Consider the LobsterConsider the Lobster and Other Essays
2005
David Foster Wallace's second collection on non-fiction essays.
Consider the Lobster Reviews: Listed below are most of the reviews that are still available on the web.
- 9/12/2005 Paste Magazine review by Jack Pendarvis Consider the Lobster. Positive review.
- 9/12/2005 New York Observer review by Adam Begley (No longer avail online without fee) Infinite, Abject Apologies: Wallace Begins to Wear Thin. Negative review.
- 9/12/2005 Conversational Reading comment by scott_esposito a Review of Begley's review.
- 11/12/2005 The Guardian review by Robert McCrum A cult above the rest . Positive review.
- 11/12/2005 Cleveland.com review by J Keirn-Swanson 'Lobster' is delectably funny food for thought . Positive review.
- 18/12/2005 www.signonsandiego.com review by Arthur Salm See footnote * (*Infinite jester: David Foster Wallace's 'Consider the Lobster' is a wildly clever romp). Positive review.
- 18/12/2005 LA Times review by Steve Almond Consider the Lobster. Positive review.
- 18/12/2005 San Francisco Chronicle review by Brendan Wolfe OK, so the guy can write … Positive review.
- 16/12/2005 Chron.com review by Steven E. Alford A thinking man's laugh riot. Positive review.
- 18/12/2005 MiamiHerald.com review by Ariel Gonzalez FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Mixed review.
- 18/12/2005 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH review by Cliff Froehlich Consider the Lobster. Positive review.
- 19/12/2005 The Village Voice review by R.C. Baker No Jargon. Positive review.
- 23/12/2005 rockymountainnews.com review by Traver Kauffman 'Lobster' tales are food for thought. Positive review.
- 4/01/2006 The New York Times: Books review by Michiko Kakutani Playful Musings Bearing Ambitions. Positive review.
- 6/01/2005 NYNewsday.com review by Jennie Yabroff The heartbreak kid. Positive review.
- 7/01/2005 GlobeAndMail.com review by Lee Henderson A complex reading of the American sensibility. Positive review.
- 8/01/2005 Toronto Star review by Philip Marchand A first encounter with MR. WALLACE. Positive review.
- 8/01/2005 The Oregonian review by M.E. Russell Indiscreet inquiries of a subversive mind. Positive review.
- 8/01/2006 Original and longer version of The Oregonian review by M.E. Russell Consider the Lobster Positive review.
- 8/01/2006 Audiobook RGJ.com review by Merrie Leininger Essays evoke world of the strange Positive review.
- 8/01/2006 Buffalo News review by Jess Simon Antic carnival of essays enervates, annoys - and entertains Mixed review.
- 8/1/06 10/1/06 Same audiobook review in the PalmBeachPost.com and MiamiHerald.com review by Paul Lomartire Palm Beach Post and Miami Herald Positive review.
- 11/01/2006 The Onion's AV Club review by Keith Phipps Beneath the Shell Positive review.
- 11/01/2006 Philadelphia Inquirer review by Steve Weinberg From lowly to lofty, this quirky essayist excels Positive review.
- 15/01/2006 Audiobook Detroit Free Press review by Paul Lomartire X-rated essay leads the pack Positive review.
- 15/01/2006 Star-Telegram review by Carlo Wolff Like butter? Positive review.
- 15/01/2006 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription only) review by Wallace's Lobster is serious but sparkles like fiction
- 16/01/2006 New Statesman review by Steven Poole War of the words Negative review.
- Consider the Lobster metareview at Metacritic.
- 30/01/2005 Columbia Spectator review by Paul Brandt Smut, Now With Footnotes Positive review.
- 4/02/2006 Pioneer Press review by Paul Lomartire Lobsters, tennis and porn: Yup, they're all connected Positive review.
- 6/02/2006 CTL Publisher's Weekly Audiobook review Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays Positive review.
- 8/02/2006 Blogcritics.org review by Nik Dirga Consider the Lobster and other Essays Positive review.
- 16/02/2006 The Portland Mercury review by Erik Henriksen Consider the Lobster and other Essays Positive review.
- 19/02/2006 The Boston Globe review of CTL by John Freeman More wild rides from Wallace Positive review.
- 28/02/2006 Christian Science Monitor review of CTL by Peter Grier Lobsters, John McCain, and 50-cent words Positive review.
- 4/03/2006 The Age review of CTL by Peter Craven Consider the Lobster Positive review.
- 5/03/2006 The Freelance Star review by Ashley Gauthier Essays are Sharp, thought-provoking Positive review.
- 5/03/2006 The Telegraph (UK) review by Christopher Tayler Big issues in short pieces Positive review.
- 12/03/2006 New York Times review of CTL by Pankaj Mishra The Postmodern Modernist Positive review. (don't forget bug me not)
- DFW featured author page at The New York Times.
- 26/03/2006 Fort Worth Star-Telegram review by Carlo Wolff Lettered Lobster Positive review.
- On the design of Host, THE INFLUENCE OF ANXIETY: Wading In. June 2009 [Archive.org link]
