…the most memorable opening lines ever in The Crow Road. Two other great examples: William Gibson's Neuromancer: "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." Herman Melville's Moby Dick: "Call me Ishmael." Neither strictly tells the reader what the books are about, but they're great hooks.
…rerevealed Shakespeare to me. Now, speaking of forest and trees, what's even more mindblowing is to consider all those plays together, all the characters, (and the sonnets). What range! What scope! Who else? Melville's Moby Dick blew me away a bit like that too. And Joyce. And Goethe.
…black/white, right/wrong, good choice/bad choice etc. Fiction on the other hand captured just how murky this life can be. (While on this topic, I will add that the single novel to have most shaken my soul is Melville’s Moby Dick. That novel brought me great comfort while also shattering me in many ways, what a work it is)
…comprehension. There's no question that Mark Twain is a great author representing America. But if I had to choose one mythic work in American literature that corresponds to Homer, I would choose Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick'.
Melville's Moby Dick, Crockford's Javascript: the good parts, Vonnegut's short stories, Defoe's Adventures and Piracies of captain Singleton (not about the design pattern), Amsterdam in the 70s. Not a single new release though.
Melville's Moby Dick. It can be about adventure, about whaling, about the fellowship of man, about mortality... Intruder in the Dust, the best of William Faulkner's "young adult" novels. The short story collection Knight's…
……在《乌鸦大道》（The Crow Road）里写出了史上最令人难忘的开篇之一。另外两个绝佳范例：威廉·吉布森的《神经漫游者》：“港口上空的天色犹如电视调到了空频道。”赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》：“叫我以实玛利。”两者都没严格交代故事讲的是什么，但都是绝妙的引子。
…the most memorable opening lines ever in The Crow Road. Two other great examples: William Gibson's Neuromancer: "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." Herman Melville's Moby Dick: "Call me Ishmael." Neither strictly tells the reader what the books are about, but they're great hooks.
……让我重新发现了莎士比亚。现在，说到只见树木不见森林，更令人震撼的是把所有那些戏剧放在一起来看，所有的人物，（还有十四行诗）。那是怎样的跨度和广度啊！还有谁能做到？梅尔维尔的《白鲸》也曾带给我类似的震撼。还有乔伊斯。还有歌德。
…rerevealed Shakespeare to me. Now, speaking of forest and trees, what's even more mindblowing is to consider all those plays together, all the characters, (and the sonnets). What range! What scope! Who else? Melville's Moby Dick blew me away a bit like that too. And Joyce. And Goethe.
……非黑即白、对与错、好选择与坏选择等等。而虚构作品则捕捉到了生活究竟能有多么混沌。（顺着这个话题，我想补充一句：在所有小说里，最能震撼我灵魂的当属梅尔维尔的《白鲸》。那部小说在给过我莫大慰藉的同时，也在很多层面上击碎了我，真是部神作）
…black/white, right/wrong, good choice/bad choice etc. Fiction on the other hand captured just how murky this life can be. (While on this topic, I will add that the single novel to have most shaken my soul is Melville’s Moby Dick. That novel brought me great comfort while also shattering me in many ways, what a work it is)
……理解。毫无疑问，马克·吐温是代表美国的伟大作家。但如果让我选一部在文学地位上堪比荷马史诗的美国神话级巨著，我会选赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》。
…comprehension. There's no question that Mark Twain is a great author representing America. But if I had to choose one mythic work in American literature that corresponds to Homer, I would choose Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick'.
梅尔维尔的《白鲸》、Crockford 的《JavaScript 语言精粹》、冯内古特的短篇小说、笛福的《辛格顿船长历险记》（讲的不是设计模式）、70年代的阿姆斯特丹。不过一本新书都没有。
Melville's Moby Dick, Crockford's Javascript: the good parts, Vonnegut's short stories, Defoe's Adventures and Piracies of captain Singleton (not about the design pattern), Amsterdam in the 70s. Not a single new release though.
梅尔维尔的《白鲸》。它可以关于冒险，关于捕鲸，关于人类的情谊，关于死亡……《坟墓的闯入者》，威廉·福克纳“青少年小说”里最棒的一本。短篇小说集《骑士的……
Melville's Moby Dick. It can be about adventure, about whaling, about the fellowship of man, about mortality... Intruder in the Dust, the best of William Faulkner's "young adult" novels. The short story collection Knight's…