Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, a collaborative commentary by /lit/

[Anonymous No.18696709]

IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HERE

The long wait is over and our beautiful edition of Moby-Dick is finally available in digital and print. The book costs $13.28 USD which is the minimum price lulu will allow me to sell it for. I make 0 (zero) profits off of this book. The ebook is free and I have uploaded it to libgen and z-library already. Links are below. Searching for the book in libgen and zlib yielded no results, so I will be putting the links in the goodreads review. It's possible that they need time to process but if someone is more familiar with uploading .pdfs to those sites feel free to do so. If for some reason you don't want to click on any of these links, email [e-mail] and I will send you the .pdf of the book and a cover .jpg if you would like. Thank you to everyone who contributed and my sincere apologies for taking an unacceptably long time to come out with this bastard.

Buy the book:
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/herman-melville-and-anonymous/moby-dick/paperback/product-7wgny7.html?page=1&pageSize=4
Download the ebook:
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/herman-melville-and-anonymous/moby-dick/ebook/product-6kg874.html?page=1&pageSize=4
https://library.bz/fiction/uploads/5CDB93A5BCD9D93B3DB2A5A2E396156A
https://1lib.us/book/16816855/c621ce

Goodreads page:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58604484-moby-dick

[Anonymous No.18696712]

start with the greeks

[Anonymous No.18696714]

for the libgen link the username is genesis and the password is upload

[Anonymous No.18696727]

here are some alternate covers for you ebook fags

[Anonymous No.18696729]

>>18696727

[Anonymous No.18696730]

This timely tour-de-force is a must read for anyone who considers themself a reader

[Anonymous No.18696742]

>>18696709
>madman actually fucking delivered
Love you OP, let suck your dick.

[Anonymous No.18696743]

>>18696709
I am enjoying this immensely so far, if I weren't a penniless neet and if you were more talented I'd even consider patronizing your work OP.

[Anonymous No.18696749]

>>18696709
Seems way more put together than some other works /lit/ has done, nice job OP

[Anonymous No.18697067]

[Anonymous No.18697272]

Just read the endnotes for the chapter I did, phenomenal work, never thought OP would actually deliver. A pleasure working on this with you all

[Anonymous No.18697336]

Just ordered the paperback. I've never actually read moby dick before. Do I start with the original version or this masterpiece?

[Anonymous No.18697346]

>>18697336
This masterpiece, without a doubt. It provides a depth and understanding found no where else

[Anonymous No.18697360]

>>18696709
>that goodreads description
Comedy gold

[Anonymous No.18697367]

>>18697336
With this book you're not just getting the book itself, you're getting, essentially, a /lit/ time-capsule; long after this site is gone or perhaps long after you've left (or perhaps you didn't leave at all; maybe we left; maybe the anons you once knew are gone, a new generation has moved in and slowly replaced the oldfags, like the oldfags themselves did when they were new), when you're an old man, you'll find this copy sitting on your bookshelf. You'll pick it up and the memories, good and bad, will come back. You will remember the laughs that were had, you will remember the faceless friends that were made. Never again in all the world will this community exist the way it does now. Like all communities, it will degrade, die, be reborn, but never exactly the way it was before. This book will help you to remember, however fleeting the memories be, we anons gathered here today. Here's to the never-ending march of time, the passing of youth, and the joy of faceless friends.

[Anonymous No.18697399]

>>18697367
Having actually had a small part in the making of this work by doing a chapter, your words hit pretty hard. I've been on this dumb anime imageboard for a long while now and I've seen a fair number of anons and memorable threads come and go. Have absolutely no regret ordering a copy. I love all you autists and will always remember my time on this god forsaken place fondly

[Anonymous No.18697438]

I ordered my copy. Look forward to getting dumber with you all. Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.18697516]

>>18696709
>The paper is 60# Cream, produced by
the Guangzhou Zhongtian Industrial Paper Product Co., Ltd., located in
Guangdong, China.

DROPPED!

[Anonymous No.18697517]

>>18697367
Hell yeah. I wonder how the fuck we all ended up on lit anyways

[Anonymous No.18697592]

>>18696709
OP can you make epub or mobi versions please so it can be display optimally on ereaders? I converted the pdf to epub and mobi using calibre but they didn't turn out so well and the footnote links are broken: https://www.filemail.com/d/lzfcvkdexaunmmy

[Anonymous No.18697619]

>>18696709
well done

[Anonymous No.18697631]

>>18696709
I just ordered some penguin edition OP.
WIll this book really grip me? I never read it.

