Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
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| Author(s) | Eoin Colfer |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Series | Artemis Fowl series |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication date | 27 April 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback), Audiobook CD |
| Pages | 352 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0670913529 (first edition, hardback) 0141321318 (third edition, paperback) |
| OCLC Number | 249117789 |
| Preceded by | The Arctic Incident (2002) |
| Followed by | The Opal Deception (2005) |
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (known as Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code in Europe) is the third book of Irish children's fiction author Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series. It is preceded by Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident and followed by Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception. The storyline follows Artemis Fowl and his companions as they struggle to recover the "C Cube", a supercomputer Artemis had constructed from fairy technology, when Jon Spiro manages to steal it. Critical response was generally favourable.
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[edit] Plot
Artemis Fowl II, the 13-year-old criminal mastermind, has created a supercomputer which he calls the "C Cube", from stolen fairy technology. It far surpasses any human technology made so far.[1] When Fowl meets Chicago businessman Jon Spiro to show him the Cube, Spiro ambushes Artemis and steals it. In the process, Butler, his bodyguard is killed by one of Spiro's staff. However, Artemis manages to revive him with the aid of cryogenics and fairy healing magic, courtesy of Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon squad.
After Butler is revived, Artemis convinces the LEP to track down the Cube. They agree on one condition: that Artemis' mind is to be wiped later. They head to The Spiro Needle, where Jon Spiro has held the Cube. The Cube is recovered with the aid of Butler's sister and Mulch Diggums, who is later incarcerated. Nearing the end of the book, Mulch discovers that Artemis has cleared him of all charges and tasked him with restoring Artemis' memory, which is wiped at the end. In the epilogue, it is revealed that the LEP questioned him to reveal any plans he had to retain his memory, but he managed to fool them, and his plans remained secret from the LEP..
[edit] Secret message
In European editions, the code on the cover reads "Think fairy, think again" the slogan for the original Artemis Fowl. The code is not written in Gnommish or Centaurian, instead supposedly written in the "eternity code" with which the C Cube is encrypted.[citation needed]
In the hardcover edition, the code for Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl The Eternity Code Puffin is printed on the spine underneath the dustjacket, allowing the reader to decipher the code inside the book, which is a message from Artemis asking the reader to help him regain his memories by spreading the message that Artemis Fowl must find Mulch Diggums[2]
In the reprint of the book, the Eternity Code is changed to Gnommish.
[edit] Critical reception
Critical response was generally positive. Publishers Weekly, complimented the book on its "Agile prose, rapid-fire dialogue and wise-acre humor."[3] Entertainment Weekly rated the book A-, saying that "The kid's still got it...Harry better watch his back", and that the characters were "still silly and saucy".[4] Disney Family Entertainment rated it three stars out of five and remarked that it was not "great literature", but it was well-written and would be an entertaining summer reading book.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Dunnewind, Stephanie (May 17, 2003). "'Artemis' author dishes about Fowl, fairies and future projects". The Seattle Times Company. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030517&slug=artemis170. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (2003). Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code. Puffin. ISBN 0670913529.
- ^ Publishers Weekly. "artemisfowl.com". Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20080208181242/http://www.artemisfowl.com/reviews.html. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ Flynn, Gillian (2003-05-09). "ew.com". Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (Viking Press). http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,448932,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ Berman, Matt (27 April 2003). "Disney Family Entertainment". Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code. Viking Press. http://family.go.com/entertainment/article-csm-65376-book-review--artemis-fowl-book-3--the-eternity-code-t/?CMP=KNC-YahSSPFamily#. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
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