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What are your favorite fantasy/fiction novels in which animals (especially talking ones) are the main characters?
Here are some of mine:
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Watership Down by Richard Adams
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Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies (author of The Sight)
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Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker
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Redwall (the first book, which I think is the best) by Brian Jacques
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Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
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Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
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The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London
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The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams (author of Watership Down and Shardik)
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Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten (this is the awesome book the famous Disney movie is based on)
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Im sure I have more, but I'll just put one for now:
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This is a series and when I read them while I was younger I really loved alll of the books. They had elements of adventure, mystery, and romance. :3
Avi has some other great books as well!
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I saw that book on the library shelves when I was in elementary school, and I honestly regret not picking it up, because I'm currently on a hunt for really good "talking animal" books (it's a large part of the reason why I started this thread in the first place.
I look at the cover of that book and it reminds me of this movie:
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Ah yes the secret of NIMN, that movie was actually based off of a book (which is better than the movie imo). The movie and the book were fairly different.
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While Im here I might as well post a couple other books as well~
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A book series I really want to pick up! I havent read them yet, but I know they are good.
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I am sure that people have heard of this because of the movie, but the books have a lot more depth and are a great read! They are pretty short though there are a lot of them.
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This book is still sitting on the dusty shelf in my bedroom:
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I tried to read it once, but the words were as complicated as someone on FH doing a really really serious Wolf Rp~
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I picked this book up at the local library one day. I loved the plot and how the villian wasn't just evil for the heck of it.
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Ah yes the secret of NIMN, that movie was actually based off of a book (which is better than the movie imo). The movie and the book were fairly different.
I knew the book existed, but I've never read it. I really want to, though. I mean, if the film alone was fantastic, then I can only imagine how awesome the book is!
This book is still sitting on the dusty shelf in my bedroom:
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I tried to read it once, but the words were as complicated as someone on FH doing a really really serious Wolf Rp~
If you're not interested in that book, by all means send it my way lol! I've been curious about that book because I hear that it's kind of like Watership Down in that it's a book with a cutesy premise about a bunch of adorable woodland creatures dying in horribly brutal ways.
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If you're not interested in that book, by all means send it my way lol! I've been curious about that book because I hear that it's kind of like Watership Down in that it's a book with a cutesy premise about a bunch of adorable woodland creatures dying in horribly brutal ways.
LOL that about sums it up!! XD
There is a cartoon for it on youtube as well! I actually really enjoyed it.
More books~
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I reccomend both of these!! There was a third book as well... but that one was kind of meh honestly. It was also extremely confusing and hectic. Not nearly as good as the first two imo.
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This is another of his books, but it actually isnt connected to the other ones at all! It is extremely awesome though!! Its about prehistoric bats basically.
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I reccomend both of these!! There was a third book as well... but that one was kind of meh honestly. It was also extremely confusing and hectic. Not nearly as good as the first two imo.
I heard about those books, and it's certainly intriguing to see bats portrayed as good guys for once. Wasn't it also adapted into a cartoon show?
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Yes it was! The cartoon was okay. It changed some of the book, which I didnt like, but it was still enjoyable to me. Then again, I am not very picky when it comes to certain things.
More books!! I am starting to run low though @_@
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All by Bill Wallace as you can see! I read all of these in middle school and I loved them!! Then again I was younger then, so they might be a bit juvinile for anyone over 15 years. No matter how old you are though, they are all enjoyable for their cute main characters :3
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I'm reading this right now. The book is named after the titular bear character Shardik. It's pretty awesome so far, though I'm not really sure if this would qualify for this thread. I'm just trying to find a subtle way to bump this topic back up again. I'm not doing a very good job, am I?
I'm too lazy to provide the premise of the novel myself, so I'll just copy/paste the premise according to GoodReads:
Shardik is a fantasy of tragic character, centered on the long-awaited reincarnation of the gigantic bear Shardik and his appearance among the half-barbaric Ortelgan people. Mighty, ferocious, and unpredictable, Shardik changes the life of every person in the story. His advent commences a momentous chain of events. Kelderek the hunter, who loves and trusts the great bear, is swept on by destiny to become first devotee and then prophet, then victorious soldier, then ruler of an empire and priest-king of Lord Shardik-Messenger of God-only to discover ever-deeper layers of meaning implicit in his passionate belief in the bear's divinity.
What's especially cool about this book is that Shardik is supposedly the living incarnation of God (like if Jesus was a giant hungry brown bear instead of a nice young Jewish man), but in the end, you're still never really sure if Shardik really is Bear-Jesus, or if he's just an abnormally large but otherwise normal brown bear, and everything that happens to the people around him is just a string of strange coincidences.
By the way, if you hadn't noticed already from looking at the cover of the book, this is by the same guy who wrote Watership Down.
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I've never read Watership Down, which makes me sad because I really want to! I am, however, a huuuuge fan of Redwall. Warriors as well, though not as much due to the less-elegant writing.
BUT
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH
You know the move "The Seret of NIMH"? That was based on a book. Now, I had the misfortune of reading the book before seeing the Don Bluth movie, which completely ruins the glory of the book. Seriously, though, it's my absolute favorite talking animal book and if you haven't read it, you should give it a try!
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Watership Down is awesome. Go read it as soon as you can. You will never look at bunnies the same way again. If you don't have the time to read the book, watch the movie (which is the next-best thing).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gFO8dm5QeDk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gFO8dm5QeDk)
You're the second person so far to recommend Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. I saw the movie and loved it, and if the movie was awesome, I can only imagine how mind-blowingly awesome the book is.
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Oh man! I can't believe I forgot this one!
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The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams (who wrote Watership Down and Shardik)
Have any of you guys ever read this book? It's very sad and very gory, but it's a beautiful story with great characters. It also has a lot to say about humanity and compassion and how we treat our fellow animals.
Read this if you're in the mood for a good cry. It's not for everyone, though. Also, if you're going to read this, make sure it is NOT the first edition. The first edition has a very tragic, heart-breaking ending that ticked off readers so much that Richard Adams had to revise the ending and make it a happy one for all of the other edtions to follow.
It's also a movie. The movie, like the first edition of the book, does not have a happy ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBxfOvx7QmU&feature=player_detailpage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBxfOvx7QmU&feature=player_detailpage)
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Added a new book to my list:
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Don't let the cutsey cover fool you. This is WAY darker and more intense than the Disney movie (and even the Disney movie could be pretty scary at times).