false 153747 486 Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, <i>Moby-Dick </i>is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. 2409320 book 1851 Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Classics) total:52710|5:13378|4:12506|3:13772|2:7670|1:5383| 52710 178957 73840 2187 5 79 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 11:16:12 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 18:44:28 -0800 2009 life. Unlike so many shiftless, layabout sea mammals of his generation, Moby Dick did not go gentle into ...more...]]> 4 20 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 13:40:13 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:55:39 -0800 2009 Robinson Crusoe; at others, the zany songs, goofy scenes, and curious characters prove Pynchon and DFW to be no pioneers in their lighthearted pursuits. The descriptive prose...more...]]> 1 22 false false Tue Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 03 06:06:02 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 06:06:24 -0700 2008
It's not that I don't get that there's a TON of complexity, subtlety, and depth to this book about a mad captain's que...more...]]> 5 12 false false Wed Jun 18 17:44:09 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 17:47:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 9 false false Fri May 16 14:39:45 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 14:42:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 8 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 29 07:00:01 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 07:37:00 -0800 2008
But I don't - frankly, I find the mix frustra...more...]]> 5 6 false false Tue Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 08:11:47 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 18 17:06:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 8 false false Fri Jun 29 10:22:21 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 15:20:35 -0700 2007
I think I developed a complicated relationship with this book. On the one hand, I never sat down to r...more...]]> 5 5 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 08 15:01:24 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 01 09:36:29 -0800 2009
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One of the most challenging and most intense novels to which I have ever put my mind. Over the course of reading this book, I encountered resistance. When I said I was reading it, someone responded, "On purpose?" Just today, finishing it in a...more...]]> 5 9 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 07:51:48 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 16:54:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Dec 28 08:43:04 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 08:48:10 -0800 2007
I found it weirdly thrilling for how it seemed to me to be this whole n...more...]]> 2 9 false false Mon Sep 08 10:55:26 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 11:28:44 -0700 2008 Moby Dick.
HOMER: Oh Lisa, the point of Moby Dick is 'be yourself.'
-- The Simpsons

So, what really is the point of Moby Dick? Is it about obsession? The things that drive each of us in our ambitions, whet...more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 07 13:57:52 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 14 09:37:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue May 01 10:01:34 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 20:16:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 2 false true Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 14:33:34 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 02:52:08 -0700 2008
Why do so many literature classes...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 12:41:36 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 09:28:26 -0700 2008 Moby-Dick. And although I think a book of this length intimidates a lot of people, I honestly thought the story had a lot of momentum and always looked for...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Feb 23 09:23:40 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 09:50:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Aug 07 09:31:48 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 10:17:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 08 02:21:56 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 05:32:55 -0700 2007 more...]]>