Herman Melville's MOBY DICK is a story with a deep and rhythmic flow that swallows the reader into the depths of a man verses beast saga. The beauty of his words transfixes the story into one that emphasizes the confusing emotions of love and hate. Can one exist without the other? The novel takes a person into emotional turmoil as the quest to conquer rises above any common sense as Ahab throws his crew into an ill-fated adventure.
Melville's tale of the whaling industry, and one captain's obsession with revenge against the Great White Whale that took his leg. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Herman Melville and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the work at hand.
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels is a fantastical, invented novel about the travels of a nautical surgeon over three centuries ago and the many adventures he finds himself in from a country that is divided by the correct way to crack an egg, to a land of giants and a distant place where horses rule and humans are slaves. The political undertones are ever flowing and show us that not many things have changed in the past 300 years. Even though Swift's book is look upon as a child's story, I find it to be for all ages. A fun read!
'Thus, gentle Reader, I have given thee a faithful History of my Travels for Sixteen Years, and above Seven Months; wherein I have not been so studious of Ornament as of Truth.'
In these words Gulliver represents himself as a reliable reporter of the fantastic adventures he has just set down; but how far can we rely on a narrator whose identity is elusive and whoses inventiveness is self-evident? Gulliver's Travels purports to be a travel book, and describes Gulliver's encounters with the inhabitants of four extraordinary places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the country of the Houyhnhnms. A consummately skilful…
I have read Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End five times and still every time I finish the novel I want to read the book again. Unlike most sci-fi story's this one captures the reader with its futuristic plot and never-ending intrigue and ageless lessons. We are on Earth and Clarke shows us the impact of an alien presence that is on our planet to help us become a better species. And the Overlords do just that. For fifty years these creatures created safe productive societies and helped the human race become civil until their inevitable extinction. I look forward to reading Childhood's End a sixth time.
Arthur C. Clarke's classic in which he ponders humanity's future and possible evolution
When the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. But, although the Overlords kept themselves hidden from man, they had come to unite a warring world and to offer an end to poverty and crime. When they finally showed themselves it was a shock, but one that humankind could now cope with, and an era of peace, prosperity and endless leisure began.
But the children of this utopia dream strange dreams of distant suns and alien planets, and…
Stellar Martin, frustrated with an unreciprocated love decides to go for a over-night camping trip in the Sangria de Cristo Mountains that surround her home city of Santa Fe. As the weather turns bad, she finds herself caught in an unexpected storm and ends up falling into a ravine. Hitting her head, she can't recall who she is or where she is and has to depend on the dream journal that she brought with her for guidance.
