The Banning of Joyce's Ulysses

Re:The Banning of Joyce's Ulysses by asimpletune on Thursday June 24, 2021 @05:55PM (#27624333)

The literary device in the novel is effect preceding cause. Like, very early in the book the hypersonic v2 - and how series it is for things to blow up and then you hear it - is introduced, but if you miss it then that then you miss all the other times we see the same concept.

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Re:The Banning of Joyce's Ulysses by jandrese on Friday June 25, 2021 @03:30PM (#27635229)

That's not effect preceding cause, that's just sound moving slower than something else! The sonic boom didn't blow up the tenements, the faster than sound missile did.

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Re:The Banning of Joyce's Ulysses by nemo44x on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:28PM (#27626144)

And to be fair, Pynchon reiterates that quite a bit throughout the novel. And it is a fascinating thought every time. Terrifying really.

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