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Never read it, never plan to. Darth_Katie Send a noteboard - 14/09/2011 11:45:51 PM
The only Joyce I've ever read is selections from Dubliners, which while not bad did not exactly compel me to read any more. And by all accounts Ulysses sounds pretentious and unappealing, so no.
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Carl Jung's thoughts on Ulysses by James Joyce Tom - 13/09/2011 04:28:21 PM 3598 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 1246 Views
The length has nothing to do with it Tom - 13/09/2011 05:57:27 PM 1352 Views
Re: The length has nothing to do with it beetnemesis - 13/09/2011 08:22:36 PM 1163 Views
I don't think you can compare fantasy series and real literature Tom - 13/09/2011 09:13:26 PM 1203 Views
...how are you even on this site? beetnemesis - 22/09/2011 04:38:43 PM 1227 Views
I re-read it for the third time this spring Larry - 14/09/2011 12:01:02 AM 1485 Views
Given that you read fast, that's not as damning as it could be Tom - 14/09/2011 02:29:55 AM 1208 Views
I tried the beginning of it once A Deathwatch Guard - 14/09/2011 02:31:16 AM 1220 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 482 Views
Took a class on it. Aeryn - 14/09/2011 11:27:24 PM 1247 Views
I could see a short class on it being interesting. Tom - 15/09/2011 04:29:55 AM 1192 Views
Never read it, never plan to. Darth_Katie - 14/09/2011 11:45:51 PM 1261 Views
Pretentious, unappealing and difficult to read. Tom - 15/09/2011 04:25:05 AM 1215 Views
Awesome! Jung seems to agree with me. Vodalus - 15/09/2011 03:30:27 AM 1277 Views
I particularly enjoyed that analogy Tom - 15/09/2011 04:23:16 AM 1195 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 1219 Views
It was precisely because I liked A Portrait of the Artist that I tried Ulysses. Tom - 15/09/2011 03:46:31 PM 1148 Views
Actually this is one of the few things I've disagreed with Jung on. Panorphaeon - 21/09/2011 12:23:34 AM 1133 Views
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