piece was described as having "subversively inscribed classical music into pop culture". Infinite Jest was performed once as a stage play by Germany's experimental theater Hebbel am Ufer. The play was staged in various locations throughout Berlin, and the action took place over a 24-hour period. "Good Old Neon", from Oblivion: Stories, was adapted and performed by Ian Forester at the 2011 Hollywood Fringe Festival, produced by the Los Angeles independent theater company Needtheater. The song "Surrounded by Heads and Bodies", from the album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships by The 1975, borrows its title from the opening line of Infinite Jest. Matty Healy, The 1975's lead singer, said in an interview with Pitchfork that he was inspired by the novel after reading it during a stint in rehabilitation: Bibliography Novels The Broom of the System (1987). Infinite Jest (1996). The Pale King (2011, posthumous). Something to Do with Paying Attention (2022, posthumous, novella) Short story collections Girl with Curious Hair (1989). Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1999). Oblivion: Stories (2004). Nonfiction collections A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (1997). Consider the Lobster (2005). Both Flesh and Not (2012). [posthumous] Other books 2003: Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity. 2010: Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will. Columbia University Press, 2010 [reprint]. . An essay collection. (2014): The David Foster Wallace Reader. . [posthumous] A collection of excerpts. Awards and honors Pulitzer Prize nomination for The Pale King, 2012. No prize was awarded for the fiction category that year Inclusion of "Good Old Neon" in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2002 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, 1997–2002 Lannan Foundation Residency Fellow, July–August 2000 Named to Usage Panel, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 4th Ed. et seq., 1999 Inclusion of "The Depressed Person" in Prize Stories 1999: The O. Henry Awards Illinois State University, Outstanding University Researcher, 1998 and 1999 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction for the story "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men #6", 1997 Time magazine's Best Books of the Year (Fiction), 1996 Salon Book Award (Fiction), 1996 Lannan Literary Award (Fiction), 1996 Inclusion of "Here and There" in Prize Stories 1989: The O. Henry Awards Whiting Award, 1987 See also Hysterical realism Postmodern literature Inverse cost and quality law References Sources External links Biographical David Foster Wallace Archive, The University of Texas at Austin Whiting Foundation