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Redwall

Children’s series, yet I still find myself occasionally re-reading the odd book. Absolutely loved them when i was a kid.

My personal favorites are:

Mossflower,
Martin the Warrior,
Redwall,
and... though my memory is sketchy, Salamandastron.


Eh, I started to lose interest in the series after Marlfox;
and all subsequent works i've browsed lack the charm I remember. (Perhaps i'm just to old now.)
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I've only read Mossflower, but I'm trying to get my hand on more of his works...If I could only remember to do so...
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Spacey wrote:If I could only remember to do so...

Been there. :D
I trust your local library carries at least some of his books in the children’s section?

I would strongly recommend you shy away from his latter works... as mentioned, it might simply be my age, but I think they fall under the 'ride a template to death' style of literature.
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I read close to the entire series when I was younger and his older works are usually his top.
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hmm, depends what you mean by older books. If you mean in order of publishing then a few are not as good as others. If you mean in chronological order of the history of mossflower etc then the books such as Martin the Warrior, Lord Brocktree and Legend of Luke are the best :-D
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sgt.johnkeel wrote:If you mean in chronological order of the history of mossflower etc then the books such as Martin the Warrior, Lord Brocktree and Legend of Luke are the best

Actually, now that I think about it, Chronological-history is a more accurate judge -- I need to re-read Outcast of Redwall and Legend of Luke, I never really appreciated them, but I think that might be due to young age in the former, and a preexisting mental image of how the history 'should look' in Legend -- But, other than those two I can find no fault.

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And a second on the Lord Brocktree.
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:shock:

I went shopping online yesterday....I think I bought five of the Redwall books, including Triss: A Tale of Redwall.

Chapters.ca had it for $2.00!
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Heh, don't go overboard now. :wink:
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Spacey wrote::shock:

I went shopping online yesterday....I think I bought five of the Redwall books, including Triss: A Tale of Redwall.

Chapters.ca had it for $2.00!


i have that in hard back! :-D

and yeh Xeno, can't remember where abouts Outcast fits into the history.

Loosly it goes

Lord Brocktree
Legend of Luke *
Martin the Warrior * interchangable with each other if your picky
Salamandastron - maybe?
Mariel of Redwall
The Bellmaker
Redwall
Mattimeo
Pearls of Lutra

thats all i can remeber atm
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Hmm... I feel like i'm ten again. :lol:
'Tis not a good feeling.

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Chronological order:
(All hail wiki, it saved me a trip down memory lane <_<)
Lord Brocktree,
Legend of Luke Bk2,
Martin the Warrior,
Mossflower,
Legend of Luke Bk's 1 and 3,
Outcast of Redwall,
Then Mariel/Bellmaker,
Salamandastron,
Redwall,
Mattimeo,
Pearls of Lutra,
The Long Patrol,
Marlfox,
The Taggerung,
Triss,
Loamhedge,
Rakkety Tam,
High Rhulain [*],
and finally, Eulalia should be coming out this year.


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And now, if the reader still has any respect for my bookshelf...
Of all of those, the only one I have yet to read is High Rhulian... Of all of those, the only two I don't own are Outcast and High Rhulian. And yes, I too have Triss in hardback :oops: (not one of my favorites, but meh..)
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Indeed, Redwall is probably the fourth largest collection of books I possess;
Preceeded by Classic Battletech, **Filtered**, and Heinlein. <_<
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lol...

the hardback version was what was on the super sale :-D
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there are 3 legend of luke books? i've only read one!

High Rhulian is good, it might be about otters (who aren't exactly my fav type of animal)

Whats Eulalia about? Lady Cregga perhaps?

Also i wonder if he'll ever expand on the story of King Bucko Bigbones and Lord Mortspear Ungatt Trunns father!

Ungatt Trunn has to be one of my fav villains
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Darn it....I bought the books by publication date and not chronological order...oh well...I guess I'll pretend I'm back in the 80's... :roll:
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The '3' books refers to the divisions of the one Legend of Luke book.
I tend to forget, but technically all the redwall books are each subdivided into 'three' mini-books. :)


Spacey wrote:Darn it....I bought the books by publication date and not chronological order...oh well...I guess I'll pretend I'm back in the 80's...

I must admit, I clearly underestimated the hold redwall had over me as a kid. This isn't me talking, but some over-exicted niche-reader who has finally found an audience. :?
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lol....i love the redwall series.....i read them all except for like 1 or 2....but i love them.....expecially matthais, legend of luke, martin the warrior, redwall (obvisouly thats a book lol...), umm...some others....but them books are awesome....
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