Joyce’s Ulysses is a difficult read. Many have tried. Many have failed. But no matter your level of progress, or lack thereof, you’ll find this app from and delightful.
Called He Liked Thick Word Soup — a name inspired by the phrase from the book,”He liked thick giblet soup [...]” and a nod to the feeling one gets trying to read that story of one day in the life of Leopold Bloom (which employs a total of 30,030 words) — the app uses the text of Ulysses as the foundation for a game.
Your task is simple and appropriate: unravel the words, complete the sentences.
No one keeps score.
The opposite of a speed reading app, demands you participate in a slow, playful experience with the text. We suspect Joyce would approve.
The game begins with the first line of Ulysses and your thick bowl of word soup:
Unravel the sentences with your fingers and drag the correct words into their spots (highlighted in grey):
Even the FAQ page is fun:
