Any book recommendations with this kinda vibe?

Posted by Lapis-lad@reddit | whales | View on Reddit | 19 comments

300 pages or less because I haven’t got time to read moby dick, also I want a more whale on human character interaction.

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turquoisebee@reddit

Not as ethereal as the picture, but I remember it being a funny book.

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It doesn’t fit the vibe perfectly, but I really enjoyed The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler. It’s actually a fiction novel about the discovery of a hyper intelligent species of octopus that uses language/develops culture.

More whale related, I also read How To Speak Whale by Tom Mustill, which is a NF book about the underestimated intelligence and complexity of whales, and how scientists are decoding whale communication using machine learning, AI, etc.

I also read 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea recently, and it fits your vibe a little better, but I honestly found it to be a little boring/a bit too anthropocentric.

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FunyunCream@reddit

The sphere

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Lapis-lad@reddit (OP)

By Michael Crichton?

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FunyunCream@reddit

Well if you want megalophobic and thassalophobic vibes on the floor of the ocean, yes. If you want human whale interaction then I guess watch Free Willy

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