So, I started reading Moby Peepee, and I didn’t expect this book would be so funny. I’m currently on chapter 13, and up to this point Ishmael and Queequeg had so many “no homo” moments. Can’t wait for the Captain Ahab chapters.
I’ve also finished “It” by Stephen King. It was my first King book, and god, I didn’t expected for it to be 50% filler, so many pointless 
and endless backstories of side characters that never show up again, plus the creepy child gangbang 
near the end had some “50 shades of Grey” tier writing. A friend of mine recommended me “The Shining” but l’m not quite sure anymore.
What do you guys recommend?
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Between this and his private letters I'm starting to believe Melville was a homo. Even by the standards of 19th century decorum and norms it seems excessive.
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I know that male friends were more physically affectionate back then, but still, there’s a paragraph were Ishmael talks about how he slept with Queequeg as if they were husband and wife, and how they talked looking to each other at bed like an old couple. So I wonder what 1850s readers thought of this, and whether Melville got bussyblasted by a Maori
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It's highly likely, considering how much time they spent at sea with no women around . That reminds me tangentially of the plot twist in Grande Sertão, which I stupidly spoiled for myself because I am a spastic. It's obscure here but what I've heard of it is that it's one of the great classics over there so maybe you know what I'm talking about. I haven't actually read it yet but that's probably what I'll read next.
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