\u00c9g er enn a\u00f0 lesa Infinite Jest. Man ekki hven\u00e6r \u00e9g byrja\u00f0i en \u00fea\u00f0 eru \u00e1byggilega svona \u00ferj\u00e1r vikur, var sennilega r\u00e9tt eftir m\u00e1na\u00f0am\u00f3t. M\u00e9r s\u00e6kist h\u00fan ekki illa \u00e9g bara les hana h\u00e6gt og finnst erfitt a\u00f0 lesa hana hratt, missi flj\u00f3tt \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0inn ef \u00e9g dr\u00edf mig. H\u00fan er um \u00fe\u00fasund s\u00ed\u00f0ur au\u00f0vita\u00f0, en \u00fea\u00f0 er ekki bara \u00fea\u00f0 \u2013\u00a0h\u00fan er l\u00edka \u00fe\u00e9ttskrifu\u00f0, \u00fea\u00f0 er ekki miki\u00f0 hv\u00edtu \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0unum, stafirnir eru litlir og meira a\u00f0 segja sjaldan greinarskil. \u00cd sj\u00e1lfu s\u00e9r er h\u00fan samt l\u00edka \u00feannig skrifu\u00f0 a\u00f0 ef ma\u00f0ur missir af einhverju samhengi kemur \u00fea\u00f0 oft flj\u00f3tt aftur, \u00fea\u00f0 er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 skimlesa hana og missa ekki af meginplottinu \u2013\u00a0hann endurtekur og \u00fatsk\u00fdrir allt, b\u00f3kin er \u00f3\u00f0am\u00e1la, en l\u00edka drifin \u00e1fram af \u201eleiftrandi g\u00e1fum\u201c \u2013\u00a0sj\u00e1lfsagt v\u00e6ri h\u00e1\u00f0 a\u00f0 l\u00fdsa n\u00e1nast hverjum sem er \u00f6\u00f0rum me\u00f0 \u00feessum or\u00f0um en \u00fea\u00f0 er ekki \u00feannig meint h\u00e9r. David Foster Wallace hefur veri\u00f0 mj\u00f6g vel gefinn og ekkert gefinn fyrir a\u00f0 fela \u00fea\u00f0 \u2013\u00a0sem er allt\u00edlagi af \u00fev\u00ed hann er l\u00edka mj\u00f6g skemmtilegur og hefur h\u00famor fyrir eigin g\u00e1fnar\u00fanki. Sem minnir \u00e1 James Joyce (Ulysses er r\u00e9tt svo helmingurinn af lengd Infinite Jest en erfi\u00f0ari aflestrar, \u00fe\u00f3tt h\u00fan s\u00e9 ekki endilega h\u00e6glesnari). Og einsog \u00ed Ulysses er fegur\u00f0in h\u00e9rna ekki s\u00edst \u00ed \u00feessari ofgn\u00f3tt. \u00deegar \u00e9g sko\u00f0a lista yfir langar b\u00e6kur kemur m\u00e9r \u00e1 \u00f3vart a\u00f0 uppg\u00f6tva a\u00f0 Infinite Jest er styttri en Atlas Shrugged eftir Ayn Rand. Atlas Shrugged las \u00e9g fyrir sj\u00e1lfsagt \u00e1ratug og \u00feurfti a\u00f0 p\u00edna mig ni\u00f0ur hverja s\u00ed\u00f0u \u2013\u00a0og skiptist samt \u00e1 a\u00f0 hlusta \u00e1 hlj\u00f3\u00f0b\u00f3kina og lesa og haf\u00f0i engan \u00e1huga \u00e1 a\u00f0 lesa hana \u201evandlega\u201c vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 m\u00e9r var\u00f0 flj\u00f3tt lj\u00f3st a\u00f0 allt sem h\u00fan haf\u00f0i vi\u00f0 mig a\u00f0 segja, sem var ekki bara s\u00e1pu\u00f3peruplott, haf\u00f0i h\u00fan \u00feegar sagt \u00e1 fyrstu s\u00ed\u00f0unni og h\u00e9lt svo bara \u00e1fram a\u00f0 segja m\u00e9r \u00fea\u00f0 aftur og aftur. En \u00e9g vildi samt kl\u00e1ra. H\u00fan var ekki erfi\u00f0 aflestrar, bara l\u00f6ng og lei\u00f0inleg. \u00dea\u00f0 er umtalsvert meira inns\u00e6i \u00ed mannlegt e\u00f0li hj\u00e1 Wallace og