tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post5332338941766762503..comments2024-03-27T10:53:14.239-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: A Forgotten Precursor of 'Watership Down'Douglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-30741477774879394532020-07-03T06:46:56.891-04:002020-07-03T06:46:56.891-04:00I have 1946 edition complete with rather fragile c...I have 1946 edition complete with rather fragile cover. Read it as a boy and enjoyed it very much. Read it again recently and enjoyed it again. Watership Down came long after this book and there are similarities. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428793942164238001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-12707416711191957482020-06-04T23:22:44.732-04:002020-06-04T23:22:44.732-04:00This was my favourite book growing up, first when ...This was my favourite book growing up, first when read to me by my father and then by me, many times over.<br /><br />Re-reading it as a teenager I was surprised to find that it was not "just a children's book" at all.<br /><br />Rather than look forwards in time to Watership Down, I would be much more inclined to look back over Pat Murphy's shoulder, to a book published a year Liz Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04766504742742875195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-39724361470459534742018-12-22T06:53:33.372-05:002018-12-22T06:53:33.372-05:00"The wind protect you" is wonderful titl..."The wind protect you" is wonderful title.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889508381110096139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-40246429195666490852018-12-16T14:35:01.644-05:002018-12-16T14:35:01.644-05:00Thank you, Juliet, I appreciate your helpful comme...Thank you, Juliet, I appreciate your helpful comments, from an authoritative source. <br /><br />MarkMark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-36094744333680825922018-12-16T08:18:47.882-05:002018-12-16T08:18:47.882-05:00So far as I am aware, Richard never read this book...So far as I am aware, Richard never read this book. He never once mentioned it, and there was no copy in his library. I don't suppose we shall ever know now for certain.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834609052006945915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-61718691310686418632018-12-14T14:44:16.829-05:002018-12-14T14:44:16.829-05:00Thanks for that correction, David, which is import...Thanks for that correction, David, which is important as I had thought this was one of the more specific parallels between the two books. Clearly it isn't after all. MarkMark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-87617659600609150462018-12-14T01:19:30.660-05:002018-12-14T01:19:30.660-05:00That's a very interesting discovery, and I'...That's a very interesting discovery, and I'd like to read that book if I can find it.<br /><br />However, in the process of your comparisons you've made a couple factual errors concerning Watership Down. Most importantly, you have misidentified Hyzenthlay's species if you think she is a deer. She is a rabbit doe, not a deer doe. A better parallel is probably found in Kehaar, David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-86011805856493919952018-12-11T10:22:44.446-05:002018-12-11T10:22:44.446-05:00I read WATERSHIP DOWN around May or June, 2016, an...I read WATERSHIP DOWN around May or June, 2016, and enjoyed it. That, superficially, it is a book (a NOVEL) about rabbits belies its originality, its sombre atmosphere, and its mythology. I have yet to see the 1978 animated film, but I have no intention of seeing the new one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com