I read on Hirac Delest, on the page for Animorphs 53: the Answer, that K.A. Applegate meant for there to be a Taxxon Chronicles book. I also think there was initially going to be a fifth Megamorphs book, but I'm not really sure. Regardless, I'm curious as to what a Taxxon Chronicles or Megamorphs five would have been about. We can assume from 53: the Answer that the former would have been about Arbron and the Taxxon resistance; which seems to be the subject in some of the fan fiction that I've read. But who knows? Maybe it could have been like the Hork-Bajir chronicles, discussing the origins of the Yeerk invasion of earth.
But this thread isn't just for discussing the nature of these two books. What other Chronicles books would you like to have seen? What do you think the subject of a Megamorphs 5 or 6 would have been like? Another time travel/alternate reality adventure?
I personally would have enjoyed seeing an official Yeerk Chronicles book. The Hork-Bajir chronicles does a pretty good job of depicting the early days of the Empire, and elaborates on the whole "Seerow's Kindness" debacle. But I would have loved to have seen a Yeerk Chronicles outlining the uprising on the Yeerk homeworld; maybe split into two or three narratives, like in the Hork-Bajir Chronicles. Maybe between Akdor 1154*, Seerow, and another third party. The first time I picked up Visser, I expected something like that.**
To be honest, I haven't thought much on Megamorphs Five. One could argue that the Beginning was essentially a Megamorphs book, what with the split narrative between the Animorphs. I would think a Megamorphs 5 would have to take place before the Beginning, for the sake of having Rachel in the narrative, if only because I don't know how well recieved a Megamorphs book with just Jake, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, and Ax would be.
As for Animorphs 55 and its sequels, we have plenty of Fan fiction for that. Still, I'm curious as to how RAFians would have handled the books, had they been in charge. What would you call it? How would you start? Would you bring back Rachel and the Animorphs, or start from scratch?
Here's what I would have liked to see, in a perfect world where Animorphs continued for a few books:
1) The Yeerk Chronicles: outlining the beginnings of the Yeerk Empire.
2) The Taxxon Chronicles: either discussing the Taxxon resistance, or Taxxon back story.
3)The Helmacron Chronicles: yea, I dislike them, too. But let's face it; we'd all like to know how they got so small.
4) Drode: Need I explain?
4.1.)Crayak: I've lately pictured this book starting off with the Ellimist and Crayak watching the events of the
Animorphs unfold, and the Ellimist just asking, out of the blue, "What were you before all of this?!"
5) The Pemalite Chronicles: There's a fan fiction about this. From what I remember, it was pretty good. Not how I would have gone about it, personally.
6)The Chee Chronicles: Oh man, this would be good. So many jokes about the Chee being the origins of so many human things. Narrated by Erek.
As you can see, I'm a fan of the Chronicles books. But, please, contribute your own ideas.
*Akdor 1154 was the leader of the Yeerk uprising against the Andalites, according to Wiki.
**But the origins of the Yeerk Invasion was a good story, too.
