see the movie version instead, if bored by books.
it's titles "The Life Aquatic" or something.
Moby Dick
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perezoso
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hester_prynne
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perezoso
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perezoso
I wouldn't cough up any shekels to see any Ho-wood movie made in the last 20 years ( unless required by la putain du jour) ...
Thus, it's called Moby Dick: check it out for a decent movie prior to the Age of Celebrity.....
Anyone for 24/7 Strangelove-a- thon?
ho-wood movies cater to the great masses of yankee blackshirts
Thus, it's called Moby Dick: check it out for a decent movie prior to the Age of Celebrity.....
Anyone for 24/7 Strangelove-a- thon?
ho-wood movies cater to the great masses of yankee blackshirts
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hester_prynne
I knew you were kidding Perzeedoatsie. (OK, Well, I hoped.)
Indeed, it touched me tenderheart noives being referred to in bovine terms as such.
The fear of chastizing you, however, was reduced at the thought of hearing you confirm that your jest of me, was in fact, in jest.
I'm delirious now,
cartwheels all around!
H
Indeed, it touched me tenderheart noives being referred to in bovine terms as such.
The fear of chastizing you, however, was reduced at the thought of hearing you confirm that your jest of me, was in fact, in jest.
I'm delirious now,
cartwheels all around!
H
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perezoso
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Zlatko Waterman
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"Moby Dick" ( or more formally, Richard Moby) is "a book boiled in hell-fire . . ." and not for sissies, once it starts getting to you.
It shouldn't be read before age fifty. But until you're past fifty you don't know that, so go ahead.
Nat Hawthorne was Herm's close buddy, and they probably understood each other's motives as well as books when they took their cigars and brandy far from the virtuous Sophia, Hawthorne's wife.
Oddly, I never taught The Big White One during my alleged career as a pedant, though I taught Ulysses, Tom Jones, most all of Big Bill ( the biggest), Our Mutual Friend, Bleak House and Great Expectations.
For teaching Bill and Chuck instead of "I Know Why the Purple Color Sings", I became a faculty problem, whose lowered consciousness was the cause of Lowered Self-Esteem (LSE-- not LSD) among the students.
So my ill-starred advice is worth nothing to you but here it is:
No matter whether you're reading "Gravity's Rainbow", "Mason and Dixon" ( both masterpieces), "Ulysses", "Moby Dick" or Barbara Walters' analysis of Kant, READ the damn book and don't read about it.
Stay away from educated opinions until you've let the book wrestle you to the ground a few times.
Like Virginia Woolf said, come to the book on its terms, not on your terms, once in a while.
Just don't fill up your sweater pockets with rocks and go swimming.
Zlatko
It shouldn't be read before age fifty. But until you're past fifty you don't know that, so go ahead.
Nat Hawthorne was Herm's close buddy, and they probably understood each other's motives as well as books when they took their cigars and brandy far from the virtuous Sophia, Hawthorne's wife.
Oddly, I never taught The Big White One during my alleged career as a pedant, though I taught Ulysses, Tom Jones, most all of Big Bill ( the biggest), Our Mutual Friend, Bleak House and Great Expectations.
For teaching Bill and Chuck instead of "I Know Why the Purple Color Sings", I became a faculty problem, whose lowered consciousness was the cause of Lowered Self-Esteem (LSE-- not LSD) among the students.
So my ill-starred advice is worth nothing to you but here it is:
No matter whether you're reading "Gravity's Rainbow", "Mason and Dixon" ( both masterpieces), "Ulysses", "Moby Dick" or Barbara Walters' analysis of Kant, READ the damn book and don't read about it.
Stay away from educated opinions until you've let the book wrestle you to the ground a few times.
Like Virginia Woolf said, come to the book on its terms, not on your terms, once in a while.
Just don't fill up your sweater pockets with rocks and go swimming.
Zlatko
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Zlatko Waterman
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So, guess what I finished today?
If your answer was Moby Dick, then you were correct. Herman Melville does indeed enjoy rambling on, but I liked it nonetheless. I even laughed out loud, which I don't normally do with any book (yeah, it was the coffin/buoy). Now, it is on to Alice in Wonderland and Lord of the Flies. After that, The Brothers Karamazov.
If your answer was Moby Dick, then you were correct. Herman Melville does indeed enjoy rambling on, but I liked it nonetheless. I even laughed out loud, which I don't normally do with any book (yeah, it was the coffin/buoy). Now, it is on to Alice in Wonderland and Lord of the Flies. After that, The Brothers Karamazov.
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singlemalt
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hey boho:
I read Alice in Wonderland a few months ago. I don't think I ever read it as a kid. If you don't have the Norton Critical Edition, I would recommend it. It has essays and articles about the book, Lewis Carroll, etc. I thought it was ok. Not great, but a wild ride.
I've also been staring at The Brothers K on my shelf for a while and hope to crack it. . . someday.
I read Alice in Wonderland a few months ago. I don't think I ever read it as a kid. If you don't have the Norton Critical Edition, I would recommend it. It has essays and articles about the book, Lewis Carroll, etc. I thought it was ok. Not great, but a wild ride.
I've also been staring at The Brothers K on my shelf for a while and hope to crack it. . . someday.
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