris Review 128 (1993): 274-306. “A Talk with Don DeLillo,” Interview with Robert Harris, in Thomas DePietro, ed., Conversations with Don DeLillo, University of Mississippi Press, 2005, 16-19. The Godfather (1972) and Apocalypse Now (1979), dir. Francis Ford Coppola. (We have the dates on both films slightly wrong in the episode.) Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991), dir. George Hickenlooper and Fax Bahr Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer. Grove Press, 2015.

In this episode, the hermetic writer REYoung and I discuss the “Ponzi scheme” of Dalkey Archive, Young's experiences as a student of the wonderful novelist Paul West, the perpetuity of Christmas, the emptiness of branding, David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest and The Pale King, Latin American and Greek fiction, and much more.REYoung was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and currently resides in a limestone cave deep beneath the city of Austin, Texas. He is the author of six novels: Unbabbling (Dalkey Archive Press 1997), Margarito and the Snowman (Dalkey Archive Press 2016), Inflation (TageTage Press 2019), The Ironsmith: A Tale of Obsession, Compulsion and Delusion  (TageTage Press 2020), Zol (TageTage Press 2020) and Daaa … SnowBiz! (TageTage Press 2024). His website is here: https://www.reyoung-author.com/Support The Collidescope's efforts via Patreon and get awesome benefits: https://www.patreon.com/TheCollidescopewww.TheCollidescope.comIntro/outro music: DJ GriffinLet us know your thoughts.Support the Show.

Good evening, listener… you're listening to Chilling Tales for Dark Nights. On tonight's edition, we invite you to leave behind your safe reality, and descend with us into the frightening depths of the most terrifying imaginations, with an audio adaptation of frightening fiction, about petrifying presences. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Un nouvel épisode d'Au Coin Du Checkpoint qui nous plonge dans le monde miniature et sombre d'Hollow Knight ! Un sujet qu'on nous a demandé d'aborder occasionnellement.  Les thèmes du jour sont : le lore caché et la chute du Pale King, son influence sur le royaume d'Hallownest, nos théories sur la radiance, les mystère sur certaines personnages et l'exploration du jeu et de son game design / level design. Liens: Rejoignez notre Discord: https://discord.gg/aMShNdTBgF  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuCheckpoint  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aucoinducheckpoint  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jacnosaysrelax  Entendu dans l'épisode: Sky reco le nouvel album de "Fallout Boy" Jacno reco la série "Sharp Objects" sur HBO (ou le roman éponyme de Gillian Flynn) Alex reco l'album post-mortem de la célébration des 20 ans de Linkin Park (On t'aime Chester

This week, we're taking it to the “limit”, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about the elusive concept of the infinite.  We also chat about recent literature, pop music, and video games!2:45: Q1 (Times & Places): Although the first infinity pool is credited to John Lautner who designed one for the film Diamonds are Forever, the Stag Fountain built in the late 17th century at what royal residence may have originated the concept?10:19: Q2 (Sports & Games): Disney Infinity is a toys-to-life video game developed by what video game developer, which also created the recently released Hogwarts Legacy?17:12: Q3 (Arts & Literature): The 1996 novel Infinite Jest was written by what writer and professor who was posthumously nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for his unfinished novel, The Pale King?24:53: Q4 (Everything Else): Infiniti is the luxury car division of what Japanese automaker whose models include the Altima, Rogue, and Pathfinder?29:52: Q5 (Music): In 2015, what singer/songwriter released her sixth greatest hits album, #1 to Infinity, which included all of her eighteen Billboard Hot 100 singles at the time as well as a new song called “Infinity”?36:37: Q6 (Movies & TV): Infinity Train is an animated TV show that began on Cartoon Network but is now on what streaming service whose previous iterations were Now, also a streaming service, and Go, which was only for TV subscribers?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Things I Found Online: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/things-i-found-online-podcast/id1282866232Brain Ladle Productions: http://www.brainladletrivia.com/

