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    Bloomsday

    In case you hadn't noticed, today is Bloomsday - the anniversary of the day in 1904 described in minute detail in James Joyce's seminal novel Ulysses.

    Last year was the seventieth anniversary of Joyce's death, meaning that this is the first year in which his work has been out of copyright on this auspicious day.

    As a result, you can now find out what you've been missing all these years by any or all of the following means:


    Enjoy!

    #2
    Crack on!



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      #3
      Thanks Nick. I was vaguely listening to R4 earlier today and they did something about Ulysses. I tried it when I was too young to appreciate it.

      And gave up by about the second page

      Edit: They are discussing it now on R4.
      Last edited by Sysman; 16 June 2012, 19:54.
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        #4
        Originally posted by Sysman View Post
        Thanks Nick. I was vaguely listening to R4 earlier today and they did something about Ulysses. I tried it when I was too young to appreciate it.

        And gave up by about the second page

        Edit: They are discussing it now on R4.
        Yep, Molly's stream of consciousness soliloquy coming up.

        Having taken down the copy I bought secondhand when I was about sixteen, I find that I made it as far as "Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls" (p.65 of the 1960 Bodley Head edition) - frankly I'm surprised I made it that far, though glancing through, I don't remember much of it

        It's been 34 years, so I'll give it another try

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          #5
          Rather amusing article about the reactions of US librarians of the day to the book, including one at Duke University who thought it should be locked away: How ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Is Like ‘Ulysses’

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            #6
            Dullest. book. ever.

            It is like lord of the rings set in Dublin without orks and goblins. "I went down this road and done this and then done that" next page "I went down this road and done this and then done that"

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              #7
              Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

              It's been 34 years, so I'll give it another try
              Why bother?

              Never read it, but it sounds like a lot of obscurantist nonsense to me.
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                #8
                Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                Rather amusing article about the reactions of US librarians of the day to the book, including one at Duke University who thought it should be locked away: How ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Is Like ‘Ulysses’
                I ordered "Fifty Shades of Grey" (the three book set £20) off Amazon yesterday for my wife.

                If it's anything like "Ulysses" she's going to be bored out of her skull
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                  #9
                  Over rated in my opinion, don't know why it gets the praise, usually pretentious wannabes that think they look intelligent if they bang on about it.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                    Why bother?

                    Never read it, but it sounds like a lot of obscurantist nonsense to me.
                    There are enough people whose opinions I respect that think it is a book worth reading, not because of intellectual wordgamery or stylistic flourishes, but because it says things that are worth saying and says them in an interesting way. Sort of the opposite of General

                    There are those who would dismiss The Waste Land because it is not easy to understand on a casual reading, but that doesn't prevent it being one of the greatest poems ever written (and one of my personal favourites).

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