The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next)

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Ron Rash is renowned for his writing about Appalachia, but his latest book, The Caretaker, begins ... In the novel's parallel universe, England is a republic, with George Formby as its first president, elected following the success of Operation Sea Lion (the mooted Nazi invasion of Great Britain), occupation, and liberation. There is no United Kingdom, and Wales is the independent "Socialist Republic of Wales". The Crimean War is still being waged in 1985, Russia still has a Czar, and the Whig Party still exists in the House of Commons.

Reviewers have compared Fforde to other authors, including Woody Allen, [8] [11] Sara Paretsky, [7] and Connie Willis. [10] One critic wondered if Fforde was more " Monty Python crossed with Terry Pratchett, or J. K. Rowling mixed with Douglas Adams." [3] The novel was praised for its fast-paced action, [7] [11] wordplay, [7] [12] and "off-centre humour". [3]UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020". United Press International. 11 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020 . Retrieved 26 June 2020. …author Jasper Fforde in 1961 (age 59) We were developing a machine that used egg white, heat and sugar to synthesize methanol when a power surge caused an implosion. Owens was meringued. By the time we chipped him out the poor chap had expired.” We have 5 read-alikes for The Eyre Affair, but non-members are limited to two results. To see the complete list of this book's read-alikes, you need to be a member. British writer Jasper Fforde has been creating his unique brand of idiosyncratic fantasy fiction for some time now. With his imaginative perspective on the genre he’s been making an impact within the field with his highly influential novels. Gaining a huge degree of both commercial and critical success in his time, he’s managed to create a name for himself and will continue to do so in the many years to come. Early and Personal Life

The " genre-busting" [6] novel spans numerous types of literature, with critics identifying aspects of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, satire, romance, and thriller. [7] [8] This led one critic to jokingly suggest that Fforde "must have jotted a bundle of unrelated ideas on slips of paper", and, "instead of tossing them in a hat and choosing a few topics as the focus of his story, [he] grabbed the whole hat." [9] Fforde's quirky writing style has led to comparisons with other notable writers, most frequently Douglas Adams, [3] [6] [7] for similar "surrealism and satire", [10] and Lewis Carroll, [7] [11] for similar "nonsense and wordplay". [10] Much has been made of The Eyre Affair as a truly literary thriller, set in a literature obsessed society. Cloning is popular (as are magazines such as the New Splicer), and dodos have been resurrected and have become popular pets. a b James, Jamie (17 March 2002). "The Paper Chase: The Eyre Affair". The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 30 October 2008. Much of the novel is narrated by Thursday Next, a LiteraTec -- i.e. an operative of the Literary Detection Division of the Special Operations Network.Swindon is centre-stage once again in author's new book". BBC - Wiltshire. 24 February 2011 . Retrieved 6 June 2020. Perhaps it's peculiar that when presented with so many new options I turned to an old favourite as my first Kindle book. But The Eyre Affair is one of very few books that's perfectly appropriate for the medium, taking as its theme the ability to be transported by literature into innumerable other worlds.

Thursday is in her mid-thirties at the start of the first book, and, by the end of it, had married Landen Parke-Laine. Thursday juggles her work in Swindon and the world of fiction, battling the machinations of the insidious Goliath Corporation, members of the Hades family and other evils at every turn. I was born on a Thursday, hence the name. My brother was born on a Monday and they called him Anton--go figure. My mother was called Wednesday, but was born on a Sunday--I don't know why--and my father had no name at all--his identity and existence had been scrubbed by the ChronoGuard after he went rogue. To all intents and purposes he didn't exist at all. It didn't matter. He was always Dad to me...” Along similar lines, how much right do readers have to appropriate published works and create something new out of them? Are adaptations any less valuable as works in their own right because they originally took from something else? Horstkotte, Martin, The Postmodern Fantastic in Contemporary British Fiction, Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2004, ISBN 3-88476-679-1

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Fforde was born in London on 11 January 1961, the son of John Standish Fforde, the 24th Chief Cashier for the Bank of England. [2] He is a grandson of the Polish political activist, Joseph Retinger, and a great-grandson of the journalist E. D. Morel. [3] Lccn 2001043775 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9496 Ocr_module_version 0.0.10 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-2000018 Openlibrary_edition Lorem ipsum is a dummy text used to demonstrate layout. It is the only language Friday Next speaks as a young child.) If a character cannot or does not wish to bookjump, they will have to utilize a method of private transportation. The only such transportation known is that of TransGenre Taxis, a bookjumping taxi service that may be used for a monetary fee. Combines elements of Monty Python, Harry Potter, Stephen Hawking and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but its quirky charm is all its own.