Mortarion: The Pale King By David Annandale Warhammer Spoiler Review Great book, great battle. Rad weaponry is terrifying. get the book here: https://amzn.to/3DQhLvO or get it on audible with a free trial here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Membership/dp/B00OPA2XFG?actionCode=AMN30DFT1Bk06604291990WX&tag=aborderprince-21 Thanks! Emperor Protects! #WARHAMMER #HORUSHERESY #MORTARION -----------------------Affiliate links-----------------------------

We take a journey down into the kingdom of the Pale King, to talk about this Amazing Metroidvania.  We get our nail covered in Bug guts as we travel thorough this city.  Come listen to what we thought of this great game. Starring Mike Albertin, Nathan, Reis Mahnic, Lucas Adams, and Alyssa. Reis Website - https://www.fundfogtown.com/ A Gamer Looks at 40 - https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1426576.rss Helena - @HelHathFury on TikTok Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GamesMyMomFound Follow us on Facebook. Twitter - @Mom_Found Instagram - gamesmymomfound_ YouTube  - https://youtube.com/c/GamesMyMomFoundPodcast Discord - https://discord.gg/yvUU7HNh

Daggy & Beaver cast their eye over midweek racing from a drying Warwick Farm where Beaver is keen on Heart of Puissance as his best of the day, while Daggy is with the Chris Waller trained Captivare. At Sandown Hillside the rail is out so with some concern about track bias, both boys agree the Team Hawkes rising talent Pale King will be the hardest to be. For more check out progroupracing.com.au

Jessica Hooten Wilson is an author and speaker dedicated to the questions: What are the great stories and how do we pass them on? She is the Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence and a professor of Humanities and Classical Education at the University of Dallas. She is the 2019 recipient of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities. Jessica joins Grant to discuss the impact of Walker Percy on questions of evil and the modern human. They talk about Percy’s role as the great diagnostician, why Lost in the Cosmos is the last self-help book you’ll ever need, and how to develop your own Walker Percy Reading Plan. Topics include:   Great books The existence of evil and the phenomenon of despair The spiritual urgency of Dostoevsky The quest for the tertium quid What a 21st-century Walker Percy protagonist looks like The profane as a conduit for grace and the sacred How to tend your garden A sacramental cosmology The contribution of Christian authors to Walker Percy's legacy Seeing the signs and know what they signify   Links: The Moviegoer by Walker Percy  Reading Walker Percy’s Novels by Jessica Hooten Wilson  Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the Search for Influence by Jessica Hooten Wilson The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky Kierkegaard on despair Tertium quid Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy  The Pale King by David Foster Wallace Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren   The Last Gentleman by Walker Percy   The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy  Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy  Utopia by Thomas More  Lancelot by Walker Percy  Candide by Voltaire  Giving the Devil His Due by Jessica Hooten Wilson Flannery O’Connor  Virgil Wander by Leif Inger  The Reason for Crows by Diane Glancy  Father Elijah by Michael O’Brien  Exiles by Ron Hansen  The Second Coming by Walker Percy

TSC 227. We sit down with CentimeterWorm to talk about Radiance, Void, Pale King and other stuff from hollow knight.

TSC 225. We sit down with Dahlia to talk about Hornet, Herrah, Pale King and other stuff from hollow knight. We also speculate about Silksong

Zelenak is the Pamela B. Gann Professor of Law at Duke Law and the author of Figuring Out the Tax: Congress, Treasury, and the Design of the Early Modern Income Tax (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Learning to Love Form 1040: Two Cheers for the Return-Based Mass Income Tax (University of Chicago Press, 2013), countless articles and “The Great American Tax Novel”, a review of David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King. In addition to his work as a scholar, Zelenak served as a professor in residence at the Office of the Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC. Zelenak likes tax. A lot. He also likes writing. That enthusiasm shines through in all of his work.From finding surprising views in letters dating from the Coolidge Administration to exploring “philosophies of tax administration” in a contemporary novel, Zelenak’s eye for what matters makes him one of the most important voices in tax law. His willingness to engage not just archival resources and great works of literature but also with classic TV sitcoms guarantees that a conversation with him will go to unexpected places. ResourcesLarry Zelenak’s bio.The two books by Zelenak we discuss: Figuring Out the Tax and Learning to Love Form 1040.  Zelenak’s review of David Foster Wallace’s book The Pale King.The pencil question article is Richard A. Musgrave, Pathway to Tax Reform, 98 Harv. L. Rev. 335 (1984) (written in memory of Stanley Surrey, Author of Pathways to Tax Reform”)  The student quote is taken from Commissioner v. Tufts, 461 U.S. 300 (1983).

