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To: ClearCase_guy

Influence has to come in somewhere. For the record I read and enjoyed Ulysses. No plans for Finegann's Wake though. Life's too short.


4 posted on 02/17/2006 8:45:18 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges
For the record I read and enjoyed Ulysses.

You're the only one, my friend!

Dumas at 98 is unacceptable. The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers should be in the top 20.

34 posted on 02/17/2006 9:39:32 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Borges

Finnegan's Wake is fun.

It's best experienced by having a small group in a room, and having a reader read short segments.

In some ways, it's like the largest literary pun ever attempted, and the fun is in the cross-referencing.

Half a page with the right reader and you feel like you've had a quick hit of scotch. Good scotch.


47 posted on 02/17/2006 9:53:11 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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