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Novels in which animals are the main character
I thought it might prove interesting to compile a list of books which have animal characters as the star. Those that occur to me off the top of my head are:
Black Beauty- horse (Anna Sewell) Call of the Wild - dog (Jack London) Bambi - deer (Felix Salten) Born Free- lioness (Joy Adamson) Does anyone here at MR know of other books in which an animal is in the starring role? I thought I'd combine the list as it now stands. Quote:
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10-25-2014, 02:27 PM | #2 |
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Here are a few:
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10-25-2014, 02:32 PM | #3 |
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Wow. I had no idea there were so many with cats and dogs as the star. I had forgotten about Incredible Journey and 101 Dalmatians, and wasn't aware that Greyfriars Bobby was a book. I know Disney made a movie of that title though.
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Watership Down - rabbits (Richard Adams)
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My animal fav is "Raptor Red" by Robert Bakker - the imagined life of a female Utahraptor in the Creteceous Period
not available as an ebook available as an audiobook http://books.simonandschuster.com/Ra.../9780743545761 |
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Before the Disney movie, the story of Greyfriars Bobby (a terrier) was adapted for Lassie (a collie) as Challenge to Lassie.
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On the sfnal side:
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett, told from the perspective of the magical animals which usually show up to help the plucky resourceful kids in storybooks Robert J. Sawyer's Quintaglio Ascension trilogy, where the world is made up of dinosaurs (with dinosaur Galileo, Darwin, and Freud!) SF/fantasy author Shirley Rousseau Murphy's Joe Grey mysteries, set in a world of talking cats Diane Duane's Feline Wizards series, set in her Young Wizards universe, but with "ordinary" cats as hidden magicians Last edited by ATDrake; 10-25-2014 at 02:59 PM. Reason: People sure love their magical cats. |
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One I just remembered is "Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'brien. There were some sequels as well.
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[QUOTE=ATDrake;2958141]On the sfnal side:
Robert J. Sawyer's Quintaglio Ascension trilogy, where the world is made up of dinosaurs (with dinosaur Galileo, Darwin, and Freud!) /QUOTE] There are also the matriarchal genetic-engineering dinosaurs in Harry Harrison's Eden series |
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Redwall series by Brian Jacques
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10-25-2014, 03:46 PM | #12 |
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Dean Koontz: dogs
A Big Little Life ASK ANNA: Advice for the Furry and Forlorn Bliss to You: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life Ann Martin: dog The Autobiography of a Stray W. Bruce Cameron: A Dog's Purpose Albert Payson Terhune: Lad: A Dog Paul Auster: dog Timbuktu |
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Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
Pyewacket by Rosemary Weir The Silent Sky: The Incredible Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon by Allan W. Eckert |
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Tailchaser's Song, a fantasy novel by Tad Williams w/ a cat as protagonist.
It's Mrs. _Frisby_ and the Rats of N.I.M.H. There's a list on Goodreads for this: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/animal-protagonist |
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