Comments on: Q & A http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/10/10/q-a/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lee http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/10/10/q-a/comment-page-1/#comment-3971 Lee Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:55:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/10/10/q-a/#comment-3971 My two favorite novels are Moby Dick and Ulysses, Carl, so I really enjoyed the quote from Melville and your admiration for "Poldy." Bloom is too often viewed as a loser whose parallels with Ulysses/Odysseus are entirely ironic or even mocking. I found him a hero on my first reading for his curiosity, his compassion, his willingness to put himself in other people's hearts and heads. Thanks for sharing. My two favorite novels are Moby Dick and Ulysses, Carl, so I really enjoyed the quote from Melville and your admiration for “Poldy.” Bloom is too often viewed as a loser whose parallels with Ulysses/Odysseus are entirely ironic or even mocking. I found him a hero on my first reading for his curiosity, his compassion, his willingness to put himself in other people’s hearts and heads. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Steviepinhead http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/10/10/q-a/comment-page-1/#comment-3970 Steviepinhead Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:06:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/10/10/q-a/#comment-3970 Ha! "Immersed," good one, Charlie! Too bad that you don't appreciate more fully the "miracle" of whale evolution and adaptation, then... Ha! “Immersed,” good one, Charlie!

Too bad that you don’t appreciate more fully the “miracle” of whale evolution and adaptation, then…

]]> By: charlie wagner http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/10/10/q-a/comment-page-1/#comment-3969 charlie wagner Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:03:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/10/10/q-a/#comment-3969 Carl, It's good to know that we agree on at least one thing: Moby Dick! To say that I have immersed myself in this book over the past 45 years is somewhat of an understatement. See my web page on Moby Dick HERE: <a href="http://www.charliewagner.com/moby.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.charliewagner.com/moby.htm</a> Carl,
It’s good to know that we agree on at least one thing: Moby Dick! To say that I have immersed myself in this book over the past 45 years is somewhat of an understatement.

See my web page on Moby Dick HERE:
http://www.charliewagner.com/moby.htm

]]> By: Cameron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/10/10/q-a/comment-page-1/#comment-3968 Cameron Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:26:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/10/10/q-a/#comment-3968 "Mycology is better than yours." (As seen on my professors office door in the botany department of the University of Wyoming. You've inspired me to revisit some of my fungi books. I always forget how fascinating they are. “Mycology is better than yours.” (As seen on my professors office door in the botany department of the University of Wyoming. You’ve inspired me to revisit some of my fungi books. I always forget how fascinating they are.

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