Can 4chan /lit/ make a lolita with anime loli cover and art pages/

[Anonymous No.18697632]

what am I getting myself into here

[Anonymous No.18697893]

[Anonymous No.18697959]

I really hope you faggots took such a thing seriously and put effort in because you're essentially guiding someones understanding.

[Anonymous No.18697986]

I hate this board, and I hate you all.

[Anonymous No.18697991]

>>18697893
i need the anime image without the edit

[Anonymous No.18698007]

>>18697991
Now go watch railgun.

[Anonymous No.18698012]

>>18698007
that's a nice tummy

[Anonymous No.18698041]

>>18697631
Lolita isn't public domain.

[Anonymous No.18698097]

>>18698007
biri biri...

[Anonymous No.18698260]

>>18696709
Really enjoying reading this project. Salutations /lit/

[Anonymous No.18698489]

Supremely based

[Anonymous No.18698546]

>>18696709
> Moby-Fiut: Lub, Wieloryb,
Thanks, made my day.

[Anonymous No.18698602]

>>18696709
>Moby-dick
But does it hold up to Bonham’s drum solo?

[Anonymous No.18698613]

>>18698602
Percussion instruments are for barbarian filth. Go dance to some more repetitive tribal beat around a bonfire.

[Anonymous No.18698625]

>>18698613
https://youtu.be/UOSf9f5_qZ8
You seem uninitiated man. Just chill out and enjoy the song of the gods.

[Anonymous No.18698635]

>>18696709
>a floating feed and seed outlet
My sides. Really glad my chapter made it in. I'm buying the physical copy now. Good job op.

[Anonymous No.18698658]

>>18698635
Glad you enjoyed it man. It was a long time coming but a pulled my thumb out of my arse. You guys made it all worthwhile.

[Anonymous No.18698673]

Holy crap. Good work dudes!

[Anonymous No.18698715]

>>18698658
Do you actually need the money? Because I just found a code that takes 15% off but I was unsure whether or not I should share it since I'm not sure how much all this has cost? And also the amount of time you have spent doing this, you deserve the money.

[Anonymous No.18698739]

>>18696709
I don't know if anyone has realised but the foreward to this is a copy-pasta of the foreward to a confederacy of dunces but just with a few words changed. The translators note is just the same but I don't know which book its been lifted from. Is this book just entirely memes? Was any part of it genuinely meant to be good or is it all just le wacky irony we find on 4chan all the time.?

[Anonymous No.18698741]

>>18698715
give us the code anon

[Anonymous No.18698766]

>>18696709
I want to read this but I've never read the non autistic version and I'm worried you retards changed the text somewhere

[Anonymous No.18698792]

>>18696709
is it genuine or just pure autism?

[Anonymous No.18698826]

>>18696709
Post it on wiki, new anons would find it somewhere there
inb4 there are gonna be posts in future that follows
>where I can find the anons commentary on moby dick

[Anonymous No.18698872]

>>18698741
TREAT15. Forgive me op

[Anonymous No.18698941]

>>18696709
Just bought it. What does the spine look like op? Also is what's Lulus quality normally like?

[Anonymous No.18699112]

>>18698715
I don't make any money off this, drop the link homie
>>18698739
Pale Fire
>>18698766
Text is entirely unmolested other than the addition of "Further Extracts"
>>18697592
I'll see what I can do
>>18698941
Lulu is generally pretty decent. Marked out a portion of the back cover because this is the old cover design. In the space whited out will be a legitimate quote from an employee of the New York Times

[Anonymous No.18699164]

>Discount for 15% off: TREAT15
>Discount for 15% off: TREAT15
>Discount for 15% off: TREAT15

[Anonymous No.18699346]

OP, can you print another edition of the book that is bigger than 6x9 and has large font? My eyes aren't particularly weak but small print does strain my eyes. Or if I download the epub, would it be possible to print out a large size edition at FedEx?