Deborah Treisman reads and discusses “Good People,” by David Foster Wallace, which appeared in a 2007 issue of the magazine. David Foster Wallace, who died in 2008, was the author of three short-story collections and three novels, including “Infinite Jest,” and “The Pale King,” which was published posthumously, in 2011, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. 

Immortal Darkness: Curse of The Pale King: http://immortaldarkness.com/landing/Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Tom Walker, Raymond Montalban, John Taylor, Stuart Brand  Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohourAudioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rssJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Events we'll be at:Retrospillmessen 2019: https://www.retrospillmessen.no/Amiga 34 - Germany Show notes:  Arcade Attack Podcast: https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/podcast/ Konami announces plug-and-play TurboGrafx-16 Mini: https://bit.ly/2WUXtbG Commander Keen is back:  https://youtu.be/14ZD9_tLwgA    Mega-CD/Sega CD FPGA Optical Disc Emulator Cartridge: https://bit.ly/2WWtfoS CS:GO gets a retro version of Dust II: https://bit.ly/2x8o8Yk Blade Runner added to Scumm VM: https://bit.ly/2KuofpY

Infinite Jest is a book meant to be an actively read –it’s meant to take a certain amount of work to finish it and try to figure out what’s going on. While David Foster Wallace, the author, spends words and words in beautiful descriptions, he purposefully omitted, exchanged, and told through the characters lenses parts of the story. In this episode Nat and Neil are going through some of the theories people have created to help understand the book. We cover a wide range of topics, including: Hal's relationship with the mold and DMZ Mario's ascendance References to Hamlet, 1984, and other books and authors If Infinite Jest will become a film A MYT classic: Aquatic Apes Theory! And much more. Please enjoy, and be sure to grab a copy of Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out the previous episode on Infinite Jest for more in-depth review of the book. Also, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, another of the longest books we read, that ended up filmed for a movie. Be sure to join our mailing list to find out about what books are coming up, giveaways we're running, special events, and more. Links from the Episode Mentioned in the show Reddit [3:20] Creative Commons [3:30] What Happens at the End of Infinite Jest? (or, the Infinite Jest ending explained) – Aaron Swartz Blog [3:40] Futurama [11:33] Pineapple Express [11:35] Aquatic Apes Theory [16:02] The Wraith – The Ambiguities Blog [20:11] Lost [23:40] John Wayne and Avril Conspiracy Theories [25:28] Medusa [33:36] Atlas Shrugged (film series) [40:30] Game of Thrones [43:00] The Office [45:10] Books mentioned Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (book episode) Hamlet by William Shakespeare [5:23] The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka [7:48] 1984 by George Orwell [26:50] The Pale King by David Foster Wallace [36:50] Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand [46:38] (book episode) The Romance of The Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong [47:07] Les Miserables by Victor Hugo [47:10] War and Peace by Tolstoy [47:29] People mentioned David Foster Wallace Aaron Swartz [2:25] 0:00 – Spoiler Alert: this a commentary to Infinite Jest book. We discuss theories about those parts of the book that were left without There will be spoilers. Refer to the previous episode for more deep book review. 3:55 – Theory #1. The ghost/wraith is pretty obviously Hal’s father, the guy who made the Entertainment. He’s spirit was kind of resurrected by the radiation coming from the garbage dumped in the are he was buried. Allusions to Hamlet. JOI created Infinite Jest to take Hal out of his shell of silence. Unreliable narrators. 