Ooh. How is it? Most of what I know about Moby Dick I learned from MC Lars. (thanks, P-C!)
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Laga - Aug 10, 2009 11:16:03 am PDT #9818 of 28385
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
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.
Not appropos, but Patrick Neilsen Hayden over at making light was given an excuse to make one of the all time great geek puns.
Actually that suggests an input for this game: [link]
Not anything special. The making light pun is much funnier. [link]
Laga - Aug 10, 2009 1:19:15 pm PDT #9827 of 28385
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
oops I have been in the wrong thread. I stand by my evil lamb, though.