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From March 19, 2009: What’s the worst 'best' book you’ve ever read — the one everyone says is so great, but you can’t figure out why?

Easy: Moby Dick. I'd heard great quotes from it on X-Files and Star Trek and it sounded brilliant. So only a few years ago I sat down and read it cover to cover, and haven't been so bored (or frustrated) by a novel since Ivanhoe. But I understand why some people might like Ivanhoe, or, rather, might have done so in the 19th century. Moby Dick? I just didn't get it.

It quotes well, though. Ignorance is the parent of fear.

It was a sharp, cold Christmas.

Date: 2009-03-20 08:08 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] silverwhistle.livejournal.com
Did I send you my article on it from The Thomas Hardy Yearbook (2000)?

Date: 2009-03-20 09:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] silverwhistle.livejournal.com
I'll resend it. I thought I had. It's called Body and Soul, Love and Murder.

Date: 2009-03-21 01:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com
Got it - thank you!

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