6:49 – Theory #2. DMZ or Madam Psychosis. The wraith steals the drug to give it to Hal via the toothbrush. Parallel with Kafka’s Metamorphosis. Hal’s experiences with the mold. He couldn’t communicate → Eats the mold → Communicates, but emotionless and stoic → Gets DMZ → Can’t talk again, but gains emotional complexity. 9:55 – Theory #3. Effects of marijuana withdrawal. Hal’s collapse and Gately’s help in the hospital. Digging up Hal’s father’s head. Connection with Gately’s vision. Hal, Gately, Joelle and John Wayne looking for the anti-Entertainment cartridge but it’s not there anymore. The suspect falls on Orin. How he new about it? Probably because of Joelle (they were dating). 13:21 – Weird theories around Avril, Hal-Orin-Mario’s mom. Apparently Avril is modeled after DFW’s mom. Theory #4. She is an A.F.R. or O.U.S. member, the secret terrorists or intelligence organizations. Affairs with John Wayne, Charles C.T. (stepbrother?). 16:10 – Theory #5. Orin, the oldest brother, fathered Mario with Avril. Avril can be the hand model. Orin doesn’t go to his father funeral. Other stories of parents abusing their sons. Who was in the car with Avril? 18:59 – Why was ghost Jim moving stuff around in the tennis academy? 19:59 – Theory #6. Why DFW uses the word wraith instead of ghost? The wraith explains to Don that it takes enormous effort for him to appear to Don: “Wraiths by and large exist (putting his arms out slowly and making little quotation-mark finger-wiggles as he said exist) in a totally different Heisenbergian dimension of rate-change and time-passage.”  Therefore, the wraith has to stand still for extremely long periods of time to appear at all to Don. 21:07 – Theory #7. Speculations that Jim ends up possessing Hal. 22:24 – Theory #8. How did DFW write the book? Did he mapped all out and then intentionally leave out specific sections so people can come up with theories? TV shows with open twists. Apparently Infinite Jest was longer. 24:53 – Theory #9. C.T. is Mario’s father. 25:23 – Theory #10. Avril and Luria are the same person. Theory #11. Orin didn’t die by the end of the book. 1984 flashbacks in the scenes with Luria. 27:08 – Mold in the basement. Mold that feeds on mold. Criticism against mold as a real thing, and more as a metaphor of the teens age difficulties. 29:33 – Theory #12. Did Hal watch the Entertainment or part of it? Doubts about how he got a copy of the movie. 31:11 – Theory #13. Hal has internally self synthesized DMZ because of the mold. 32:26 – Orin thought Joelle and Himself were lovers. Maybe that was because he didn’t want to attend his father funeral. Speculations about covering Joelle: is she disfigured or is she really so beautiful that needs to use a veil? How Joelle got acid in her face. Molly’s story. Joelle using a veil after filming Infinite Jest. 35:30 – What was the movie about? Things the reader is not allowed to know. Other DFW books. Difficulties explaining what’s the book about. Addiction and living passively. 40:00 – Would Infinite Jest make a good movie or not? Problems with Atlas Shrugged bad movie. Formats evolving after Netflix. Most of the value in Infinite Jest comes from the descriptions, not that much happens between the characters. Getting the chaotic feeling to a movie. DFW against an Infinite Jest movie. Longest books. Sierra Leone and Quebequian terrorists. 48:55 – If you enjoyed this weird episode of Made You Think, we appreciate any review on iTunes or if you share with your friends. If you didn’t like it, it’s OK, that’s an experiment, so go listen to a normal episode of the podcast. The previous episode about Infinite Jest is probably a much better introduction to the book than this episode. Find us on Twitter @TheRealNeilS and @nateliason and join the email list at Made You Think Podcast. The email list is the best way to stay up to date on future episodes and things that are going on with the show. Check out ways to support the show at madeyouthinkpodcast.com/support.  

