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Post by tulkas on Mar 28, 2005 13:22:39 GMT -5
Bally good day, wot wot?
the Redwall series is very inspiring for some of my own writing. I would strongly recomend it!
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Post by Daae on Mar 28, 2005 17:17:28 GMT -5
I love the Redwall books. Always a good "pick me up" when you're feelin' down, eh wot? And unless you like rain, old chap, it's a bally dismal here.
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Post by CynanMachae on Mar 28, 2005 21:36:48 GMT -5
I do believe I've read "Redwall" 5 or 6 times... These books are grrrrrrreat.
(notice my sig)
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Mar 29, 2005 19:49:12 GMT -5
Love those books. Used to be obsessed... grew into LotR instead!
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Post by Daae on Mar 30, 2005 21:17:10 GMT -5
I did notice your signature, FantasyFan. Cluny was a good villian. And I just started Rakkety Tam, the newest book. My mom says that the villian, Gulo the Savage, is really nasty, not one of the mamby-pamby villians that have showed up in some of the more recent Redwall books.  |
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Post by tulkas on Mar 31, 2005 16:05:32 GMT -5
I did notice your signature, FantasyFan. Cluny was a good villian. And I just started Rakkety Tam, the newest book. My mom says that the villian, Gulo the Savage, is really nasty, not one of the mamby-pamby villians that have showed up in some of the more recent Redwall books. Like Raga Bol? |
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Post by CynanMachae on Mar 31, 2005 17:20:11 GMT -5
I did notice your signature, FantasyFan. Cluny was a good villian. And I just started Rakkety Tam, the newest book. My mom says that the villian, Gulo the Savage, is really nasty, not one of the mamby-pamby villians that have showed up in some of the more recent Redwall books. Rakkety Tam has been his best in a long time, and Gulo ranks up there with Cluny, Slagar, and Vallug Bowbeast. |
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Post by CynanMachae on Mar 31, 2005 17:25:39 GMT -5
To be honest, though, after reading about his next book - "High Rhulain" coming this autumn - I'm not sure it's gonna be as good...
maybe it will, but the plot certainly doesn't sound as good as Rakkety Tams did...
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Post by tulkas on Mar 31, 2005 20:20:21 GMT -5
how do I insert a picture?
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Post by Daae on Mar 31, 2005 20:54:14 GMT -5
Vallug Bowbeast? I don't remember that name.  |
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Apr 1, 2005 15:48:21 GMT -5
I almost slept through Rakkety Tam. IMO, Taggerung was the last good book BJ has produced.
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Post by twyrch on Apr 1, 2005 16:07:19 GMT -5
how do I insert a picture? You can use the Image tags.... [ IMG] image link [ /IMG] Just don't use any spaces in the actual tag.... ;D |
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Post by CynanMachae on Apr 1, 2005 21:45:56 GMT -5
Vallug Bowbeast? I don't remember that name. He is a villian in Taggerung. Weasel, I think. *****SPOILER***** Vallug is the one who kills Cregga, and almost kills Tagg. |
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Post by Riothamus on Apr 2, 2005 8:57:28 GMT -5
I read the first two "Redwall" books last year, and look forward the my next foray (a certain Russian Idiot got in my way,  ) While my favorite was Mattimeo (it's darker, Slagar is more interesting than Cluny--though Jacques fumbles the surprise regarding his identity--et cetera,) the book that intregued me most was Redwall, for this reason: Jacques has stated--over and over--that there is "no religion" in his books (an admittedly ridiculous idea, since everything is in some way religious. But that is an arguement I will not get into.), and indeed, seems in the second book to move toward generic nature-worship so far as the animals go; however, Redwall seems to me a very self-concious replaying of the Messiah idea. First, Martin/Matthias introduces himself as "I am that is," admittedly a plot-point, but also unmistakably related to God's words from the bush, "I am that I am." So that in some sense a connexion is made to divinity. Matthias fed the whole Abbey with a fish, once (shades of a certain Galilee shore?) And--most interesting of all--Matthias descends to "hell" to do battle with a serpent (a serpent named for an Islamic devil,) giving it a wound to the head, and rising again triumphant to free his people. All very interesting, and I can't help but feel that it was on some level intentional, though I'm not certain whether Jacques was playing with "types" or "signs." He insists that there's "no religion," but it could be that his primary reference is to the series as a whole, not to Redwall itself. Surely he sees the religious connotations of phrases like "I am that is," or else he's the most simple person on the planet. Did anyone else get this impression, or was it just me? |
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Post by tulkas on Apr 2, 2005 11:04:14 GMT -5
Well BJ did take the names "Asmodeus" and "Matthias"
from the Bible. I'm not sure though. I did kinda feel that.
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) While my favorite was Mattimeo (it's darker, Slagar is more interesting than Cluny--though Jacques fumbles the surprise regarding his identity--et cetera,) the book that intregued me most was Redwall, for this reason: Jacques has stated--over and over--that there is "no religion" in his books (an admittedly ridiculous idea, since everything is in some way religious. But that is an arguement I will not get into.), and indeed, seems in the second book to move toward generic nature-worship so far as the animals go; however, Redwall seems to me a very self-concious replaying of the Messiah idea.