Comments on: Fantasy’s best pets, familiars, and animal companions

By: Kristy B

Kristy B — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:27:47 +0000

Well. . .
Trigger, Roy Rogers’s horse (I know I know)
Brego, LOTR Movies
Shadowfax LOTR Books (and of course the horses in the movie were breathtaking)
SO I am a horse girl-but
I have always adored Kodo and Podo of Beastmaster fame.

By: Theresa Quintanilla

Theresa Quintanilla — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:38:14 +0000

I always loved the Chesire Cat in Alice in Wonderland because he seemed like a sympathetic adult. Someone you could trust to be truthful and reliable.

By: Elaine2Tervs

Elaine2Tervs — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:52:07 +0000

My favorite fantasy animal companion is the wolf Nighteyes in Robin Hobb’s Farseer trilogy.

By: Eliblu

Eliblu — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:04:00 +0000

Also, I very much admired Laura’s dog, Jack, in the Little House books. I wish my dogs could have some of his adventures. I think I thought ‘brindle’ meant fluffy, though ;).

By: Eliblu

Eliblu — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:01:58 +0000

I agree with Liz and Susan; I’ve always pined for one of Anne McCaffrey’s dragons. I grew up loving her Pern books and I still wish my dogs could communicate with me telepathically. I would be happy with a fire lizard, too, but I think it would need to be in addition to a full sized dragon.

By: Snoopys Friend

Snoopys Friend — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:51:47 +0000

I fell in love with the “Bird” in “UP” I think her name was Kevin.

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:56:11 +0000

The Ghatti “Khar’pern” from the series by Gayle Greeno. They are a cat animal that bonds with one human who then become a pair who are like judge and jury for the citizens of their planet. (colonized by people from Earth) They are telepathic but only with their bondmate. Oh and they are native to the colonized planet.

As a kid though my favorite was the telepathic winged unicorn from A swiftly tilting planet by Madeline L’engle.

By: monkeypedia

monkeypedia — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:36:34 +0000

I still find the daemons from Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series to be one of the most compelling parts of those books:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.....terials%29

By: Christine Church

Christine Church — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:28:03 +0000

I never had a favorite fantasy animal because I was too busy obsessing about wanting my own REAL horse! Now I have my own horse and he IS my “fantasy” animal because he’s so terrific, saved my life and saves my sanity regularly. =]

But, if I needed to pick an actual fantasy animal, I pick the unicorn. I love dragons too and have a really cool one in the novel I am pitching right now.

By: schnauzer

schnauzer — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:25:40 +0000

Pshaw Susan. Even I, non fantasy reader that I am, know that the dragon can feed you. As long as you aren’t a picky eater.