Lore Boys are back, this time with some more Hollow Knight story. We're talking Quirrel, Hornet, Cloth, Zote, the girl with the orange fog, the Pale King, the Dreamers, the Mantis Lords, and pretty much all the characters with the coolest names. We talk about the Dream, what is Soul, or Void, or The Infection -- sometimes called the plague. Who was the Pale King? What are Wyrms in Hollow Knight? Did the Pale King make sweet love to a Spider and get his head chewed off for it? You gotta listen to the episode to learn what happened behind the scenes in Hollow Knight. We had a lot of fun making this one -- Hollow Knight lore is so rich and fulfilling, and we hope you'll like it to.As always, we super appreciate you listening, and hope that if you enjoy the show you'll tell your friends and leave us a review on iTunes and the rest our social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.) We wanna hear from you guys, so shoot us an email at loreboyspodcast@gmail.com or crawl into a nightmarish realm of bugs and delve so deep you awaken in a dream, with our three faces staring at you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Pale King has fallen at last, but the battle is far from over. Our heroes must now contend with the nameless fallen god called Wormhead- and its powers may dwarf anything that they have faced before.

The time has come for our heroes to face off with the Pale King, but the ancient ghoul lord is far from alone. Can our heroes finally put an end to the undead army's reign of terror?

The Fisher King's Tomb takes its toll on our heroes as the struggle their way past a deadly, laser-spewing statue and closer toward their fateful battle with the Pale King.

Frequent guest Mike Palindrome takes the wheel for another solo episode on David Foster Wallace, including a deep dive into Wallace's unfinished manuscript The Pale King, published posthumously in 2011. DAVID FOSTER WALLACE (1962-2008) was an American author best known for his novels The Broom in the System and Infinite Jest, his story collection Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, his essay collection A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, and his graduation speech to Kenyon College, published under the title This Is Water. Known for his writerly struggles to advance the novel form beyond irony and postmodernism, as well as for his personal struggles with depression, drug addiction, and suicidal tendencies, David Foster Wallace died of his own hand in 2008. In the years since his death, new biographical information has emerged, including several disturbing incidents regarding women whom Wallace treated poorly, including stalking incidents and other alarming incidents and allegations. Today, Wallace has an uneasy relationship with the literary canon: widely recognized as a brilliant if sometimes narcissistic talent, possessed of both genius-like intelligence and deep flaws both as a writer and a human being. Today, his reputation is a source of contention: Was he a prophetlike figure who surpassed his peers and superseded all who came before? Or a smart but flawed man whose worst tendencies led him to generate thickets of navel-gazing and unreadability? Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our heroes, accompanied by a team of holy knights and mysterious Correctors, descend into the ghoul-infested depths below a fey tomb in hopes of finding and defeating the Pale King once and for all.

With their battle against the Pale King's undead army looming, our heroes must first contend with the devastating consequences of Melinda's wrath... and the terrible losses it has brought upon them.

The party faces off against the powerful leader of the underground ghouls: the infamous Pale King.

In Episode 38 we talk again with Mike Miley, Vice President of the International David Foster Wallace Society and quiz kid extraordinaire. Topics include film, game shows, Oliver Stone, JFK assassination scoops, and hanging out with Michael Silverblatt.  Show Notes:  Smart Set – “Reading Wallace Reading” https://thesmartset.com/article08181401/   Medium – “Caught in the Bandana Trap” https://medium.com/just-words/caught-in-the-9fa2c864b76d   Medium – “The Eye of Sauron” https://medium.com/just-words/the-eye-of-sauron-d454ed83377a   Critique­ – “…And Starring David Foster Wallace as Himself: Performance and Persona in The Pale King” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00111619.2015.1028611?needAccess=true   Mike's Twitter: twitter.com/MikeCMiley  

The opening section of David Foster Wallace's 2011 novel The Pale King.

