THE WRITER :

• Herman Melville "is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd."
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'MOBY-DICK' :

• Hello, Martians. Let Moby-Dick Explain
  "LAST night the Martians touched down in the backyard. They were oval and bright pink, with two antlike antennae topped by eyes fringed with sea-anemone lashes. They said they’d come to study America..."
  By MARGARET ATWOOD
  (nytimes.com)

• Moby-Dick; or, The Whale,[1] "written by American author Herman Melville and first published in 1851, is widely considered to be a Great American Novel and a treasure of world literature. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that on this voyage Ahab has one purpose, to seek out a specific whale: Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge..."
  (Wikipedia)
  
  
  Voyage of the Pequod
  
  
  
• Adaptations of Moby-Dick (Wikipedia)
  
  
  • Moby Dick Trailer (YouTube)
    "Original 1956 trailer to the Reel 13 Classic "Moby Dick" starring Gregory Peck as the infamous Captain Ahab..."
    Moby Dick "is a 1956 film adaptation of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.
    It was directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Ray Bradbury and the director. The film starred Gregory Peck ..."