Thursday, June 10, 2010

Ulysses, or the downside of ebooks, part one

Sure, I work in an indie book store and ebooks apparently threaten our very livelihood. However, that may well just end up being collateral damage of the tech revolution. At any rate, that's not the problem I want to write about today. After going to my  Finnegan's Wake group last night, it's not surprising that this bit of info from Slate's The Big Money feature. In  a rich bit of irony, Ulysses is once again being banned for indecency, this time in the form of an online graphic novel called Ulysses "Seen" where you will have the, uh, titillating pleasure of seeing Buck Mulligan in mid-nude dive.

Although it does raise questions about a corporation like Apple getting foolishly involved in censoring a classic, the good news is that  at this point in time, there are easy enough ways around it. So check out Ulysses "seen".  It's your civic duty to do so...

10 comments:

  1. Buy an iPad and support censorship!
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    Detectives Beyond Borders
    "Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
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  2. My feelings exactly. The only upside is that instead of one Big Brother, as foretold, we are likely to have two or three vying with each other, and maybe one will always offer what the other doesn't.

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  3. Think this'll bother any of the hip young idiots lining up to buy iPads or next-generation iPhones?

    To the extent possible, I'll try not to offer my allegiance to Chairman Steve.
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    Detectives Beyond Borders
    "Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
    http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/

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  4. Ipod was kind of cute. Ipad just seems in all ways unfortunate.

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  5. I want an iPrude! ©
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    Detectives Beyond Borders
    "Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
    http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/

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  6. I think the only thing that keeps Apple from stealing that idea right out from under you is that it's hard to figure out how to market that one as, well, sexy.

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  7. If you can get the young Apple guy to say that to the guy who pretends to be Microsoft on commercials and prove it's yours, you can retire on it. I think the time may be right.

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  8. You'll be surprised how often "iPrude" turns up in searches. No, you probably wouldn't be.

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  9. I wonder if the IPrune is taken yet. It could lend itself to so many apps.

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