Pre-script (If any such word exists): This one is for you Radha..
Hermione of our Harry Potter fan gang introduced me to Animorphs when I was in High school. We all enjoyed fantastic books, but somehow I never got a chance to read Animorphs. A few days back, there was this humungous book sale with an irrestible deal..any book for a dime. Me and my roommates bought 60 books between us. I chanced upon many must-reads that had somehow slipped my notice- LOTR, Animorphs, memoirs/autobiographies etc. Its heartening to see HUGE queues for a book sale in an era of Kindle and a general apathy to books.
Back to the story. I read the book "The Alien", narrated by the alien Ax. Usually, the cover page shows a human morphing into an animal. This book follows the reverse sequence, Ax turns from the Alien to a human. Its interesting to see human sounds, especially the inflections for sarcasm from Ax's perspective.
The book soon takes a serious tone, as the first human infested with Yeerks is killed. The humans dont force Ax to tell them the truth..they lead him to a library to suggest that humans share their knowledge. Ax reveals how in the past the knowledge/ technology was revealed to Yeerks, which made them an universal parasite.
The book was penned in post-World War decades, I found striking resemblance to the plot and factual human history. Some innocent technology leading to doom..(in this case, the power of space flight, which enabled Yeerks to conquer any planet), mind control by Yeerks..all point time and again to WW-II. The book targets teenage audience, who may be naive enough to believe that humans really put technology to constructive use..hardly the case.
Recently saw the movie, the Rise of the planet of Apes. Seriously makes we wonder if technology is bringing us closer to the doomsday.
The book ends with Ax and humans realizing that freedom is what both the species care for, and must work together to save the earth from Yeerks.
Hermione of our Harry Potter fan gang introduced me to Animorphs when I was in High school. We all enjoyed fantastic books, but somehow I never got a chance to read Animorphs. A few days back, there was this humungous book sale with an irrestible deal..any book for a dime. Me and my roommates bought 60 books between us. I chanced upon many must-reads that had somehow slipped my notice- LOTR, Animorphs, memoirs/autobiographies etc. Its heartening to see HUGE queues for a book sale in an era of Kindle and a general apathy to books.
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The book soon takes a serious tone, as the first human infested with Yeerks is killed. The humans dont force Ax to tell them the truth..they lead him to a library to suggest that humans share their knowledge. Ax reveals how in the past the knowledge/ technology was revealed to Yeerks, which made them an universal parasite.
The book was penned in post-World War decades, I found striking resemblance to the plot and factual human history. Some innocent technology leading to doom..(in this case, the power of space flight, which enabled Yeerks to conquer any planet), mind control by Yeerks..all point time and again to WW-II. The book targets teenage audience, who may be naive enough to believe that humans really put technology to constructive use..hardly the case.
Recently saw the movie, the Rise of the planet of Apes. Seriously makes we wonder if technology is bringing us closer to the doomsday.
The book ends with Ax and humans realizing that freedom is what both the species care for, and must work together to save the earth from Yeerks.
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