Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: Darth Zakryn on February 08, 2011, 12:17:07 PM
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Looking back over my previous posts, I realize I'm coming off a lot like a whiny little b****. I apologize for that, as I shouldn't take it out on you guys for any beef I have with the series.
Ok. So, in order to rectify that, I'm complaining less. Right now. With a fresh new topic that I hope will be important.
Book name meanings.
K.A.'s books each have a name meaning. For example, #1 refers to the invasion of their planet, #4 refers to them hearing a message from Ax, #6 refers to Jake being captured, and so on. Some are very clear cut, but others, not so much. So... what do you guys think each book's name comes from? What is its meaning?
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The book names were just picked by Scholastic. They very rarely had anything to do with anything, except in a really vague sense.
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I think all decisions for the books should have Bern left to KA, not Scolastic.
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I just meant what is the symbolism of the books.
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Speaking from experience, coming up with an appropriate title for your story can be the most challenging part of writing. To date my favorite book titles either show up somewhere in the flow of the story, or they refer to the main character or subject of the story.
Jennifer Government
Jurassic Park
Prey
Sphere
The Harry Potter books.
The important thing is to come up with the story first, of course. But sometimes if you don't have a title in mind it can slow you down.
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Yeah, most of the titles have some connection to the books. Though I'm not sure I remember all the titles. A title is important, and when I get that certain itch to start a story that I inevitably won't finish, I usually just throw a placeholder name out there. Like Mundane Life story for a story about regular people with regular problems where magic and mythology or whatever doesn't come into play.
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2)The Visitor-V3 coming
5)The Predator-Marco calls V1 a predator near the end of the book
7)The Stranger-The Ellimist
8)The Alien-Ax's first book
9)The Secret-The secret logging company. Or also possibly referring to their secret being reveled if the logging continues.
10)The Android-Eric and The Chee
12)The Reaction-Rachel's allergy
13)The Change-Tobias getting his morphing powers back
14)The Unknown-The secret of Zone 91
17)The Underground-Them going to the Yeerk pool. Also came have war roots like, "Underground info(Oatmeal)"
18)The Decision-Ax wanting to back home
19)The Departure-Cassie leaving the fight
20)The Discovery-David finding the cube and the Animorphs finding him
21)The Threat-David proving as a nuisance
22)The Solution-The way to get rid of David
23)The Pretender-V3 pretending to be Tobias' cousin
28)The Expirement-Free will testing done by the Yeerks
29)The Sickness-Ax getting sick
30)The Reunion-Marco finding his mom again
31)The Conspircay-The Yeerks trying to kill Jake's dad
32)The Separation-Rachel becoming polar opposite Rachels(2)
33)The Illusion-Them tricking the Yeerks into thinking the anti-morphing ray doesn't work
35)The Proposal-Marco's dad getting remarried
45)The Revelation-Marco reveling his secret to his dad
48)The Return-David returning
54)The Beginning-The beginning of the end.
I didn't put the ones I can't think of a reason for, or I haven't read.
Anyone want to add?
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Just a small correction-- Marco's revelation to his dad is in #45. :) But otherwise, yeah, that fits.
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Oop, sorry :-] I'll fix it
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#3. The Encounter - The battle, an "encounter" in the mountains?
#11. The Forgotten - Everyone forgetting their time in the Amazon?
#16. The Warning - People warning each other about Yeerks on chat rooms.
#25. The Extreme - The weather at the North Pole.
#26. The Attack - The attack against the Howlers.
#27. The Exposed - The Chee losing their holograms.
#36. The Mutation - The Hork-Bajir's mutation.
Anyone got any more?
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6.) The Capture - Jake becoming a controller.
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I think the mutation was more about the cave people than the Horks. That was the "Atlantis" book, right?
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Oh yeah. A double entende(sp?) then!
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Yeah, it was.
38.) The Arrival - Some Andalites finally arrive.
40.) The Other - ...The other Andalites on Earth?
47.) The Resistance - Could be a reference to the free Horks, or to the humans fighting in that book.
48.) The Return - The return of David.
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I don't think anyone has yet mentioned:
37) The Weakness: Rachel's weakness as a leader
42) The Journey: A journey inside the human body
43) The Test: Tobias testing himself by facing up to Taylor
52) The Sacrifice: The Anis blow up the Yeerk pool, sacrificing probably hundreds of Yeerks. Could also refer to Ax's dilemma about sacrificing earth to the Andalites.
Other people's meanings of the books are pretty spot-on, I think.
And I think a few of the book's meanings are beyond explanation. #24? The Suspicion? Nowhere in the book was anybody even slightly suspicious of anything. The Helmacrons showed up and immediately told everybody what was what, without giving anybody time to be suspicious of them (unless you count the very very beginning of the book, but that's pretty weak). If anybody can come up with a plausible explanation for that one, I will give karma for a week.
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There are many things the "suspicion" could be referring to.
The Helmacrons' suspicion of other species - they sound a little like xenophobes.
The Helmacrons' society, which is suspicious because it doesn't make any sense.
Them being tiny - I saw in a thesaurus that suspicion can mean tiny.
US being suspicious of why the book doesn't have a better title.
Or it could mean suspicious as in "suspects." For example, the Helmacrons are suspects in the murder case.
You get what I mean.
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I was just thinking about this today. A lot of these titles can be used for other books too, and I think some would work better if they were given those titles instead. For example; while the Discovery's title is appropriate, because David did discover the Escafil Device, I thought that #49 should have been called the Discovery, not the Diversion. I mean, really. The Yeerks finally DISCOVER that their mortal enemies are HUMANS, so you'd think...You know...Yea...
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There are many things the "suspicion" could be referring to.
The Helmacrons' suspicion of other species - they sound a little like xenophobes.
The Helmacrons' society, which is suspicious because it doesn't make any sense.
Them being tiny - I saw in a thesaurus that suspicion can mean tiny.
US being suspicious of why the book doesn't have a better title.
Or it could mean suspicious as in "suspects." For example, the Helmacrons are suspects in the murder case.
You get what I mean.
Whom did the Helmacrons murder, besides their captains?