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*spends 20 pages describing different subspecies of whales*

>> No.13938466

>>13938465
Based

>> No.13938467

That’s unironically the best part of the whole book

>> No.13938471

>>13938465
Don't read The Terror. Whole chapters dedicated to boats, boats and boats, and a killer mythical monster shows up from time to time to kill people.

>> No.13938543

Wait till he spends 20 pages talking about how people can't draw a whale. Fucking kino.

>> No.13938559

>>13938465
>different subspecies of whales
They're different species of whales not subspecies

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>>13938543
There is some seriously great autism to be found in this book

>> No.13938912

>>13938465
mucho autismo

>> No.13938996

>>13938572
holy fuck lol

>> No.13939071

>>13938465
I wouldn’t delete a single word from this book. I wish he made it twice as long.

>> No.13939180

>>13938465
FACT: Nantucketers are the most powerful race

>> No.13939227

And its absolutely based for doing so

>> No.13939254

>>13938572

Audible kek

>> No.13939269

>>13938465
we all know that the best whale is livyatan right?

>> No.13939501

>>13938543
or the 20 pages about fishing line

>> No.13939642
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>>13938465
>NO NO NO YOU CANT DESCRIBE THAT NOOOO WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHALES NO NO WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FISHING NOOOO

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>>13938572
Jej

>> No.13940944

>>13938465
And if you don't like it or find it interesting you're a twat and you can go fuck yourself

>> No.13941876

>>13940944
This

>> No.13942398

>>13938572
ordering a copy right now because of this

>> No.13943261

>>13938465
>not wanting to have sex with whales

>> No.13943329

>>13938465
At the time whales were recently discovered to be mammals. Meaning humans and whales share a common ancestor. I think the idea was to evoke this sense of grandeur in evolution and animalistic traits

>> No.13943351

>>13938572
incredible
can't wait to read it the second time

>> No.13943362

>>13938572
Pigfish btfo

>> No.13943565

>>13938465
>OP
>counts the number of pages spent describing species of whales
who is the bigger autismo here

>> No.13943575

>>13938465
>An Ancient Greek spends 20 minutes recounting different ships from different regions
Based and epicpilled.
>An Ancient American spends 20 pages describing different subspecies of whales
RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>13943575
>why yes, i do think moby dick is the spiritual successor to the iliad, how did you know?

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>>13943575
Both are absolutely based and anyone who can't deal with it can consider themselves filtered.

>> No.13943707

>>13938572
How can dugongcels ever recover?

>> No.13943719

>>13938465

>they only come face to face with Moby Dick in the final 8 pages of the whole book

I was expecting some epic long-winded struggle and instead got a serving of sperm up the stern hole.

>> No.13943722

>>13943707
Melville was actually vindicated here. Neither lamantins or dugongs are actually classified as whales nowadays.

>> No.13943760

>>13938465

Was it ever discovered why whale spouts give such bad burns?

>> No.13943886

>>13943719
Stick to genre fiction. This is a serious book.

>> No.13943898

>>13943719
The whale is a literary device brainlet

>> No.13943927

>>13938471
Moby Dick is far more technical than the terror

>> No.13943932

>>13943362
kek

>> No.13943944

When the compass needle gets inverted towards the end of the book is it supposed to be a warning from god?

>> No.13944243

>>13939180
New England is the only place in America of any worth
t.Eurochad

>> No.13944312

>>13943329
>Implying Melville doesn't go on a 10 page rant that whales are to be called fish.

>> No.13944321

>>13944312
>implying that cetaceans are not fish by virtu of their aquatic lifestyle and pisciform bodies

>> No.13944325

>>13943944
There are li 3-4 chapters there that are all about superstitious warnings.

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Moby Dick 2 is better

>> No.13944339

>>13943760
Carbonic acid

>> No.13944363

>>13944243
>Has never seen the majesty of the Colorado Rockies or the clear white sand beaches in the Gulf of Mexico.
>Has never witnessed the beauty of the Louisiana wetlands or crossed the serene rolling praries of Iowa.
>Has never watched the sun rise over a clear New Mexican desert sky nor seen the sunset on a calm Californian beach.
I pity you Europeans, actually. I can see such great majesty within the confines of my nation while you must travel to distant lands and cross borders and oceans to see similar sights.

>> No.13944370

>>13944363
*sharts*

>> No.13944374

>>13944363
I think he was talking of the nation of people who inhabit the region, rather than the natural splendor of the region itself.

>> No.13944417

>>13944374
I still disagree. Outside of the megacity shit heaps, there is genuine kindness and affability in most American's hearts.

>> No.13945851

>>13938465
>he doesn't understand melville's epistemology

>> No.13945933

>>13938465
Oh shit, sounds like my kind of book

>> No.13945969

>>13938465
Unironically better than your favorite book

>> No.13946118

>>13943722
Holy based