The universe works on a math question that never really ever is ending

I can't let the week pass without mentioning the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday. Jim Lewis (contemporary novelist) and Jeff Eugenides (also contemporary novelist, books include Virgin Suicides and Middlesex) had one of those Slate "discussions" about Ulysses and the modern novel that is pretty interesting. The fourth entry, Jim tells us what kind of novel he would like to write, is particularly fun.