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THE WORKS

Having enjoyed Typee, I am half through with Melville's Omoo and am hooked on Herman.

So, I started to think ahead and got the whole list of 'works'.

I figured I would go through them one by one chronologically; all the way to Billy Budd which was not printed in his lifetime. Not by a long shot; 1929.

Then, I saw the American Library Edition; three volumes.

They are now Amazonned and on the way.

I am in for the long haul.

There is a strong homo-erotic tinge to Melville which is quite attractive. He is not naive. Sailors were and are not, as a rule. That gives it a bit of an extra tang to a lot of good reading.

I am about half way through the second volume of the Eragon Trilogy. It is as good as the first. I am going slow, though. The third volume is not even on the list to be published. A long wait for the finale.

But, we did it with Harry, we can do it with Eragon.