I'd feel remiss if I didn't mention in this thread that I am currently reading Moby Dick.
Can't you ever get your mind out of the hellmouth?
Buffy ,'Touched'
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Jessica - Aug 10, 2009 11:14:16 am PDT #9817 of 28385
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Laga - Aug 10, 2009 11:16:03 am PDT #9818 of 28385
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Ooh. How is it? Most of what I know about Moby Dick I learned from MC Lars. (thanks, P-C!)
Jessica - Aug 10, 2009 11:18:31 am PDT #9819 of 28385
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm really enjoying it. It's a very dense book, though, which is why I couldn't finish it in Canada - it's just impossible to read in a room full of other people.
Polter-Cow - Aug 10, 2009 11:48:09 am PDT #9820 of 28385
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I am currently reading The Thirteenth Tale. I'm over halfway through and have been wanting to just quit. It's not really doing it for me like it ought to. I normally love stories about stories, and I enjoyed the books this book reminds me of, but I can't get into it. All the characters annoy me, and I don't think I really care about Vida Winter's demented childhood. Although I think I've just figured out the Big Twist and am mildly curious to see how it plays out and whether it really matters. I'm reading quickly now since I just want to know if anything cool awaits me at the end; I am not getting as lost in the prose as the author wants me to. Only 140 pages to go! I can do this!
How is it? Most of what I know about Moby Dick I learned from MC Lars. (thanks, P-C!)
Heh. I really liked it, actually. And I think I liked the interstitial whaling parts more than the actual book. "The Whiteness of the Whale" was awesome.
Ginger - Aug 10, 2009 1:08:40 pm PDT #9821 of 28385
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'd feel remiss if I didn't mention in this thread that I am currently reading Moby Dick.
Yay! It's such a great book. (After he finished it, Melville wrote Hawthorne, "I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb.")
DavidS - Aug 10, 2009 1:12:24 pm PDT #9822 of 28385
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(After he finished it, Melville wrote Hawthorne, "I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb.")
That quote was the basis of the poet Charles Olson's lengthy study of Moby Dick, attributing a gnostic interpretation to Melville, with the whale as the demiurge.
Laga - Aug 10, 2009 1:14:24 pm PDT #9823 of 28385
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Laga - Aug 10, 2009 1:15:30 pm PDT #9824 of 28385
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I spot this evil is the Lamb.
Ginger - Aug 10, 2009 1:18:41 pm PDT #9825 of 28385
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
attributing a gnostic interpretation to Melville, with the whale as the demiurge.
Proving only that Moby Dick can be all things to all people.
Typo Boy - Aug 10, 2009 1:19:13 pm PDT #9826 of 28385
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.