peeriebryan Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Has anybody out there ever managed to get to the end of Ulysses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Yup but I skipped aal d middle bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reesie Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I haven't actually read the whole of Ulysses but what I have read is fantastic! I plan to read the rest very soon. I think it's a shame that a lot of people give it a try and get a bit 'scunnered'...quite rapidly! I have to admit I probably wouldn't have "done weel an persevered" if it wasn't on my course. I had the help of insightful lectures and knowledgeable tutors, otherwise I think I would have been rather lost. To anybody that's keen I would suggest using a guide such as 'The New Bloomsday Book' by Harry Blamires. A guide such as this really helps to enable you to scratch under the surface....and there's a good deal of scratching to do! As for the end of the book, Penelope,it's one of my favourite parts so far. Hard core stream of consciousness. Read it out loud. Also, it's quite amusing earlier on when Mr Bloom describes himself having a poop! Joyce's attention to the everyday details and habits of humanity really delights me... So den, I think I've made my point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFly Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 No. I've tried three times and never got beyond about a third of the way through.I love some of the imagery and the random but strangely logical flow of the really dense stream of consciousness bits, but it just makes my eyes hurt!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reesie Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I feel your pain McFly. Seriously, try 'The Bloomsday Book'. Or alternatively, if you know somebody with even the slightest hint of knowledge, be willing for them to educate you. Enlightenment awaits you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrish Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Read it, enjoyed it, keep it by the bedside for infrequent dips. It's an annotated edition I have so maybe I'm cheating a bit."Finnegans Wake" now though, couldn't make much headway with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 I thought it was rubbish. Badly written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbarityShommarity Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Used to love the cartoon.Excellent theme tune.Never saw the end o'it though.It's a book as weel?I thought the cartoon was copyrighted.I predict a lawsuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Used to love the cartoon.Excellent theme tune.Never saw the end o'it though.It's a book as weel?I thought the cartoon was copyrighted.I predict a lawsuit. HA HA . I mind dat... Ulysseeeeyeeeeeysss ... Ulysseeeeyeeeeeysss ... same thing? You can tell I've no read the book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbarityShommarity Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I ken a guy dat has the series on video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 The only wan dat I can really mind is he got stuck on this planet where he had to shove these round boulders doon a hole .. they jumbled arounds this machine in the ground and popped out again an dhe had to roll them down the hole again ad infinitum ..... great bit 'o drama whin you were a bairn!! He obviously got oot 'o heain tae du dat mind you!! ... Good man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 The only wan dat I can really mind is he got stuck on this planet where he had to shove these round boulders doon a hole .. they jumbled arounds this machine in the ground and popped out again an dhe had to roll them down the hole again ad infinitum ..... great bit 'o drama whin you were a bairn!! He obviously got oot 'o heain tae du dat mind you!! ... Good man! My cousin bought me the entire Ulysses 31 Boxset for Christmas a few years back. It's actually really bad, but although a few episodes are really sinister sinister. There's one about these curious "seeds" that you take that make you happy and help you forget, so that the Gods of Olympus can control you. Which was nice. http://www.dvdworld.co.uk/shopimages/products/normal/70-79/93774.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 The only wan dat I can really mind is he got stuck on this planet where he had to shove these round boulders doon a hole .. they jumbled arounds this machine in the ground and popped out again an dhe had to roll them down the hole again ad infinitum ..... great bit 'o drama whin you were a bairn!! He obviously got oot 'o heain tae du dat mind you!! ... Good man! My cousin bought me the entire Ulysses 31 Boxset for Christmas a few years back. It's actually really bad, but although a few episodes are really sinister sinister. There's one about these curious "seeds" that you take that make you happy and help you forget, so that the Gods of Olympus can control you. Which was nice. http://www.dvdworld.co.uk/shopimages/products/normal/70-79/93774.JPG Damn, forgot to log in AGAIN! Now I can't edit my post for errors. doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoolHaddock Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Oooh, yin looks good. And Funny. Slightly off topic, but dus anybody keen where I can get Flash Gordon dvd's?I am a bit of a Flash fiend. I am going to get a full size Flash Gordon tatoo doon my back so if you look at me one way, I'll be "The Mighty PoolHaddock" or "PoolHaddock Man", but if you look at me while I'm back-on, I'll be Flash Gordon. Then, I'm gonna do a peerie bit of D.I.Y. home surgery to make my knees and elbows bend both ways..... and while I'm at it I might stick a universal joint in my ankles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 1,2,3,4,5......13 This is fantastic: "Hoyty-toyty" James Joyce's Ulysses to 'how i'm going to make myself into a flash gordon action figure' in 13 posts. Marvellous. Hey Poolhaddock, if someone saw you side-on would you be Poolgordon or Flashhaddock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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