Watership Down

[Eowyn, Lady of Rohan]

I was just wondering if any of you have read this. It's now one of my favorite books, i saw the movie when my sister read it and i know hte actor who did the voice of Kehaar! I took a quiz online, i would be Blackberry, but quizes can be unreliable. My favorite character is Bigwig!

[Embladyne]

I never knew that there was a movie for the book! I read it out of curiousity, and was very happy I had...Books of this type are often required reading for school, and even though I read it just because I felt like reading, I was still skeptical at the begining.

I don't remember now, but isn't there a sequal or something?

[Eowyn, Lady of Rohan]

Originally Posted by Embladyne

I never knew that there was a movie for the book! I read it out of curiousity, and was very happy I had...Books of this type are often required reading for school, and even though I read it just because I felt like reading, I was still skeptical at the begining.

I don't remember now, but isn't there a sequal or something?

May be there is a sequal, but i don't think so - Water ship up maybe? lol. I remember seeing hte movie when i was liuke , 6, so that's why i decided to read it. Glad i did! Have uou read Firebringer? it's kind of hte same idea.

[Draken]

It's a great book. I loved it as a kid and the animated film is very good and quite faithful to the book. Later in life I lived in Overton for a few years (it's shown on the map in the book) and quite often used to drive on the Kingsclere Road north of the Down or along the Test where the boat took them after the escape from Efrafa. I played in the local quiz league and met the author, Richard Adams, who was playing for the The Bell in Whitchurch at the time.

Now my kids love it - especially Kehaar!

There was never a sequel - though Adams' later books Shardik (about a polar bear I think?) and The Plague Dogs were referred to as his 'follow up to Watership Down' I think.

[Millane]

such a brilliant story, Bigwig was great but to me it was all about Hazel...
excellent book, and an excellent movie...

[Embladyne]

Originally Posted by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

Have uou read Firebringer? it's kind of hte same idea.

Nope....who's the author? I'll have to check it out.

Watership Up....funny!

(but there is no geographical feature such as an "Up"...)

[Eowyn, Lady of Rohan]

Oh well - i guess there is no geographical 'Up', but maybe it's about a mountain or something. Any way - can't remember who wrote firebringer, but it bears some resemleance to Watership down, but it's about deer, specifically one deer with a oak leaf on his forehead who's traveling ot do something like fulfill his prophecy, but i read it ages ago, so i can't remember. Cheers!

[jellyfishannah]

I love this book! I think I started reading it because I had liked the Redwall books so much. Vastly different. Both very good.