Mastodawn

A sea-monster movie borrowing the aesthetic of whaling epics inevitably sails into the shadow of Moby-Dick. The spectacle is fun, but the ideas feel smaller than the ocean they’re trying to cross. Big ships, bigger beasts… but the biggest stories are the ones with ideas deep enough to match the water.
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https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/the-maritime-mirage-deconstructing-historical-reality-literary-myth-and-digital-artifice-in-the-sea-beast-and-in-the-heart-of-the-sea/

The Maritime Mirage: Deconstructing Historical Reality, Literary Myth, and Digital Artifice in The Sea Beast and In the Heart of the Sea

The evolution of the maritime epic in contemporary cinema represents a profound struggle between the desire for historical verisimilitude and the demands of modern narrative consumption. In compari…

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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴5d ago

...last chance to get the white whale [aka #MobyDick] they’ve been chasing for thirty years, an all-out regime change war against #Iran.

A new #MiddleEastWar would be a catastrophic mistake. Our military stockpiles are depleted from three years of backing #Ukraine. Our effort to reshore manufacturing has only just begun and will take years to bear fruit. War would worsen our already immense deficit and national debt. #Iran is larger than #Iraq, #Syria, and #Afghanistan combined. A war would...

Blütensthaub Mar 2

Zettel 645

Herman Melville: Immer wenn ich merke, daß ich um den Mund herum grimmig werde; immer wenn in meiner Seele nasser, niesliger November herrscht; immer wenn ich merke, daß ich vor Sarglagern stehenbleibe und jedem Leichenzug hinterhertrotte, der mir begegnet; und besonders immer dann, wenn meine schwarze Galle so sehr überhandnimmt, daß nur starke moralische Grundsätze mich davon abhalten können, mit Vorsatz auf die Straße zu treten und den Leuten mit Bedacht die Hüte vom Kopf zu hauen – dann ist es höchste Zeit für mich, so bald ich kann auf See zu kommen. Das ist mein Ersatz für Pistole und Kugel. Mit einer stoischen Sentenz stürzt Cato sich in sein Schwert; ich gehe still an Bord. Daran ist nichts Überraschendes. Von Zeit zu Zeit hegen fast alle Menschen, ob sie’s wissen oder nicht, in etwa dieselben Gefühle für das Weltmeer wie ich.” – Moby Dick

#Autor #HermanMelville #Literatur #MobyDick #Psychologie #schwarzeGalle #Zettel

Krazov Feb 25

Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" is one of the most famous books ever, probably, and while it was mentioned in many places, I never took interest in it. This all changed when I started following @mobydick, and from the quotes, I could clearly see the explicitly superb language; and that's with not even complete sentences sometimes. Then, I noticed that I can buy the whole thing for 7 euros; and so I did.

And this thread will be about what followed.

#MobyDick

Dennis Wilkinson Feb 22

Well, I'm battened down as much as I can be, and since I'm flying solo this weekend, I might as well take advantage of the fireplace and settle into this week's book club reading.

#books #comfy #cozy #frizzlit #mobydick #fireplace

SapphicSelene

Feb 18

Well, I've now heard Moby Dick. If I wasn't interested in 19th century whaling, then I wouldn't have continued it for much long, but even then I may have preferred an abridged version; I found myself repeatedly saying "Get to the point."
Enjoyed it some, but I don't recommend it tbh.
#MobyDick

SapphicSelene

Feb 12

Cook trying to silence the sharks eating the tied up whale
#MobyDick

✨ Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋Feb 12

📖 Free book at Project Gutenberg: Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701

#ProjectGutenberg #Ebook #MobyDick #HermanMelville #Reading #ReadingCommunity #Free #Books #PublicDomain #Bookstodon

Dennis Wilkinson Feb 12

My most recent bookbinding project, made as gifts for the ringleaders of my online book club. To some extent, this is a Dad joke taken several steps too far, and an excuse to learn how to do a drum leaf binding.

#photography #bookbinding #homeartprojects #mobydick