I’ve given up on reading Moby Dick.
I made it at least three quarters thorugh and still no whale. There are huge blubbery lumps of exposition though. Chapters and chapters of them. Enough to make an old-time SF writer proud.
In this case, I think the movie would be better. Now I just need to decide between Ahabs; Patrick Stewart or Gregory Peck. Any opinions are welcome.
Dispatches from Obscurity 