Before he lost his mind with "Finnegan's Wake," James Joyce wrote his stream of consciousness masterpiece, "Ulysses."
It's more intersting to read about Joyce's works than to actually read Joyce's works.
In any case, there's a point here that I'm getting to.
Around the same time, William Faulkner was creating his own stream of consciousness masterpiece, "The Sound and the Fury."
When Faulkner was asked about the similarities to Joyce's works, Faulkner disavowed the influence. Faulkner claimed that stream of consciousness was sort of an "intellectual pollen."
In truth, the idea of an "intellectual pollen" seems valid, considering how often disconnected people around the world seem to reach the same breakthrough at the same time.
That's sort of what happened when Bob Klapisch and Joel Sherman both came up with the brilliant idea of giving Torre a new two-year contract.
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