[Anonymous No.18699394]

Give me some snippets to entice me before I buy this

[Anonymous No.18699437]

>>18699394
38: The Crossed Harpoons
39: The Sword-Fish
40: The Trap

[Anonymous No.18699438]

>>18698739
The Translator's note is almost entirely original, I know because I'm the one who wrote it

[Anonymous No.18699459]

Supremely gay

[Anonymous No.18699572]

>>18696709
Great stuff, anon! another /lit/ classic! You can see a lot of effort (+ shitposting) went into it, and even more so in editing it to a print-ready object: a Book. I'm glad that, despite the wait, it came through. Even then, there will always be some minor errors, or some reservations (I don't know if I would have double-spaced between sentences; perhaps a more prominent title page would have been nice), but that's negligible.

>>18696727
I did always like this cover a bit more, but seeing the front, side and back in full (>>18699112) sold it for me in the end. Great work everyone.

[Anonymous No.18699627]

>>18699572
>I don't know if I would have double-spaced between sentences
How do you even know that it is double-spaced?

[Anonymous No.18699634]

>>18698792
It's genuine pure autism

[Anonymous No.18699636]

>>18696709
this is dope. havent been around for a bit, can you link some threads where this came together

[Anonymous No.18699782]

>>18699627
Just having a quick look at the pdf, seeing the spaces are longer after periods. The original MD in 1851 was certainly set thus, but the practice isn't really done anymore today; but combined with the relatively small type, it (mostly) doesn't call much attention to itself.

[Anonymous No.18699863]

>>18699437
>>18699459
Looks like an actual book and not just some word doc that some anons shit all over

[Anonymous No.18699880]

>>18699863
The factor that made it different this time was that less people participated because not everyone has read Moby Dick (but they were encouraged to participate). Also op did a really great job editing and compiling it all.

[Anonymous No.18699891]

>>18699863
It looks like a waste of time and money.

[Anonymous No.18699907]

>>18699891
t. was too scared to write an endnote and now regrets it.

[Anonymous No.18699974]

>>18696709
I'm torn between this and Third Norton Critical Edition. Which one has more scholarly merit?

[Anonymous No.18699995]

>>18699974
>overpriced pretentiously-titled "critical edition" written by cucked self-proclaimed "academics" in [modern year]
>moderately priced (OP says he gets no profits) edition loving annotated by a community of passionate literature-lovers
you tell me

[Anonymous No.18700007]

>>18696709
>https://1lib.us/book/16816855/c621ce
Well fuck, if the annotations are on par with the description on here, I'll read the whole thing.

[Anonymous No.18700015]

>>18699995
It’s just childish humour from retards who never studied literature in their life.

[Anonymous No.18700018]

>>18699112
Here is an updated image of the cover as it appears on the finished product. It's even got an ISBN number, just like a real book.

[Anonymous No.18700031]

>>18696709
OP Showing that even on this awful board there is still true talent and dedication to literature that manifests itself positively. Just ordered, thank you for this op.

[Anonymous No.18700058]

>>18700018
No seriously, this description got me hooked. I'll stop reading if it's shit, but I'm reading it.

[Anonymous No.18700059]

>>18696709
Huzzah!

[Anonymous No.18700149]

These endnotes are kind of underwhelming, there are a lot of passages where there’s a lot of stuff that’s interesting to comment about but there’s just nothing there. I would rather get a version with real endnotes and commentary than this desu

[Anonymous No.18700171]

>>18700149
>
Filtered

[Anonymous No.18700185]

>>18700149
SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP

[Anonymous No.18700201]

>>18700171
>>18700185
He's not wrong. The project would have turned out better had there been more time to collect submissions. Last I checked, only around half of the chapters were annotated properly. I don't mind most of the contributions being shitposts, but I do wish there were more of them.

[Anonymous No.18700219]

So is this riddled with memes or memes done tastefully

[Anonymous No.18700223]

>>18700219
Yes

[Anonymous No.18700226]

>>18700201
When I do the /lit/ annotated Ulysses (don't hold your breath, /lit/ usually needs to rest after putting together a big project), we'll go chapter by chapter instead of letting everybody run all over the book; that way the content will be equally spaced out, and anons who want to write serious critiques will be given a place away from the shitposters

[Anonymous No.18700424]

>>18700226
Gabler or 1961 text?

