The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:53 am

The Tekeli-li of Mountains of Madness comes from the end of Edgar Allan Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. I've read and listened to a recording of that novel quite a few times. Does anyone else here like the story? Has anyone read the sequel written by Jules Verne?

By the way, here's a summary of the first book from the middle of the second: http://jv.gilead.org.il/badquaker/sphinx/05.html

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:11 pm

that's quite a tag team.. news to me

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:57 pm

Never got round to reading it, but I will.
And to be anal retentive, it's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket".

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:10 pm

Jesus Prime wrote:Never got round to reading it, but I will.

I should have mentioned that you can listen to it (most of it, it's a work in progress) read by several narrators here: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php ... ebe6a15c88

Links to chapters are scattered through the thread. I've listened to several chapters myself and I think they've done a pretty good job.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:49 pm

Cheers, man, I'll bookmark that.

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:59 pm

NICE, I love the works of Jules Verne!!!

I dropped $60 for that book about a year ago...

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:38 pm

I read "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea" a few months back, and well, I was impressed. Nice pacing and narrative. Ending was a bit piss though.

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 1:25 pm

To find out the fate of Captian Nemo you need to read Verne's The mysterious island...

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:02 pm

I'm aware of it, but I haven't been able to find it.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:17 pm

hence the mystery

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:45 pm

But I'm on an island!

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:53 am

Yes tekeli-li is fro that brilliant story, and is very recommendable to read.

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:06 pm

I just finished reading it but a week ago. Seems like Poe got a bit tired of writing it at the end so gave it a piss poor ending. I LOVED it though. Couldn't put it down.I'm looking into getting V's narrative asap.

Oh, and Amazon.com has "The Mysterious Island"

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:51 am

Enkil wrote:I just finished reading it but a week ago. Seems like Poe got a bit tired of writing it at the end so gave it a piss poor ending. I LOVED it though. Couldn't put it down.I'm looking into getting V's narrative asap.

Oh, and Amazon.com has "The Mysterious Island"

I'm glad you enjoyed it, although I liked the ending better than you did. The sailing of the boat into the falling ash-like substance, the heating of the water and the figure on the horizon was a sequence I remember vividly.

But the book certainly has uneven moments, and it's always good to see it find a reader who'll take it for its good parts.

I can't vouch for the quality of the Verne story, but if it turns out to be good, let me know.

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:25 am

Oh I liked the ending up until that "the final chapters have been lost" bit.