Andrew’s Comments (group member since Dec 08, 2014)

Andrew’s comments from the Baker B Block Class group.

I have been reading Moby Dick. It is one of those texts that an English teacher is "supposed" to have read, but which I never encountered in high school or college. I thought that the text was going to be dry and overly philosophical, but I have been pleasantly surprised at how comical the narration can be. There is a scene where Ishmael meets Queequeg for the first time in a tavern; they have to share a cot for their first night together, and it is laugh-out- loud funny. Melville's descriptive writing and use of imagery is masterful. He spends 6 pages just describing the allure water has on people.

Julia wrote: "Another really awesome sci fi book is Ready Player One by Earnest Cline; it's postapocolyptic (but NOT dystopian), when the world is in ruins and the main character, like many others, retreat into ..."

Ms. Lonardo (another 9th grade teacher) loved ready player one and I am told that it is perfect for the 80/90's gamer/ lover of science fiction. I will add it to my list.

Yup. I read Ender's Game game in high school and the follow up about the porcine species of aliens (?) Is that Pathfinder or is Pathfinder a newer text? Hasn't Orson Scott Card gone off the deep end of politics recently. I remember reading something pretty extreme?

Thoughts? I wouldn't mind reading a really good science fiction text if somebody has a rec.