Everything and More by David Foster Wallace

Everything and More

Where math meets madness and wonder

Narrated byRobert Petkoff
Length12h29m
Release dateJune 15, 2021
LanguageEnglish
★★★★☆ 4.4 (139 ratings)

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AuthorDavid Foster Wallace
NarratorRobert Petkoff
Runtime12h29m
PublishedJune 15, 2021
Rating★★★★☆ 4.4 / 5 (139 ratings)
CategoriesHistory, World, Science & Engineering, Mathematics
FormatAudiobook (Digital)
PlatformAudible

About This Audiobook

David Foster Wallace’s *Everything and More* isn’t just a book about infinity—it’s a high-wire act of intellectual curiosity, where the driest theorems become electric with wonder. Wallace doesn’t just explain infinity; he drags it into the light, warts and all, from Zeno’s paradoxes to Cantor’s mind-bending cardinals. His prose crackles with the energy of a mind struggling to grasp the ungraspable, making math feel less like a series of equations and more like a descent into an abyss you didn’t know you wanted to dive into. The real magic here is how Wallace balances rigor with playfulness, turning abstract concepts into tangible thrills. If you’ve ever stared at the night sky and felt the vertigo of the infinite, this book will either terrify you or set your brain on fire—probably both. Narrated by Robert Petkoff, the audiobook transforms Wallace’s dense, digressive prose into a performance that’s equal parts academic lecture and campfire tale. Petkoff’s voice lends gravity to the most abstract passages, but his real triumph is in the cracks—where Wallace’s signature wit and frustration with math’s paradoxes peek through. The pacing is deliberate, but never plodding; Petkoff knows when to linger on a punchy aside and when to barrel through the dense thickets of set theory. This isn’t an audiobook that dumbly reads the text—it’s a full-throated immersion, complete with the tonal shifts Wallace demands.

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Editor's Review ★★★★☆

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Robert Petkoff is the perfect Virgil to lead listeners through Wallace’s labyrinth of infinity, and he absolutely *sells* the role. His narration is a masterclass in making the arcane feel intimate, whether he’s delivering Wallace’s dry humor in a conspiratorial whisper or hammering home the stakes of a mathematical proof with the urgency of a football announcer. The man clearly *enjoys* this stuff, and it’s infectious—by the time Petkoff gets to the section on Cantor’s diagonal argument, you’ll feel like you’re eavesdropping on two geniuses who’ve just cracked open a bottle of something strong. That said, this audiobook isn’t without its frustrations. Wallace’s tendency to spiral into footnotes and digressions works brilliantly on the page (if you’re willing to lean in), but in audio form, it can feel like you’re being yanked between a lecture hall and a stand-up routine mid-sentence. Petkoff handles it gracefully, but there were a few moments where I wished the editing had tightened the leaps between topics. The production itself is top-notch—crisp, with no audible distractions—but the real star is how Petkoff navigates Wallace’s tonal whiplash. By the final act, when Wallace grapples with the philosophical fallout of infinity, Petkoff’s performance elevates what could’ve been a dry slog into something genuinely moving. If you’ve ever wanted to hate math and love it in the same breath, this is the audiobook for you.

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