Need Advice: Book About Moby-Dick - "Read it if You Can"

[Yadkin1765]

Welp. I received an unsolicited offer of publication from my second reader, editor of a lit journal. That was a surprise. Think I might celebrate by adding to the cellar. Or maybe a pipe to remember the moment.

 

[mortonbriar]

Welp. I received an unsolicited offer of publication from my second reader, editor of a lit journal. That was a surprise. Think I might celebrate by adding to the cellar. Or maybe a pipe to remember the moment.

Good for you! Add to the cellar and the pipe rack!

 

[Zack Miller]

Welp. I received an unsolicited offer of publication from my second reader, editor of a lit journal. That was a surprise. Think I might celebrate by adding to the cellar. Or maybe a pipe to remember the moment.

Yes. That would seem to be the appropriate venue.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Welp. I received an unsolicited offer of publication from my second reader, editor of a lit journal. That was a surprise. Think I might celebrate by adding to the cellar. Or maybe a pipe to remember the moment.

You need to work on how to celebrate - you get a pipe AND add a fine blend to add to the cellar and savor them both. Get something liquid from the other cellar! Rookies …..

 

[milk]

Welp. I received an unsolicited offer of publication from my second reader, editor of a lit journal. That was a surprise. Think I might celebrate by adding to the cellar. Or maybe a pipe to remember the moment.

Wonderful! I forgot, did you have a title at this point? I’d have to go back to page one. Congratulations!

 

[Yadkin1765]

Wonderful! I forgot, did you have a title at this point? I’d have to go back to page one. Congratulations!

Didn't post the title.
Full Working Title is

The Pale Usher Presents:

Magical Etymologies

Melville’s Unsplinterable Glasses and Moby-Dick’s Secret Living Self-Portrait​

 

[anotherbob]

Now I’m not saying your prose isn’t pro, but I’d rather be adrift at sea considering cannibalism than read the whole thing.

Cliff Note - Moby Dick is pretentious and the only people who like it are afraid of being called pretentious.

The Heart of the Sea is much much better.

I once read how the story bombed when introduced. And that was presented as people didn't know what a good thing they had. I took it as they got it right the first time. Though his story about the Skrivner (type of office work) is pretty great.

 

[shermnatman]

"Call me Ishmael." Those three little words started the worst torturous required reading beset upon us in high school, being: Moby Dick.

What makes Melville's work nearly unreadable to most is the unending nonsense about the biology of whales, which just goes on and on and on and on...

So, we "cheated" and instead read the abridged "Illustrated Classics" version of the book - MUCH more palatable without all the cetological chapters in there which bog the story down - and, we all got very good marks on the tests.

When having to choose between pointless suffering and not, choose "not"; and, read the abridged version. - Sherm Natman

 

[alaskanpiper]

Welp. I received an unsolicited offer of publication from my second reader, editor of a lit journal. That was a surprise. Think I might celebrate by adding to the cellar. Or maybe a pipe to remember the moment.

Congrats! What an accomplishment!