Comments on: The Moby Dick Project http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/ Every stranger's face I see reminds me that I want to be... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:37:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mom http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/#comment-523 Mom Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:23:38 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=473#comment-523 About Shardik...yes it is written by the same author who wrote Watership Down. But a much different book, about a giant, monstrous, almost and actually mythical bear. It has some gruesome parts. Primarily I think it is a fascinating and puzzling examination of the subject of Prophecy and Actual Events, and how the two sometimes seem to converge, or not...It leaves one with even more questions and ponderings when one is finished with than when one starts the book. It would probably make a good subject for a future "Shardik Project." About Shardik…yes it is written by the same author who wrote Watership Down. But a much different book, about a giant, monstrous, almost and actually mythical bear. It has some gruesome parts. Primarily I think it is a fascinating and puzzling examination of the subject of Prophecy and Actual Events, and how the two sometimes seem to converge, or not…It leaves one with even more questions and ponderings when one is finished with than when one starts the book. It would probably make a good subject for a future “Shardik Project.”

]]> By: norajean http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/#comment-518 norajean Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:11:38 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=473#comment-518 Hey, thanks for the advice but I think part of the fun of this project is to use everything in this book, even the stuff that seems to mean nothing, and find something to write about it. I don't expect that all the entries will even be directly related to what I read, but all the entries will be a response. But I am the sort of person who would get a kick out of a whale classification. :) But it's true, reading this book is a discipline. That's one reason I started this project--to add another disciplinary measure to help me stay connected to the text. :) But I am curious as to what else you found to read... Hey, thanks for the advice but I think part of the fun of this project is to use everything in this book, even the stuff that seems to mean nothing, and find something to write about it. I don’t expect that all the entries will even be directly related to what I read, but all the entries will be a response. But I am the sort of person who would get a kick out of a whale classification. :) But it’s true, reading this book is a discipline. That’s one reason I started this project–to add another disciplinary measure to help me stay connected to the text. :) But I am curious as to what else you found to read…

]]> By: amayala http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/#comment-516 amayala Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:18:33 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=473#comment-516 Do yourself a favor and just skip the whale classification chapter toward the beginning that just makes you want to yawn to look at it. It means absolutely nothing. The story itself is interesting, and the character of Captain Ahab is intense! The scene where Ishmael lodges with (Starbuck?) the aborigine is hilarious. As for all of my advice--Having never actually finished Moby Dick due to consistently finding something more interesting to read instead, you are welcome to ignore all of my advice. :-) Do yourself a favor and just skip the whale classification chapter toward the beginning that just makes you want to yawn to look at it. It means absolutely nothing. The story itself is interesting, and the character of Captain Ahab is intense! The scene where Ishmael lodges with (Starbuck?) the aborigine is hilarious. As for all of my advice–Having never actually finished Moby Dick due to consistently finding something more interesting to read instead, you are welcome to ignore all of my advice. :-)

]]> By: Ian Bonner http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/#comment-515 Ian Bonner Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:07:01 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=473#comment-515 Shardik is a bear and is by Richard Adams who wrote Watership Down but is not related to Watership Down in any other way. I think it's the book he wrote write after. Shardik is a bear and is by Richard Adams who wrote Watership Down but is not related to Watership Down in any other way. I think it’s the book he wrote write after.

]]> By: norajean http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/#comment-509 norajean Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:33:04 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=473#comment-509 Thanks, Alex. I don't really have a choice in whether I'll finish it or not. Thanks, Alex. I don’t really have a choice in whether I’ll finish it or not.

]]> By: Alex Kassabov http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/#comment-508 Alex Kassabov Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:23:50 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=473#comment-508 Good luck with that. I never actually did manage to finish the book. After a while I just couldn't handle the long, really long, descriptions of different whales and such. Good luck with that. I never actually did manage to finish the book. After a while I just couldn’t handle the long, really long, descriptions of different whales and such.

]]> By: joel http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/#comment-507 joel Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:45:14 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=473#comment-507 this is cool this is cool

]]> By: Lisa http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/#comment-505 Lisa Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:29:02 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=473#comment-505 Is Shardik by the author of Watership Down? Are they related or just by the same author? I never read it. I'm tempted to re-read MD, too. I even dug it out of the box it was already neatly packed in. Is Shardik by the author of Watership Down? Are they related or just by the same author? I never read it.

I’m tempted to re-read MD, too. I even dug it out of the box it was already neatly packed in.

]]> By: norajean http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/#comment-504 norajean Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:05:08 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=473#comment-504 I don't even know what Shardik is. A shark? I don’t even know what Shardik is. A shark?

]]> By: Ian Bonner http://homeward.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-moby-dick-project/#comment-503 Ian Bonner Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:29:41 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=473#comment-503 I'm so excited I might read it again. If I can get myself to finish Shardik. Or is that too many over-sized metaphorical animal books in a row? I’m so excited I might read it again. If I can get myself to finish Shardik. Or is that too many over-sized metaphorical animal books in a row?

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