Artemis Fowl (series)
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Artemis Fowl
The Arctic Incident The Eternity Code The Opal Deception The Lost Colony The Time Paradox The Atlantis Complex The Last Guardian (2012)[1] |
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| Author | Eoin Colfer |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, Young adult |
| Publisher | Viking Press/Disney Hyperion |
| Published | 2001 – present |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) Audiobook |
Artemis Fowl is a series of eight science fantasy novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer, starring the teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II. Colfer summed up the series as: "Die Hard with fairies."[2] There are seven novels in the series; the first was published in 2001 and the seventh was released in 2010.[3][4] The eighth and final book is set to be released in 2012. A graphic novel was released in 2007, and a second in 2009.[5][6] A third graphic novel and a movie are currently in the writing process.[7]
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[edit] Series Overview
[edit] Main Series
[edit] Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl is the first book in the series. Artemis Fowl, the main character and anti-hero, and his bodyguard, Butler, kidnap LEPrecon Captain Holly Short, a fairy elf, to ransom her to "the People," the various fairies who have moved their entire civilisation underground to hide from humans, for one ton of twenty-four carat gold.
A graphic novel adaptation was released in 2007.[5] A film adaptation was reported to be in the writing stage in mid-2008, with Jim Sheridan directing.[8]
[edit] Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident is the second book of the series. It follows the rescue of Artemis Fowl I from the Russian Mafia, alongside the battle against the goblin rebellion led by the pixie Opal Koboi and elf Briar Cudgeon. A graphic novel adaptation was released in 2009.[6]
[edit] Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code covers the theft of the fictional C Cube by Jon Spiro and its eventual recovery. Butler is shot in the chest, and Holly Short heals him. In the end, the Lower Elements Police mind-wipe Butler and Artemis. They regain their memories in the next book. The graphic novel adaptation will be released around the end of 2012.[9]
[edit] Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
The fourth book, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception, covers pixie Opal Koboi's second attempt at world domination, after her first unfruitful attempt in the second novel. Koboi convinces Giovanni Zito, a fictional environmentalist, to send a probe into the ground. The probe would have revealed the existence of fairies to the humans, but Artemis and Holly stop it. However, Koboi kills LEP Commander Julius Root, framing Captain Holly Short. Short is eventually acquitted but does not return to the LEP. Without Root, Short leaves the LEP and joins Mulch Diggums to form a private investigation firm.
[edit] Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony involves the bringing of the demon island Hybras back from "Limbo", with assistance from a powerful demon warlock called N°1. The demons regrouped in Limbo, hoping to get enough warriors to overthrow the human race so that fairies could live on the surface once more. But the time spell goes wrong, trapping the demons in Limbo without a warlock to bring them back.
[edit] Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
The sixth book of the series, Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox, was released in the United States on 15 July 2008 and in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2008. Artemis' mother, Angeline Fowl, becomes ill with Spelltropy, and the only cure lies in the brain fluids of the silky sifaka lemur, the last of which was killed by Artemis when he was ten. N°1 takes Artemis to the past, where Artemis must battle his former self to recover the last silky sifaka lemur before the younger Artemis kills it in a business transaction with Damon Kronski, the leader of the Extinctionists.
[edit] Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
In Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex, Artemis contracts Atlantis Complex, a psychological disease which is the fairy equivalent of a combination of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Multiple Personality Disorder.[10] Meanwhile, Turnball Root is doing all he can to break out of prison and restore youth to his elderly human wife, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. Artemis must fight his crippling paranoia and do all he can to save the fairy people once again.
[edit] Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian
The final book in the series, Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian will be released on July 12, 2012.[1] Eoin Colfer has revealed some of the plot line of the book: a portal, behind which dwell the spirits of Fairy soldiers and which is located on Artemis Fowl's lands, will be opened by Opal Koboi, and the spirits will rise and possess the bodies of Artemis Fowl Senior, Angeline Fowl, Myles, Beckett, and others. It will be Artemis and Holly's job to get the spirits back into the portal before they rampage across the world.[11] A sneak peek of the book is available at some retailers.
[edit] Other works
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel is a graphic novel adaptation of the first book, published in October 2007. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel, an adaptation of the second book was released in 2009. An adaptation of the third book is to be released in 2012.[9]
The Artemis Fowl Files is a companion book to the series, published in October 2004.
Electronic Arts has brought the first six books in the series to the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi as parts its Flips kids' range and which was released on 4 December 2009.[12]
"Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf" is a story written for World Book Day[13] and is set between the first and second books.
