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	<title>Comments on: Conceptual Fiction</title>
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		<title>By: Baduin</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2012/05/conceptual-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-500970</link>
		<dc:creator>Baduin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 07:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joyce would make a very good fantasy writer &#8212; if fantasy had been already invented. 

He was a master of style; unfortunately, he wanted to be considered a genius by critics, and he was unable to cope with it intellectually. And so he made up for his lack of ideas with bullshit- for which he had a real facility, too. Perhaps he had kissed the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blarney_Stone&quot;&gt;Blarney Stone&lt;/a&gt;.

&quot;I hear an army charging upon the land,   
  And the thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees:   
Arrogant, in black armour, behind them stand,   
  Disdaining the reins, with fluttering whips, the charioteers.   
   
They cry unto the night their battle-name:          
  I moan in sleep when I hear afar their whirling laughter.   
They cleave the gloom of dreams, a blinding flame,   
  Clanging, clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil.   
   
They come shaking in triumph their long, green hair:   
  They come out of the sea and run shouting by the shore.  
My heart, have you no wisdom thus to despair?   
  My love, my love, my love, why have you left me alone?&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joyce would make a very good fantasy writer &mdash; if fantasy had been already invented. </p>
<p>He was a master of style; unfortunately, he wanted to be considered a genius by critics, and he was unable to cope with it intellectually. And so he made up for his lack of ideas with bullshit- for which he had a real facility, too. Perhaps he had kissed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blarney_Stone">Blarney Stone</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;I hear an army charging upon the land,<br />
  And the thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees:<br />
Arrogant, in black armour, behind them stand,<br />
  Disdaining the reins, with fluttering whips, the charioteers.   </p>
<p>They cry unto the night their battle-name:<br />
  I moan in sleep when I hear afar their whirling laughter.<br />
They cleave the gloom of dreams, a blinding flame,<br />
  Clanging, clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil.   </p>
<p>They come shaking in triumph their long, green hair:<br />
  They come out of the sea and run shouting by the shore.<br />
My heart, have you no wisdom thus to despair?<br />
  My love, my love, my love, why have you left me alone?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: L. C. Rees</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2012/05/conceptual-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-500108</link>
		<dc:creator>L. C. Rees</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only contemporary use the works of Joyce are good for is that (in a right to carry state) you can stop an intruder cold with &lt;cite&gt;Ulysses&lt;/cite&gt; and finish them off with &lt;cite&gt;Finnegan&#039;s Wake&lt;/cite&gt;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only contemporary use the works of Joyce are good for is that (in a right to carry state) you can stop an intruder cold with <cite>Ulysses</cite> and finish them off with <cite>Finnegan&#8217;s Wake</cite>.</p>
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