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_House of Leaves_ by Danielewski and almost anything by Borges deserve honorable mention.

Arno Schmidt's "Bottom's Dream" is a doozy as well!

Okay, but what if you write on the the device instead of paper

Johnathan Franks (Star Trek-Next Generation) said his father had a copy on Ulysses in his library and every time he asked his father about, his dad always said “you’re not ready for it”, his father was a professor. So he was at his fathers house, saw the book and thought he would give it a try, well he put it back on the shelf and his father said “told you, you’re not ready”, he was like 35 then 😂

I knew the Sound and The Fury was on this list. Lol. Faulkner is one of my favorite authors, but yeah, he's a a hard read.

agatha christe is my muse at this point

He would of been an awesome programmer

Somebody send a link to a decipher 🙏

The modern day equivalent is a true-crime girly figuring out who did it because she listened to a lot of murder and makeup

Honest question- with no light, how so you avoid over writing when moving the card. How do you may sure you are on virgin paper?

I also know alot about poisons but that's cause of autism so not as cool a reason to know poisons😅

Great count down.

In high school, my English Lit teacher was Irish (go figure ). He used to regale us with his exploits with the IRA (it was the early 70s). He had a list of books he asked us to choose from saying we had to read at least one James Joyce book and, wonder of wonder, Finnegan's Wake and Ulysses were both on there. No one chose either. I ended up reading his, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. I can't remember any of it. I preferred Thomas Wolfe, whose writing was often just as indecipherable.

I was confused about the " the " "and " at the bottom explaining what is what! I spent too much time trying to figure it out

I wonder what great ideas the dude actually recorded with this device. My guess is zero.

Looks a lot like the braille writing system

As a writer, i think everyone want to write as soon as they get up

It feels so silly to ask that question tho. I nv see ppl ask that about Julio Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle or Stephen King. "How does a writer know so much about ___?" Bc they're a writer. And good writers do research and use their life experiences to learn details that can be used in stories later.

typewriters do not use cursive. It is bad to use spell casting to curse.

A man walks into an Irish pub to find James Joyce depressed and muttering over a pint and said, James, what's bothering you? Joyce says, I wrote seven words today. The man says, seven words, that's not bad for you, James. And Joyce replies, yes, but I can't decide what order to put them in. Have you tried The Recognitions by William Gaddis? Bring a snack.

Fake poison is convient for the same reason fake metals are: no one can call bullshit if it’s not real

The standard galactic alphabet looks a lot alike. AKA Minecraft enchantment table language.

Is it sanscrit in the end ??

Wow...! This is totally new to me...and I'm no spring chicken! TY!

THE MIRACULOUS ALPHABET

That's cool

Ulysses is a good pick. yeesh. Philosophy books in general. Just open Being and Nothingness to any page and start reading. It's a master class in self-important drivel.

I wonder which one she made up?

You know, there are other books than English books? Ex: Ever heard of Spanish Gongorism?

I've always felt that stream of consciousness is just lazy writing. Used occasionally, I accept that it can be effective, but the most difficult and important aspect of writing is the editing, and making it accessible to readers. Skipping these stages and throwing your thoughts on a page is like presenting ingredients in a mixing bowl and calling it a cake.

I wonder if he had this stencil idea in the middle of the night? And if he did then how did he write it down without the stencil to remember the next morning

The only truly difficult book here is Finnegan's Wake. Infinite Jest I found rather boring, but it might be a generational thing. Love Faulkner. Pynchon is also good, though following him down some rabbit holes gets tedious at times when you know the light at the end of the tunnel is another dick joke. Ulysses just must be approached delicately and with companion volumes, eventually fun actually. Thank you for this.

The man who was in obsession and wanted to marry an 11 year old when he was in his 30s? Stop celebrating paedophiles

I have a laptop

It is hard to believe that "schlep" had never found its way into print before Ulysses.

I had to read Ulysses and The Sound and the Fury for a graduate degree, and I did understand them, with the help of Master plots and Cliff’s Notes. Without context, a lot of older texts seem difficult.

star wars caligraphy

It looks like Hebrew to me

Useless knowledge has increased.

Bas itna khali hona hai life me😂

Ulysses falls under what I personally call "The Dostoevsky Umbrella". Where I hate it, I do not understand what makes it valuable, I genuinely can find no literary merit, and I feel like a joke is being played on me when people speak on it positively. But I'm also a college dropout who has only ever read for fun.

Did not know Jim Irsay purchased the scroll. Very interesting. Thank you.

Bro wanted to write his Ideàs so bad he invented a blindwritten font (technically a typeset, but I digress) What a gigachad.

neurodivergence at its finest

Should've just used his iPhone.

Hey my name is actually Charlotte Carroll and he is my ancestor cool fact

Excellent overview ✨

Looks like Hebrew

Meanwhile since this video has been released Stephen King has released 45 new books😂

Another reason why Agatha Christie is my favorite author