Talk:List of Animorphs books

Summaries

just a note, only the first few books have a summary, but the rest do not. shouldn't they all have summaries?

• Yeah, I think we should try and give detailed summaries to all the books. I've written summaries for a few, but I can't properly remember the plots for all of the books, as it's been a long time since I've read them. Cyclone49 01:21, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Should this be broken into multiple articles? It says it is too long.Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 23:27, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, I think should probably wait a bit before we do. Perhaps when each book has a long summary it should be split up. Cyclone49 05:36, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I think now is a good time. I'd like a second opinion before I take care of it, though. --EndlessVince 04:54, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

As we're in the process of creating an individual article for each Animorph book, I'll start to link those to this page. --Matt 15:28, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

The only novels left that seem to need separate pages are #23: The Pretender, #46: The Deception, and Megamorphs #3: Elfangor's Secret.

Is it possible to list the reading order for the entire series? Including the Chronicles, Visser, etc.

The image gallery shatters the critera set at WP:NFCC. We cannot have this mamny book covers on one article. hbdragon88 19:55, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

There also needs to be a list of all the books (including the mega's and the chronicles) in a chronological order, You know in-world. I'll try to make one and If some one wants to take it off Tell me before you do it so I can save a copy on my pc. Arkkeeper (talk) 23:40, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Chronological list

This list needs a new field numbering the chronological order of the books. It should not be a separate list, rather a new field in the existing list. The field is sortable so readers can sort along publication order or chronological order with one click. For creating sortable tables see Prix Goncourt as a template example (notice how some fields are sortable and others not).

The below list copied from Chronological list of Animorphs books which was deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chronological list of Animorphs books.

• The Andalite Chronicles (c. 1976, 1980s, 1997)
• 1: The Invasion (Spring 1997)
• 2: The Visitor
• 3: The Encounter
• 4: The Message
• 5: The Predator
• 6: The Capture
• 7: The Stranger
• Megamorphs 1: The Andalite's Gift (Summer 1997)
• 8: The Alien
• 9: The Secret
• 10: The Android
• 11: The Forgotten
• 12: The Reaction
• 13: The Change
• 14: The Unknown
• 15: The Escape
• 16: The Warning
• 17: The Underground
• 18: The Decision—(c. 1998)
• Megamorphs 2: In the Time of Dinosaurs—(Sario Rip time travel to 65,000,000 BC.)
• 19: The Departure
• The Hork-Bajir Chronicles (1966, 1968–69, 1998)
  • Although the events in this story occur between The Ellimist Chronicles and The Andalite Chronicles, the entire story is being told by Jara Hamee to Tobias after book #13, The Change, and before the events of #23 The Pretender. Tobias makes reference to his restlessness and the fact that there were no missions planned (Prologue, pg ix). However, in The Pretender, (pg 12) Tobias makes reference to the fact that they had "worked plenty lately, dealing with the horrifying matter of David, the first new Animorph." This places the last possible "break" before book #20, the first book in the David trilogy.
• 20: The Discovery
• 21: The Threat
• 22: The Solution
• 23: The Pretender
• 24: The Suspicion
• 25: The Extreme
• 26: The Attack
• 27: The Exposed
• 28: The Experiment
• 29: The Sickness
• Megamorphs 3: Elfangor's Secret (Time Matrix time travel to 10/25/1415, 12/25/1776, 10/21/1805, c. 1932-1939, 6/6/44, and 1967)
• 30: The Reunion—(sometime a little bit before or after 12/18/98)
• 31: The Conspiracy
• 32: The Separation—(c. 1999)
• 33: The Illusion
• 34: The Prophecy
• 35: The Proposal
• Visser (1976, 1980s, 1991–1999)
  • The trial chronicled in Visser is set during and after the events of The Proposal, but the book also covers events before The Andalite Chronicles.
• 36: The Mutation
• 37: The Weakness
• 38: The Arrival
• 39: The Hidden
• 40: The Other
• Megamorphs 4: Back to Before (1999, experimental timeline to 1997)
• 41: The Familiar
• 42: The Journey
• 43: The Test
• 44: The Unexpected
• 45: The Revelation
• 46: The Deception
• 47: The Resistance
• 48: The Return
• 49: The Diversion (c. 2000)
• 50: The Ultimate
• 51: The Absolute
• 52: The Sacrifice
• 53: The Answer
• The Ellimist Chronicles (story stretching billions of years into the past)
  • Technically this is set during the same time as the first chapters of The Beginning even though it covers events set far before The Andalite Chronicles.
• 54: The Beginning (2000-c. 2004)

-- Green Cardamom (talk) 23:00, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Merger proposal

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result of this discussion was no consensus. DARTHBOTTO _talk•cont 00:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

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The IP user 69.42.10.109 opened Animorphs Chronicles, The Andalite's Gift, In the Time of Dinosaurs and Back to Before up for discussion for merging with this page in October 2014. Given that there has not been any discussion after a year and-a-half, I am closing this proposal. DARTHBOTTO _talk•cont 00:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Redirect?

Why does this page's link to Megamorphs 3 (Elfangor's Secret) redirect back here? This doesn't seem to have happened to any of the other Megamorphs books. (Unsure about the rest of the series, though, since there are an awful lot of articles to check through.) Majutsukai (talk) 12:31, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

What I think should happen to this page

First, make one table for all the books in the Animorphs franchise. In other words, merge the main series and the companion books.

Make the default sorting for the single table a book's publication date, because that is the reading order.

The table should have six columns.

1) Number. For the main series, it is 01, 02, et cetera. For companion books, it is (for example) Megamorphs 1, Megamorphs 2, et cetera.

2) Title.

3) Publication date. Month YYYY. If two books were published in the same month, then I am not sure what to do. Remember, the default sorting for the entire table is this column...so I need to figure that out.

4) Ghostwriter (if applicable). Sort by last name. Right now, Amy Garvey is before Elise Donner, because A is before E. But Elise Donner should be first, because D is before G.

5) Time period. Typically written Month YYYY, or Season YYYY, or just YYYY. In the same column, below the date, how readers know when it takes place. For example, "[Character] says it is [YYYY]" or [Character] mentions [Name of movie / TV show]."

6) Narrator. A few books have multiple narrators, and I think there should be a standard format to list them. I would go in order from first to last. For example, with 19, The Departure, write "Cassie and Jake". With 34, The Prophecy, write "Cassie and Aldrea" – I think writing "Cassie / Aldrea" counts as a spoiler that they share a mind. Also worth noting, with 32, The Separation, write "Rachel" – I think writing "Split between Nice Rachel and Mean Rachel" counts as a spoiler that her mind is separated.

I do not think the table should include a summary of each book, because that will make it very long.

Second, when the table is complete, copy and paste it within the main article, "Animorphs", in the section "Books".

Third, delete this page.

Fourth, because the single table includes a column for ghostwriters, the main article "Animorphs", section "Books", sub section "Ghostwriters" should be deleted. The explanation of why ghostwriters were needed should stay, probably below the table. 108.20.199.76 (talk) 18:52, 3 October 2024 (UTC)