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" I think this is one of the stories that taught me how to read SF. The slow introduction of Lapine, until you can read lines like Bigwig's, and not even have to translate to yourself. The way you have to learn to think like the rabbits, and see things the way they do, before you can then see that same thing the way a human would. And the way they are very clearly not human, and never will be, and that's okay because this is their story. These are all good skills to have when reading SF, and I think that's part of why some people can't get into SF, because they've never learned these skills." -- katre, 2010-10-19, commenting on Jo Walton's review of Watership Down (Richard Adams, 1972, Rex Collings, London)