Hork-Bajir Chronicles

[cimplybe.livejournal.com]

Two for one special. Since there was some confusion about the order and which book we are reading this week, I’m posting for both #23 The Pretender and HBC. Next week I’ll post a link back to both these entries. Post to both this week, pick one or the other, do them both next week, do the both both weeks, however you want to work this out. And have fun. ^_^

Summary:

Dak Hamee is a unique Hork-Bajir. His people call him a “seer.” He learns more quickly and completely than the rest of his docile race. Hork-Bajir like him are born once a generation.

Aldrea is a young Andalite. Daughter of the notorious Prince Seerow. It is only after she and her family are sent to the Hork-Bajir home world that she begins to fight the Yeerks – and, with Dak’s help, ultimately discovers their hideous plan.

Esplin 9466 is the Yeerk tha will become the feared warlord, Visser Three. He has set out to defeat the Hork-Bajir, and begin the building of the Yeerk Empire.

This story chronicles the fierce Hork-Bajir wars in a time before the Animorphs.

Prompt:
Unthinkable

Rules:
- Common sense: be nice, be literate, be mature. If you can’t handle that, we’ll ask you to leave.

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- Keep your discussion to the current or previous books.

Comments

[koobine.livejournal.com]

I've been waiting for this one...

I love this book. It's my favourite of the "Chronicles", easily among my favourite Animorphs books, and one of my favourite SF novels, period. I like that, sans the prologue with Tobias, it consists entirely of alien characters. I think that the HBC could easily work as a standalone SciFi novel; it doesn't even need the Animorphs to put it into context.

This is such a great book..

[tallyslium.livejournal.com]

I love everything about this book :) Out of the three I love Dak the best, whose character seems to develop the farthest, coming from an ordinary simple-minded Hork-Bajir to a complex individual who realizes that his race is doomed to a life of slavery, but still keeps fighting for their freedom. Aldrea and Esplin were also great, but Dak really sold this book for me.

[ferahgo.livejournal.com]

One of (if not the) favorite Animorphs books in general. The major moral dilemma in this book faced by Alloran and co. is one of the most unique sci-fi dilemmas I've seen from any science fiction book. And I loved the characters.

[kon-no-yume.livejournal.com]

We've been hearing references to Alloran in this series quite a lot thus far, and it was great to finally see what really happened with the Hork-Bajir. It gives an interesting background on the HBs, but also fleshes out the Andelites more, just like the ACs did. I like that the Andelites aren't pure and noble good guys. They're full of flaws like everyone else. It's one of the things that I feel makes Animorphs so much more sophisticated than lots of other Sci-Fi.

[anijen21.livejournal.com]

lol I kind of read this independently of this community but then I wrote a fic about it

HERE IT IS IF UR INTERESTED (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4563822/1/The_War_Prince)

anyway, having reread this again I really liked dak. I didn't buy his relationship with Aldrea this time around, and I was a little disappointed that she didn't push farther with Esplin. A really well developed villain is like my favorite thing ever, and he just felt sparse to me, especially when you look at the chapter breakdown. He only got 3 or 4, right?

[daphne-23.livejournal.com]

I also find the moral dilemma in this book fascinating - it's definitely the most interesting chronicles book in terms of right and wrong, in my opinion. The only improvement I would like to have seen would have been an expansion on the Yeerk angle of the dilemma - Esplin something-or-other aka Visser Three wasn't exactly the most sympathetic narrator to choose, although I do like having glimpses of his past. I suppose he was chosen to make a stronger link to the main Animorphs series, which makes a kind of sense.