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H.P. Lovecraft or Herman Melville's Moby Dick?

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HydrasBreath ♜

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So I need a new book to read and I think I've narrowed it down to these two. One is a collection of H.P. Lovecraft short stories and novels the other is Moby Dick.

So what say you SeC? Any of you guys have any experience or opinions on these?

MEGA MILK

MEGA MILK

They're both boring as shit.

I'd go with Lovecraft.

HydrasBreath ♜

HydrasBreath ♜

MEGA MILK wrote:They're both boring as shit.

I'd go with Lovecraft.

Really? Damn well that's disappointing. Mind elaborating a bit on what you don't like about them?

MEGA MILK

MEGA MILK

HydrasBreath wrote:
MEGA MILK wrote:They're both boring as shit.

I'd go with Lovecraft.

Really? Damn well that's disappointing. Mind elaborating a bit on what you don't like about them?

The narratives haven't aged well, I just couldn't get into the stories no matter how hard I tried.

It's the same with Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson.

My taste could just be really shitty though, so I'd find other opinions.

Frostbyrn

Frostbyrn

How can you hate Verne?

HydrasBreath ♜

HydrasBreath ♜

Frostbyrn wrote:How can you hate Verne?

Cause he's a dirty frenchman? Very Happy

Frostbyrn

Frostbyrn

HydrasBreath wrote:
Frostbyrn wrote:How can you hate Verne?

Cause he's a dirty frenchman? Very Happy

Says the Canadian Very Happy

HydrasBreath ♜

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MEGA MILK wrote:
HydrasBreath wrote:
MEGA MILK wrote:They're both boring as shit.

I'd go with Lovecraft.

Really? Damn well that's disappointing. Mind elaborating a bit on what you don't like about them?

The narratives haven't aged well, I just couldn't get into the stories no matter how hard I tried.

It's the same with Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson.

My taste could just be really shitty though, so I'd find other opinions.

ah right on. I've been reading alot of musician biographies lately and I wanted to take a break from that and get into some classic literature.

I'd be open to other good recommendations if you had any. The two books I had in mind were just what caught my eye at the book store today.

HydrasBreath ♜

HydrasBreath ♜

Frostbyrn wrote:
HydrasBreath wrote:
Frostbyrn wrote:How can you hate Verne?

Cause he's a dirty frenchman? Very Happy

Says the Canadian Very Happy

Well I figured I might as well say it before someone else did Razz

MEGA MILK

MEGA MILK

Frostbyrn wrote:How can you hate Verne?

Okay, A Journey to the Center of the Earth was alright I guess.

Frostbyrn

Frostbyrn

What about Twenty Thousand Leagues

MEGA MILK

MEGA MILK

Frostbyrn wrote:What about Twenty Thousand Leagues

Gave up trying to like it about a 150 pages in.

Pariah

Pariah

Always go for Lovecraft. His stories are fascinating. Moby Dick is fantastic, but so dry and boring. I have a collection of Lovecraft stories, and they're good.

If you want a perfect exemplar of his stories, look up At the Mountains of Madness

HydrasBreath ♜

HydrasBreath ♜

Yeah I was leaning towards Lovecraft. This is the collection I was looking at http://www.amazon.com/Necronomicon-Weird-Tales-Lovecraft-Commemorative/dp/0575081570

It's got "At the Mountains of Madness" and "Call of Chthulu" and a shit ton of others. There's a list on the amazon page in one of the reviews. It's a pretty hefty book.

Ron Swanson

Ron Swanson

Moby Dick is so very dry. I didn't finish it. I got about 200 pages in and I decided to call it. I think Milk said it well, his manner of speak is cumbersome. Ands thats coming from a guy who loves "A Tale of Two Cities."

BTW ever tried a tale of two cities? one of my personal favorites.

Chewy

Chewy

I would go with Gooosebumps. Those are pretty good.

HydrasBreath ♜

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Ferris wrote:Moby Dick is so very dry. I didn't finish it. I got about 200 pages in and I decided to call it. I think Milk said it well, his manner of speak is cumbersome. Ands thats coming from a guy who loves "A Tale of Two Cities."

BTW ever tried a tale of two cities? one of my personal favorites.

No I've never read that...I'll look into it.


And a friend lent me a copy of Faust by Goethe so apparently that's what I'll be reading next. Then I'll read the H.P. Lovecraft probably.

HydrasBreath ♜

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Chewy wrote:I would go with Gooosebumps. Those are pretty good.

Oh you...haha I actually have a bunch of those lying around somewhere.

Guest


Guest

I used to read Goosebumps religiously as a kid

HydrasBreath ♜

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Sym wrote:I used to read Goosebumps religiously as a kid

Yeah me too...except most of mine are all in french cause I got them from some book club ordering thing at school and I'd always be in french schools.

I have like 20 or 30 of them I'm sure.

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