What is the best edition of Moby Dick?
>>7331446
the one i put in yr mom
>>7331449
>>/any board but this one/
>>7331446
I assume you mean the British vs. the American publication.
Anyway I don't think the British, censored version is published anymore at all, and any page length differences according to wikipedia are likely just differences in font size or size of page. Just look for a copy with the Northwestern Newberry text and you should be set.
![2011-02-MobyDick-142143[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/j9ijwLA.jpg "2011-02-MobyDick-142143[1].jpg")
>>7331446
University of California Press.
It's a reprint of the famous Arion Press edition, complete with all the explanatory whaling drawings. It's the one I have and the one I recommend.
Also,
>dat sexy-ass font
![SO13_Page_36_01_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/b1XgSqs.jpg "SO13_Page_36_01_[1].jpg")
>>7331446
>>7332145
http://www.bookdepository.com/Moby-Dick-or-Whale-Herman-Melville/9780520045484
whichever version ends up directly in le trash
>>7332145
>>7332183
DANK
>>7332145
this
get any edition and read it asap it is the actual GOAT no meme
>>7332145
Wow.
The 2.5 lb. Random House hardcover with illustrations by Rockwell Kent.
>>7332145
>http://www.bookdepository.com/Moby-Dick-or-Whale-Herman-Melville/9780520045484
>PAPERBACK.
If i'm spending 30 noggins on a fresh work i want it bound by the foreskin of whale babies.
the book is just a whale encyclopaedia with a little bit of narrative anyway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whales here you go
>>7332145
>47 dollarydoos
no thanks
>>7332145
That would make the cetology chapter so much more bearable.
![a%20whale[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/OrY7o3k.jpg "a%20whale[1].jpg")
>>7334195
exactly
>>7332145
Where do I pirate this?
>>7334274
Why don't you just buy the book you cheap fuck.
>there are actually people on /lit/ who find moby dick boring and hard to read without pictures
>>7334274
http://www.bookdepository.com/Moby-Dick-or-Whale-Herman-Melville/9780520045484
>>7334278
It's not their fault they're still in middle school anon, just give them another year or two.
>>7334276
Because I'm a cheap fuck.
>>7334280
>$30 paperback
They missed the whole point of paperbacks.
>>7334289
The hardcover is much more expensive.
>>7334293
Can you post a link for the hardcover?
>>7331446
GO BIG OR GO HOME
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Moby-Dick-1979-Illustrated-by-Barry-Moser-Huge-10-x-15-One-of-only-250-Copies-/262131587093?hash=item3d08429815:g:sikAAOSwQItT7Zqn
>>7334296
http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520043541
>>7334301
Thanks.
>>7334296
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=9780520043541&n=100121501
>>7334300
>shipping
Who the fuck do they think they are, asking for $100 for shipping when they're charging $9,680 for the fucking book.
>>7334312
maybe it's insurance
or just expensive packaging to prevent the thing from breaking
>>7334310
Thanks.
>>7334251
When searching around I came upon this:
>The Arion Press Moby-Dick (reprinted by the University of California Press)
>This trade edition of Moby-Dick is a reduced version of the Arion Press Moby-Dick
What does it mean by reduced? The physical size? Removed text?
>>7331446
The 1930 edition illustrated by Rockwell Kent is also very nice
>>7334321
Physical size. The Arion Press hardcover is fucking massive.
>>7334312
Only $4 here :^)
Maybe you shouldn't live in a shithole.
>>7331446
I have an old Bobbs Merril Library of Literature edition with some awesome annotations. Unfortunately I bought it used so there are also a ton of handwritten idiotic notations in the margins from some fucking pleb. But I guess that's unavoidable with something like Moby Dick.
>>7334326
Hah! Don't make me laugh. There isn't a single thing in the US that Australia doesn't do better.
>>7332145
If someone provided a good scan of this I would be totally willing to do a faithful ebook version, the only digital version I found was the low res, locked-down one from Google.
>>7334333
>Australia
Shithole confirmed
When is mootwo going to ban all aus IPs?
>>7334334
I could scan it, but I am not going to.
Get the Penguin Dropcap edition. One of my more gorgeous books on my shelf.
>>7334187
Why would u buy such a large book in hardback if it's a reading copy? Do you hate your wrists that much?
>>7335145
No problem, I already found a torrent. :^)
>>7335724
After spending years studying, if there's one thing I hate it's big floppy tomes.
>>7334333
>There isn't a single thing in the US that Australia doesn't do better.
Literally name one thing.
I got this because it's the perfect reading size, looks modern, and has a cool illustration in the cover that you can't really see here.
Is there anything wrong with this edition?
>>7331446
the movie
>>7336407
it's not bad. too many footnotes though, fuck. i can't not look when i see a footnote, even if i'm fully aware of what it is going to say
>>7336295
Kanga steaks
>>7336618
Are Kanga steaks in the US?
>>7336295
Health care
Education
Internet (I've got better internet than 90+ % of the US)
Minimum wage
>>7335920
Relax...
where did the big floppy tome touch you?
>>7337213
>your best authors would be considered fifth rate in the US
>universities are lower ranked and you've a slightly lower iq on average despite the fact that the US has imported massive amounts of immigrants
At least that health care means you'll get to live in your non-culture for a few more...oh wait the lifespan gap disappears completely when we adjust for wages :(
>>7337417
The US has never produced a great work of art.
Nabokov is the only one who is good and he's not really American.
>>7337444
Oh What's that? I can't hear over our fucking excellent literature.
>>7337444
Low tier attempt lad
>>7337473
You might as well read genre fiction if you're resding Moby Dick
>>7337213
And here's more if you still don't believe me:
Rampant alcoholism (the true writer's pastime)
Kangaroo boxing (Amerikeks wouldn't know the beauty of a true roo fight)
Miles of wasteland (so we can contemplate the meaning of life)
>>7337483
No, I'm saving histories of Australia for when I get particularly bored.
>>7337486
America has rampant alchoholism AND guns.
We can actually make real people fight on tv.
Miles of farmland so we can contemplate the meaning of life and watch the seasons change.
Murica 3, Asstrailia 0
>>7337521
What utter tripe. Melville isn't even the best author from clapland and Australia does in fact have a few worth preserving.
>>7331446
What about kindle guys?
