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utterances-bot commented 1 year ago

An Ode to Animorphs | Tania Rascia

Recently, after I watched the latest movie in the Avatar series - yes, the one with the blue people - it got me thinking about why I like…

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biffmartin commented 1 year ago

Thank you for taking the time to enlighten us about Anamorphs. This is a topic that even many of us big sci fi fans have never heard of. Somebody needs to make an Anamorphs movie and theme park. Maybe they could turn the long forgotten Palm Diera into an Anamorphs park.

smolcodes commented 1 year ago

This entire post is chef's kiss. During the beginning of the Pandemic I decided to reread Animorphs-specifically the side stories, and I found them to be comforting. The prose is okay, but I am amazed by how much complexity KA Applegate can put in a story.

I read the book when I was 9 and it was a series that helped me learn English. Children, for some reason, love repitition. It wasn't until adulthood that I realized how much of my political views and moral compass are so shaped by this series.

I too when starting to learn HTML kept on thinking of and I don't think I can ever unthink that.

shemetz commented 1 year ago

Excellent post! It's been a decade since I read Animorphs, and I stopped at around book 25 (plus several extra books like the hork bajir one). It was nostalgic to remind myself of all those cool aspects and plot points, plus I completely missed some of these cool moments. As a kid, some of it went over my head, with me instead choosing to remember silly things like dinosaurs, killing Hitler, cloning with a starfish, and cinnamon buns.