| Author | Message | ||
     Dr_greg |
Now I'm talking James Joyce here. I've never read Ulysses, or anything by Joyce, but I do enjoy reading. Might give it a go over the winter... BTW, Amazon.com's "Editorial Review" starts out: "Ulysses has been labeled dirty, blasphemous, and unreadable..." Hmmm.... | ||
| Froggy |
There is bias in all forms of media against us! | ||
| Danger_dave |
The Odyssey - With the original Ulysses - is hard going too. Whatever those greeks were smoking - I'd like a kilo of it. | ||
| Andrejs2112 |
You know what they say about those Greeks don't you? | ||
| Danger_dave |
I can bear it if you tell me. | ||
| Teeps |
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts and/or wearing new sneakers...  | ||
| Andrejs2112 |
They never leave their little brother's behind. | ||
| Pso |
Dr Greg-Most boring book I have ever attemted to read. Good for insomnia-puts you right to sleep. One saving point is that it has one of the most discriptive love making passages in tradional literature and also I believe it has the longest whole sentence in English Lit. If you find that you are interested then the thing to do is read it and go to Dublin, Ir on Blooms day and walk through Dublin folowing his trail. Seems like a major event over there. Happens I believe in June. I found watching test patterns on TV more engaging, but I am of limited literature intelligence. I suppose if you found someone that could dissect all the metaphore, symbolism and what not it is probably interesting. | ||
| Iann8ik |
I saw "The Simpsons" version. Does that count? | ||
| Red_chili |
I got the Cliff Notes version and found that interesting enough. I rather preferred the "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" version, especially looking for the loose parallels ("We're in a tight spot!" aka Psylla and Carybdis, etc.). I have no idea where they got that title, but who cares. My Uly's name is Odysseus, does that give me extra credit? | ||
| Pso |
Seems like we are talking about too Uly's her. James Joyce's (the early 20th century Irish fellow) and Homer's (the Greek fellow) Odyssey. | ||
| Dr_greg |
Yes, thanks for the opinions. I wasn't sure whether to pitch the query toward modern (Joyce) or ancient (Homer). They're both "Ulys." Either way I might just skip it. Sounds like going for a ride might be a better choice! | ||
| Ejc |
Cream put it to music. It should be in everyone's ipod for road trips. | ||
| Crusty |
"Tiny purple fishes Run laughing through your fingers And you want to take her with you To the hard land of the winter" | ||
| Dottrz |
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts and/or wearing new sneakers.. I've always heard, Beware of Romans bearing Trojans..... LOL... The Illiad was not exactly easy to read, but it was a great lead up to the movie "Troy." | ||
| Dr_greg |
Cream put it to music. It should be in everyone's ipod for road trips. Ah, yes, the Cream. I had the privilege of seeing Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and Eric Clapton in 1967 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Most impressive. I'm so glad... | ||
| Xcephasx |
i read portrait of an artist, and dubliners... i don't think i could make it through ulysses. i believe it is one sentence and about a thousand pages long. |
