Tales from Watership Down
Registered by phantomreader42 on 2/23/2004
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A collection of stories set in the world of Watership Down (as the title implies).
Contents:
Still good, but not as good as the original. Has some of the same magic, but not all of it. I do like the idea of creating a mythology for the rabbits, and telling the stories of the legendary El-ahrairah along with the tales of present-day rabbits.
The Sense of Smell tells of El-ahrairah’s long and dangerous quest to obtain the sense of smell for his people, who are in great danger without it.
In The Hole in the Sky El-ahrairah goes in search of something he has only heard in rumor, and finds more than he expected. This story reminds me of some Greek mythology, in that in the beginning El-ahrairah disguises himself as a wandering and exhausted hlessi in order to test the compassion of an arrogant warren.
Speedwell’s Story is complete and utter nonsense. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
In The Story of the Comical Field, El-ahrairah, returning home from his encounter with the Black Rabbit of Inlè, finds something even worse
All in all, I recommend this book, if not quite as highly as the original.
Books by Richard Adams:
Watership Down (2nd Copy, 3rd Copy, 4th Copy)
Tales From Watership Down (2nd copy)
The Plague Dogs
The Girl In A Swing
Contents:
The Sense of Smell
The Story of the Three Cows
The Story of King Fur-Rocious
The Fox in the Water
The Hole in the Sky
The Rabbit’s Ghost Story
Speedwell’s Story
The Story of the Comical Field
The Story of the Great Marsh
The Story of the Terrible Hay-Making
El-ahrairah and the Lendri
The Secret River
The New Warren
Flyairth
Flyairth’s Departure
Hyzenthlay in Action
Sandwort
Stonecrop
Campion
Lapine Glossary
Still good, but not as good as the original. Has some of the same magic, but not all of it. I do like the idea of creating a mythology for the rabbits, and telling the stories of the legendary El-ahrairah along with the tales of present-day rabbits.
The Sense of Smell tells of El-ahrairah’s long and dangerous quest to obtain the sense of smell for his people, who are in great danger without it.
In The Hole in the Sky El-ahrairah goes in search of something he has only heard in rumor, and finds more than he expected. This story reminds me of some Greek mythology, in that in the beginning El-ahrairah disguises himself as a wandering and exhausted hlessi in order to test the compassion of an arrogant warren.
Speedwell’s Story is complete and utter nonsense. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought
J. K. Galbraith, The Affluent Society
In The Story of the Comical Field, El-ahrairah, returning home from his encounter with the Black Rabbit of Inlè, finds something even worse
”The Black Rabbit,” replied El-ahrairah, “inspired a terrible, indescribable awe: helplessness and the fear of endless darkness. But he is not wicked, evil or cruel.”
All in all, I recommend this book, if not quite as highly as the original.
Books by Richard Adams:
Watership Down (2nd Copy, 3rd Copy, 4th Copy)
Tales From Watership Down (2nd copy)
The Plague Dogs
The Girl In A Swing
Reserved for release during FortyToo's Animal Challenge.
Released on Saturday, July 10, 2004 at AU Small Animal Clinic in Auburn University, Alabama USA.
Left on a bench outside the entrance to the clinic, about 2:30pm. Released during the Animal Challenge.
Left on a bench outside the entrance to the clinic, about 2:30pm. Released during the Animal Challenge.
Waiting for time to read it.
CAUGHT IN AUBURN AL USA
CAUGHT IN AUBURN AL USA
