tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post7990513605885649860..comments2023-11-23T09:51:07.448-05:00Comments on A Literary Odyssey: Book 113: The First Chapter.Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420476898132383974noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-47775880037813337592011-09-27T16:27:01.917-04:002011-09-27T16:27:01.917-04:00oooo now I really want to reread it, even just tha...oooo now I really want to reread it, even just that first chapter....hmm, where will I fit it in?!Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-81387650168375926552011-09-25T22:11:59.589-04:002011-09-25T22:11:59.589-04:00Wow, you are making me want to read this. Like, ri...Wow, you are making me want to read this. Like, right now. Even after I've heard from about a zillion people how much they hated Moby Dick. How cool that you're off to such a great start!!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429588794754369453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-38969641619198322002011-09-25T14:55:32.729-04:002011-09-25T14:55:32.729-04:00Possibly my all-time favorite novel. That sense of...Possibly my all-time favorite novel. That sense of eerie foreboding keeps throughout the novel, no? It increases and decreases but never drops below the level at the intro! (I'm on a reread of the book myself. Just finished "The Pequod Meets the Virgin" chapter, actually!)Rhttp://penitentialpelican.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-76176824320522841632011-09-25T13:21:11.398-04:002011-09-25T13:21:11.398-04:00Your comment on the theme of Americans being explo...Your comment on the theme of Americans being explorers was interesting, particularly WITH the mysteries of the sea - the sea is, in a sense, unexplorable, untamable, so an American explorer in a sea story has this interesting conflict - exploring something that is a completely different place the next day, a place that is untamable, and bigger than you can settle, you know?Keshalyihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900218197083383905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-49949783948751713262011-09-24T11:36:30.258-04:002011-09-24T11:36:30.258-04:00I hope you keep enjoying the book. I love love lov...I hope you keep enjoying the book. I love love love Moby Dick, but I know some readers get bogged down in the less poetic chapters. My favorite is the Queequeg and Ishmael chapter which is also near the beginning.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-8249721921487547952011-09-23T17:16:34.885-04:002011-09-23T17:16:34.885-04:00That book is just fantastic. :)That book is just fantastic. :)Bookish Hobbithttp://bookishhobbit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-36744064006938174632011-09-23T14:27:32.113-04:002011-09-23T14:27:32.113-04:00That opening paragraph IS beautiful. So huge with ...That opening paragraph IS beautiful. So huge with anticipation and the sense that something big is coming -- not in plot, but in the kind of story that makes you lie back and just listen to wherever it takes you. I do like that. <br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing this. It has me very interested -- and also, I love that you wrote on the first chapter. :-)Jillianhttp://jillianreadsbooks2.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-27500253870614151022011-09-23T14:18:08.159-04:002011-09-23T14:18:08.159-04:00Don't shoot me, but I decided to give this boo...Don't shoot me, but I decided to give this book a try after reading an article about large books in Oprah's magazine. One of the books talked about was Moby Dick, and I can't remember the exact wording, but the advice given was to basically just go into this book knowing nothing about it except that it was a sad adventure and to enjoy it purely for aesthetic reasons. <br /><br />I loved that advice and I checked out a copy from my library that summer (it was an Oxford World Classics Hardcover, a huge bonus for me. That's my favorite classics series). I really enjoyed reading Moby Dick just for the story.<br /><br />Now, I'm going to be completely honest here and admit that I didn't finish the book. I got a little over halfway through before abandoning it for something else. I was a little impatient back then, and if it took me longer than two weeks to finish a book, I'd just give up on it. I really want to go back and read it all the way through someday.Kaylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554159799948830921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-73147530475058339352011-09-23T11:22:59.165-04:002011-09-23T11:22:59.165-04:00Sounds like a fantastic way to begin reading the b...Sounds like a fantastic way to begin reading the book. It makes such a huge difference when the story can capture you right from the get-go!Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917705393662132891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-20145216749780949612011-09-23T10:01:59.238-04:002011-09-23T10:01:59.238-04:00I've always wanted to read "Moby Dick&quo...I've always wanted to read "Moby Dick", but never had the chance... But I have to admit that the beginning is pure awasomeness. It brings you in the middle of the character, and I love it :)<br /><br />P.S. nice job, what you're doing here is great :)Camilla P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16485801354401001846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-55943332125797244912011-09-23T09:45:22.898-04:002011-09-23T09:45:22.898-04:00Something else is calling in that passage, bot jus...Something else is calling in that passage, bot just the sea. "[S]tanding in front of coffin warehouses"!<br /><br />I find the <i>actual</i> beginning of <i>Moby-Dick</i>, the business about the Sub-sub-librarian, similarly inspiring.<br /><br />To my horror, I have discovered editions of the novel, currently published, that omit the beginning. The abuse this poor novel has had to suffer - the original British edition omitted the last chapter.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com