This probably depends on where you hang out—I’ve seen a claim that science fiction fans are apt to like Moby Dick, even if it’s the only classic they like.
I love Moby Dick. Melville constructed an epic fantasy out of real-world material. It presents a detailed picture of a world very different from ours and full of crazy, fantastic, heroic stuff, like a fantasy—but that world was all real.
This probably depends on where you hang out—I’ve seen a claim that science fiction fans are apt to like Moby Dick, even if it’s the only classic they like.
I love Moby Dick. Melville constructed an epic fantasy out of real-world material. It presents a detailed picture of a world very different from ours and full of crazy, fantastic, heroic stuff, like a fantasy—but that world was all real.