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------------------------- ANIMORPHS ~ weekly ~ NEWSLETTER ------------------------- ISSUE #125 WEEK OF NOVEMBER 19, 2000 <HI EVERYONE!> SPECIAL NOTE!!! Hi all, this is Nothlit from TNGtA. Sorry this issue is a couple of days late, but Guillermo e-mailed me yesterday asking if I could cover AWN for the next couple of months while he is, shall we say, on temporary leave due to poor academic standing. ;-) Anyway, Guillermo plans to be back around February, 2001, so I'll be writing AWN until then! (Please, don't groan so loudly...) It took me a day or so to gather up the news, poll, and forum responses, so on with the issue... &&&&&&&&& AW FORUM &&&&&&&&& Last week's forum: Do ghostwriters mean smaller books? Why or why not? "I think they mean a little bit smaller books, cause ghostwriters aren't K.A., obviously, so they can't write as good as her. I guess......" -- Andrew "Ellen Geroux does nice long books, but some of the other Ghostwriter get done in about 120 pages and that just stinks." -- Moose1701 I personally don't think the ghostwriters mean smaller books. I just think it's simply that K.A. is running out of really good ideas, so it's harder for *anyone* to make them fuller and more interesting... This week's forum question is: If the series DOES end with #54, what will you do with all your spare time? Any other series? ;-) Send in your forum responses to aw_newsletter@hotmail.com with "forum" as the subject! You can also respond online at the AWN website, http://awn.ani-news.com ! Thanks! %%%%%%% AW POLL %%%%%%% Last week's poll question was: Would it be better to have #54 "to be continued" in Megamorphs #5, or should it be a solo book? continued 80 % solo 20 % This week's poll question is: Would you read a new K.A. Applegate series (besides Everworld) if Animorphs ends soon? Send in your poll responses to aw_newsletter@hotmail.com with "poll" as the subject! You can also respond online at the AWN website, http://awn.ani-news.com ! Thanks! ====== NEWS ====== -- TITLE FOR ANIMORPHS #53 For those of you participating in Ani-News.com's "Animorphs Journal," you may want to avoid this. The title of Animorphs #53 has been announced by BarnesandNoble.com to be "The Answer." This has a sense of finality to it, so it may be that the series really IS wrapping up soon. We'll have to wait and see. -- MORPHZ TO RELEASE MAJOR DEC. 1 UPDATE Jeff of MORPHZ has announced that his site will be posting an update of major importance to the series and its future on December 1st. He's been holding back with this individual piece of news until then per Scholastic's request, but he has mentioned that Scholastic has a major new marketing plan for the end of the year to keep old readers interested and possibly draw in new members. This really could swing either way in regards to the end of the series. -- HARRY POTTER #5 COULD BE DELAYED EVEN LONGER A recent news article states that J.K. Rowling, who is already working on Harry Potter #5, may not have the finishing touches done until two years from now. She says she doesn't want to be "working against an artificial deadline." One possible title of the book that is currently in the works could be "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." -- NEW COVERS FOR ANIMORPHS #50 AND EVERWORLD #11 MORPHZ has acquired two new cover scans. The scan for Animorphs #50 The Ultimate is more accurate, with the cover quote, Scholastic logo, and AniTV emblem in their places, but has less quality than earlier scans. You can find it at: http://www.morphz.com/book/books/bk50big.jpg They also have a larger scan of Everworld #11 Mystify the Magician than was previously available, and you can catch a glimpse at: http://www.morphz.com/posts/ew11big.jpg -- COOL ANIMORPHS FAN ART I was e-mailed today by Helen who sent along 5 pictures she drew of the Animorphs. I think they're pretty darn good, and maybe you will too. You can feast your eyes at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~nothlit -- THE ANIMORPH WHO DIES A lot of discussion has been stirred up since the revelation in The Ellimist Chronicles about an Animorph who dies. "I was sorta thinking it might be David..he was an Anbimorph for a whiule, and he may die soon (If rachel is lives in 48, I don't have it yet!), but that is absolutely not how he'd act...actually I don't know. I guess rachel makes sense." -- Anim0rph2 -- VIOLENCE IN THE BOOKS In response to a forum question a couple of weeks ago, Misty wrote in to say, "I think that the violence in the books is necessary. Perhaps you think that young children should be protected from this level of violence, but that all depends upon the maturity of the child. Sure, 4 and 5 year olds should not be hearing these kinds of things. But the 10, 11, and 12 year olds definitely _should_ be. I think it's a wonderful thing. THey are learning that war is _not_ glorifying. Soldiers who want to be in a war have visions of glory and bravery, and medals in their heads. These books show how horribly awful war really is. And it shows it to the children that are going to grow up and control our future! So before you say they should take out the violence, think about what you're saying. These books teach a good lesson, but they do it in a way that no parent or teacher truly can. In a book that the child finds interesting and fun to read. :)" +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ON THE BOOK CHARTS +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ <><><><><><><><><><><><> WEB PAGE OF THE WEEK <><><><><><><><><><><><> -- Earth Is Ours -- http://www.earthisours.com This site isn't much to look at right now, but it has a great message, and I think it's cool that someone who's 22 actually took the time to reserve that domain name that was mentioned in, oh what book was it? I don't remember, but oh well... $$$$$$$$$$$$$ ADVERTISEMENT $$$$$$$$$$$$$ Jay e-mailed to say that he's starting a new newsletter for fans of Kevin Smith movies (you know, Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, Chasing Amy). If you're interested, you can send him an e-mail at askewsletter@hotmail.com to subscribe! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLOSING REMARKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for reading this week's issue, you guys! I hope you enjoyed it as much as you do one written by Guillermo. PLEASE SEND IN THOSE FORUM AND POLL RESPONSES! I want to have so many that I have to recount them by hand and look for hanging chads! And make sure all those overseas ballots are postmarked. Er... Whatever. Anyway, until next week, Nothlit < QUOTE OF THE WEEK > "If elected I will bring much-needed dignitude to the White House." - George W. Bush Dignitude? Hmm...that's a new one. (Don't worry, I'll be giving equal stupidity time to each candidate.) ****************************************************************** Get all the latest news, polls, and forums at the Animorphs Weekly Newsletter's Official site! All that and more only at http://awn.ani-news.com ****************************************************************** ANIMORPHS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER #125 is copyright (c) 2000 by Adam Jenkins (aw_newsletter@hotmail.com), NO NEWS SHOULD BE POSTED ON ANY ANIMORPHS WEB SITE OR NEWSLETTER WITHOUT GIVING ANIMORPHS WEEKLY PROPER CREDIT.