http://linkstew.org/2002/04/1600/ See Stew. See Stew link. Link, Stew, link! Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:34:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://linkstew.org/2002/04/1600/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 hornnuts Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:18:55 +0000 http://vodkareening.com/wordpress/?p=1600#comment-1712 the expression "urban fantods" is used by thomas pynchon in his novel "gravity's rainbow." Wonder if that's where DFW first came across the word? the expression “urban fantods” is used by thomas pynchon in his novel “gravity’s rainbow.” Wonder if that’s where DFW first came across the word?

]]> http://linkstew.org/2002/04/1600/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 scott handy Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:08:23 +0000 http://vodkareening.com/wordpress/?p=1600#comment-1409 word. word.

]]> http://linkstew.org/2002/04/1600/comment-page-1/#comment-1260 ryan Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:48:10 +0000 http://vodkareening.com/wordpress/?p=1600#comment-1260 Twain used fantods minus the howling part in The Adventures of Huck Finn. Twain used fantods minus the howling part in The Adventures of Huck Finn.

]]> http://linkstew.org/2002/04/1600/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Johnny B Fri, 01 Nov 2002 22:45:22 +0000 http://vodkareening.com/wordpress/?p=1600#comment-1015 "the howling fantods" is an expressioned coined by david foster wallace in his novel "infinite jest". it's used a number of times by the narrator and it basically means "the creeps". dfw is a compulsive reader of the oed and you damn well need a dictionary to get through the book. the book remains, however, at over 1000 pages of fucking brilliant writing, literally and figuratively one of the monuments of late twentieth century literature . . . the original heartbreaking work of staggering genius. “the howling fantods” is an expressioned coined by david foster wallace in his novel “infinite jest”. it’s used a number of times by the narrator and it basically means “the creeps”. dfw is a compulsive reader of the oed and you damn well need a dictionary to get through the book. the book remains, however, at over 1000 pages of fucking brilliant writing, literally and figuratively one of the monuments of late twentieth century literature . . . the original heartbreaking work of staggering genius.

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