D.T. Max is a New Yorker staff writer who wrote the first biography of Wallace and has become a great, low-key advocate for DFW's work. D.T. developed a picture of a writer who tried really hard, who had his genius and his flaws, and whose fiction performed the rare feat of offering solutions as well as identifying problems. This conversation will hopefully encourage listeners to cut through the cultural baggage reading Wallace's work has accrued, and experience the pleasure and relief of having DFW's voice come alive anew.   SHOW NOTES: ============ “Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story” is D.T. Max's biography of David Foster Wallace   Wallace's book-length work discussed: Novels: The Broom Of The System, 1987 Infinite Jest, 1996 The Pale King, 2011 (published posthumously)   Short Stories: Girl With Curious Hair, 1989 Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, 1999 Oblivion, 2004   Nonfiction: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, 1997 Everything And More, 2003 Consider The Lobster, 2005

《007幽灵》是电影史上最大手笔的一部制作，这样的制作让我们看到的是最好的打斗、最好的街头飞车、最后的场景、最好的演员!除了这些007必备的元素之外，《007幽灵》里的歌曲也是让大家非常的喜欢。曲目　　1、Los Muertos Vivos Estan　　2、Vauxhall Bridge　　3、The Eternal City　　4、Donna Lucia　　5、A Place Without Mercy　　6、Backfire　　7、Crows Klinik　　8、The Pale King　　9、Madeleine　　10、Kite In A Hurricane　　11、Snow Plane　　12、L&`&Americain　　13、Secret Room　　14、Hinx　　15、Silver Wraith　　16、A Reunion　　17、Day Of The Dead　　18、Tempus Fugit　　19、Safe House　　20、Blindfold　　21、Careless　　22、Detonation　　23、Westminster Bridge　　24、Out Of Bullets　　25、Spectre信息　　专辑类型：原声带、影视音乐　　艺人：Thomas Newman　　唱片公司：Decca Records　　语言：英语　　发行日期：2015年11月13日　　在好莱坞有一支电影音乐世家——纽曼家族。托马斯·纽曼亦是第二代中的一员，父亲即是好莱坞电影音乐的创奇人物，九座奥斯卡奖得主----阿尔弗雷德·纽曼。托马斯·纽曼是八十年代开始比较活跃的一位电影配乐大师。其代表作为大家熟知的有：《肖申克的救赎》(The Shawshank Redemption)、《第六感生死缘》(Meet Joe Black)、《闻香识女人》(scent of a woman)。《机器人瓦力》(WALL-E) 曾在第81届奥斯卡获最佳音效合成(Sound Mixing)、最佳原创音乐(Original Score)等奖项。

《007幽灵》是电影史上最大手笔的一部制作，这样的制作让我们看到的是最好的打斗、最好的街头飞车、最后的场景、最好的演员!除了这些007必备的元素之外，《007幽灵》里的歌曲也是让大家非常的喜欢。曲目　　1、Los Muertos Vivos Estan　　2、Vauxhall Bridge　　3、The Eternal City　　4、Donna Lucia　　5、A Place Without Mercy　　6、Backfire　　7、Crows Klinik　　8、The Pale King　　9、Madeleine　　10、Kite In A Hurricane　　11、Snow Plane　　12、L&`&Americain　　13、Secret Room　　14、Hinx　　15、Silver Wraith　　16、A Reunion　　17、Day Of The Dead　　18、Tempus Fugit　　19、Safe House　　20、Blindfold　　21、Careless　　22、Detonation　　23、Westminster Bridge　　24、Out Of Bullets　　25、Spectre信息　　专辑类型：原声带、影视音乐　　艺人：Thomas Newman　　唱片公司：Decca Records　　语言：英语　　发行日期：2015年11月13日　　在好莱坞有一支电影音乐世家——纽曼家族。托马斯·纽曼亦是第二代中的一员，父亲即是好莱坞电影音乐的创奇人物，九座奥斯卡奖得主----阿尔弗雷德·纽曼。托马斯·纽曼是八十年代开始比较活跃的一位电影配乐大师。其代表作为大家熟知的有：《肖申克的救赎》(The Shawshank Redemption)、《第六感生死缘》(Meet Joe Black)、《闻香识女人》(scent of a woman)。《机器人瓦力》(WALL-E) 曾在第81届奥斯卡获最佳音效合成(Sound Mixing)、最佳原创音乐(Original Score)等奖项。

