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Currently have "Roman Social Imaginaries: Language and Thought in the Context of Empire" sitting there, MOCKING me with its SMUGNESS, because I cracked it open, took one look, and said "Hooh boy, I'm gonna have to be in an industrious-ass mood for this one." It's not particularly thick in terms of length, but it's definitely dealing with very abstract concepts.

It's been three months, and I've still not found a mood ambitious and focused enough for that particular monster.

Anyone else got an end-game boss like that sitting on the shelf at the moment?

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[–] Kitchel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

James Joyce - Ulysses. I have let it rot away in the back of my mind, because of the "prerequisite" to read the whole western canon up to the point when it was first published. While this no exactly true, I can't help thinking this way.

Someday.