The String Theory by David Foster Wallace [Audiobook]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- David Foster Wallace writes this essay about his trip to the 1995 Canadian Open held in Montreal. Published by Esquire on September 17, 2008.
I was experimenting with my delivery for this read, so my delivery will be a bit inconsistent throughout. My delivery was also quiet between about 24:57 to 40:11 if you'd like to skip that part.
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been listening to a ton of your dfw content. you've got an incredible voice for his work. thanks for making these
Thank you!
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@ glad I can help :) DFW had a lot of difficulty with substances early in his life, and probably didn’t have the resources we do now.
@@Pallettown DFW did have access to the best mental health care in the Western world and was medicated for decades. I noticed all of my dead heroes were missing one thing in their lives, no shrink or amount of CBT will ever fix that.
Point of pedantry: "Croat" rhymes with "throw at", rather than "goat".
Decent reading overall, although I would say that not every comma necessarily indicates a pause.
I don’t think it’s all that fast. It’s a solid cadence, of course there could be some inflection or emphasis in rare, contextually appropriate moments. Love it
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My pleasure. I have more coming soon! Unfortunately we don't have venmo here in Canada.
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@@Gregoryzaniz In my 'About' section, under 'Links'.
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Some advice:
1.
Don’t read so fast!! Why the hurry? Give the beauty of the writing some room to breathe- and give the listener time to savour the what they are hearing. You have a good voice but the breakneck pace kills the experience for your audience
2.
Research pronunciations: errors you made include Croat/Croatian, lugubrious, several names (Wilander)
Use speed 0.75 lol
Damn! Please slow down and enjoy his words. It's not a race dude, it's a journey.
i think his reading speed is fine
Given the subject, a brisk reading pace seems appropriate to me.