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Post by Shenanigan on Jun 19, 2012 12:54:34 GMT -6
I've decided to read some of the classics, and I'm starting with Moby Dick. I'm cheating though. I downloaded an AudioBooks app.
I just finished Chapter 7 and I'm having a hard time getting into it. Pretty slow going and lots of character building and setting description. Anyone else read it?
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Post by springschick on Jun 19, 2012 12:56:47 GMT -6
I read it in high school thirty some-odd years ago. I do not recall much detail about it, so it must not have impressed me.
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Post by Shenanigan on Jun 19, 2012 13:00:13 GMT -6
Well it does take a lot to impress a teenager. But so far, I'm not impressed either.
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Post by springschick on Jun 19, 2012 13:05:28 GMT -6
I have always been an avid reader. I enjoyed most of the required reading list in high school, but that one I could not get into. The worst for me though was Dickens "Great Expectations". Ugh.
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Post by Shenanigan on Jun 19, 2012 13:17:27 GMT -6
I never tried that one. I did read 'Oliver Twist' in high school. I enjoyed it, but not enough to read another Dickens novel.
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Post by springschick on Jun 19, 2012 13:19:24 GMT -6
I find Dickens rather ponderous to read.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 13:24:54 GMT -6
I read a book not so long ago called "Ishmael." It was about a very intelligent gorilla.
I liked "Great Expectations," but movies I've seen are crap!
Peace,
OHD
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2012 10:05:05 GMT -6
I've read it several times. It is definitely hard to get through. You'd be better off watching the Gregory Peck movie - it keeps true to the book and you'll understand it a lot better that way.
Another classic book that's just as good as a movie is "To Kill A Mockingbird", one of my all-time favorite books AND movies.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2012 10:06:01 GMT -6
I have always been an avid reader. I enjoyed most of the required reading list in high school, but that one I could not get into. The worst for me though was Dickens "Great Expectations". Ugh. You ought to try reading "Finnigan's Wake", "Tristram Shandy" and "The Last of the Mohicans" if you want incomprehensible books.
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Post by johnnyk (RIP) on Jul 14, 2012 1:11:44 GMT -6
Or, on a more recent note, any book by James Michner(sp). In "Centennial" he goes into the evolution of practically every grain of sand, every rock and every tree.
As for "Moby Dick"...tried several times to read it. Couldn't make it past the 2nd chapter. To me, it was the literary equivalent of watching grass grow or paint dry.
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Post by Shenanigan on Jul 14, 2012 1:22:23 GMT -6
As for "Moby Dick"...tried several times to read it. Couldn't make it past the 2nd chapter. To me, it was the literary equivalent of watching grass grow or paint dry. If I wasn't listening to it on audiobook, I doubt I would have made it to the 7th chapter. Very tedious. I think I'll take Gypsy's advice and watch the movie.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2012 23:13:28 GMT -6
I've read it several times. It is definitely hard to get through. You'd be better off watching the Gregory Peck movie - it keeps true to the book and you'll understand it a lot better that way. Another classic book that's just as good as a movie is "To Kill A Mockingbird", one of my all-time favorite books AND movies. The movie and the book are both excellent! The author, Harper Lee only wrote and published one Novel, this one. It is so great, I do NOT understand why she would/could only write ONE! She's a wonderful, gifted writer. Maybe she didn't like the publicity that went with it, maybe a lot of problems with anxiety. I'll have to check out her bio. Peace, OHD
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Post by springschick on Dec 5, 2012 9:39:50 GMT -6
Wasn't she good friends with Truman Capote?
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Post by Shenanigan on Dec 5, 2012 9:43:53 GMT -6
Yes she was.
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Post by springschick on Dec 5, 2012 9:47:14 GMT -6
Thought so. I saw the movie Capote with Phillip Seymour Hoffman (which was excellent, btw) and saw that she was pretty much his constant companion. Just an interesting little tidbit.
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