[Anonymous No.18700604]

>.pdf

[Anonymous No.18700642]

Oh fuck! I'm bummed out I haven't seen any threads about this, but also glad I'll be getting a fresh new experience. Looking forward to reading this bros, somegimes this place is alright84pxn

[Anonymous No.18700852]

>>18699636
>>18700642
This happened around December of last year.

>>18699346
Bigger than 6x9? What do you take me for? Gardner?

[Anonymous No.18700870]

>>18700226
I mean that would be way easier. Not even comparable. 18 vs 135. Most anons would have done one analysis and threw the towel in.

[Anonymous No.18700877]

>>18700852
Gardner is a bitch for that one. self published book costs are determined by the number of pages so big pages= fewer pages and F makes more money while selling shitty too big books to his adoring fans

[Anonymous No.18701800]

>>18696712
Fpbp

[Anonymous No.18702012]

>>18700877
Isn't the cost for big pages greater than the cost for small pages

[Anonymous No.18702187]

>>18702012
Nope

[Anonymous No.18702245]

>>18697367
blessed post

[Anonymous No.18702270]

>>18696709
>world's foremost literary society

nice

[Anonymous No.18702613]

>>18696709
I would love to see an EPUB version of this

[Anonymous No.18702624]

>>18696742
Sodomites and homosexual comments aren't welcomed. By even saying that, you normalize sickness and a disgusting culture. I hate gays. Don't buy the book and leave the thread.

[Anonymous No.18702676]

>>18702624
Whoa man, take it easy, what did gays ever do to you? Also this isn’t really in the spirit of a Moby Dick thread considering Melville was head over heels crazy for Hawthorne.

[Anonymous No.18703076]

where's the epub? ;_;

[Anonymous No.18703672]

>>18702624
Shut up faaaaag.

[Anonymous No.18704100]

>>18702676
One grabbed my leg before.
Several said disgusting things.
Dozens have solicited me.
I want a world without homosexuals. I hate them.

[Anonymous No.18704923]

Bump

[Anonymous No.18704927]

>>18704100
Homosexuals aren't the problem, rapists are.

[Anonymous No.18704937]

>>18702624
Where the FUCK do you think you are

[Anonymous No.18704948]

>>18704100
They usually leave you alone when you signal that you aren't into that shit. I take it as a compliment when it happens. I'm not some weak woman.

[Anonymous No.18704955]

>>18697367
how to sell useless shit 101

[Anonymous No.18704987]

>>18702624
>Complaining about homosexuality on /lit/
Anon, I.....

[Anonymous No.18705445]

[Anonymous No.18705453]

>>18705445
you better have an eye patch and a wooden leg

[Anonymous No.18705479]

>>18705445
The kind of person that hates porn and homos.

[Anonymous No.18705997]

>>18704987
Most people hate them here. Sodomy is the worst thing a man can do.

[Anonymous No.18706104]

>>18696709
Wouldn't the goodreads page need to be combined with the other editions of Moby-Dick, since it is, after all, an edition - highly annotated - of Moby-Dick, even if that would bury the /lit/-specific reviews?

[Anonymous No.18706113]

>>18705997
>Most people hate them here
Hello new friend.

[Anonymous No.18706169]

>>18706113
I've been here since 2016 and this is the most homophobic place on the internet. The homophobic platonist has been here for at least 5 years. Religious LARPers also homophobes. Sounds like you're a newfag crossboarder who happened to click /lit/ because it's besides /LGBT/.

[Anonymous No.18706175]

>>18706113
Also this is about the only place on the internet where you find atheists who hate fags.

[Anonymous No.18706211]

>>18706169
>I've been here since 2016
HAHAHAHAHA

[Anonymous No.18706516]

>>18706104
No. The goodreads link is in the OP

[Anonymous No.18706626]

Goodness, I didn’t know the NIFB was in this thread.

[Anonymous No.18706906]

>>18706516
I know, I meant whether a 'gr librarian' should add it to the other editions of moby-dick, although let's not be sorting and working for amazon for free - like a filthy j*nny

[Anonymous No.18707184]

Holy shit, never thought this would actually bear fruit. Nicely done!
Also seconding an epub/mobi version, something in this quality needs to be accessible anywhere.

[Anonymous No.18707269]

>>18699459
fucking kek

[Anonymous No.18707357]

>>18707184
Agreed; an epub would be great. I wonder if I should read Dick again with this version.

