Thursday, October 18, 2012

Moby-Dick – Now an Adult Wish to Read This Novel

Google Doodle never fails to amaze me! 

Today the doodle is about the 161st Anniversary of Moby-Dick.   A novel written by the popular American writer Herman Melville.

Moby Dick 161st
Source: Google Search
I got excited clicking on the doodle expecting that the link will show information about the story of the famous whale. But instead, the link lead me to author Herman Melville's  page instead of linking to the novel's (Moby- Dick) page. But anyway of course from that search page there’s a link going to Moby dick.

Before I click on the link I tried to do some reminiscing on what I can remember from reading the novel Moby-Dick. And I went “uh oh!”

I realized I can’t make a solid summary or synopsis or whatever about the story from my mind, except for some whale and ship images.  And “dang!” It is just now I realized that I haven’t actually read the novel.  My Moby-Dick’s information came from short film adaptation and animation I think. How could that happened? Didn’t I had a three unit subject in American Literature back in college?  How could I miss reading this treasured novel?

So now it’s in my bucket list.  It is now among my adult wish to find this novel and read it.  Anybody want to throw me a copy here?
“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.  No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.” – Herman Melville
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21 comments:

  1. Pink LineOctober 18, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    napanood ko yung cartoon series of this when i was a kid but i havent read the novel...

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  2. anneyOctober 18, 2012 at 6:39 AM

    Ako din napanood ko ang cartoon series. Happy 161st anniv Moby-Dick!

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    1. Balut The Lucky BloggerOctober 25, 2012 at 11:08 PM

      i might have watched other film adaptation aside from the carton series.

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  3. OlivrOctober 18, 2012 at 6:50 AM

    oye. i want a copy too.

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    1. Balut The Lucky BloggerOctober 25, 2012 at 11:10 PM

      if i got one olivr i"ll pass the copy to u when i'm done reading it :)

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  4. joanneOctober 18, 2012 at 10:46 AM

    Ay ako din, napanuod ko lang yun cartoon nun bata ako, pero ang naalala ko lang din e may whale dun, haha.. Ang tanda na pala ni moby-dick

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  5. Anne Trinidad-LegsonOctober 19, 2012 at 3:55 AM

    iniisip ko din kung nabasa ko ba 'to... pero ang naaalala ko lang ay whale... haha! so malamang hindi pa... keri na ba ang ebook sa inyo? hahanap ako ng maayos na copy... :)

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    1. Balut The Lucky BloggerOctober 25, 2012 at 11:17 PM

      naku thanks sis! i haven't tried e-reading a novel - sounds challenging:)
      btw, do u have a blog? your profile is linking to yout google profile but i can't find your blog (

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  6. MEcoyOctober 19, 2012 at 4:59 AM

    I've heard a lot about this
    it got to be great

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  7. joyOctober 19, 2012 at 9:13 AM

    Ha ha. Ako din nakapanood lang ng cartoon films about moby dick. Yes, yes. There are lot of nice stories to read out there:)

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  8. DWeiOctober 19, 2012 at 11:32 AM

    Yeah, I've never read Moby Dick either. Still not that interested in it actually. :P

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    1. Balut The Lucky BloggerOctober 25, 2012 at 11:23 PM

      what books are you interested to read aside from your university books?

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  9. MarcoOctober 21, 2012 at 5:30 AM

    I'm such a loser...I never heard about this or read this! LOL

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    1. Balut The Lucky BloggerOctober 25, 2012 at 11:25 PM

      ok u are!
      ha ha i didn't say that. u did ha ha
      peace bro :P

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  10. xoxo_grahOctober 23, 2012 at 3:38 PM

    yeah...now i realize I have not read this novel too...it's quite famous yet I haven't thought about it...it made me think again...:)


    xx!

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  11. xoxo_grahOctober 25, 2012 at 4:11 AM

    This is a very famous novel, but I have not read it...:( It got me thinking, but I bet this is for kids...:( I'll check it out though...:)


    xx!

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  12. Balut The Lucky BloggerOctober 25, 2012 at 11:30 PM

    a lot of people considered it as fot kids bec of the cartoon series. but actually there's a lot in the story that the kids might not be able to grasp without adult guidance.

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