Anyone read Ulysses by James Joyce

[GPBear]

Ulysses the GOAT

 

[EndDomination]

Reading Moby dikk by. Melville, then Mumbo Jumbo by. Ismael Reed, then Ulysses gave me an appreciation for that bizarre post-modern style.

Ulysses was a bit of a chore to read, but after several weeks and some vigorous note-taking I made it through.

 

[Geek Nasty]

Im slowly working through this 100 greatest books list. Ulysses is on it i heard its a really tough read though.

 

[Geek Nasty]

Reading Moby dikk by. Melville, then Mumbo Jumbo by. Ismael Reed, then Ulysses gave me an appreciation for that bizarre post-modern style.

Ulysses was a bit of a chore to read, but after several weeks and some vigorous note-taking I made it through.

Moby dikk is my favorite novel

 

[Shogun]

I read it, technically. I enjoy struggling through tough books but this one was another level.
Only finished it out of stubbornness.

 

[pete clemenza]

I have the book but never started it. Might give it a whirl before the year is out

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Im slowly working through this 100 greatest books list. Ulysses is on it i heard its a really tough read though.

Where is that list?

Ulysses the GOAT

Really? I still haven't read but I have been looking for the right version with lots of annotations

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Moby dikk is my favorite novel

Why?

 

[Geek Nasty]

Where is that list?

its not a “real” list. About 20 years ago there was a 100 greatest literary works audio books set. It was a hobby of mine to work through the list. I havent read anything in ages though.

 

[Geek Nasty]

Why?

Its the great American 19th century novel. A cursed man trying to find a way to get revenge on God (spoiler alert he loses)

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

its not a “real” list. About 20 years ago there was a 100 greatest literary works audio books set. It was a hobby of mine to work through the list. I havent read anything in ages though.

I'm just asking where the list is.

 

[Geek Nasty]

I'm just asking where the list is.

THE WORLD'S 100 GREATEST BOOKS - ONESMEDIA

This looks like it. Im through about 66 of them out of order. These are classics nothing modern i dont think.

 

[GPBear]

Reading Moby dikk by. Melville, then Mumbo Jumbo by. Ismael Reed, then Ulysses gave me an appreciation for that bizarre post-modern style.

Ulysses was a bit of a chore to read, but after several weeks and some vigorous note-taking I made it through.

Got Mumbo Jumbo and Yellow Back Radio Broke Down on my shelf rn

 

[GPBear]

Really? I still haven't read but I have been looking for the right version with lots of annotations

Yea, each chapter has a different style, it introduced a lot of techniques that have been the basis for modern novels the last 100 years.

I'd recommend listening to some lectures on Joyce by Robert Anton Wilson and Terrence McKenna, their encyclopeidic-psychedelic style enable them to give pretty thorough descriptions of what Joyce was up to, though they mostly talk about Finnegans Wake.

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Yea, each chapter has a different style, it introduced a lot of techniques that have been the basis for modern novels the last 100 years.

I'd recommend listening to some lectures on Joyce by Robert Anton Wilson and Terrence McKenna, their encyclopeidic-psychedelic style enable them to give pretty thorough descriptions of what Joyce was up to, though they mostly talk about Finnegans Wake.

Already listened to McKenna and Wilson on Finnegan wake. I'm a huge Joyce fan. I felt reading Portrait was synchronistic for me and it really did change my life. I'll probably never read finnegans wake but I'll hit Ulysses before the end of year.