Not all of these essays appealed to me. And sometimes DFW makes my eyes roll. But when he hits, he hits. I particularly enjoyed his review of Bryan Garner's Diction of Modern American Usage, his Consider the Lobster easy, his Updike review, his report on the Adult Video awards, and his review of Tracy Austin's biography. He just had this way of posing things and letting his personality and style infect all of his writing. It's witty and interesting, though sometimes hard to follow.