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I’m jealous
The Confidence Man was one of the first books that was recommended to me on IQfy circa 2016 and I read it and loved it and that's why I'm a lifer.
Bow My Dick
Just finished this.
I’m gonna be honest, the encyclopedic whale autism parts were horribly boring (still read all of it).
The main story with Ahab and the white whale are alright, becoming especially good towards the end of the book but that’s it.
Far from the best novel I’ve read, there are far better classics out there.
It’s only great if you’re really passionate about whales.
I just finished this.
I'm going to be honest, the encylopedic whale autism inspired me to pick up bass in the 30 hours since I finished it. https://voca.ro/182RIkzhXqD1 Not the best but I started from nothing.
The main story with Ahab and the white whale was metal as frick, becoming hardcore towards the end of the book but that wasn't all of it.
Easily the best novel I've read in years, there are far worse classics out there.
It's only great if you have a dick and balls pumping blood and spermacetti.
I love this cover and edition SOOOOOO MUCH except for the fricking corrugated edges, so so fricking gay
Why is it so good? Does it contain the same stuff as the regular Penguin Classics?
I'm just over halfway through and I absolutely love this book. After I finish writing this post I am going back to drink coffee and read another hundred pages. I probably wouldn't have read it if it wasn't for the IQfy recommended charts. I didn't give a frick about Nantucket whaling culture before starting this book but god damn Melville got me invested the son of a b***h.
I have about a hundred pages left and I’m taking a break but I do really love the book. I would say that the cetology portions are “boring,” but the author’s wit and charisma shines through no matter what he’s writing about. He starts a chapter with a lecture about the whale’s blowhole and by the end it turns into a sermon about divine inspiration.
It does feel overly-long, but it’s an indulgent work and that comes with the territory. Some of my favorite films, like Inland Empire and Abel Gance’s Napoleon, feel overly-long, but to suggest that the creator needed to be reigned in for the satisfaction of the audience sounds like a betrayal of the whole point of the work.
I feel like half the people who read moby dick say it's REALLY good and the other half say it's boring and lame
what gives?
To properly enjoy Moby Dick there are a few pre-requisites you need to have to enhance the experience. You need to have an appreciation of Science, Art, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Literature, Nature and all it encompasses, an interest in religion and a sense of humour. These disciplines and themes are the glue that Melville uses to tell his story (as well as phenomenal prose) so it makes sense that if a person lacks an interest in any of these that the story may fall flat.
I think you also need a touch of the tism to enjoy all the encyclopedia type parts.
Not really. If it was just a dry infodump that would be the case, but I’ve never found myself thinking “Oh no, he’s autistic” during the cetology portions. It’s usually framed in a way such as “the experts often say that the whale is this way, but I’ve been there and I’ve seen it so I think it’s like this.” Or he connects the lecture to something like history or myth or religion. I’m usually pretty engrossed in those parts.
It’s weird because I always hear people complain about “the encyclopedia bits” in Moby Dick, but that’s like 75% of the book. Most chapters are Melville waxing poetic about little tidbits of whaling information, very rarely does anything actually happen, and even when it does it’s usually not plot-related. The main “problem” with Moby Dick is just that it’s very long for what it is. It feels like you’re on a ship for months with nothing to do, just waiting to catch a glimpse of the white whale. The digressions about whaling and cetology are just an easy target to project that complaint on to I think.
Americans have a really desolate literary tradition and this is the only book that is of any note, and even then it still doesn't compare to really any European literary fiction, so they have to shill it and pretend it is actually super duper good when it's at best mediocre and at worst completely boring.
there might be a bit of that yeah
best work of literature of all time
some people understand, some don't
If you aren't reading a used trade paperback copy you're reading it WRONG.
FRICK I meant mass market. I have brought shame upon my famiry.
Is it true that the Confidence-Man is his second best novel?
Probably Pierre, but they're pretty much tied. Both go much deeper into some themes he only highlighted in Moby Dick.
Melville's later works need more recognition.
The appeal of a quiet, plodding drama with a psychological focus comes with time and experience. Ahab, sailing and whaling are more dramatic even though they do the same things. It's also a weird book that's less subtle with what is captivating in literature. Everyone in it is fricking crazy.
The favorite book of every 18-22 year old who has read less than 50 books in their lifetime
It’s a great book but it seems to really appeal to younger, newer readers for some reason
The youthful, masculine urge to go out to sea
This is pretty good too. Moby Dick is better though.
No
ew
Gay sailor sex is more icky.
>reddit the book
https://www.reddit.com/r/mobydick/
What's the best edition? I want the complete work. No abridge test or cuts.
It's a fluid text with a shitty history of edits, good luck. I think the Northwestern University edition has the most amenable blend of editions. Library of America is also nice and uses that version, but it's a fat anthology with two other books in it.
Meme trilogy is out.
Welcome the meme quadrivium:
>Moby Dick
>Stoner
>2666
>Blood Meridian
Meridian
Nice try
It is unironically the most popular one there.
>unironically
Go back
That's a IQfy word, newbie