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Ulysses by James Joyce STATELY, PLUMP BUCK MULLIGAN CAME FROM THE STAIRHEAD, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him by the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned: --INTROIBO AD ALTARE DEI. Halted, he peered down the dark winding stairs and called out coarsely: --Come up, Kinch! Come up, you fearful jesuit! Solemnly he came forward and mounted the round gunrest. He faced about and blessed gravely thrice the tower, the surrounding land and the awaking mountains. Then, catching sight of Stephen Dedalus, he bent towards him and made rapid crosses in the air, gurgling in his throat and shaking his head. Stephen Dedalus, displeased and sleepy, leaned his arms on the top of the staircase and looked coldly at the shaking gurgling face that blessed him, equine in its length, and at the light untonsured h |
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Reviewer: rita1075 - 6/17/2007 14:01Subject: A good recording A hilarious, unique interpretation of one of the masterpieces of English literature! |
Reviewer: mknyc - 8/14/2007 22:22Subject: Tremendously disappointing Be warned −− this is not just a matter of background noise, etc., as suggested. A series of readers, a different one every 3−4 minutes is disorienting. Some could seemingly care less −− it may be just a lark to them, but how can you get into the flow of the book, when a sentence is repeated sometimes three or four times until they get it "right"? (or sometimes, they give up). I honor the effort, but its un−listenable. |
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Reviewer: der kitty cat - 11/13/2007 16:28 Subject: Irish Literature First of all, it is Irish literature. I don't care how experimental these people think this is, it's very difficult to listen to. Since Joyce wrote in style that indicated he wanted this read aloud, it sould be much easier to listen to. This is a total joke and a bit insulting frankly. If you're going to experiment, it's probably best not to mess with the initial intentions of the author. There is lost of room for improvisation but improvisation should give the audiene the impression that the performers actually know what they are talking about. |
Reviewer: librivoxbooks - 11/13/2007 16:44Subject: listener be warned as the warning says: "Because of the nature of this project, there was a bending of usual LibriVox procedures: pub−like background noise was encouraged, as well as creative group readings; and no editing was required, so in places there may be some accidental variation from the original text ... Listener be warned!" plans are possibly afoot to do a cleaner rendition. |
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Reviewer: katekatekate - 2/22/2009 16:41 Subject: VERY difficult to listen to Firstly, whoever is playing the fiddle is quite frankly awful. Changing readers who can't actually read the text makes it even more frightful to listen to. I gave up fifteen minutes in when I couldn't stand it any longer. Waiting for readers to walk across the room, laughing, and not being able to read the words just makes it ridiculous, and an insult to one of the greatest novels ever written. |
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Reviewer: wagstaff - 2/24/2009 2:25 Subject: A Bit of Awful This reading is an insult to a literary giant. Shame on all you purportrated this crime. |
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Reviewer: CasualListener - 3/7/2009 13:05 Subject: Skip this one This is really not usable. Apart from the chapters read by Kara Shallenberg, who always take care to deliver her recordings with a professional touch, and some few others, this reading is really not meant for any listener. The readers might indeed have had fun while recording it, but they might as well not have recorded their voice at all. I think the main problem has been not editing stumbles, repetitions and errors plus recording in loud environments(in chapter 4 readers has actually to shout to make their voice clear over the noise. How is that supposed to enhance the recording? Is that even funny?). I think the note should read "this has been badly recorded, and not even edited(God knows why), Listener be warned!", that would be more sincere. Skip this one with a sigh, hoping some librovoxer shall make a solo−reading out of this great book, with the excellent quality librivox recordings used to guarantee. |
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Reviewer: RadioTinnitus - 3/8/2009 6:00 Subject: if u can't say sumpin nice.... Just to be contrary I gotta give this 5 stars even tho i really don't think i'll listen to more than what i already sampled. i did rather enjoy the noise and bad recordings for the few minutes i gave it. That's about how long i would give to actually sitting down and reading the novel! How bout giving this a try instead? http://www.archive.org/details/GlennSimonsen_LewisCarroll_CoffeeWorthJabberwockywithCoffee |
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