The trick to Finnegan's Wake is to start in the middle and work outward.
(But I have read it front to back as well, every word...some words two or
three times in fact.)
Top 5 books (as of today 13 Sept. 2000)
(in no particular order) Fiction
Ulysses - Joyce
The Shy Pornographer - Patchen
Gravity's Rainbow - Pynchon
White Noise - Delillo
Almost Transparent Blue - Murakami
Special bonus choice! Spanking the Maid - Coover
I am fickle (read: neurotic) and this list changes constantly (ask me again
in 15 minutes...you'll see), but Ulysses almost always appears. Flann
O'Brien often makes an appearance, but not today.
And yours, pray tell?
Badgergirl
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>From: "Roger Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Tristram Shandy
>Date: Wed, Sep 13, 2000, 9:38 AM
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> Badgergirl writes
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>>Wait a minute now! I've read both Finnegan's Wake and Ulysses.
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> Wow! Every word of Finnegan's Wake? On every page? You didn't skip bits?
> If this is true then I am very impressed.
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>>I've read Ulysses several times, it's one of my top 5 favorite books.
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> So - what are your top 5 books?
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> Roger
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