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I agree.

lol, right

I suppose it might seem that way to someone with a short life.

Life is too short not to.

Ha! Ya, I kind of agree with you. But then again, it kind of depends on the context. Reading Ulysses with two good friends, and an Irish-Catholic professor, in an office filled with books and tea, might just be the way I want to spend my life.

A life isn't complete without a thorough reading of Ulysses. Try it with a copy of Gifford Annotated. It's unreadable without it.

I read it without Gifford...see

I cannot agree more.

I absolutely agree with you, the best thing to do is not bother with it.

it made a mess of my mind and I was reading it on a cruise when I was supposed to be relaxed. he must have been drinking some pretty strong tea when wrote it!

Au contraire. Life is too short to NOT read it.

soooooo true!

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Life is too short not to read Ulysses.

preach

Actually, life is long.
Friends are few.
Jobs are many.

The point, I think, of reading Ulysses is to make life appear to be longer than it actually is; far, faaaar longer.

Joyce was a wicked trickster, and Ulysses was his parlor trick on the pretentious to keep them reading and studying a work of monumental boredom to mine his Easter eggs of irrelevant intellect.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

I'm about 200 pages in and I'm finding it quite funny in places, odd in others, surreal in many. It is not as hard as I expected, not to say it's easy. I'm reading commentary along with it, because I'm not going to read it twice. I find it amazing that it is often picked as the greatest novel of the 20th century, it clearly is not, at least in my opinion. That said, it is probably the most influential.

No. Life's too short to play Pokemon Go

Not to read Ulysseys

Well don't review it if you didn't read it. And you give it one star because you're arrogant ... It is idiots like you that give such a great work of art a bad overall rating ...

And too long not to.

And that's where you are wrong...

Who's wrong? Wrong about what?

"And that's where you are wrong..."

"Who's wrong? Wrong about what?"

*grabs popcorn, runs for cover*

I'm lost. - )

"I'm lost. - )"

That's me reading Joyce XD

Nah! It's fun! - )

What does Bloom say? "When will I see the joke?"

It's a great scene in CIRCE: at the brothel. Bloom is having a fantasy/hallucination and all the girls and the madam are sitting there watching and commenting and snickering about Bloom's dream; and so he finally turns to them and asks innocently, When will I see the joke? I guess you have to be there. - )

Had ta be there.

Correction to #35.
Bloom says:
"When will I hear the joke."
pg. 568, rh.

I'm saying that I mis-quoted.

The quote is sort of the "punch" line to a long scene toward the end of the chapter.
It's Bloom's final humiliation dream (spoiler) and "some how" the girls get to witness it as it "happens" to Bloom.
When Bloom finally recognizes that they are laughing at him, he naively inquires:

BLOOM
(Smiles yellowly at the whores.) When will I hear the joke?

I got it wrong in my head back in June when I pointed out the scene.
Message #38 drew me back to the thread. Reviewing my own contributions: re-reading msg. #35 I discovered my mistake. I corrected it. - )

You are so right! But I challenged myself to read it and I can't give it up just yet ....

Don't be mis-led by all the banter here. Reading Ulysses can be one of the most fun and entertaining experiences in all of literature.
Don't view it as a chore; rather, see it as an adventure. It takes time and effort and patience. But for every penny you invested you get a 100 back in return.
Ulysses is the story of a 16 year marriage, and how time and events can affect a couples' love. It is an adult book, and certainly not to everyones taste; but those of us who love it, read it again and again the rest of our lives!

lol so funny😂

Yeah, let's read a bunch of stupid Stephen King books instead.

Stephen Fry says it’s great, his favorite � it makes me curious to find out why.

if its too short to read ulysses then its too short to live

Shiva wrote: "if its too short to read ulysses then its too short to live"
What a cool comment! - )
And life is long enough to read Ulysses at least 3 or 4 times.

Greg wrote: "I would like to attempt Ulysses."

Don't believe anything you hear. Find out for yourself. - )

For me, it seemed too short not to! Now, I hope it’s long enough for a reread :)

Fab wrote: "For me, it seemed too short not to! Now, I hope it’s long enough for a reread :)"
Hi Fab! There's plenty of time. Besides it will only take half as long, even with lingering on and savoring favorite spots, the second time. - )

Very true, Mark! :)

Fab wrote: "Very true, Mark! :)"

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My life feels shortened reading reviews from people who didn't read the book.

Ulysses lengthens life, and mind.

THIS! Ulysses only makes your life seem longer.

I think life works the opposite way.