Talk:Bandersnatch
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Memory jog required. About 30 years ago- I think 1978/9, there was a tale serialised on BBC Radio 4 about a woman who found and adopted a creature which turned out to be a Bandersnatch. The creature was revealed to be highly intelligent and whilst she was out at work it embarked on a programme of self-education. It surprised her one day by speaking to her and over the months/years developed a sophisticated cultural and intellectual relationship with her. I cannot remember how the story ended but I found it amusing and entertaining at the time.
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Does anyone have the book and can provide some concrete details to add to the Bandersnatch page?
Snatchbander (talk) 15:22, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
- That was Omar. I have the book at home and will add the information when I get a chance. JayareIL (talk) 18:06, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
- Blunt, Wilfrid (1968) [First published 1966]. Omar; a fantasy for animal lovers. Garden City, NY: Doubleday; London: Chapman & Hall. ISBN 978-0-4125-2180-5.
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(help) 2603:3004:3A:6F0:69D3:1B6B:C7C5:4EFA (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
- Blunt, Wilfrid (1968) [First published 1966]. Omar; a fantasy for animal lovers. Garden City, NY: Doubleday; London: Chapman & Hall. ISBN 978-0-4125-2180-5.
Re: In other media: Dutch composer Theo Verbey has just completed a piece for cello and pianola entitled Bandersnatch (premiere 11-11-10, Amsterdam). Would it be alright to include this information? Thanks, Stevey-22 (talk) 07:49, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm confused as to why my edit was taken out- There is a Bandersnatch character in the webcomic Skin Deep, and I just had added that into "Bandersnatch in other media." Why is that not allowed? Floppybelly (talk) 17:04, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
I am saddened that one of my favorite 70's novels is not mentioned at all in "Other Media." Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. wrote the book Bander Snatch in 1979 about a jungle lord who gets his name from "a secondary character from a minor poem"(12) with the Jabberwock in it. It's Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.'s first novel.
I don't have the authority so if one of y'all could put that in there, I'd be very happy. --S.F. October 23, 2009
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.219.176.16 (talk) 15:58, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Haha I love the first part of this page. The way it is written completely fits the poem.
- No kidding. I can't decide whether to laugh, or mark this for cleanup. --maru (talk) contribs 06:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
-- Were Niven's creatures Bandersnatch or Bandersnatchi or is Bandersnatchi the plural of Niven's characters called Bandersnatch? It needs to be clarified. If they were actually called Bandersnatchi then that entry needs to be moved to appropriately named page.
- They are called Bandersnatchi, since it's taken from a Latinized species name Frumius Bandersnatchus. However, the Wikipedia standard is to use the singular for the page name, so it ought to stay at "Bandersnatch" unless some actual disambiguation is involved, whether of the earlier Larry Niven/Bandersnatch form or the parenthetical Bandersnatch (Larry Niven) form or some other, similar approach. -- John Owens 20:05 19 May 2003 (UTC)
- Then maybe the article could be at Frumius Bandersnatchus? RickK 04:51, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Can Tenniel's illustration be considered canonical? If so, that should be mentioned in the description. RickK 04:48, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
In Niven's books, bandersnatch is the English singular and bandersnatchi is plural. "World of Ptavvs" has a thorough description of them.
Also in Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark, Fit the Seventh, an encounter with a bandersnatch is described. It is described as moving swiftly, having a neck it can extend, and having snapping, frumious jaws (which with it tries to grab the Banker).