Did anyone else read those books as a kid? In middle school they were my favorite, even though most of them followed the same format more or less.
I'm pretty sure I read:
Redwall
Mattimeo (My favorite)
Salamandastron
Martin the Warrior
The Bellmaker
Outcast of Redwall (Also very good, most different of them all)
Lord Bocktree
Triss
I read every book that was then in the series, starting in fourth grade until about the middle of fifth grade.
Quote from: Ken on July 30, 2009, 10:52:10 PM
I read every book that was then in the series, starting in fourth grade until about the middle of fifth grade.
And they kicked ass, no?
Quote from: Hïro on July 30, 2009, 11:05:58 PM
And they kicked ass, no?
Well, until I realized I wasn't enjoying them anymore, sure. They kicked ass when I was young enough not to know better.
Quote from: Ken on July 30, 2009, 11:07:17 PM
Well, until I realized I wasn't enjoying them anymore, sure. They kicked ass when I was young enough not to know better.
well yeah, that's usually what happens with things like that
Mattimeo, Redwall and Martin the Warrior were too badass. Namely Mattimeo. But I remember the death scenes were overtly graphic for a children's book.
I read them in third grade I think. I stopped in fourth or fifth. Whenever Loamhedge came out, which was when I realized that they weren't that good.
I think every badger was killed at one point or another. The author mustn't have liked badgers akudood;
I remember how annoyingly repetitive the author was when it came to feasting. SCONES, SCONES, SCONES FUCKING EVERYWHERE. Plus there were like 500000 feasts in every book.
Quote from: RDX on July 30, 2009, 11:11:24 PM
Mattimeo, Redwall and Martin the Warrior were too badass. Namely Mattimeo. But I remember the death scenes were overtly graphic for a children's book.
I read them in third grade I think. I stopped in fourth or fifth. Whenever Loamhedge came out, which was when I realized that they weren't that good.
I think every badger was killed at one point or another. The author mustn't have liked badgers akudood;
lol tons of dudes died, but the badgers were total badasses badass
I just skipped between books, but yeah, I eventually grew out of them after realizing that most of them had nearly the exact same plot and characters.
But I still love Mattimeo.
Quote from: Ken on July 30, 2009, 11:14:25 PM
I remember how annoyingly repetitive the author was when it came to feasting. SCONES, SCONES, SCONES FUCKING EVERYWHERE. Plus there were like 500000 feasts in every book.
god damn yes
but it was weird how he made leaves and nuts sound absolutely delicious O_0
oh and the Logalog too
Quote from: Ken on July 30, 2009, 11:14:25 PM
I remember how annoyingly repetitive the author was when it came to feasting. SCONES, SCONES, SCONES FUCKING EVERYWHERE. Plus there were like 500000 feasts in every book.
At first I read through them because I felt bad about skipping pages, but by book 8 I just said fuck it and I skipped those chapters entirely.
For the longest time I wanted to know what a scone was. I thought it was some british thing but...
maybe it wasn't.Quote from: Hïro on July 30, 2009, 11:14:56 PM
lol tons of dudes died, but the badgers were total badasses badass
I just skipped between books, but yeah, I eventually grew out of them after realizing that most of them had nearly the exact same plot and characters.
But I still love Mattimeo.
Constance the badger was such a damn hardass badass
lol i cant believe i still remember some of their names
Quoteoh and the Logalog too
logalogalogalogalog
i remember i used to skip over the word "rapier" because i thought it was kind of a bad word akudood;
"Stoat" always used to confuse me when I read those books because I didn't know it was a weasel type thing back then.
akudood;
Quote from: RDX on July 30, 2009, 11:19:36 PM
At first I read through them because I felt bad about skipping pages, but by book 8 I just said fuck it and I skipped those chapters entirely.
For the longest time I wanted to know what a scone was. I thought it was some british thing but...maybe it wasn't.
you don't know what a scone is? baddood;
Quote from: Hïro on July 30, 2009, 11:29:26 PM
you don't know what a scone is? baddood;
didnt
kaz i didnt know what anything was back then. i barely knew what a hare was.
Quote from: RDX on July 30, 2009, 11:49:18 PM
didnt
kaz i didnt know what anything was back then. i barely knew what a hare was.
lol
Loved the books, my favorite being Taggerung, quite possibly just because the main character is an otter.
Quote from: RDX on July 30, 2009, 11:11:24 PM
I think every badger was killed at one point or another. The author mustn't have liked badgers akudood;
Must be from Minnesota akudood;
Quote from: Ken on July 30, 2009, 11:14:25 PM
I remember how annoyingly repetitive the author was when it came to feasting. SCONES, SCONES, SCONES FUCKING EVERYWHERE. Plus there were like 500000 feasts in every book.
All the alcohol always caught my attention. There always seemed to be some sort of cordial going around
I kept on expecting his writing style to stop sucking. It never did.
But he spins wonderful stories and characters, worlds and conflicts.
Between 4th and 6th grade I read almost all of them, I think I remember liking the one about some guy named Luke the best. It had a boat on a mountain on the cover.
Quote from: wziard on July 31, 2009, 11:09:33 AM
Between 4th and 6th grade I read almost all of them, I think I remember liking the one about some guy named Luke the best. It had a boat on a mountain on the cover.
I think it was called Legend of Luke, and it was one of the later books in the series I believe...it was my favorite too.
If I recall, Luke was a mouse that was a descendant of the original mouse hero Matthias or whatever.
I read Redwall and Mattimeo back in elementary school.
They were pretty cool.
Also there was a cartoon. It came on PBS on Sundays.
why have i never heard of these
Yeah I read about 5 or 6 of them and then it started feeling like I was reading the same book over and over.
Quote from: wziard on July 31, 2009, 11:09:33 AM
Between 4th and 6th grade I read almost all of them, I think I remember liking the one about some guy named Luke the best. It had a boat on a mountain on the cover.
I remember I liked Luke because I thought it was a bad
ass name, but the book bored me to death.
My favorite besides Mattimeo was probably Taggerung because it finally felt like I was reading something new. One thing I hated though was how they'd say "Let's go to that badger mountain place!" and then they'd start going there and one would say "oh good golly im thirsty". Then the dumbass author would explain how good the drink the guy had was and how great their lunch was and by the time they're done I never remembered where the hell they were going in the first place :\
I only saw the cartoons. I might have read one of the books, I don't remember.
I read almost all of them up until about 8th grade. All I remember is that they're all more or less the same story.