Infinite Jest \u00f6grar b\u00e6\u00f0i sj\u00e1lfri s\u00e9r og lesandanum miklu reglulegar \u2013 en mestu munar samt um h\u00famorinn. \u00dea\u00f0 munar alltaf mestu um h\u00famorinn. \u00c9g bara skil ekki h\u00famorslausar b\u00e6kur, frekar en \u00e9g skil h\u00famorslaust f\u00f3lk. \u00c6tli \u00e9g kl\u00e1ri hana ekki samt fyrir m\u00e1na\u00f0am\u00f3t. \u00c9g \u00e6tla allavega a\u00f0 taka g\u00f3\u00f0a rispu \u00e1 helginni og gotta mig \u00ed henni. *** \u00dea\u00f0 er hr\u00e6\u00f0ilega dimmt \u00e1 skrifstofunni minni. Eiginlega jan\u00faardimmt. Alveg vi\u00f0 gluggann er mj\u00f6g st\u00f3r runni \u2013\u00a0e\u00f0a tr\u00e9 eiginlega \u2013\u00a0me\u00f0 miklu laufi sem byrgir inns\u00fdnina \u00e1 veturna. Sem er \u00e1g\u00e6tt, \u00fea\u00f0 er mikill umgangur h\u00e9rna \u00e1 sumrin og m\u00e9r finnst gott a\u00f0 vera \u00ed fri\u00f0i. Og \u00feegar \u00fea\u00f0 er s\u00f3lr\u00edkt birtir n\u00fa l\u00edka a\u00f0eins til h\u00e9rna \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir runnatr\u00e9\u00f0. En n\u00fa er s\u00edfellt sk\u00fdja\u00f0 og \u00fe\u00e1 er \u00e6gilega dimmt og birtan af t\u00f6lvunni og bor\u00f0lampanum b\u00fdr til svona lj\u00f3shj\u00fap \u00e1 vinnusv\u00e6\u00f0inu m\u00ednu, uppl\u00fdstan blett \u00ed myrkrinu. Sem er \u00ed senn k\u00f3s\u00ed og svol\u00edti\u00f0 \u00feunglyndislegt, svona \u00ed mi\u00f0jum \u00e1g\u00fast. *** \u00cd tilefni af \u00feessu rifja\u00f0i \u00e9g upp textann vi\u00f0 Jakkalakka eftir Bubba. Jakkakl\u00e6ddir menn
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\n \u00e9ta t\u00f6lvuprentu\u00f0 or\u00f0. Og svona l\u00f6ngu seinna (\u00feetta er af Von fr\u00e1 1992) er \u00e9g helst hissa \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 birtan hafi veri\u00f0 gr\u00e6n. Mig minnti a\u00f0 \u00feetta v\u00e6ri \u201ef\u00f6la lj\u00f3si\u00f0\u201c e\u00f0a eitthva\u00f0. \u00c9g held reyndar l\u00edka a\u00f0 birtan af t\u00f6lvuskj\u00e1unum hafi ekki lengur veri\u00f0 gr\u00e6n 1992. Allavega ekki heima hj\u00e1 m\u00e9r. Hva\u00f0a t\u00f6lvur voru \u00feetta annars me\u00f0 gr\u00e6num st\u00f6fum? Vi\u00f0 \u00e1ttum Amstrad fr\u00e1 sirka 1988 og svo PC flj\u00f3tlega upp \u00far ’90 og \u00fea\u00f0 var \u00e1rei\u00f0anlega ekki gr\u00e6n birta af \u00feeim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c9g er enn a\u00f0 lesa Infinite Jest. Man ekki hven\u00e6r \u00e9g byrja\u00f0i en \u00fea\u00f0 eru \u00e1byggilega svona \u00ferj\u00e1r vikur, var sennilega r\u00e9tt eftir m\u00e1na\u00f0am\u00f3t. M\u00e9r s\u00e6kist h\u00fan ekki illa \u00e9g bara les hana h\u00e6gt og finnst erfitt a\u00f0 lesa hana hratt, missi flj\u00f3tt \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0inn ef \u00e9g dr\u00edf mig. H\u00fan er um \u00fe\u00fasund s\u00ed\u00f0ur au\u00f0vita\u00f0, en … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Gys \u00e1n enda<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}