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As far as I can tell, the main reason to read it is so you can say beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 13/09/2011 05:38:17 PM
"Oh yes, I read Ulysses. Yes, it was very long."

When you've read the Wheel of Time series a few times, stuff like that just doesn't seem as impressive.
I amuse myself.
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Carl Jung's thoughts on Ulysses by James Joyce Tom - 13/09/2011 04:28:21 PM 3369 Views
As far as I can tell, the main reason to read it is so you can say beetnemesis - 13/09/2011 05:38:17 PM 1075 Views
The length has nothing to do with it Tom - 13/09/2011 05:57:27 PM 1176 Views
Re: The length has nothing to do with it beetnemesis - 13/09/2011 08:22:36 PM 984 Views
I don't think you can compare fantasy series and real literature Tom - 13/09/2011 09:13:26 PM 1030 Views
...how are you even on this site? beetnemesis - 22/09/2011 04:38:43 PM 1038 Views
I re-read it for the third time this spring Larry - 14/09/2011 12:01:02 AM 1285 Views
Given that you read fast, that's not as damning as it could be Tom - 14/09/2011 02:29:55 AM 1014 Views
I tried the beginning of it once A Deathwatch Guard - 14/09/2011 02:31:16 AM 1013 Views
If you don't like it at about 75-100 pages in, you just won't like it. *NM* Tom - 15/09/2011 04:30:27 AM 416 Views
Took a class on it. Aeryn - 14/09/2011 11:27:24 PM 1055 Views
I could see a short class on it being interesting. Tom - 15/09/2011 04:29:55 AM 1009 Views
Never read it, never plan to. Darth_Katie - 14/09/2011 11:45:51 PM 1056 Views
Pretentious, unappealing and difficult to read. Tom - 15/09/2011 04:25:05 AM 1010 Views
Awesome! Jung seems to agree with me. Vodalus - 15/09/2011 03:30:27 AM 1095 Views
I particularly enjoyed that analogy Tom - 15/09/2011 04:23:16 AM 1011 Views
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was enough to stop me reading more Joyce. Rebekah - 15/09/2011 07:59:22 AM 1060 Views
It was precisely because I liked A Portrait of the Artist that I tried Ulysses. Tom - 15/09/2011 03:46:31 PM 981 Views
Actually this is one of the few things I've disagreed with Jung on. Panorphaeon - 21/09/2011 12:23:34 AM 944 Views
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