Fish Lit.

I like to read. In your opinion, what are some of the best fish/aquatic creature books out there? Maybe we could start an Aquarist Club reading list.

I prefer the Jaws movie to the book (I know, that's usually heresy!), but I really did love 20K growing up! Eventually as my brother aged, he too loved it.. and together we would have adventures on the Nautilus (aka.. blanket fort)

I went with "other" because I had in mind books that maybe aren't "aquatic" literature, but have some aquatics characters/creatures. I'm a fan of the merpeople, grindylows, and inferi in Harry Potter. I also like the merpeople in the Dawn Treader from Narnia (I haven't seen the movie, though). Also, there is a species of semi-aquatic elves in Edith Pattou's Song of Eirren trilogy that are pretty cool - I think they are called ellyls.

I like Moby Dick, though too. I actually haven't read Moby Dick, but I read a sequel to Moby Dick. There's a book called Ahab's Wife that is Moby Dick told from his wife's perspective. Pretty cool book.

*whispers* You can vote for more than one.

But yes, Jaws the book was pretty awful when compared to the movie. And also yes, mythical creatures are just as important as non-mythical ones

dawnkrockta wrote:

*whispers* You can vote for more than one.

It won't let me. Perhaps since I submitted my vote already, I can't vote again...darn.

I chose "other" because Im really more of a picture book person (call me a terrible student, but I've always hated reading. I think it's because I have mild ADD and it takes me an hour to read half a page)

Personally, I enjoy Ocean by Fabien Cousteau. It's got quite a bit of words, but also a TON of piuctures.

My favorite though, is The Deep, by Claire Nauvian. It's AMAZING!! It's got so many pictureeeesss, and cool ones at that

I've also got some other fish literature that I picked up from being a marine bio major, but most of it is really dry and has like 2 pictures, so I can't say I've actually read them (unless you're my teacher, then yes, I read it and I loved your class)

Iceelover wrote:

... so I can't say I've actually read them (unless you're my teacher, then yes, I read it and I loved your class)

Nice!

Seriously, though, picture books are the best. Even a textbook can be interesting if written well and if it has some pictures. For instance, my book for Developmental Psychology had really good examples of theories and had adorable pictures of little babies and kids scattered throughout the book. On the other hand, my Motivation book had really small text, prattled on forever, and had few pictures that were all in black and white. Guess which book was better...