I've not read a single review of Baker's The Anthologist.  I'm sure I will shortly, but I'm not sure I'd care. He does something with language in this book that reminds me of what I love best about DFW.  There is such forthrightness, such...

We're in flight (Virgin America, digging your in-air wifi) and the eReader that shall not be named is loaded with much reading goodness: The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon Nocturnes by Kauzo Ishiguro New World...

I had a choice.  I could purchase the armful of just-out hardcover books that I lugged around the bookstore today and then find a way to cram all of them into my suitcase for my upcoming (and oh so needed I cannot even tell you - but you probably get...