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Hey /an/.

Whats your favorite Animal Novel?

Pic very related.
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Yeah, children's, I know.

If I cared enough, I'd go scan the page where the bunny is insisting he's real. That part is so sad.
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>>324704
I think you should do that my friend
>> Anonymous
>>324704
Favourite story EVER. I baaaawed.
>> Anonymous
>>324710
Animal Farm is good too.
>> Anonymous
Felidae: On the Road by Akif Pirincci

Favorite book ever

Only novel I have ever bothered to read thrice

I wish they had translated the other two

Francis is a pimp like no other
>> Anonymous
>>324714
do you have PDFs of that thingie?
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I will go with OP on this one. The book is based in actual research about the life of wild rabbits.
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This.
>> Anonymous
>>324715

I don't, I only have the hard copy of the book.
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>>324725
i guess you aren't in a mood of scanning it ?:)
>> Anonymous
>>324726


God forbid that you should ever, like, :) :) :) go to Amazon.com, :) :) :) eBay, secondhand bookstores :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) or your local library. :) :) and :) :) generally look for it and pay a couple of dollars for a secondhand copy. :)
>> Anonymous
>>324729
shipping from amazon or ebay would cost twice the amount of the book. libraries dont keep english books here. do you catch my drift?
>> Anonymous
" In the Long Dark" by Brian Carter was one of my favourites for a very long time.
>> Anonymous
>>324731


http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/akif-pirincci/felidae-on-road.htm

Google, motherfucker, learn to use it. There are better deals around, as always. Something out of print and vanishingly rare? By all means, request a PDF. But a single search netted me ten odd online stores offering this title, which means you're just a grasping little parasite out for a freebie because you're too lazy to spend the time tracking down a cheap copy.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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'The Singing Tree' by Brian Parvin.
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Fabulous villain was FABULOUS.
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>>324706
Yeah I'm in a scanning mood.
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>>324749
thx for posting
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>>324759
D'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW
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>>324749
thanks anon, much appreciated
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>>324703
how is that book? my girlfriend said i should read it cuz i really like rabbits its at my house just havent got around to it.
And mine are the Redwall series, very good books.
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>324729
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>>324703

This is my favorite book, regardless of animal relativity. It's just a fucking amazing book any way you look at it.
The way he describes their lives has such a culture to it. I rarely find this kind of attention in other novels.

Anyone got similar books they could recommend? Don't care if it's got animals in it or not. If you read it, you know what i'm talking about...
>> Anonymous
>>324808
that book is awesome. about rabbits getting through struggle how to get some females to rape. and they ended up fighting etc.
>> Anonymous
>>324817
my kind
not my kind

i wish my life were so simple
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Watership Down, or Black Beauty.
>> Peorth !!zKfADcnG1JS
>>324817
Awesome book is awesome.
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was my FAVORITE book in 4th grade! i read it 16 times IN A ROW!!!
>> Anonymous
i just finished reading watership down a few days ago. god fucking damn. the combination of the plot and writing style made it difficult to put down, so it's easily on my all-time-favorites list!

>>324820
if you like adventure/survival stories, you will love endurance: shackleton's incredible voyage. it's my #1 favorite book.
>> Anonymous
>>324874
good god i read this about a billion times.
>> canttouchthis !AB5fTSvpY6
i liked uncle remus stories with the brer rabbit. also loved b potter,and chalottes web when i was a kid.>>324722i think this has to be one of my faves too
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>> Anonymous
Black beauty, and Tailchaser's song
>> Anonymous
Here's a copy of the Velveteen Rabbit with better illustrations.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital.libra
ry.upenn.edu%2Fwomen%2Fwilliams%2Frabbit%2Frabbit.html&ei=H-X3SLenGoK2sQPX89WuDQ&usg=AFQjCNG
Spnxgqmc3Efo8naaz0QfXXS3_Nw&sig2=_yhd4dOC6_j_6yPjeDnFAQ
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It's got all your d'awwwws and bawwwwws.
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Animals of Farthing Wood.
Animal Massacres ahoy
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I love animal books where the characters aren't just human stand-ins, but actual animals who think like animals and act like animals; this is the fundamental difference between novels like Redwall and Watership Down. I love both, but Watership Down is on a different level. Often imitated, and often failed.

The only thing I've read that comes close is The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy. It also has a glossary in the front for animal words, it delves into a unique culture and mythology, survival gets really grim, etc, only with elephants instead of rabbits.
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>>325049

>>324820here

Buying that book now.
Thank you.
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Also a fantastic album by camel.
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No mention of this series? What the fuck, /an/.
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Snowgoose poster here also this which is the sequel to the Secrets of N.I.M.H.
>> Anonymous
I kind of remember this book... something about fangs...
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>>325054
My pleasure. When a serious book features animals as main characters -yet is really really not for children- a lot of people don't know what to make of it, thus it often gets overlooked.
>> Anonymous
>>325057
Brewster?
>> Anonymous
Watership Down and Felidae are tied.
>> Anonymous
>>324820

Foxes of First Dark would be a good one to try. Alternatively it is called Harvest Moon in the UK and the author is Garry Kilworth. Awesome read. :) It's way out of print though...i would suggest camping on amazon for used booksellers who have copies or alibris.com. I got mine off of alibris for $10ish dollars as a used lib copy.

Loved the Velveteen Rabbit, loved the cartoon. On a similar note, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Cate DeCamillo) made me cry like an emo with a broken flatiron. ;_; such a good book!
>> Anonymous
Not all about animals but,

The Life of Pi
Great book about a young /an/on trapped on a boat with a tiger.
>> Anonymous
>>325102
Oh god I did a book presentation on that book back in high school.
>> Stabby
Watership Down owns my fucking soul.
>> Anonymous
Roverandom wasn't bad.

