#Tailchaser's Song

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It bothers me when people compare Tailchaser's song and Warriors and act like they're so similar when they're really not?

To me Tailchaser's Song is most similar to Watership Down, being a single novel of epic proportions, with a large focus on the fictional language/mythology, large overall battle that must be won that's not initially present at the beginning of the story but that the plot builds up to through other conflicts.

To me, Warriors is most similar to series like Wings of Fire (arc structure, novellas, etc), Redwall (Length), Guardians of Ga'Hoole (Conflict and age) and Silverwing (how our characters actually perceive the world). Actually, I think it's most similar to the various Ginga manga than anything else.

While Felidae is known for it's graphic violence, it's also not comparable really, besides featuring cats and a cat-cult. These cats are fully aware of how humans work, and at the same time, they often act more cat-like.

While writing this up, I realized that there's a distinct subgenre within Xenofiction that I'm going to refer to as "dog stories". A "dog story" is told from the perspective of a dog, but it's actually about the people in the dog's life rather than the dog itself. In essence, the story could be told from the perspective of a sentient air fryer and very little would change. Popular examples would be "A dog's purpose" and "The art of racing in the rain" amongst others. Of course, not all stories about dogs are "dog stories" but many of them are.

Also, I'm realizing that mice are super popular for Xenofiction, except most just make them tiny humans living parallel to humanity. This isn't a bad thing as many of them are pretty good stories (Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM, The Tale of Despereaux , The Rescuers, Etc), while birds outside of owls are very very underrepresented (except for Swordbird, which as a kid I thought sucked. Which is funny because I was and still am into Warriors) ...Unless you count Raptor Red?

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My work for the "Fluffy Zine: cats" where I did my best to draw as many cat characters that i know as I could @_@ I never drew so many characters on one canvas in my life, it was something

Game of guessing in replies is appreciated! But if you just want to check yourself here's the list of characters: The Cat Piano: the poet and the singer OFF the game: The Judge Coraline: black cat Blue Exorcist: Kuro World of Warcraft: Mr. Bigglesworth and Mischief Coco: Pepita Katekyo Hitman Reborn: gatto tempesta Uri Hetalia: Japan cat, England cat, France cat, China cat, Russia cat, America cat, Germany cat and Italy cat Castle cats: Francis, Conan and Catniss My Neighbor Totoro: Catbus Baldur's Gate 3: Tara Kid vs. Kat: Mr. Kat Shaman King: Matamune and Mic Tom and Jerry: Tom The Legend of Pipi: Pipi My Little Pony The Movie: Capper Soul Eater: Blair Pokemon: sprigatito, litten, espeon, purrloin, meowth, skitty The Legend of Luo Xiaohei: Luo Xiaohei Alice in Wonderland: The Cheshire Cat Homestuck: Vodka Mutini Cinderella: Lucifer The Cat Returns: Yuki and Prince Lune, Baron Humbert von Gikkingen and Muta A Whisker Away: Miyo and Kinako 101 Dalmatians: Sergeant Tibbs Lady and the Tramp: Si and Am Кот, который гулял сам по себе: Кот Dog in Boots/Пёс в сапогах: Milady Warrior Cats: Scourge and Firestar Tailchaser's Song: Fritti Tailchaser Mad Rat Dead: Mad Rat and Heart Varjak Paw: Varjak Paw, Holly, Tam Oliver & Company: Oliver Иван Царевич и Серый волк: Кот-учёный Three from Prostokvashino/Трое из Простоквашино: Matroskin Tutenstein: Luxor The Ancient Magus' Bride: Molly Felidae: Francis Chi's Sweet Home: Chi Котёнок по имени Гав: Гав Bolt: Mittens Rudolf the Black Cat: Rudolf and Gottalot Eleceed: Kayden and Kartein Puss in Boots: The Last Wish: Puss in Boots, Kitty Softpaws and Perrito The Aristocats: Berlioz, Toulouse, Marie, Duchess and Thomas O'Malley League of legends: Yuumi Re:zero: Puck Thunder and the House of Magic: Thunder Kiki's Delivery Service: Jiji Story Of Fifty Centimeters: Nanao and Machi and prints on the bottles: Hallmarks of felinity: Solange Кошки-мышки: Кот и Мышь Simon's Cat: Cat Nyan Cat

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Grizraz Hearteater

Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams has always been one of my favorite books. Highly recommend if you like Warriors but feel too old for Warriors.

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Fritti and little Pouncequick!

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From our stacks: Cover detail from Tailchaser's Song. Tad Williams. New York: DAW Books, Inc., 1985. Jacket painting by Michael Embden. Jacket design by Susan Bissett.

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Tailchaser's Song limited edition illustrations by Stephanie Law, 2022

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made a xenofiction book rec list for a friend whose never read the genre, figured some of you might enjoy it as well!

(also, silverwing is 'mild fantasy elements' up until the third book, which veers HARD into dark/gothic fantasy. They go to hell it's very fun)

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#107 Fritti Tailchaser

Book name: Tailchaser's Song

Author: Tad Williams

Suggested by @multifandomfan89

The OG foreheadstar.

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My first Tailchasers Song Fanart! I’ll probably draw Eatbugs next

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⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

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Fritti Tailchaser

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Reading Tailchaser’s Song for the first time! I love Fritti so much

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this is kind of old art at this point but I wanted to start off this blog with a drawing of my Fritti Tailchaser design so here he is

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"Хвосттрубой, Или Приключения Молодого Кота" | Tailchaser's Song, Russian Print (2007) Chapter Art