Jasper Fforde
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| Original Title: | One of Our Thursdays is Missing |
| ISBN: | 1456123688 (ISBN13: 9781456123680) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Thursday Next #6 |
| Characters: | Thursday Next, Jack Schitt, Landen Parke-Laine, Pickwick, Commander Trafford Bradshaw, Emperor Zhark, Daphne Farquitt, Cordelia Flakk, Thursday's Dad (name unknown), Wednesday Next, Spike Stoker, Sprockett |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2011) |
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The newest tour de force from The New York Times bestselling author of Thursday Next and Shades of Grey.Jasper Fforde's exuberant return to the fantastical BookWorld opens during a time of great unrest. All-out Genre war is rumbling, and the BookWorld desperately needs a heroine like Thursday Next. But with the real Thursday apparently retired to the Realworld, the Council of Genres turns to the written Thursday.
The Council wants her to pretend to be the real Thursday and travel as a peacekeeping emissary to the warring factions. A trip up the mighty Metaphoric River beckons-a trip that will reveal a fiendish plot that threatens the very fabric of the BookWorld itself.
Once again New York Times bestselling author Jasper Fforde has a field day gleefully blending satire, romance, and thriller with literary allusions galore in a fantastic adventure through the landscape of a frisky and fertile imagination. Fans will rejoice that their favorite character in the Fforde universe is back.
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| Title | : | One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Thursday Next #6) |
| Author | : | Jasper Fforde |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 362 pages |
| Published | : | March 8th 2011 by Viking Adult |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Mystery. Humor. Writing. Books About Books. Science Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 17389 Users | 1786 ReviewsDiscuss Of Books One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Thursday Next #6)
I could say this is a "return to form" for Fforde because I haven't enjoyed a book of his this much since Something Rotten (I disliked First Amongst Sequels and felt lukewarm about the two books in the Nursery Crime series)...but this book is a lot different than the other books in the Thursday Next series. It may be the most metafictional commercial fiction book ever written. The other books in the series seemed like they were written for those who were big readers, but this one also feels likeWe love the word play and literary jokes in this series, so always read them out loud. In this one Thursday Next, the protagonist, runs into a "mime field," for example, where she has to laugh and applaud or the mimes start getting aggressive. However, this installment was pretty slow-going. It took at least half the book to set up the plot, and it was too full of meta-explanations about the Bookworld and its functions and politics. There was lots of running around from genre to genre which
I really enjoy Jasper Ffordes writing. It sparkles. The problem is I dont often find him in local bookstores, and Barnes and Noble appeals only to the lowest common denominator. In any case, Ive read five of his novels and have been consistently impressed by his wit and humor. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing is part of his Thursday Next series. Although I havent done this, I recommend starting from the beginning and following the books in order. (I dont, for reasons explained on my blog: Sects
The least entertaining of the series, yet still more entertaining than most books.
As you can tell I am not reading this series in order. I read the first book, to see what it was like and enjoyed it because of the literary references. Then when my coworker, Doug B. (he's the one who introduced me to this series), told me I should read this one next, and that I could borrow it from him, I didn't hesitate.To be perfectly honest, it took me a while to figure out what the heck was going on, but once I understood, I enjoyed the book, as it was very meta and a bit bizarre, two
*rubs handies together*haha - there is a map of Fiction Island at the front.This book has been bundled with SPECIAL FEATURES including: The Making of... wordamentary, deleted scenes, alternative endings and much more.So this is how it starts...The BookWorld RemadeEveryone remembers where they were when the BookWorld was remade. I was at home 'resting between readings', which is a polite euphemism for 'almost remaindered'.and this is how it ends...'Humans,' said Sprockett, 'are the most
Jasper Fforde is a man after my own heart. Firstly, he loves books. That's clear in the non-stop literary references that joyously abound in his novel "One of Our Thursdays is Missing". Secondly, he has a warped sense of humor, one that I appreciate. (If you love British humor like Monty Python, you will undoubtedly enjoy Fforde.)Keep in mind, "OOOTIM" is part of a series (#7, I believe), one that I have not read prior to this one, and while the world he creates is an elaborate one, and the
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