(...) at his first public reading in the late 1980's, "I inserted the punctuation," he recalled, adding: "I would read a clause and say 'comma' or 'semicolon.' Or I'd say, 'new paragraph' and 'indent.' Now looking back at it I can see what a silent deal this is for me." At one point in "Consider the Lobster," Mr. Wallace encounters an ellipsis and reads "dot, dot, dot," which producers say is verboten.

»How Should a Book Sound? And What About Footnotes?« Die NY Times über Fußnoten in Hörbüchern. Anlass ist der Essay-Band "Consider The Lobster", vom Autor David Foster Wallace selbst gelesen. Daraus auch ein Audio-Clip (MP3, 1.75 MB).