Enjoyed hearing your insights. Thought I’d share my experience with this fascinating, very funny book. I struggled several times to get past the first few chapters. Then I heard an interview with Stephen Fry in which he said his two favorite novels were Great Gatsby and Ulysses. He said Ulysses was probably his all-time favorite because it was so funny. I’m paraphrasing. But that’s the gist of it. So I thought I’d give it another try to find the humor. Turns out, it is very funny a times. But I learned something else. I discovered Joyce may have meant for the book to be heard AND read. The Homeric epics were passed down through centuries as stories that were told, not read. My big tip: find a good audiobook of Ulysses (with Irish readers) and read along with the audio. This helps to differentiate the internal and external dialogues - especially Bloom but also others. The Irish accents also help to ground the story in Dublin as was Joyce’s intent. Made a huge difference to hear the voices AND read the text. Good luck. It’s a great read.
Interesting and yet uneven and disjointed. You talk as if you’re going to end the discussion but then go back to “ how should someone start” …😒 There is a allusion to this being « AI generated » and I agree as it seems like a mashup of discussion the book
Enjoyed hearing your insights. Thought I’d share my experience with this fascinating, very funny book. I struggled several times to get past the first few chapters. Then I heard an interview with Stephen Fry in which he said his two favorite novels were Great Gatsby and Ulysses. He said Ulysses was probably his all-time favorite because it was so funny. I’m paraphrasing. But that’s the gist of it. So I thought I’d give it another try to find the humor. Turns out, it is very funny a times. But I learned something else. I discovered Joyce may have meant for the book to be heard AND read. The Homeric epics were passed down through centuries as stories that were told, not read. My big tip: find a good audiobook of Ulysses (with Irish readers) and read along with the audio. This helps to differentiate the internal and external dialogues - especially Bloom but also others. The Irish accents also help to ground the story in Dublin as was Joyce’s intent. Made a huge difference to hear the voices AND read the text. Good luck. It’s a great read.
These are not humans talking, its AI.
Love to listen to 2 AI bots talk about the human experience. I hate this.
The repetition is soul-sucking. This is the crap infesting our creative world.
Interesting and yet uneven and disjointed. You talk as if you’re going to end the discussion but then go back to “ how should someone start” …😒
There is a allusion to this being « AI generated » and I agree as it seems like a mashup of discussion the book