James Joyce’s Ulysses is an anti-stream of consciousness novel (died 80 years ago today)

The Conversation ^ | 1/13/21

[Red Badger]

They are all decent writers. The educational system of their times made sure of that, unlike today’s college grads that can’t write a complete sentence, or read ‘cursive’. It’s the subject matter that they chose to write about that is difficult to read.....................

[John O]

So you’re telling us that the book is NOT about that ancient Greek guy?

Then why bother with it?

[ought-six]

Faulkner could be hit-or-miss, depending on his mood, I guess. He always gets raves for his short story BARN BURNING; but, personally, one of my favorite Faulkner short stories is TWO SOLDIERS.

[Red Badger]

I’ll have to check my collections of short stories...............................

[Larry Lucido]

I heard that when you read Moby Dick a second time, Ahab and the whale become good friends.

[PTBAA]

Does drinking heavily help?

[ml/nj]

Russell Baker (late humorist for the NY Times) once wrote that no one under 35 should be allowed to read Moby Dick. I was supposed to read it in 11th grade. I couldn't even get through the Classic Comicbook version.

But that Baker column appeared when I was 36 so I thought I would give Moby Dick a try again. What a great book, it is!

ML/NJ

[Larry Lucido]

I like Cream’s version best.

Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2CCfxiQ5QY

[Borges]

Read Dubliners. There’s no way you would think that.

[Red Badger]

I loved everything Cream did..................................Saw Eric Clapton live on the Layla - Derek & The Dominoes tour!...........................................

[PUGACHEV]

I dunno, Ulysses is one of my favorite novels. I first read it in my twenties, and it changed my life in so many subtle ways, all for the good. Not a day goes by when I don't recall some odd line from it: "Have you got cold feet about the Cosmos" "It's as uncertain as a baby's bottom", "He's a caution to a rattlesnake", and of course "The ineluctable modality of the visible". Nor since reading Ulysses have I ever looked up at the night sky or seen the lightening of the horizon before sunrise without remembering "Alone, what did Bloom feel? The cold of interstellar space, thousands of degrees below freezing point or the absolute zero of Fahrenheit, Centigrade or Réaumur: the incipient intimations of proximate dawn.”

[Borges]

Your favorite.

[SaveFerris]

Joyce - she’s my favorite writer!

Now, wait for it........

[Honest Nigerian]

Is Ulysses the kind of book that is good to listen to, instead of reading? I mean, when you are in the car, or waiting for the doctor appointment.
Here is a funny idea: instead of “On Hold” music, businesses could stream books like Moby Dick and Ulysses (suggest others if you like).

[jimwatx]

You think Ulysses is difficult try Finnigan’s Wake.

[PGR88]

That was interesting. I’ve seen many attempt to analyze “Ulysses,” but far fewer dare to approach “Finnegans Wake.”

[dfwgator]

How would you characterize “The Great Gatsby”?

[SaveFerris]

He was great!!!

Shakespeare for everybody!

[dfwgator]

“Well, maybe you can help me straighten out my Longfellow.”

[SaveFerris]

I’ll tell you something else:

Whoever wrote that paper doesn’t know the first thing about Vonnegut.