http://www.mcelhearn.com/2010/05/04/happy-birthday-finnegans-wake/ Writings about more than just Macs, by Kirk McElhearn Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mcelhearn.com/2010/05/04/happy-birthday-finnegans-wake/#comment-4862 Baz Thu, 27 May 2010 17:45:45 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/?p=1075#comment-4862 "that more people have started than finished" ~ isn't that true of every book? “that more people have started than finished” ~ isn’t that true of every book?

]]> http://www.mcelhearn.com/2010/05/04/happy-birthday-finnegans-wake/#comment-4787 will friedwald Sun, 16 May 2010 14:00:10 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/?p=1075#comment-4787 you raise an interesting point - like a lot of people, I've never gotten beyond DUBLINERS as far as Joyce goes - but since FINNEGANS requires dictionaries and other guide books, what are the chances that someone will prepare an electronically annotated version in eBook (or other form)? Is there such a thing? If you're reading it on an iPad or a kindle, possibly every time that a confusing phrase occurs (and there are dozens in the first three grafs alone, as you've shown) could they not be explained there and then via a hyperlink of some kind? eBooks could make Joyce all the more accessible - of course they could also take all the fun out as well... you raise an interesting point – like a lot of people, I’ve never gotten beyond DUBLINERS as far as Joyce goes – but since FINNEGANS requires dictionaries and other guide books, what are the chances that someone will prepare an electronically annotated version in eBook (or other form)? Is there such a thing? If you’re reading it on an iPad or a kindle, possibly every time that a confusing phrase occurs (and there are dozens in the first three grafs alone, as you’ve shown) could they not be explained there and then via a hyperlink of some kind? eBooks could make Joyce all the more accessible – of course they could also take all the fun out as well…

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