COMPLETE: Ulysses, by James Joyce (special rules) - AF/hu

Post by **hugh** » February 6th, 2006, 3:27 pm

bonus points for getting half-way thru! congrats. I have yet to clean & edit ch1.

kelsiface · Post by **kelsiface** » February 9th, 2006, 1:25 pm

I'd love to read part 17, if it's still up for grabs... What a cool project-- I too have tried to slog through this (but never actually managed), so reading it aloud should be a great motivator, and hey!-- interesting background noises when listening to other people's!

Post by **hugh** » February 9th, 2006, 2:39 pm

ok kelsiface - 17 for you!

Post by **hugh** » February 14th, 2006, 9:46 am

NOTE: Chapter 15 has been split into 3 (see 1st post) & patrick takes 15a. Thanks for the suggestion patrick!

so 2 sections left (15 b & c)

h.

ordnahs · Post by **ordnahs** » February 18th, 2006, 11:41 pm

Hugh, I would enjoy taking 15b.

- ordnahs

Post by **hugh** » February 19th, 2006, 7:01 am

all yours ord.

a.r.dobbs · Post by **a.r.dobbs** » February 24th, 2006, 8:42 pm

I'm awfully excited ... may I have 15c? I'm so relieved one bit is still left to raise a hand for.

--a.r.dobbs

Post by **hugh** » February 25th, 2006, 10:21 pm

a.r., you got it. that closes this one off! hooray... but stay tuned, it's a challenging one, so there may be orphans.

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » February 25th, 2006, 10:29 pm

Woo hoo! Moving this to Readers Found...

(and I haven't forgotten about the second half of my chapter, it's coming soon!)

Post by **hugh** » February 26th, 2006, 4:27 pm

thanks.

Post by **kayray** » March 4th, 2006, 10:00 am

Done!

http://kayray.org/audiobooks/librivox/misc/ulysses_02_joyce.mp3

This was _extremely_ fun to read. I want to encourage anyone who, like me, is a little bit intimidated by Joyce. He seems made to be read aloud! Now, maybe mine was an "easy" chapter or something, but it wasn't even that peculiar... I don't know if it's what Joyce intended, but it really seemed like a wonderful representation of how a person's mind wanders around during boring ordinary everyday events.

You can hear my husband in the background eating his dinner, wandering around the room, and typing. It's completely unedited -- stumbles and all. I haven't even listened back to it... so I hope it's ok :)

Post by **hugh** » March 6th, 2006, 9:28 am

wonderful kara, thanks - haven't listened yet but will - soon!

Post by **hugh** » March 7th, 2006, 11:05 pm

hi folks how's things going in joyceland? june 14 deadline! ... here's chapter 1. (Note that I have violated LV policy and included some live music, but, well... oh what can you do, sometimes the fiddle comes out and there's no one gonna stop it...)

www.westmountrugby.com/misc/ulysses_01_joyce.mp3

a.r.dobbs · Post by **a.r.dobbs** » March 23rd, 2006, 1:08 pm

"How's things?" asks Hugh? Thoroughly boggled by 15c -- intimidated to the extreme but just this side of defeated. I make this report just to make any report at all, not to solicit encouragement, because I think it's a thing much better done without encouragement, done with daring or abandon or exhaustion or under influence. To encourage would be to neglect what the thing is. Meanwhile I read a bit for other projects and pepare for some mad playfulness that will launch me into the halcyon days.
a.r.dobbs

Post by **hugh** » March 23rd, 2006, 5:04 pm

lets remember that - becuase this project is intimidating - it has some special rules. you don;t have to edit, it doesn't have to be perfect. you are encouraged to get help with your chapters - friends, family, strangers. a pub is a totally acceptable location for recording.

we'll see what we get at the end, and we may want to do some "clean" chapters in the future, but this project is supposed to be fun! so don;t let it get you down ... relax, do the reading in manageable chunks if you wish - 10 mins at a time.

this one will not be a hallmark of libriivox perfection (my chapter sure isn't perfect) but it will be a testament to our determination!