The audiobooks are narrated by Nathaniel Parker. Certain versions from different audiobook companies are narrated by Adrian Dunbar and Enn Reitel.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Artemis Fowl
An Irish child prodigy and a ruthless master criminal, Artemis Fowl II uses his intelligence to build his family fortune through crime. This stems from his family, who have been criminals for generations.[14] At first, Artemis is cold and cynical and does not seem to care about others. Throughout the series, his moral character improves, and he begins to show remorse for his actions and passion for his family. Under the influence of Holly and his family, he steals only from those who deserve it and shares his loot with the public. In the first book, he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the fairy LEP to obtain massive amounts of gold. He later works with fairies to defeat villains and save the human and fairy worlds.
[edit] Domovoi Butler
Domovoi Butler is the Fowl's loyal manservant and Artemis' bodyguard. He is also Artemis' closest friend and accomplice.[15] His comprehensive knowledge of weapons and extensive training in martial arts have allowed him to become the only human to defeat a troll. Butler follows Artemis around the world on his adventures and possesses a wide variety of contacts that he can use to aid Artemis.
[edit] Holly Short
Holly is determined, forthright elf and the first and only female member of LEPrecon, the recon division of the LEP. Compassionate and caring, she goes as far as healing Butler from fatal wounds sustained fighting a troll, even though he has been integral in the plan to hold her hostage—this act goes some way to changing both Artemis' and Butler's views on fairies. Since then, she has often helped Artemis and Butler save the human and fairy worlds. Her relationship with Artemis has changed dramatically since the beginning of the series, morphing from hostility to grudging respect to friendship.
[edit] Themes
Colfer has said in interviews that the series is about Artemis growing up.[8] Themes of greed, trust, and the difference between good and evil are also present in the books.
[edit] Critical Reception
The series has been called "the new Harry Potter",[16] although Colfer does not agree.[17] Kate Kellaway of The Observer called the first book "a smart, amusing one-off. It flashes with hi-tech invention – as if Colfer were as much an inspired boffin as a writer".[17] Time.com said, "Artemis Fowl is pacy, playful, and very funny, an inventive mix of myth and modernity, magic and crime", while The New York Times Book Review said that "Colfer has done enormously, explosively well".[18]
[edit] See also
- Artemis Fowl (novel) (April 2001)
- Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (May 2002)
- Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (April 2003)
- The Artemis Fowl Files (October 2004)
- Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (April 2005)
- Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (August 2006)
- Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (October 2007)
- Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox (July 2008)
- Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex (July 2010)
- List of characters in Artemis Fowl
- List of concepts in Artemis Fowl
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Eoin Colfer signs three-book deal with Disney Publishing Worldwide". http://gamutnews.com/20110524/7255/disney-publishing-worldwide-announces-three-book-deal-with-internationally-best-selling-author-eoin-colfer.html. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ Heather Vogel (23 April 2001). "'Die Hard' With Fairies". http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA73085.html. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Artemis Fowl". http://www.amazon.com/dp/0670899623. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Amazon.com: The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, Book 7)". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004F9OVA2/. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Amazon.com: Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (Artemis Fowl): Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, Giovanni Rigano: Books". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786848812. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
- ^ a b "Amazon.com: The Artemis Fowl #2: The Arctic Incident". http://www.amazon.com/dp/1423114078. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Artemis Fowl Confidential Eoin Colfer Interview (August 2008)". http://www.artemis-fowl.com/author_interviews/afc_5.php. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
- ^ a b MSN Video: Eoin Colfer interview on the Today Show. http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/author-on-artemis-fowl/69rdxip. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ a b Artemis Fowl Confidential Eoin Colfer Interview (January 2011). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ESoBCWMmsQ. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ The Atlantis Complex, Artemis Fowl #7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYMc8PAG6w. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ The Last Guardian. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyC83hwZ0nk. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ Jon Jordan (10 September 2009). "EA brings Artemis Fowl, Too Ghoul For School, Cathy Cassidy and The Magic Faraway Tree to DS". http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/DS/FLIPS/news.asp?c=16088. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ YouTube – Eoin Colfer reads from The 7th Dwarf (World Book Day 2004). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDCGXnSql48. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (26 April 2001). Artemis Fowl. Artemis Fowl series. Viking Press. pp. 28—29. ISBN 0-670899623. OCLC 46493219.
- ^ Colfer, Eoin (26 April 2001). Artemis Fowl. Artemis Fowl series. Viking Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-670899623. OCLC 46493219.
- ^ "Film Runs Afoul on Artemis – Fi Sci – Your Source fo Sci Fi Goodness – Sci fi/ Fantasy News". Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090327163742/http://www.fi-sci.com/movies/film-runs-afoul-on-artemis. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ a b Kellaway, Kate (13 May 2001). "Interview: Eoin Colfer | Books | The Observer" (HTML). The Observer. UK. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/may/13/booksforchildrenandteenagers.features. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1): Eoin Colfer: Books" (HTML). http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0786808012. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Official UK website
- Eoin Colfer's website
- The Artemis Fowl Wiki
- Artemis Fowl Confidential – Fan Site
- Artemis Fowl FanGathering – Fan Site
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