My copy of Ulysses Came Today

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Strike For The South 22:32 07-20-2011

And It's currently being used to anchor my truck in the lot.

Srsly, it's a massive book

Does anyone want to read it with me to make it more fun?

Lemur 22:37 07-20-2011

Just read the comic, it's much more digestable.

Rhyfelwyr 22:44 07-20-2011

Where do you get all this time to read so much. God knows the last time I read a book...

Louis VI the Fat 22:51 07-20-2011

There are so many books I have to read before I die.

How will I ever find the time?

~~I suppose I could quit the interwebs, less computer games, get some discipline, stop being a weak cryba~~

Strike For The South 22:54 07-20-2011

Originally Posted by Lemur:
Just read the comic, it's much more digestable.

This is disrepectful and I blame your generation

A POX ON YOUR HOUSE

Louis VI the Fat 22:55 07-20-2011

Originally Posted by Strike For The South:
This is disrepectful and I blame your generation

A POX ON YOUR HOUSE

AND A PLAGUE ON YOUR HORSES!!

THATS RIGHT I KNOW MY ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CAN COMPLETE LITERARY QUOTES FROM MEMORY

Strike For The South 22:58 07-20-2011

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat:
AND A PLAGUE ON YOUR HORSES!!

THATS RIGHT I KNOW MY ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CAN COMPLETE LITERARY QUOTES FROM MEMORY

I hope you know your English lit better than your French lit becuase I read Bovary and I must admit I found it lacking in every sense of the word

I'm willing to chalk it up to a bad translation but I was upset

I thought you lot were supposed to be good at this

HoreTore 23:04 07-20-2011

I'm currently deep into Wealth of Nations, so no. After that I have an exciting book called "the students learningenviroment - the teachers possibilities" lined up... And after that, it's another dqte with the tome called "Educational Psychology". It's been a while since I read Stalin's biography, so that one is proably right after that. And when I'm finished with that, I'm sure I have a bunch of new books I'm dying to read...

Louis VI the Fat 23:05 07-20-2011

Originally Posted by Strike For The South:
I hope you know your English lit better than your French lit becuase I read Bovary and I must admit I found it lacking in every sense of the word

I'm willing to chalk it up to a bad translation but I was upset

I thought you lot were supposed to be good at this

You would enjoy Stendhal much better. More your cup of tea, methinks.

Strike For The South 23:06 07-20-2011

Originally Posted by HoreTore:
I'm currently deep into Wealth of Nations, so no. After that I have an exciting book called "the students learningenviroment - the teachers possibilities" lined up... And after that, it's another dqte with the tome called "Educational Psychology". It's been a while since I read Stalin's biography, so that one is proably right after that. And when I'm finished with that, I'm sure I have a bunch of new books I'm dying to read...

A simple no would've sufficed

HoreTore 23:06 07-20-2011

Read some Dumas, you bloody heathen.

HoreTore 23:08 07-20-2011

Originally Posted by Strike For The South:
A simple no would've sufficed

Considring I have the reading speed of a lobotomized turtle, I felt like bragging. You may notice how I left out the months it would take me to get through those...

It's been raining all summer, can't a poor viking have his day in the sun withut you texans walking all over it?

Hosakawa Tito 23:09 07-20-2011

Haz it pictures?

Louis VI the Fat 23:11 07-20-2011

And there I was, thinking you'd weekly read some massive biography of some communist. Especially for bedtime reading.

Luxembourg, Jaurès, Engels? You would, wouldn't you?

Strike For The South 23:13 07-20-2011

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat:
You would enjoy Stendhal much better. More your cup of tea, methinks.

You share one night of wine induced passion with a man and he thinks he knows you

Louis VI the Fat 23:14 07-20-2011

Originally Posted by Strike For The South:
You share one night of wine induced passion with a man and he thinks he knows you

I think so indeed. But then, I've got a biblical mind.

HoreTore 23:16 07-20-2011

Nah, I only have tomes of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky, which I read years ago and read/skim/flip through again from time to time to brush up/ponder how it fits into all the new stuff I've thought about and learned...

Oh, and I do the same with the communist manifesto, obviously. Wealth of Nations might be added to that list, it's very, very promising so far...

Strike For The South 23:20 07-20-2011

Agh bested again. My only out is some sort of "knowing eachother biblically" joke that I can't make becuase I've already refrenced our relationship in the thread

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Centurion1 23:22 07-20-2011

I read Ulysses when I was younger but I am afraid I was too young. I suffered from the fact that my actual reading ability was very high but my comprehension of themes symbols and motifs was over my head. For example, I read the Lord of the Rings at the end of 4th Grade. I finished them and did so promptly yet the actual content was often too advanced for my young mind to truly understand as the author intended and details which were important slipped quite easily from my young mind. Re reading them however was much more a treat. Ulysses being such a complex book soared far far above my young self. Therefore, the use of me reading it was near the same as the use of whatever the Rainman reads. Yes, I read it. Yes, I understood the authors words even the big ones. But the usage of Joyce's stream of consciousness and the complexity of his parallels with Odysseus overwhelmed me among other things. Actually i don't even think I could finish it I read maybe a third before I simply gave up in disgust.

As a result reading it again would be like reading if for a first time. So after I read my current novel I may join you.

Rhyfelwyr 23:28 07-20-2011

You all make me feel so uncultured.

Samurai Waki 23:47 07-20-2011

Classic literature is always more interesting if it's been hacked to death by the porn industry.

Centurion1 23:49 07-20-2011

Originally Posted by Samurai Waki:
Classic literature is always more interesting if it's been hacked to death by the porn industry.

TRUE. The rendition of Hamlet by **************** Studios was engrossing.

HoreTore 23:50 07-20-2011

This thread needs more penis jokes. I'll go first:

So SFTS.... It's 'Ulysses' you guys call it nowadays, eh?

a completely inoffensive name 08:01 07-21-2011

Originally Posted by Strike For The South:
Agh bested again. My only out is some sort of "knowing eachother biblically" joke that I can't make becuase I've already refrenced our relationship in the thread

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Dem eyes...my god.

Adrian II 09:22 07-21-2011

Originally Posted by Strike For The South:
And It's currently being used to anchor my truck in the lot.

Srsly, it's a massive book

Does anyone want to read it with me to make it more fun?

No, keep it under your truck. Joyce is a perfect bore.

AII

Strike For The South 09:26 07-21-2011

Originally Posted by Adrian II:
No, keep it under your truck. Joyce is a perfect bore.

AII

Louis told me I would enjoy a book. I did not enjoy said book

Now you are telling me I won't enjoy a book

See where I'm going with this?

Adrian II 09:33 07-21-2011

Originally Posted by Strike For The South:
Louis told me I would enjoy a book. I did not enjoy said book

Now you are telling me I won't enjoy a book

See where I'm going with this?

You're on your own. Pull up your pants, straighten your cap and start reading.

AII

Centurion1 09:39 07-21-2011

Originally Posted by Adrian II:
No, keep it under your truck. Joyce is a perfect bore.

AII

I wouldn't call Joyce boring. Complex yes but a bore no.

Lemur 14:04 07-21-2011

Originally Posted by Centurion1:
I wouldn't call Joyce boring. Complex yes but a bore no.

No explosions. No transforming robots. No dinosaur fights. Absolutely no ninjas. BORING!

Adrian II 14:47 07-21-2011

Originally Posted by Lemur:
No explosions. No transforming robots. No dinosaur fights. Absolutely no ninjas. BORING!

No story, no structure, no humour, no sense.

AII

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