Poll: Ficticious Pets

[Nonny]

If you could have a fictitious pet from any book, what animal would you pick?

This poll brought to you by my love of Oy, the billy-bumbler in the Dark Tower series, who just keeps getting more awesome.  (King better not kill off Oy.)

[dorothyinAus]

Straight pet? Mrs. Murphy and Tee Tucker from Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy series. And Pommes Frites from Michael Bond's Monsieur Pamplemousse series is always great fun, though I'm not prepared to house a bloodhound currently.

I have a real soft spot for the characters Pantalaimon and Iorek Byrnison from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, but I'm not really sure they count as pets.

[Nonny]

Feb 6, 2015 1:15:15 GMT -5 dorothyinAus said:

Straight pet?

I have a real soft spot for the characters Pantalaimon and Iorek Byrnison from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, but I'm not really sure they count as pets.

Yes, straight pets.

Pantalaimon is an extension of Lyra's soul and Iorek is his own person/bear, so I wouldn't count either of them as pets.  Aslan, Mr. & Mrs. Beaver, Reepicheep, et al from The Chronicles of Narnia wouldn't be pets either since they are sentient animals in a world filled with other sentient animals.

[charlatti]

Pigwidgeon the owl. Because a tiny owl, oh the cuteness! Judging by my existing creatures, I am drawn to pets who love to annoy me and each other on the regular, so Pig would fit right in and no one would ever be bored.

[msmerymac]

Ser Pounce from the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

[aurora]

Ramoth, Lessa's dragon in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight, would be pretty cool. I think I would enjoy a pet with whom I could speak telepathically and who could teleport me to other locations in a few seconds.

[MrsAxilla]

Feb 6, 2015 1:01:12 GMT -5 Nonny said:

If you could have a fictitious pet from any book, what animal would you pick?

This poll brought to you by my love of Oy, the billy-bumbler in the Dark Tower series, who just keeps getting more awesome.  (King better not kill off Oy.)

You've not finished Dark Tower?   :-#

I'd pick Oy, too.  

[Nonny]

Feb 6, 2015 19:57:06 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Feb 6, 2015 1:01:12 GMT -5 Nonny said:

If you could have a fictitious pet from any book, what animal would you pick?

This poll brought to you by my love of Oy, the billy-bumbler in the Dark Tower series, who just keeps getting more awesome.  (King better not kill off Oy.)

You've not finished Dark Tower?   :-#

I'd pick Oy, too.  

I had to wait a long time for Wolves of the Calla to become available through the library, and I'm about 1/3 of the way through it now. I filled my time in-between that by reading Wind Through the Keyhole and  Little Sisters of Eluria. Also, these books are long! 

[MrsAxilla]

Feb 6, 2015 20:01:41 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Feb 6, 2015 19:57:06 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

You've not finished Dark Tower?   :-#

I'd pick Oy, too.  

I had to wait a long time for Wolves of the Calla to become available through the library, and I'm about 1/3 of the way through it now. I filled my time in-between that by reading Wind Through the Keyhole and  Little Sisters of Eluria. Also, these books are long! 

Oh, right!  I remember.  How did you think Wind/Keyhole flowed inserting it after Wizards and Glass?  It was good, but I hope you weren't disappointed that it wasn't part of the main story.

[Nonny]

Feb 6, 2015 20:07:08 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Feb 6, 2015 20:01:41 GMT -5 Nonny said:

I had to wait a long time for Wolves of the Calla to become available through the library, and I'm about 1/3 of the way through it now. I filled my time in-between that by reading Wind Through the Keyhole and  Little Sisters of Eluria. Also, these books are long! 

Oh, right!  I remember.  How did you think Wind/Keyhole flowed inserting it after Wizards and Glass?  It was good, but I hope you weren't disappointed that it wasn't part of the main story.

I think it fit in well there. It was an interesting story, and because they mention in the other books having Roland tell a story on route and it be long (like when he's telling about Susan Delgado) it didn't feel out of place even if it wasn't part of the overall narrative. Little Sisters of Eluria was also a stand alone story, but it does tell how Roland got the scars on his back.

[booknerd]

Fawkes from HP. I mean who doesn't want a gorgeous bird that can heal your wounds and carry you places?