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Richard Adams Birthday
« on: May 09, 2016, 07:46:32 PM »
Happy birthday to our amazing author Richard Adams. He is now 96 years old.

 How many books have you read by Richard Adams?
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2016, 09:14:16 PM »
I have only read the original WSD (and a chapter from the sequel before I got busy). Happy birthday, oh you god of literature!
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2016, 12:00:37 AM »
I've only read Watership Down, but I plan on reading all of his books eventually.
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2016, 12:10:47 AM »
I've read Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, and a good chunk of Shardik. Plague Dogs is my favorite, much as I love Watership down. Shardik was really good, but my God it's dense stuff. Layers and layers of description. So much so that it might turn a lot of people off. It's a very big world and you're gonna see as much of it as Adams can get in there. I should get back to it one of these days.
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« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2016, 01:02:35 AM »
So far, I've only read WD and TFWD.  I've got an ebook of Shardik, but I didn't start reading it yet.
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« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2016, 03:26:28 PM »
Happy (belated) birthday, Richard Adams. :wub

I've read WD, TFWD and The Plague Dogs. I want to read all of his works eventually.
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« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2016, 03:27:37 PM »
I've read Watership Down and would like to read TFWD and The Plague Dogs as well.

Happy birthday, Richard Adams!
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« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2016, 03:47:43 PM »
96 - wow! Happy Birthday, Richard Adams!

I've read WSD (of course!) and sequel, and The Plague Dogs. Shardik didn't initially interest me because of the subject matter. But maybe if I see if cheap somewhere, I'll give it a go.
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« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2016, 08:42:51 PM »
I've read watership down tales from watership down, shardik, the plague dogs, girl in a swing and travilar. I plan to read maia this summer.
My favorite after watership down is shardik
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« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2016, 08:39:39 PM »
Happy Birthday, Richard Adams!  :cheers  :celebrate  :cheers


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That's me exact. I will have to change that some day or some vacation. :)
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« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2016, 01:31:02 PM »
96 years !!!!?   :pipkin-oh  He is a veteran !. In heaven await many fictional characters like Hazel and Fiver ... He will be very happy to see the mini series of WD and living so long.
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST!!!   :silverweed
I've only read WD 5 times ... And I saw the movie Plage Dogs.
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« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2018, 03:23:00 PM »
Richard Adams would have been 98 years old today...
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« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2018, 09:31:49 PM »
I wad thinking about his birthday a few days ago.
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« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2018, 02:43:58 PM »
congratulations to my favorite author of the work I most adore in life: Watership Down. As well as many good books that he wrote. Now you are in a better world.    :frith
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Re: Richard Adams Birthday
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2018, 06:41:00 PM »
Such joy he brought all of us, and he brought us together.
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