Watership Down.
Oooh, good one. And a perfect excuse to re-read.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
megan walker - May 13, 2010 8:57:30 am PDT #11374 of 28769
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy - May 13, 2010 9:02:58 am PDT #11375 of 28769
Because books.
Rabbit Hill was the only bunny book I ever got around to. Except for Beatrix Potter stuff. And the Max and Ruby books, thanks to Sara.
Sophia Brooks - May 13, 2010 9:06:03 am PDT #11376 of 28769
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
No Bunnicula, Amy?!?! And The Celery Stalks at Midnight!
Fred Pete - May 13, 2010 9:07:52 am PDT #11377 of 28769
Ann, that's a ferret.
Not exactly a classic, but Stephen King's novella "The Body" (later became the movie Stand By Me) fits the quest theme.
Amy - May 13, 2010 9:09:21 am PDT #11378 of 28769
Because books.
No Bunnicula, Amy?!?! And The Celery Stalks at Midnight!
Oh, yes! I forgot! (Speaking of which, you have to read the bandom fic AU of Bunnicula, Sophia. Hysterical.)
Scrappy - May 13, 2010 9:12:22 am PDT #11379 of 28769
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Cormac McCarthy's The Road.
Kathy A - May 13, 2010 9:14:46 am PDT #11380 of 28769
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
When I reread Watership Down four years ago for the first time in 25 years, I was reminded of what a damn good story it is, a truly epic work.
megan walker - May 13, 2010 9:40:47 am PDT #11381 of 28769
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Thanks for the great ideas!
The collection with "The Body" is the only Stephen King i've read. I know some of his stuff is dystopian--anything I should include on that list?
Sophia Brooks - May 13, 2010 10:00:30 am PDT #11382 of 28769
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
There is a bandom Bunnicula!?!
DavidS - May 13, 2010 10:00:40 am PDT #11383 of 28769
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I know some of his stuff is dystopian--anything I should include on that list?
The Stand. One of his better books too.