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atmosx
on Feb 5, 2024
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Gödel, Escher, Bach is the most influential book i...
meta-question: Do you have any idea why Joyce called the novel "Ulysses" (latin) and not "Odyssey" (greek)?
ps. Haven't read the novel yet, it is in my queue.
lisper
on Feb 5, 2024
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Not a clue. I've never actually read either one all the way through. GEB is about the limit of my tolerance for literary work.
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ps. Haven't read the novel yet, it is in my queue.