STP Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 YEah, that book figured prominently in Heathers. Quote
Jim Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 a fine story for sure - the movie w/ gregory peck was tits! .....and Orson Wells. Gotta rent that one soon. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 a fine story for sure - the movie w/ gregory peck was tits! .....and Orson Wells. Gotta rent that one soon. Netflix, baby. Quote
archenemy Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Moby Dick - a great book. I put lots of pencil notes in that one. Came away with the impression that folks are not quite as literate as they used to be back then. I never read Moby Dick in high school or college, and remember all my class mates who read it, hated it, and bitched about it, so I never tried it. I finally picked it up two years ago, and absolutely LOVED it. Melville is a genius, and packs that novel with so much dense symbolism and references it is unbelievable. I especially enjoyed his sense of humor. It's probably my favorite classic - right up there with the Iliad and Heart of Darkness. In college, I actually took a Summer course on Melville. I am a dork. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 In college, I actually took a Summer course on Melville. I am a dork. It's ok, as a grad student in computer science, I took undergrad courses in Organic Chemistry and intensive russian "for fun". Quote
olyclimber Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 I just learned how to read. I'm really enjoying the Richard Scary books now. That guy was a subtle genius. Quote
archenemy Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 In college, I actually took a Summer course on Melville. I am a dork. It's ok, as a grad student in computer science, I took undergrad courses in Organic Chemistry and intensive russian "for fun". I don't feel so bad now. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 I just learned how to read. I'm really enjoying the Richard Scary books now. That guy was a subtle genius. Try Theodore Geisel's works. Much more profound. Especially the Lorax and Yertle the Turtle. Quote
ivan Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 god hunt us all, if we do not hunt moby dick to his death! thou hast no need to fear starbuck, let ahab beware ahab! call me ishmael motherfucker! Quote
olyclimber Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 I don't know...Scary's selection of animals for the characters give a keen insight to the psyche of modern man. What he was doing there won't be truly advanced and perhaps in 20-30 years people can start to begin to take baby steps in that dialog. Quote
Mal_Con Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 I always liked that he made pigs butchers. Quote
Dechristo Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 yeah, and his use of beavers as builders symbolizing their role in the proliferation of humans Quote
G-spotter Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 My fav. Scarry character is Lowly Worm. Lowly is everywhere. Quote
lI1|1! Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 what you may not know is melville had a view of mt greylock (the tallest mountain in massachusetts) from the porch of his home, arrowhead. the view of mt greylock covered in snow in winter is said to have reminded melville of a great white whale, and thusly partly inspired him to write the now famous tale. i couldn't find a picture in google image search but i've seen it with my own eyes and yeah it's kinda cool. Quote
111 Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 can we have an ASS stamp/emoticon for CC? I can think of a few people who would get that right off the bat. Quote
whirlwind Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 i have kind of a short attention span but one thing i like to do is like wikipedia surfing where i take a topic i know a little about but most of what i know is wrong so i look it up in wikipedia and set myself straight and then i click the crossreferences and stumble upon lots of interesting stuff, mostly history kind of things. I grew up with a set of encyclopedias, a dictionary, and about fifty years worth of National Geographics on the bookshelves next to my bed, and developed a similar habit. Still prefer the hard-copy format as I'm more likely to stumble over something while flipping through pages than in a directed search. me too, i lived with my grandparents they had alot of history stuff, i use to love flipping through the national geographics. and seeing diferent animails and what not in encylopidias Quote
whirlwind Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 niebelungenleid - makes 300 seem like a disney flick should read the "gates of fire" its a good book about the same envent, told from the point of view of a spartain slave. 4x the story the movie tells Quote
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