Talk:Richard Adams

Video Interview, 40th Anniversary edition of Watership Down

I interviewed Richard Adams here in Whitchurch, Hampshire at the Whitchurch Arts show (Richard lives here). Included is interview with Aldo Galli who is also a member of Whitchurch Arts (but lives in Southampton) and who illustrated the 40th anniversary edition of Watership Down, which unfortunately is only available to order from the USA.

See the article about the show and the video on the town website here...(perhaps include info / link from main article??): Whitchurch Arts shines spotlight on local talent

By the way, the 2008 art show in town featured Aldo's paintings for the first time in public. See Whitchurch Arts website for a report on that: Fabulous Turnout for Fantastic Watership Down Paintings AndrewRH

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Traumatic incident(s)?

From our article on Adam's novel Shardik:

"[The character] Genshed is a psychopath, whose sadistic treatment of his slave children goes far beyond any harsh but 'necessary' disciplining."

"Adams' preface [to Shardik] states, 'Lest any should suppose that I set my wits to work to invent the cruelties of Genshed [the slave trader], I say here that all lie within my knowledge and some - would they did not - within my experience', which may refer to certain anecdotes recounted in his autobiography, The Day Gone By.

Richard Adams doesn't seem to have any discussion of this autobiography or of any traumatic incident(s) in Adam's life. Anybody? -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 15:27, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Awards

Is it worth having a section for awards that Richard Adams has received? AndrewRH (talk) 03:45, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Conflicting reports of publisher rejections of Watership Down

As of May 2010, this article contained conflicting claims about the number of publishers who rejected Adams' Watership Down manuscript. The number 13 seems to be repeated elsewhere on the Web, but the most reliable sources say 7, which is confirmed in the author's 2005 introduction to the book itself (I am looking at the Scribner trade paperback edition from 2005). I removed the number 13 from the article and provided a reliable reference for the number 7. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Derekcslater (talk • contribs) 01:29, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

conflict of fact between this article and another

This article says that Mr. Adams, in WW II "served in the Middle East and India, but saw no action against either the Germans or the Japanese" but the article on his most famous book, Watership Down says that "he based the struggles of the animals in the story on the struggles he and his friends encountered during the Battle of Oosterbeek, Arnhem, the Netherlands in 1944.[1]" [Note that the footnote links to a web site with no reference to the book.)

NancyKnitter (talk) 20:15, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Huge interview in the new Structo magazine

Issue six of Structo magazine includes a large interview with Richard Adams. I've added citations for the two 'citation needed' references, but there's a lot more in the interview which might be interesting for the article. The magazine is print only at the moment, but will be going on-line in a few months. Is it worth waiting until then to make it easier to reference?

This is now online at http://structomagazine.co.uk/interviews/richard-adams. Links have been updated in article. --86.140.18.75 (talk) 19:11, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Death

He just died today. 75.84.192.182 (talk) 21:22, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

It's a different Richard Adams. 74.248.220.52 (talk) 17:05, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38446309 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixschmidt (talk • contribs) 16:54, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Full list of works

Someone should include a full list of the books that he has written, instead of just mentioning Watership down and Shardik. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.135.250.142 (talk) 18:36, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

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Religion

Additional citations are needed regarding Adam's religion. The NY Times article referenced includes a quote in which he refers to himself as an "Orthodox Christian", but the capital "O" may have been an editing error. A small o (i.e., generally traditional) seems more likely than a capital O (i.e., convert to Eastern Orthodoxy). I couldn't find any clarification in a quick google search. Does anyone have any other information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.73.208 (talk) 22:41, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Hmm, I just chanced upon this too. I think it is vanishingly unlikely that Adams managed to grow up in rural Hampshire, and somehow belong to the Russian or Greek Orthodox church. This article includes "AUTHOR COMMENTARY", an essay by Adams (1989), in which he refers to "...voices of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer". Well, I don't think you can be Orthodox, attached to the CofE's prayer book, and not make at least an explanatory comment. My guess is that the unimaginably greater preoccupation with religion in American means that anything will be assumed to be a statement of affiliation: see the table here. Even if the text reached an American editor's desk with "orthodox Christian", it is highly likely to get changed to "Orthodox Christian". One misprint in a US publication is simply insufficient evidence of anything. So I am lowercasing it. Imaginatorium (talk) 08:27, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Update: in the quoted essay he says "As an orthodox Christian,... " as context to another statement, whereas the WP version is a bald claim of affiliation with no other context. So I deleted the sentence. (Even more) And he is buried in the Anglican All Hallows Church in Whitchurch. Imaginatorium (talk) 08:35, 19 May 2023 (UTC)