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'''Jasper Fforde''' is a British [[Science Fiction|science-fiction]], [[Fantasy]], and [[Mystery|detective mystery]] novelist, oftentimes all three at once. He's the mind behind such offbeat series as ''[[Thursday Next]]'', ''[[Nursery Crime]]'', and ''[[Shades of Grey]]'', and famous for his humorous style, both silly and highly intellectual, playing quite liberally with meta-fictional concepts (And for the puns. [[Hurricane of Puns|Tons and tons of puns]]). Fforde is an aviation buff and enjoys flying, and before publishing his first book, ''The Eyre Affair'', in 2001, he worked as a cameraman on such Hollywood productions as ''[[James Bond|Goldeneye]]'', ''Quills'', and ''Entrapment''. Recently Fforde has announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, ''[[The Last Dragonslayer]]''. |
'''Jasper Fforde''' is a British [[Science Fiction|science-fiction]], [[Fantasy]], and [[Mystery|detective mystery]] novelist, oftentimes all three at once. He's the mind behind such offbeat series as ''[[Thursday Next]]'', ''[[Nursery Crime]]'', and ''[[Shades of Grey]]'', and famous for his humorous style, both silly and highly intellectual, playing quite liberally with meta-fictional concepts (And for the puns. [[Hurricane of Puns|Tons and tons of puns]]). Fforde is an aviation buff and enjoys flying, and before publishing his first book, ''The Eyre Affair'', in 2001, he worked as a cameraman on such Hollywood productions as ''[[James Bond|Goldeneye]]'', ''Quills'', and ''Entrapment''. Recently Fforde has announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, ''[[The Last Dragonslayer]]''. |
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== The [[Thursday Next]] Series: == |
== The [[Thursday Next]] Series: == |
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* ''The Eyre Affair'' |
* ''[[The Eyre Affair]]'' (2001) |
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* ''Lost in a Good Book'' |
* ''[[Lost in a Good Book]]'' (2002) |
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* ''The Well of Lost Plots'' |
* ''[[The Well of Lost Plots]]'' (2003) |
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* ''Something Rotten'' |
* ''[[Something Rotten]]'' (2004) |
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* ''First Among Sequels'' |
* ''[[First Among Sequels]]'' (2007) |
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* ''[[One of Our Thursdays is Missing]]'' (2011) |
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* ''[[The Woman Who Died a Lot]]'' (2012) |
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== The [[Nursery Crime]] Series: == |
== The [[Nursery Crime]] Series: == |
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* ''Painting by Numbers'' (not yet released) |
* ''Painting by Numbers'' (not yet released) |
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== [[The Chronicles of Kazam]] Series: == |
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* ''[[The Last Dragonslayer]]'' |
* ''[[The Last Dragonslayer]]'' (2010) |
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* ''[[The Song of the Quarkbeast]]'' (2011) |
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* ''[[The Eye of Zoltar]]'' (2014) |
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* ''[[The Great Troll War]]'' (2021) |
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Jasper Fforde is a British science-fiction, Fantasy, and detective mystery novelist, oftentimes all three at once. He's the mind behind such offbeat series as Thursday Next, Nursery Crime, and Shades of Grey, and famous for his humorous style, both silly and highly intellectual, playing quite liberally with meta-fictional concepts (And for the puns. Tons and tons of puns). Fforde is an aviation buff and enjoys flying, and before publishing his first book, The Eyre Affair, in 2001, he worked as a cameraman on such Hollywood productions as Goldeneye, Quills, and Entrapment. Recently Fforde has announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, The Last Dragonslayer.
The other wiki offers more info on Mr. Fforde here...
...and click here to visit his website.
Works written by Jasper Fforde include:
The Thursday Next Series:
- The Eyre Affair (2001)
- Lost in a Good Book (2002)
- The Well of Lost Plots (2003)
- Something Rotten (2004)
- First Among Sequels (2007)
- One of Our Thursdays is Missing (2011)
- The Woman Who Died a Lot (2012)
The Nursery Crime Series:
- The Big Over Easy
- The Fourth Bear
- The Last Great Tortoise Race (not yet released)
The Shades of Grey Series:
- The Road to High Saffron
- Painting by Numbers (not yet released)
The Chronicles of Kazam Series:
- The Last Dragonslayer (2010)
- The Song of the Quarkbeast (2011)
- The Eye of Zoltar (2014)
- The Great Troll War (2021)
Jasper Fforde provides examples of the following tropes:
- Alternate History[context?]
- Color Coded for Your Convenience[context?]
- Dangerously Genre Savvy[context?]
- Deconstruction Crossover[context?]
- Fantasy Kitchen Sink[context?]
- Foot Focus[context?]
- Incredibly Lame Pun[context?]
- Literary Agent Hypothesis[context?]
- Massive Multiplayer Crossover[context?]
- Nursery Rhyme[context?]
- Subverted Kids Show[context?]
- They Walk Among Us[context?]
- Unconventional Formatting[context?]
- Zeppelins from Another World[context?]