Watership Down - Page 2

markedel · 01-31-2002, 09:47 PM

I haven't read them in years, but they were great 10 years ago.

***gdl96*** · 01-31-2002, 10:14 PM

I really liked this book. But same thing that ben said about killing it with worksheets and whatnot, as we had the same teacher.

Laurelyn · 02-06-2002, 11:00 PM

Watership Down is an AWESOME book! I loved it!
I read it first when I was seven, on a plane. Took me three hours and I wouldn't put it down for anything.

Khadrane · 03-13-2002, 12:06 AM

I REALLY liked Watership Down. It made it into my ever growing favorite book list.

Durin · 03-19-2002, 05:52 PM

Watership Down is an excellent book. I've read it five times, and it's really getting worn out. Everyone should read it!

Wayfarer · 03-22-2002, 06:30 PM

Yes, excellent.

Carafin · 06-15-2002, 04:36 PM

I really enjoyed this book, it was so good my copy (like many others)is all worn through

I have read only one book from the redwall series, it didn't impress me as much as Watership Down did though

another book in the tradition of WD is The Fire Bringer I believe it's by someone Clemens, Samuel maybe (but Icould just be imagining the name) It is sort of a ripoff but still I enjoyed it
it's about deer

***azalea*** · 06-17-2002, 07:04 PM

You do know that Samuel Clemens is Mark Twain, right?

I loved Watership Down. Did anyone see the movie? It was animated. A friend and I went to see it when it came out (we were kids) and it's a little more than a kid's story of course, and my friend started bawling at every part where a rabbit died or got injured.

***Earniel*** · 06-18-2002, 04:03 PM

Don't know Redwall, but I do know Watership Down. I didn't particulary like it but then I was too young to appreciate it when I read it (or looked at the drawings since I couldn't read english back then, why my parents bought us an english copy still puzzles me)

The animated movie scared me. I saw it once and never again. The image of the general-rabbit with one eye and a bloody mouth is still firmly rooted in my memory. After I saw it I sat shivering in the seat in front of the TV, staring at the snow too afraid to move so the big mean bunny wouldn't see me.

Draken · 06-19-2002, 12:11 PM

I used to live quite close to Watership Down - in Overton, which is on the map printed in the book. Nice part of the world.

Elbereth · 07-11-2002, 11:04 AM

I love WATERSHIP DOWN, tried Redwall and found it boring. Are TALES FROM WATERSHIP DOWN still in print? I can't find it anywhere.
I enjoyed reading your post, Lumina, about the symetry of the first line and the last line of WATERSHIP DOWN. I never thought of that before.
One question, FrodoFriend, why is it demeaning to have rodents in human clothes? I just didn't understand that part.

Draken · 07-15-2002, 09:11 AM

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Originally posted by Elbereth
One question, FrodoFriend, why is it demeaning to have rodents in human clothes? I just didn't understand that part.

I think a lot of people feel that by regarding animals as furry little people we miss out on thinking about what really makes them tick. That doesn't necessarily make for bad stories I suppose, just stories that aren't really about animals.

And I hope we aren't calling rabbits "rodents" here - they're lagomorphs, and that's different!

Elbereth · 07-23-2002, 10:34 AM

yes, i suppose you're right. sort of like it is deamening to picture humans as rodents. but then again, in this self-centered age, we tend to think that anything that is not human is not intelligent. so maybe why the author made the rodents have human quailities is to stress their intelligence...just a thought.

Wayfarer · 07-23-2002, 09:41 PM

(Sometimes I even bother to cook them.)

Elbereth · 08-02-2002, 10:44 AM

FIRE BRINGER is by David Clemies-Davies, I think.

