A great book, and a fine reader - as good as you could pay for, for free! A great read Chris Hughes 2007-04-12 11:45:11 2007-04-12 11:45:11 5 Well done Stewart! This must have been a HUGE project... but it's well worth it. Gratefully The BookWorm, Manchester, UK. Excellent reading TheBookworm 2007-11-04 05:03:13 2007-11-04 05:03:13 5 Unfortunately I can't recommend listening to this version of Moby Dick. In the voice of a talking book you hope for either an actor that can invoke the narrator's or author's spirit or simply a good reader who just fades into invisibility, letting the words do their magic. With this recording you just get an artless nagging which distracts endlessly from Melville and Moby Dick. -jrain But the reader! jrain 2008-01-05 13:24:22 2008-01-05 13:24:22 2 First off if you know you like the story Moby Dick you should download this. It is well read and I think captures the story. Also, this review is for the common reader not a literary critic. However, If you have always heard about how great Moby Dick is but never read it, save yourself the time. Moby Dick is the kind of book that rambles through a massive string of jarring storytelling shifts to the point of being utterly frustrating. As the story progresses you soon discover that about every other chapter does nothing to advance the plot but is rather a complete change of subject to some highly detailed minutia that while loosely tied to the book add nothing to the story. It is like a Kevin Costner movie but worse. After I finished the book, which was a complete let down, I was left wondering how in the world Melville became known as a master. Perhaps I just don't get 20 century literature. Well read, but what a let down hikinandbikin 2008-01-11 21:57:41 2008-01-11 21:57:41 2 <a href=http://karma.envy.nu>discovery</a>| <a href=http://amrak.envy.nu>national</a>| <a href=http://kosteg.envy.nu/cardigans>cardigans</a>| http://karma.envy.nu <a href=http://karma.envy.nu>discovery</a> elisabeththorn 2008-04-06 08:22:23 2008-04-06 08:22:23 5 Today's readers new to Melville ---and those that had to read this book in school--should listen to this version of Moby Dick. Melville's epic is intertwined with American history as it combines pure sea-going adventure, an encyclopedic background of whale trivia, with a questioning of our personal demons. Moby Dick is timeless and has influenced so many writers---there would no Jaws without it!! Enjoy. Timeless alamedared 2009-01-29 04:55:58 2009-01-29 04:55:58 5 Its difficult to do a better job than this. Great reading prat 2009-09-23 07:04:19 2009-09-23 07:04:19 5 Thank you, Stewart Wills, for reading Moby Dick to me. Your reading was excellent and made my DC commute seem much quicker. I appreciate very much the tremendous amount of time you put into this volunteer project. Thank you, sir. Thanks gez 2009-10-18 21:57:44 2009-10-18 21:57:44 5 8 4.25