《007幽灵》是电影史上最大手笔的一部制作，这样的制作让我们看到的是最好的打斗、最好的街头飞车、最后的场景、最好的演员!除了这些007必备的元素之外，《007幽灵》里的歌曲也是让大家非常的喜欢。曲目　　1、Los Muertos Vivos Estan　　2、Vauxhall Bridge　　3、The Eternal City　　4、Donna Lucia　　5、A Place Without Mercy　　6、Backfire　　7、Crows Klinik　　8、The Pale King　　9、Madeleine　　10、Kite In A Hurricane　　11、Snow Plane　　12、L&`&Americain　　13、Secret Room　　14、Hinx　　15、Silver Wraith　　16、A Reunion　　17、Day Of The Dead　　18、Tempus Fugit　　19、Safe House　　20、Blindfold　　21、Careless　　22、Detonation　　23、Westminster Bridge　　24、Out Of Bullets　　25、Spectre信息　　专辑类型：原声带、影视音乐　　艺人：Thomas Newman　　唱片公司：Decca Records　　语言：英语　　发行日期：2015年11月13日　　在好莱坞有一支电影音乐世家——纽曼家族。托马斯·纽曼亦是第二代中的一员，父亲即是好莱坞电影音乐的创奇人物，九座奥斯卡奖得主----阿尔弗雷德·纽曼。托马斯·纽曼是八十年代开始比较活跃的一位电影配乐大师。其代表作为大家熟知的有：《肖申克的救赎》(The Shawshank Redemption)、《第六感生死缘》(Meet Joe Black)、《闻香识女人》(scent of a woman)。《机器人瓦力》(WALL-E) 曾在第81届奥斯卡获最佳音效合成(Sound Mixing)、最佳原创音乐(Original Score)等奖项。

《007幽灵》是电影史上最大手笔的一部制作，这样的制作让我们看到的是最好的打斗、最好的街头飞车、最后的场景、最好的演员!除了这些007必备的元素之外，《007幽灵》里的歌曲也是让大家非常的喜欢。曲目　　1、Los Muertos Vivos Estan　　2、Vauxhall Bridge　　3、The Eternal City　　4、Donna Lucia　　5、A Place Without Mercy　　6、Backfire　　7、Crows Klinik　　8、The Pale King　　9、Madeleine　　10、Kite In A Hurricane　　11、Snow Plane　　12、L&`&Americain　　13、Secret Room　　14、Hinx　　15、Silver Wraith　　16、A Reunion　　17、Day Of The Dead　　18、Tempus Fugit　　19、Safe House　　20、Blindfold　　21、Careless　　22、Detonation　　23、Westminster Bridge　　24、Out Of Bullets　　25、Spectre信息　　专辑类型：原声带、影视音乐　　艺人：Thomas Newman　　唱片公司：Decca Records　　语言：英语　　发行日期：2015年11月13日　　在好莱坞有一支电影音乐世家——纽曼家族。托马斯·纽曼亦是第二代中的一员，父亲即是好莱坞电影音乐的创奇人物，九座奥斯卡奖得主----阿尔弗雷德·纽曼。托马斯·纽曼是八十年代开始比较活跃的一位电影配乐大师。其代表作为大家熟知的有：《肖申克的救赎》(The Shawshank Redemption)、《第六感生死缘》(Meet Joe Black)、《闻香识女人》(scent of a woman)。《机器人瓦力》(WALL-E) 曾在第81届奥斯卡获最佳音效合成(Sound Mixing)、最佳原创音乐(Original Score)等奖项。

In this episode with talk with Irish scholar Tim Groenland, who has written extensively about Wallace and The Pale King. Groenland's doctoral work is concerned with authorship and the way Michael Pietsch molded The Pale King after Wallace's death. We also discuss Gordon Lish's editorial relationship with Raymond Carver.  You can follow Tim on Twitter @groenbot.