01-31-2002, 09:47 PM	#21
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	I haven't read them in years, but they were great 10 years ago. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

02-06-2002, 11:00 PM	#23
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	Watership Down is an AWESOME book! I loved it! I read it first when I was seven, on a plane. Took me three hours and I wouldn't put it down for anything. __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

03-13-2002, 12:06 AM	#24
Khadrane Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle Earth (I wish) Posts: 670	I REALLY liked Watership Down. It made it into my ever growing favorite book list. __________________ Few know whither their road will take them till they come to its end. -Legolas FRODO LIVES! ABORTION IS HOMICIDE

03-22-2002, 06:30 PM	#26
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Yes, excellent. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

06-15-2002, 04:36 PM	#27
Carafin Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: The warm (or West) coast of Canada Posts: 150	I really enjoyed this book, it was so good my copy (like many others)is all worn through I have read only one book from the redwall series, it didn't impress me as much as Watership Down did though another book in the tradition of WD is The Fire Bringer I believe it's by someone Clemens, Samuel maybe (but Icould just be imagining the name) It is sort of a ripoff but still I enjoyed it it's about deer __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo; a star shines on the hour of our meeting, - LotR (FotR) four be the things I'd be better off without, love, curiousity, freckles, and doubt Queen Guinevere? ... Though all to ruin fell the world, And were dissolved and backward hurled, Unmade into the old abyss, Yet were its making good for this, The dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea, That Luthien for a time shoud be ~ ~Beren: The Song of Parting

01-31-2002, 10:14 PM	#22
*gdl96* the greg the admin Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: NJ Posts: 2,101	I really liked this book. But same thing that ben said about killing it with worksheets and whatnot, as we had the same teacher.

03-19-2002, 05:52 PM	#25
Durin Sapling Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 14	Watership Down is an excellent book. I've read it five times, and it's really getting worn out. Everyone should read it!

06-17-2002, 07:04 PM	#28
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	You do know that Samuel Clemens is Mark Twain, right? I loved Watership Down. Did anyone see the movie? It was animated. A friend and I went to see it when it came out (we were kids) and it's a little more than a kid's story of course, and my friend started bawling at every part where a rabbit died or got injured.

06-18-2002, 04:03 PM	#29
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Don't know Redwall, but I do know Watership Down. I didn't particulary like it but then I was too young to appreciate it when I read it (or looked at the drawings since I couldn't read english back then, why my parents bought us an english copy still puzzles me) The animated movie scared me. I saw it once and never again. The image of the general-rabbit with one eye and a bloody mouth is still firmly rooted in my memory. After I saw it I sat shivering in the seat in front of the TV, staring at the snow too afraid to move so the big mean bunny wouldn't see me. __________________ We are not things.

06-19-2002, 12:11 PM	#30
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	I used to live quite close to Watership Down - in Overton, which is on the map printed in the book. Nice part of the world. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

07-11-2002, 11:04 AM	#31
Elbereth Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 122	I love WATERSHIP DOWN, tried Redwall and found it boring. Are TALES FROM WATERSHIP DOWN still in print? I can't find it anywhere. I enjoyed reading your post, Lumina, about the symetry of the first line and the last line of WATERSHIP DOWN. I never thought of that before. One question, FrodoFriend, why is it demeaning to have rodents in human clothes? I just didn't understand that part. __________________ A! Elbereth Gilithoniel! 'Fate goes ever as fate must.' Beowulf (Seamus Haney's translation) FRODO LIVES!!!

07-23-2002, 10:34 AM	#33
Elbereth Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 122	yes, i suppose you're right. sort of like it is deamening to picture humans as rodents. but then again, in this self-centered age, we tend to think that anything that is not human is not intelligent. so maybe why the author made the rodents have human quailities is to stress their intelligence...just a thought. __________________ A! Elbereth Gilithoniel! 'Fate goes ever as fate must.' Beowulf (Seamus Haney's translation) FRODO LIVES!!!

07-23-2002, 09:41 PM	#34
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	I eat rabbits. (Sometimes I even bother to cook them.) __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

08-02-2002, 10:44 AM	#35
Elbereth Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 122	FIRE BRINGER is by David Clemies-Davies, I think. __________________ A! Elbereth Gilithoniel! 'Fate goes ever as fate must.' Beowulf (Seamus Haney's translation) FRODO LIVES!!!

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