Changes: Moby Dick

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SS Botany Bay-library — *Moby Dick* found aboard the SS *Botany Bay*.

"He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it."

- Moby-Dick (Star Trek: First Contact)

Moby-Dick is a novel by American author Herman Melville, published in 1851. The story is about Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to hunt down the white whale that had attacked him years before and left him crippled. In the end, Ahab's thirst for vengeance destroyed both him and his ship.

During his exile on Ceti Alpha V, Khan read Moby-Dick as he became immersed in his own desire for revenge on James T. Kirk. During his search and battle with Kirk, he quoted lines from the novel. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

Although she had never read the book, Lily Sloane compared Jean-Luc Picard's hatred for the Borg to Ahab's desire to destroy the white whale. (Star Trek: First Contact)

In addition to First Contact, the original series episode "The Doomsday Machine" was also loosely based on the story of Moby-Dick.

Patrick Stewart played Captain Ahab in a 1998 made-for-TV adaptation of the novel.

External Links

Moby-Dick at Wikipedia
ISBN 0393972836 - search for Moby-Dick at external book sources

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 ::- '''Moby-Dick''' (''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'')
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