In this episode we talk with artist Corrie Baldauf. If you haven't seen her Infinite Jest project, check it out here: http://hyperallergic.com/178866/reading-david-foster-wallace-for-the-colors/ And follow her on Twitter! https://twitter.com/CorrieBaldauf Show notes courtesy of Jordan Tibbett.Show Notes (00:00) - Intro (00:30) - Guest Corrie Baldauf (01:50) - Corrie's Infinite Jest Project (03:50) - Pale King Cover Design (06:51) - Corrie's Introduction to Infinite Jest (08:20) - Color References in The Book (12:00) - An Excerpt of Color Usage (13:30) - Jenni Baker's Erasing Infinite Jest (15:05) - Matt's Entry in The Found Poetry Review (http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/wrt-david-foster-wallace/david-foster-wallace-titles-roughly-translated-into-other-languages-and-roughly-translated-back-into-english/) (16:19) - Various Narrative Threads in Infinite Jest (20:50) - Corrie's Profile in Hyperallergic (http://hyperallergic.com/178866/reading-david-foster-wallace-for-the-colors/) (20:50) - Corrie's Cover Art on Unspeakable Failures: David Foster Wallace (25:15) - The Literary Community and Twitter (28:38) - Infinite Jest's 20th Anniversary Cover Redesign (33:14) - Imagery of ‘The Cage' (38:30) - Karen Green's Bough Down (42:28) - Corrie's Experience Reading Infinite Jest (45:04) - Autism and Wallace (48:20) - Characters in The Pale King linked to Characters in Infinite Jest (50:36) - Corrie's Optimism Project (53:50) - Corrie's New Book (55:40) - Wallace in The Classroom (57:45) - Final Thoughts (59:30) - Outro   People Mentioned Corrie Baldauf (http://corriebaldauf.com/home.html) David Foster Wallace (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace) Karen Green (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/apr/10/karen-green-david-foster-wallace-interview) Jenni B. Baker (http://www.jennibbaker.com) Clare Hayes-Brady (http://www.amazon.com/Unspeakable-Failures-David-Foster-Wallace/dp/1501313525) Sarah Rose Sharp (http://hyperallergic.com/author/sarah-rose-sharp/) Sidney Peterson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Peterson) Matt Tresco

Reviews: Spectre, Big Fish, and Fury Trailer Spot: Alice Through the Looking Glass, Finding Dory Opening and Closing Song: James Bond Theme (I'm not sure who to credit for recording it though) And as always there is the Box Office Report and the news. I apologize if near the end it felt rushed but that was to complete the episode before I had other things to attend to. Interestingly enough a small tidbit for anyone that decides to venture into podcasting. I have found that it is very hard to replicate the tone of my voice from one recording to the next, I don't attempt it but rather it is noticeable that I stopped and came back. Or maybe I had to re-record something but either case I'm sure some have noticed this before. So my best advice is to complete whatever you were trying to record in one sitting. A small deviation from what this episode is truly about but it feels like to pad the description out for once. Enjoy the show!

In honor of Tax Day, the Book Circle team explores what may be the most ambitious and resonant fiction ever composed on the subject of the IRS and the men and women who serve it... The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even [...] The post The Pale King by David Foster Wallace | Book Discussion appeared first on Book Circle Online.

In honor of Tax Day, the Book Circle team explores what may be the most ambitious and resonant fiction ever composed on the subject of the IRS and the men and women who serve it... The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even [...]

D.T. Max appears at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: New Yorker writer D.T. Max has penned the first major biography of David Foster Wallace, whom many consider to be one of the greatest writers of his generation. In "Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace," Max traces Wallace's life from his boyhood in Illinois until his death by suicide in 2008. Wallace is best known for his 1996 novel, "Infinite Jest." "The Pale King" was Wallace's final novel, published posthumously in 2011. Max is also the author of "The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery," about strange neurological illnesses that always result in death.

On Episode 14 of The Drunken Odyssey, John talks to novelist Susan Hubbard, plus Nate Rankin discusses David Foster Wallace's The Pale King, and John answers mail.

Book review: The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

Book review: The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

When David Foster Wallace died, he left behind drafts of a rich and complex novel. Writers Rick Moody and David Lipsky discuss Wallace's achievement, The Pale King...

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