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------------------------- ANIMORPHS ~ weekly ~ NEWSLETTER ------------------------- ISSUE #124 WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12, 2000 <HI EVERYONE!> 6 days until my 17 birthday!! And for other people, there is also 6 more weeks until Christmas! Two new official summaries, speculation and a review! All in News, so read on....! &&&&&&&&& AW FORUM &&&&&&&&& Last week's forum: is violence in the Animorphs book at a reasonable level? "I'm not sure I understand the question, but I think the violence is at a reasonable level. I think there may be too little violence, in fact. I mean, there is some gore and killing, but there's no detail. I mean, after reading the 50+ books of the Animorphs series, my eyes kind of pass over the fight scenes because they are so boring. It's like, "Slash. Hork-Bajir on left. Arrrrggghhh! He died! Wooosh!!!!! Yeah!!!!!" I mean, boring. No description or detail. Maybe if the fight scenes had more detail, then yes, the violence might potentionally be too high, but since it has none, the violence is reasonable." -Andrew "I wouldn't want a young child to read them, but the violence is reasonable enough. They're fighting brain-stealing aliens, for crying out loud." - MegamorphJ "I think that they need to bring voilence down a bit. It good, but all I've been seeing latly is they fight they win books over, I want more story." - Moose "Sometimes it's a little gorey and graphic, but yeah, it's usually okay." - Zach "hmm... i think there could b a little less violence, but u need ta have it cuz then its just boring." - Steph :) This week's forum question is: do ghostwriters mean smaller books? Why? %%%%%%% AW POLL %%%%%%% Last week's poll question was: what is a better way for the Animorph member to die? A quick death or slow death? Quick 4 Slow 3 This week's poll question is: would it be better to have #54 to be continued in Megamorphs #5 or have #54 solo? Please send in your poll response to me at aw_newsletter@hotmail.com with "poll" as the subject. Thanks! ====== NEWS ====== - This time Booksamillion has scored! They've got the COMPLETE official summary of #50 and 51. Be warned that they are SPOILERS for upcoming books: #50 The Ultimate (coming in January 2001) The Animorphs have hit a wall. Jake is depressed and sapped of confidence. They're living in isolation in the free Hork-Bajir colony with no means of stepping up the resistance. The time has come: The Animorphs must give the blue box to other humans, granting outsiders the power to morph. It's the ultimate risk that the Animorphs have refused to take -- until now. #51 The Absolute (coming in February) The Yeerks are no longer behind a "silent" invasion: they plan to take over the National Guard to prepare for an all-out war against humanity and Earth. Marco, the other Animorphs, and Ax couldn't be less prepared for this news. And Jake is so depressed he can't lead. The only option for the Animorphs is to alert the public, thereby giving away their closely guarded secret. - I finished The Ellimist Chronicles, so here is my review with no spoilers: Thank you K.A. for writing this book all your own, you did a great job! I loved this book, it was written and planned out incredibly well. The book has many fantastic surprises which were really "appetizing" to die hard fans, intrigue, and (as usual) that K.A. romance touch. The book also has a lot of great action and it's not as raw as blood, guts, slashing or yelling, which was really nice! The story itself is amazing and K.A. wrote it so well. Although, there is a lot of technical alien stuff in the beginning, but by the second half of the book they're (almost) all gone. All in all, The Ellimist Chronicles is the SECOND best chronicles (after Andalite)! It was an enjoyable read that is for everyone, especially those who are upset with the current ghostwriter situation. If you're thinking about buying it, don't think anymore and get it! and my speculation on who dies, this DOES contain spoilers: Ax: Well he's off right away since the Ellimist said "HUMAN child" and "one that calls themselves Animorphs" and Ax is technically not an Animorph. Besides, he is the brother of Elfangor and not a happy accident. Marco: the son of the old Visser One, but again, Marco is not the happy accident so it is not him. Jake: Maybe, but only because he is the leader. He's interesting and very twisting. He's a bit of a happy accident but in a way he's got Tom to save. I honestly don't know about him. I could be though, I could be. Cassie: The human child seemed angry at Ellimist and that's not really the way Cassie would hold a situation like this. But Cassie is mentioned at the end of Megamorphs 4, so it's not her anyway. Tobias: Possible. Especially with the "I've been trapped" thing going. Although, that could mean other people too. Also take into consideration that he has an early book before 54 and he could die then. But, he is Elfangor's son and that shows he is not the happy accident Ellimist is talking about. Rachel: Most possible out of all the Animorphs. All of that "Who are you?! I deserve an answer" attitude and everything, she also has the last book of K.A.'s contract. On top of that, Rachel is not mentioned in Megamorphs 4, meaning she could be the happy accident. - I bought #47 and a review could follow next week! I LOVE the inner cover of #47, I think it is the BEST inner cover out of all the 47 Animorphs books! I love it! Don't you agree? - News is out that #48 The Return has been released and it is "the best ghost written book ever". I don't have it, but if anyone out there does you can send in your reviews for the book (preferably without spoilers) and I'll post them in AW! - This news is thanks to Andrew: "When you get Everworld #11 (you know, the one with the big ugly Cyclops on the cover) look for the "big tree" on the step-back. There, you will see his beloved cat, Orson. Also, he said that he's put Orson in every single EW stepback, but sometimes they are so small that there would be no way for us to see it." - ROBOT2032 sent me an email with a very interesting question: "What will you do with the newsletter after the series is over?" That is a VERY good question that I never really thought about. But I answered him that I'm probably going to to stop AW and send an issue whenever Animorphs news comes out, wheather that is once a month or whatever. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ON THE BOOK CHARTS +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Hmmm, no books are on the charts this week. But that's so weird since two books were on last week. <><><><><><><><><><><><> WEB PAGE OF THE WEEK <><><><><><><><><><><><> The Morpher Society http://www.morphersociety.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLOSING REMARKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for reading this week’s issue! Send your comments, forum, polls and any information to me at aw_newsletter@hotmail.com Thanks again and see 'ya next week! - Guillermo < QUOTE OF THE WEEK > "HE. ATE. SHAKESPEARE. Oh, I'm having a heartache!!" - Judy Funnie, "Doug's Hot Dog" 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 #124 is copyright (c) 2000 by Guillermo Larocca (aw_newsletter@hotmail.com), NO NEWS SHOULD BE POSTED ON ANY ANIMORPHS WEB SITE OR NEWSLETTER WITHOUT GIVING ANIMORPHS WEEKLY PROPER CREDIT.