Stan Carey

James Joyce once calculated that he spent almost 20,000 hours writing Ulysses

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May 27 at 11:26amWeb
Show threadFish Id WardrobeMay 27
@stancarey of course we then have to debate what he meant by "hours" and "20,000"
Show threadStan CareyMay 27
@fishidwardrobe I'd say it's a reasonably accurate guess on his part, though I can't remember where I read it (Ellmann's bio, maybe)
Show threadJim DalyMay 27
@stancarey It was probably 200.00 but he left out the decimal point.
Show threadStan CareyMay 27
@psneeze If anything he probably underestimated it. He spent decades on Finnegans Wake!
Show threadJim DalyMay 27
@stancarey Jaysus, he was fierce slow altogether.
Show threadAlanMay 27
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Show threadlarry kwirirayiMay 27
@stancarey goodness me. That is wild