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Picked this up and I absolutely do not regret it. The artwork is amazing and is a gallery in of itself, with extremely detailed depictions of antarctic expedition and cosmic horror. I love being able to see and feel the expressions of each of the characters, it makes the human side of At the Mountains of Madness much deeper. Read part of the novella before but I'm excited to see how this tells the rest of the story.

The average experience of the book thus far is

Date
Fish
Fish
Fish
Geography
Fish
History w/ Captain Nemo
Fish
Fish
Some character moment
Speculative theories
Fish
Fish
Next part of the ocean

I am only giving an update because Arronax said "What in the merry deuce" and I just adore that, I will be using said phrase from now on.

I decided to pick this book up again and ouuuuggghhhhhh the pacing. I've never felt more dread reading that when Arronax says "This scene beggars description" or "Oh you must tell me more" and we get a page and a half (minimum) of geological description, floral and fauna populations, and/or niche history. I want to see Nemo's resolution but there's so much sciency fluff to chug through to get there.

ROCKYYYYYYYYYY 😰😭

Meditation one was on creation, and the fact that you do not exist for any reason except that God wants you to and has willed to give you life. You are nothing but ash and your life belongs solely to Him Who created it. It's an excellent beginning to understanding a devoted life.

Super interesting to think about how lucky humans are to be able to visually see light, and how much of the universe and science we take for granted just because we can actually see things

Short read today but I managed to chew through and get to the meditations, which I'll start tomorrow, Lord willing. I enjoy how very clear St. Francis is on contrition and affection towards sin, it highlights in conviction where in life we still miss sin and offers an opportunity to rid ourselves of this affection through hatred of sin and contrition. Excited to get started on the meditations.

Did not like thinking about the gross nerd "engaging" between DuBois and Shapiro. Rocky fist bump made up for it.

Rocky my beloved 💔

This is the cutest sci-fi book ever written. Rocky my beloved.

I'm listening to the audiobook so I don't have exact numbers but I finished chapter 6 this morning.

So far this is an excellent book. It critiques the modern scholar acting in inappropriate ways towards religion and spirituality while also diving into paganism, what makes it beautiful dreams and profound searches of truth, and when it turns to dark practicality. Highly recommend to anyone interested in religion!