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[fajrdrako]

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.

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[janne-d.livejournal.com]

I like the The Snake too. Also Green:

The dawn was apple-green,
The sky was green wine held up in the sun,
The moon was a gold petal between.

She opened her eyes, and green
They shone, clear like flowers undone
For the first time, now for the first time seen.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Lovely!