Moby Dick in your inbox

[firecat]

Another project by the folks who brought you Dracula Daily — this time it's Herman Melville's Moby Dick, sent in short excerpts to your inbox over a period of two years.

I just subscribed to Whale Weekly https://whaleweekly.substack.com/?utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=pss

(recycled from a comment elsenet) I love Moby Dick so much. I read it for the first time via audiobook, and the narrator, Adams Morgan, was wonderful, that was an excellent way to take it in. (Unfortunately it appears that narration is no longer available.)

Moby Dick is so modern compared to other dead white dude novels. It's got diverse characters and canon M/M and it's full of nerdy infodumps and there's even a bit of a play thrown in. And if you ask me why I think Moby Dick counts as a science fiction book you'll get an earful (I mean, it is essentially about spaceships and dragons, or at least their marine equivalents).

[edited to add] In the comments, fauxklore mentioned the New Bedford Whaling Museum annual Moby Dick reading marathon. You can attend in person or listen to the livestream. https://www.whalingmuseum.org/program/moby-dick-marathon-2023/

Comments

[bibliofile]

Thank you for the audiobook rec! It turns out that my library has a digital version, via Overdrive/Libby.

I don't know if I'll join the reread, but having a good audio rec helps.

[firecat]

They have the Adams Morgan narration? Cool!

[selki]

My library's Libby has 2 audiobook versions, one an Audie Award winner, but not the Adams Morgan one. Their Hoopla lists 4 *other* audiobook versions, none the Adams Morgan one!

[firecat]

Wow. Who’s the narrator for the Audie Award one?

[selki]

William Hootkins. Released 2006 by Naxos Audiobooks.

[elainegrey]

Well the science fiction comment is inspiring.

[firecat]

Excellent!

[sabotabby]

Have you ben getting it? I subscribed but nothing yet other than the confirmation email.

[firecat]

I haven’t gotten anything yet, no — the first installment was sent on November 21 and it’s weekly so maybe the next one will come on November 28

[sabotabby]

Ah, good to know.

[senmut]

I've opted to do the Sherlock one... letters from Watson.

[firecat]

Oh cool!

[darkmarcy]

Ooh, nice! Thanks for sharing, I've been meaning to read it forever :D

[firecat]

Hope you enjoy it!

[thnidu]

Do those "excerpts" add up to the full text in sequence, or do they skip along as I normally think of excerpts?

[firecat]

It’s unabridged but slightly rearranged in a couple of places.

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[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I signed up, too! I saw something about 'dracula daily is out, whale weekly is in' and I thought it was just a funny meme but it's Real!

[firecat]

Hooray!

[fauxklore]

You do know about the Moby Duck Marathon the New Bedford Whaling Museum does, right? It's live streamed. But I am hoping to get there in person in January

[firecat]

I know about that, yes! I’ll add the link to my post