ThoughtSpeak

rereading the best 90s kids series & getting radicalized all over again

[thoughtspeak]

The Premise

My name is S. I can't tell you my last name. It would be too dangerous.

Well, no. That's not true. It's more that I was born in the late 80s and so have a horror of my real name being on the Internet. And also I was, as so many of us were, radicalized by the Animorphs long before I realized it.

So, like, I'm gonna reread them all. Not just because the world is a hellish place right now and I would like to be in a slightly different hellish place. Not just because there's a chunk of the series in the late 40s I only read once and don't own (other than the PDFs). And not just because my kid is about the age I was when I read them.

But mostly, because they're great.

My plan is to read the whole series, in order, and write about each one. Less plot summary - though expect that, because obvs - and more reflection and discussion. These will be my opinions only. And I make no promises as to speed: I read hella fast, but I don't want to rush this. I could burn through the whole series in a weekend (again), but I won't.

So watch the skies (wrong fiction). Pay attention. And never stay in morph longer than two of your Earth hours.

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The List

NOTE: I will be reading the series in release order, not chronological order. I will also read the Alternamorphs, the companion book for the TV series, will do my level best to watch the TV series, and may even play the video game(s) if I can find and stomach them. Apparently there was also a board game, which. Y'know. I will also read at least one parody, Vegemorphs: The Fungus Among Us, mainly because I already own it and it's got one of the all-time best covers. I don't know when I plan to read those; they may get peppered in or I may save them up. Only the Ellimist knows.

The Invasion

The Visitor

The Encounter

The Message

The Predator

The Capture

The Stranger

Megamorphs #1: The Andalite's Gift

The Alien

The Secret

The Android

The Forgotten

The Reaction

The Change

The Andalite Chronicles

The Unknown

The Escape

The Warning

The Underground

The Decision

Megamorphs #2: In the Time of Dinosaurs

The Departure

The Discovery

The Threat

The Solution

The Hork-Bajir Chronicles

The Pretender

The Suspicion

The Extreme

The Attack

The Exposed

The Experiment

The Sickness

Megamorphs #3: Elfangor's Secret

The Reunion

The Conspiracy

The Separation

The Illusion

The Prophecy

The Proposal

Visser

The Mutation

The Weakness

The Arrival

The Hidden

The Other

The Familiar

Megamorphs #4: Back to Before

The Journey

The Test

The Unexpected

The Revelation

The Deception

The Resistance

The Ellimist Chronicles

The Return

The Diversion

The Ultimate

The Absolute

The Sacrifice

The Answer

The Beginning

Definitely On Deck Supplemental Material

Alternamorphs #1: The First Journey

Alternamorphs #2: The Next Passage

Vegemorphs: The Fungus Among Us

Meet the Stars of Animorphs

Animorphs (TV Series)

I Mean, Maybe? Supplemental Material

Animorphs: Shattered Reality (PS1)

Animorphs (GameBoy Color)

Animorphs: Know the Secret (PC)

The Invasion Game (Board Game)