How Much Of James Joyce's "Ulysses" Have You Read?

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Be honest.

Today is one of the nerdiest days for book lovers across the world.

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It's Bloomsday!

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Set on the day portrayed in James Joyce's classic novel Ulysses, book lovers everywhere commemorate the central character Leopold Bloom.

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But you didn't need us to tell you that. After all, you've read all 600-plus pages, right?

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10 Grisly Police Crime Photos That Expose The Lurid Underside Of LA In 1953

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Murder, robbery, and suicide in the back alleys, liquor stores, and bedrooms of Los Angeles. Warning: graphic images and NSFW.

"Great police photographs offer up explicitness in perfect proportion," writes James Ellroy in his introduction to LAPD '53.

A detective points at a bullet hole in the wall of a dive hotel, put there by a detective in pursuit of one of the residents who was stashing heroin in his room. The bullet that killed him went through his body and hit the wall.

Emmett Perkins and Jack Santo were the kind of bad guys even bad guys didn't like. They went on a killing spree near Sacramento, slaughtering a local family for $6,000 in grocery store receipts: dad, mum, three kids, all dumped in the boot of the dad's car. Then they murdered an old lady called Mabel Monohan who was rumoured to keep $100,000 in her house for when she needed bail out her gambler son-in-law. They invaded her home wearing masks (modelled above by a cop), failed to find $100,000, murdered her anyway. When the manhunt went public, informants were numerous: everyone wanted to grass up Emmett Perkins and Jack Santo.

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If "Game Of Thrones" Were Told By Charlie Brown And Snoopy

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Game of Peanuts.

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There's Going To Be A Kick-Ass Comic About Imperator Furiosa

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The hero of Mad Max: Fury Road gets the due she deserves.

Furiosa is the first of a Mad Max: Fury Road miniseries from Vertigo.

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*Also co-written by Nico Lathouris (co-writer of the film) and Mark Sexton (storyboard artist of the film)

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This Fairy Tale Finally Brings An LGBT Hero To Life

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Hulu’s new short film, The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived, is a classic children’s tale about a dragon-slaying knight, whose happily ever after just happens to be with a prince.

Last year, best-selling children's author published The Bravest Knight That Ever Lived, a classic fairy tale starring a hero who just happens to be gay.

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The children's book tells the story of Cedric, a humble pumpkin farmer-turned-knight, who realizes (after slaying a dragon, as knights do) he'd rather marry a prince than a princess.

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Now, you can catch the story in a new way — as an animated short film on Hulu.

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"After facing a multitude of obstacles along the way, it was so heartening to find that Hulu was ready to get behind Cedric's story when it would have been so easy to say no," Errico told BuzzFeed Books in an email.

"After facing a multitude of obstacles along the way, it was so heartening to find that Hulu was ready to get behind Cedric's story when it would have been so easy to say no," Errico told BuzzFeed Books in an email.

"By placing Cedric next to some of the most iconic and beloved children's characters of all-time, Hulu has done more for the message than I ever could have."

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