[Anonymous No.18707502]

>>18706906
We want it to be separate on goodreads the way it currently is
>>18707357
Does converting the pdf to epub not work?

[Anonymous No.18707524]

>>18707502
Not well, the footnotes don't get linked properly, and the TOC doesn't usually end up carrying over.

[Anonymous No.18707537]

>>18707502
>converting the pdf to epub
I didn't try it, but such convertors are generally fairly unrealiable. epubs are better made using html files, although fairly reliable convertors from .doc also exist.

[Anonymous No.18707928]

>>18704927
Homosexuality is an act of rape regardless of consent. It is a rape against nature and is worse than murder.

[Anonymous No.18708071]

>>18707537
We edited the book using LaTex and I'm not sure there's a good way to turn that into epub

[Anonymous No.18708077]

>>18708071
>LaTeX
you put together the entire book using LaTeX? Looks great but what the fuck man. I had to use that shit back in college and putting together a five-page paper was a massive pain in the ass

[Anonymous No.18708109]

>>18708071
From 2 minutes of googling I found this https://minireference.com/blog/generating-epub-from-latex/
>>18708077
LaTeX gets more comfortable the more you use it. The problem is that doing things you've never tried is difficult, but once you learn them, it's easy to do them well.

[Anonymous No.18708232]

>>18706169
Most homophobes are closet fags anon. That can be demonstrated by looking at how often the people on here post about either BBC or Buck Breaking.

[Anonymous No.18708270]

>>18704987
From what I remember, /lit/ hasn't been particularly gay outside of really liking Mishima.

[Anonymous No.18708290]

>>18707928
But animals do it too

[Anonymous No.18708296]

>>18708270
Pretty sure OP is a faggot tho

[Anonymous No.18708299]

>>18696709
>TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
Kek
Good job, lads

[Anonymous No.18709081]

[Anonymous No.18709894]

Bump

[Anonymous No.18711329]

[Spoiler]Bump[/spoiler]

[Anonymous No.18711358]

>>18711329
>[/Spoiler]Bump[/spoiler]

[Anonymous No.18711411]

>>18711358
>>[/Spoiler]Bump[/spoiler

[Anonymous No.18711489]

OP is lying. He makes $10 for every book.
Get grifted retards.

[Anonymous No.18711521]

>>18711489
If you think Lulu would print an almost 600 page book for $3 each you are the one that is retarded

[Anonymous No.18711613]

>>18696709
Page 557 is probably the best page in the book, honestly.

[Anonymous No.18711625]

Thanks bros just ordered my copy

[Anonymous No.18711771]

>>18711521
The cost is under 5.00

[Anonymous No.18712059]

>>18711771
https://www.lulu.com/pricing
587 page 6x9 paperback

[Anonymous No.18712268]

>>18711489
>>18711771
The cost is $13 and he’s making about a dollar per purchase.

[Anonymous No.18712301]

>>18712268
I'm making $0 per purchase

[Anonymous No.18712319]

>>18712301
How many have been sold Op?

[Anonymous No.18712435]

>>18712319
About 40

[Anonymous No.18712449]

>>18712059
>>18712301
Fake and gay.

[Anonymous No.18712629]

>>18696709
Can someone post the original link to edit? I can’t believe I missed helping with this and want to add lots of actual good stuff of substance for a second edition maybe?

[Anonymous No.18712812]

>>18712629
The link is still open for viewing only, it's in the thread from last week and all of the old threads. You can find it easily in the archive.
I will not be updating this. If you want to work on a second edition, good luck to you

[Anonymous No.18712918]

Thank you so very kindly, Mobydickanon.

[Anonymous No.18712980]

>Your letter was handed me last night on the road going to Mr. Morewood's, and I read it there. Had I been at home, I would have sat down at once and answered it. In me divine maganimities are spontaneous and instantaneous -- catch them while you can. The world goes round, and the other side comes up. So now I can't write what I felt. But I felt pantheistic then -- your heart beat in my ribs and mine in yours, and both in God's. A sense of unspeakable security is in me this moment, on account of your having understood the book. I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb. Ineffable socialities are in me. I would sit down and dine with you and all the gods in old Rome's Pantheon. It is a strange feeling -- no hopefulness is in it, no despair. Content -- that is it; and irresponsibility; but without licentious inclination. I speak now of my profoundest sense of being, not of an incidental feeling.

