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David Foster Wallace, a Legendary card
David Foster Wallace was an American writer and professor who published novels, short stories, and essays.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,100,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
David Foster Wallace quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the David Foster Wallace card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known for his ______ novel, Infinite Jest.
Answer
second. He is best known for his second novel, Infinite Jest. From the David Foster Wallace article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, David Ulin wrote in the Los Angeles Times that Wallace was "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last twenty years".
Answer
2000s. In 2008, David Ulin wrote in the Los Angeles Times that Wallace was "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last twenty years". From the David Foster Wallace article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is best known for his second novel, Infinite Jest.
- In 2008, David Ulin wrote in the Los Angeles Times that Wallace was "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last twenty years".
- Wallace grew up in Illinois, and graduated from Amherst College and the University of Arizona.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The David Foster Wallace article was read about 1,100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get David Foster Wallace
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, David Foster Wallace (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Steve Rhodes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
