Errors In Animorphs series

[Homer]

As i read the series i noticed many errors throughout the book:

1. In book 1, jake is able to thought speak to tobias even though he is in human form

2. thoughout the whole series: inconsistencies in Andalites not understanding humour; some Andalites have humour, some don't even know what humour is.

3. it is not mentioned how Yeerks find their hosts again once in the pool, since according to Ax in book 6 Yeerks are blind in natural state, and cannot even see the animorphs standing right beside the Yeerk pool, and according to book 29 Yeerks fire some kind of echolocation that helps them 'see' vaguely, but not clearly enough to see the faces of people (if the echolocation thing is clear enough then in book 6 the animorphs would have been seen when standing beside the Yeerk pool)

4. ebooks have many errors in spelling

etc... ....

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[Toc']

_ In book 18, Ax is shocked to see that the Visserk can morph into a bird from his planet.
It's weird that he is shocked when you know that this bird is the first animal into which little andalites morph ...

[Homer]

_ In book 18, Ax is shocked to see that the Visserk can morph into a bird from his planet.
It's weird that he is shocked when you know that this bird is the first animal into which little andalites morph ...

yea it makes sense cos alloran (the andalite controlled by visser 3) probably already aquired the kafit bird when he was a kid...

[traycon3]

I've seen plenty of times where the Animorphs in morph talk like: "blah". Or where the just demorphed Animorphs talk like: <blah>.
Vice-versa for Ax, obviously.
Still throws me for a loop.

[Uza-chan]

As i read the series i noticed many errors throughout the book:

1. In book 1, jake is able to thought speak to tobias even though he is in human form

2. thoughout the whole series: inconsistencies in Andalites not understanding humour; some Andalites have humour, some don't even know what humour is.

I know! For Number One it didn't make sense how he could thoughtspeak and then later, they made it clear how you could only do it in morph

Also, I just started reading that book where it's in Elfangor's p.o.v., and he seems to understand sarcasm and other things that Ax explained to be "human". I was under the impression that the Andalites didn't have any sense of humor or anything.

ebooks aren't the only ones with grammer mistakes, a lot of the books had grammer mistakes/punctuation mistakes.

[Slushie Man]

thoughout the whole series: inconsistencies in Andalites not understanding humour; some Andalites have humour, some don't even know what humour is.

So just like humans in that way, then?

4. ebooks have many errors in spelling

Are you offering to fix them?

it is not mentioned how Yeerks find their hosts again once in the pool, since according to Ax in book 6 Yeerks are blind in natural state, and cannot even see the animorphs standing right beside the Yeerk pool, and according to book 29 Yeerks fire some kind of echolocation that helps them 'see' vaguely, but not clearly enough to see the faces of people (if the echolocation thing is clear enough then in book 6 the animorphs would have been seen when standing beside the Yeerk pool)

They could be like Sharks, in the sense that they can feel the vibrations in the water.

Also, I just started reading that book where it's in Elfangor's p.o.v., and he seems to understand sarcasm and other things that Ax explained to be "human". I was under the impression that the Andalites didn't have any sense of humor or anything.

Because he had been with them for awhile by this point, and he's started to pick up on various human traits.

[Phoenix004]

These are small errors that have been brought up too many times to count. SOme of them, such as Jake using thought speech as a human in book 1, are commonly referred to as KASUs (Katherine Applegate Screw Ups). It's a term she came up with herself to identify mistakes she made in continuity or times when she just changed her mind about something (eg. humans using thought speech).

KA wasn't perfect, but nobody is and I challenge anyone to write such a long book series without making any mistakes.

[goom]

haha i know.

4. ebooks have many errors in spelling

maybe it was spelled like that IN the actual book?
if not, i'll proofread some and fix them if you want

[Breakability]

I forget if it was book 2 or 3, but on page 124 of one of those books, someone began a thought speak ( < ) but ended speaking normally ( " ). It was fairly amusing. I'll have to find it when I have time.

[Gafrash]

Given the length of the series, there are quite a few. I kinda think it only human and given the amount of people a single book would have had to go through, I think it virtually i-m-p-o-s-s-i-b-l-e to have an impecable work. I imagine, ALL the other big time Young Adult book series have just as many errors!
That being said, has there been a list of the K.A.S.U.s??

[Uza-chan]

But... aren't editors supposed to proofread stories and... proof it? lol

[morfowt]

k.a. isn't perefect. neither are the proofreaders. besides, do the proofreaders actually read the books to find continuity errors? I figured they only find things like grammar errors.

[WildAtHeart]

That being said, has there been a list of the K.A.S.U.s??

there are some fansites that have a list of them

[Gafrash]

I am interested in seeing them listed. Can anyone paste them in for discussion?!

[Homer]

These are small errors that have been brought up too many times to count. SOme of them, such as Jake using thought speech as a human in book 1, are commonly referred to as KASUs (Katherine Applegate Screw Ups). It's a term she came up with herself to identify mistakes she made in continuity or times when she just changed her mind about something (eg. humans using thought speech).

KA wasn't perfect, but nobody is and I challenge anyone to write such a long book series without making any mistakes.

Stephen King did it when he wrote the Dark Tower series. It is an epic containing a story length roughly the length of Animorphs as well. How did he manage to make practically 0 mistakes? By planning for the story for 20+ years. And by proof reading the manuscripts countless times. K.A Applegate probably didn't proofread her stories, which is why the animorphs series don't have the 'polished' feel, unlike the everworld series.