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Title: Thoughts on ...
Post by: ursus on June 22, 2005, 12:10:41 PM
Moby Dick?

I haven't read it yet. I'm thinking it'll be the lit thing for this summer.


(Ok, y'all can climb into the gutter now...)
Title: Re: Thoughts on ...
Post by: Jessie on June 22, 2005, 12:12:13 PM
I don't like seafood.

I prefer LJS chicken.
Title: Re: Thoughts on ...
Post by: Beefy on June 22, 2005, 12:14:41 PM
It's been a long time since I read it, but I distinctly remember thinking that the quality of writing dipped in the middle of the novel.  Strong start, weak middle, strong end.
Title: Re: Thoughts on ...
Post by: ignom on June 22, 2005, 12:24:42 PM
Never read it.
Title: Re: Thoughts on ...
Post by: Alice on June 22, 2005, 12:45:07 PM
I personally don't think it's worth the time it takes to read.  There are so many better classics to sink your teeth into.
Title: Re: Thoughts on ...
Post by: Jessie on June 22, 2005, 12:46:04 PM
Tell me all your thoughts on god.
Title: Re: Thoughts on ...
Post by: Beefy on June 22, 2005, 12:59:38 PM
Cuz I'd really like to meet her.
Title: Re: Thoughts on ...
Post by: ursus on June 22, 2005, 01:05:44 PM
Quote from: Jessie on June 22, 2005, 12:46:04 PM
Tell me all your thoughts on god.

That's just too damn confusing...
Title: Re: Thoughts on ...
Post by: nallen on June 22, 2005, 01:08:55 PM
I'm unliterate.  Plus I don't think.  So yeah....I'm going to have to have you come in on Saturday.
Title: Re: Thoughts on ...
Post by: nishi on June 22, 2005, 02:48:20 PM
Quote from: Beefy on June 22, 2005, 12:14:41 PM
It's been a long time since I read it, but I distinctly remember thinking that the quality of writing dipped in the middle of the novel.  Strong start, weak middle, strong end.

agreed. read the beginning, the White Chapter, and the end and you're in good shape.

i liked both billy budd and bartleby the scrivener better than moby dick, if you've decided to give melville a shot.
Title: Re: Thoughts on ...
Post by: ursus on June 29, 2005, 02:24:31 PM
I wanted to read one of the war horses of literature this summer, I figgered the white whale was a good'un.