I don't know if Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures counts, but it's still awesome.
>> Anonymous
Let's see...
Watership Down,
Felidae,
Promise of the Wolves
In that order.
All fantastic books.
>> Anonymous
White Fang.
>> Anonymous
a cat for christmass
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No mention of this?

Anyway, same author who did Watership Down. Very touching, and sad. Surprisingly enough, the movie was even more sad than the book.
>> Anonymous
>>325512
Because they went with the actual ending. Adams said he went with the totally implausible book ending because even he was getting too depressed. Movie has some of the best dog animation I've ever seen.
>> Anonymous
101 Dalmations was the first book I ever read. I also loved Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.
>> Anonymous
>>325512
I CANNOT bring myself to finish that book. I've gotten about half-way through but then I just got too depressed and can't force myself to finish it.
>> Anonymous
Animals suck cocks, human cocks.
>> Anonymous
if you give a mouse a cookie
>> Anonymous
Mr. Popper's Penguins.
>> Anonymous
I loved watership down, my all time favorite, but The Golden Cat was interesting as well.
>> Anonymous
Animal Farm for sure.
>> Anonymous
>>325515
Agreed.

I really liked both the movie and the book. The film's very underrated IMO.
>> Anonymous
Winterdance, the Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod

Read this shit, you will thank me
>> Anonymous
>>325698
The second half of the book takes us through the race itself. In the beginning, he makes every possible rookie mistake. He gets lost before even leaving the city of Anchorage, after putting the wrong animal in the lead-dog position:

"We went through people's yards, ripped down fences, knocked over garbage cans. At one point I found myself going through a carport and across a backyard with fifteen dogs and a fully loaded Iditarod sled. A woman standing over the kitchen sink looked out with wide eyes as we passed through her yard and I snapped a wave at her before clawing the handlebar once again to hang on while we tore down her picket fence when Wilson [the lead dog] tried to thread through a hole not much bigger than a housecat. And there is a cocker spaniel who will never come into his backyard again. He heard us coming and turned to bark just as the entire team ran over him; I flipped one of the runners up to just miss his back and we were gone, leaving him standing facing the wrong way barking at whatever it was that had hit him" (pg. 145).
>> Anonymous
I loved wind in the willows.

And also a story that i cant remember the name of, it had a Blue Macaw from the Amazon and he travelled down the river to the sea where he was caught by a sailor, and travelled around the world and made friends with all sorts of other animals. If this rings a bell with anyone that may have read it too let me know.

Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh was a book i liked a lot also
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>>325026
Good God I must have read this a hundred times when I was younger. I didn't have an illustrated version though, just one of those ones with slightly yellowed pages that looked like it was printed from a typewriter. Great book though.
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OH WTF! This always happens to me. I learn a new word, or otherwise, and then I see it all the time. Just 3 days ago I checked this book (Watership Down) out of my library.
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Do graphic novels count?
>> Anonymous
>>324722
Agreed.
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Ah, I've been wondering about this book I used to read all the time when I was a little kid, and I think /an/ might have the answer.

It was all about the life of a male otter. He lived life alone until he met his mate, and it was all written in this very classy, very British style, and the otters had this thing about polite conversation and etiquette and they spent PAGES detailing the polite way to offer/accept something (ask three times, incidentally, and only accept anything on the third asking).

Does this sound familiar? For the life of me, I can't recall a title.
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I discovered this in 3rd grade and have loved it ever since. I always wanted my dog to be like Buck.
>> Anonymous
>>325057
I must know where to buy/read this book.

>>325741
That looks pretty awesome, erh this might sound completly fucking retaded but what is the title of it?
>> Anonymous
nobody has mentioned 'Fluke' by James Herbert?
>> Anonymous
Old Yeller.
>> Anonymous
white fang.

julie and the wolves.
>> Anonymous
>>326044
It's We3. It's printed on the cover, into the "dog tag", but I understand it may be a bit hard to make out.
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Sentient prehistoric cats are badass.
>> Anonymous
>>325965

Tarka the Otter?
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TailChaser's Song. This is one weird-ass book.
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I baww every time I read that graphic novel.
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Sort of an animal (graphic) novel.

FUCK YEAH HARLAN ELLISON

FUCK YEAH RICHARD CORBEN
>> Anonymous
>>324717
this
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I think me and one other person have actually read this book.

The only way I can say it's my favorite is because it's the only animal book I've ever read.
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Fire Bringer, also by David Clement-Davies is a pretty good read too.
Looked at deer in a different light after that.. hadn't really thought about them much beforehand.
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>>326320
If it's got Harlan Ellison it's got to be amazing. Will get my hands on it after I read Watership Down and watch The Plague Dogs again.
>> Anonymous
>>326259
I think you may be right!

Anonymous is my secret hero.
>> Anonymous
>>324874
oh gawd. my entire 4th grade class baww'd buckets when we read that book.

never read an animal novel again, unless you count Fantastic Mr Fox.
>> Anonymous
the "Cat Who" novels
The Cat Who Saw Stars, specificly
>> Anonymous
>>326406
The Cat Who Saw Star Wars?
>> Anonymous
I loved this when I was a kid.. it's pretty good for a children's book
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>>326406My favorite was The Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson Braun

I loved the book pictured when I was a kid.
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Why hasn't anyone mentioned this one yet? Riki-tiki-tavi! I remember watching the movie first WAY before reading the book in school. Also, has any one read that "Marley & Me" book yet? I keep seeing it in the stores, any good?
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>>327026
Fuck yeah I had the collection of jungle book and what not and Rikki ate so many cobra babies it was awesome. Also the rat was a sissy.