>Whence come you, Hawthorne? By what right do you drink from my flagon of life? And when I put it to my lips -- lo, they are yours and not mine. I feel that the Godhead is broken up like the bread at the Supper, and that we are the pieces. Hence this infinite fraternity of feeling. Now, sympathizing with the paper, my angel turns over another page. you did not care a penny for the book. But, now and then as you read, you understood the pervading thought that impelled the book -- and that you praised. Was it not so? You were archangel enough to despise the imperfect body, and embrace the soul. Once you hugged the ugly Socrates because you saw the flame in the mouth, and heard the rushing of the demon, -- the familiar, -- and recognized the sound; for you have heard it in your own solitudes.

>My dear Hawthorne, the atmospheric skepticisms steal into me now, and make me doubtful of my sanity in writing you thus. But, believe me, I am not mad, most noble Festus! But truth is ever incoherent, and when the big hearts strike together, the concussion is a little stunning. Farewell. Don't write a word about the book. That would be robbing me of my miserly delight. I am heartily sorry I ever wrote anything about you -- it was paltry. Lord, when shall we be done growing? As long as we have anything more to do, we have done nothing. So,now, let us add Moby Dick to our blessing, and step from that. Leviathan is not the biggest fish; -- I have heard of Krakens.

Man, why were even Melville's letters so kino? It feels like writing just comes so naturally for him. I also feel super bad since it really felt like Hawthorne never shared the same passion that Melville did.

[Anonymous No.18713078]

How many other sites are even capable of doing something this magnificent? I'm half-tempted to buy a few extra copies of it and shove them in some of those little libraries that are strewn about the city, just so some completely uninitiated normalfags can get a taste of this genius.

[Anonymous No.18713395]

>>18696709
Ordered.
A lot of effort was pit into this and I'll be glad to own a piece of this long after the internet is gone.

[Anonymous No.18713415]

>>18696709
>unauthorized
I think you mean unauthored or authorless. The word unauthorized means without authority/permission. An embarrassing mistake right there on the cover for everyone to see. Not a sign of quality.

[Anonymous No.18713483]

>>18713415
It was authored by Melville. We meant unauthorized, as in, we had no authority or authorization to annotate the book

[Anonymous No.18713731]

>>18696709
You know what would be interesting? A /lit/-annotated version of The Confidence-Man or Pierre.

[Anonymous No.18713998]

>>18705479

my kind of guy

[Anonymous No.18714134]

>>18713415
Melville didn't give us permission to annotate his book.

[Anonymous No.18714227]

>>18713415
based retard it's not authorless as there are people who have written the commentary, but it is unauthorized as no one gave us permission

[Anonymous No.18714874]

>>18713731
No one on here has read those ones

[Anonymous No.18715569]

>>18714134
Nor anyone else. He’s fucking dead. The “unauthorised” thing is frivolous.

[Anonymous No.18715583]

>>18715569
If you think that's frivolous, wait until you see the rest of the book.

[Anonymous No.18715670]

>>18714874
Neither have they Mobius Dickus.

[Anonymous No.18715708]

>>18697367
This is a nice comment, anon. I wish I'd contributed to the book.

[Anonymous No.18715787]

Has anyone's orders shipped yet? I tried looking up my order # and it says the order doesn't exist. Is that normal?

[Anonymous No.18715801]

>>18715787
Mine says "in production." It says my estimated shipping date is the 28th and it's going to arrive on the 6th.

[Anonymous No.18715816]

The preface [1] was funny - I laughed.
The rest: boring [2]; some nonsenseetymologiae [3] about whales (irrelevant) [4], and a series of footnotes (no Plato???)*.

To conclude, I'd rate it zero out of five: compleat wastage & an insult to those of us with tastebuds.


*Start with the Greeks


[1] An amusing, and invented, story about the production of the text.
[2] Objectively.
[3] Do you see?
[4] The book by Melville is not about whales; it is about business. The world is a business. The whale represents (symbolilacally) the corporate slang for a bountiful sales prospect, e.g. a naive venture capitalist, or, in the case of Melvilles's original Calvinesque pampflit, a soon-to-be-deceased relative for which the favour of would mean a bountiful inheritance to invest into one's own corporeation.

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Could not be more proud of the work I did for chapter 69 all those months ago. Thank you anons for making this happen.