General Information
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Title: Artemis Fowl
Author: Eoin Colfer
Read By: Nathaniel Parker
Copyright: 2001
Audiobook Copyright: 2004
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Listening Library
Series Name: Artemis Fowl
Position in Series: 1
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: CD
Number: 6
Source: Library
Condition: Very Good
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Total Duration: 6:07
Total MP3 Size: 176.19 MB
Parity Archive: Yes
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Book Description
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From Publishers Weekly
Colfer's (Benny and Omar) crime caper fantasy, the first in a series,
starts off with a slam-bang premise: anti-hero Artemis Fowl is a boy-genius
last in line of a legendary crime family teetering on the brink of destruction.
With the assistance of his bodyguard, Butler, he masterminds his plan
to regain the Fowls' former glory: capture a fairy and hold her ransom
for the legendary fairy gold. However, his feisty mark, Holly, turns
out to be a member of the "LEPrecon, an elite branch of the Lower Elements
Police," so a wisecracking team of satyrs, trolls, dwarfs and fellow
fairies set out to rescue her. Despite numerous clever gadgets and an
innovative take on traditional fairy lore, the author falls short of
the bar. The rapid-fire dialogue may work as a screenplay with the aid
of visual effects (a film is due out from Talk/Miramax in 2002) but,
on the page, it often falls flat. The narrative hops from character
to character, so readers intrigued by Artemis's wily, autocratic personality
have to kill a good deal of time with the relatively bland Holly and
her cohorts, and the villain/hero anticlimactically achieves his final
escape by popping some sleeping pills (it renders him invulnerable to
the fairy time-stop). Technology buffs may appreciate the imaginative
fairy-world inventions and action-lovers will get some kicks, but the
series is no classic in the making.
From AudioFile
[Editor's Note: This is a combined review with THE ARCTIC INCIDENT and
THE ETERNITY CODE.]--Colfer's series features two complex societies:
the wealthy, if felonious, above-ground world of the human Fowl family
and the elaborate, technologically advanced underground world of the
fairies. Artemis Fowl, the 12-year-old scion of a famous Irish crime
family, sets out to restore the ancestral fortunes depleted by his father's
supposed death at the hands of the Russian mafia. The young criminal
mastermind's plan rests on the kidnap and ransom of a fairy. The ransom
demanded will be fairy gold. Into this world of adventure, corruption,
and extraordinary technology comes narrator Nathaniel Parker, who has
a distinct voice for everyone--from the young Master Fowl to the kidnapped
LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police) Captain Holly Short and the astonishing
computer genius of the fairy world, the centaur Foaly. Parker creates
a complete pantheon of accents and pacing to complement Colfer's worlds.
The sequels, in which Artemis--strangely developing what appears to
be a conscience--invokes the help of the fairies to save his father
(THE ARCTIC INCIDENT) and to rescue both the humans and fairies from
the evil Jon Spiro (THE ETERNITY CODE) maintain the impeccable voicing
and pacing developed in the first book. The recurring characters are
instantly recognizable from one book to the next, encouraging the listener
to suspend disbelief and become completely immersed in the escapades,
often laced with humor, of Artemis and his various companions. While
the pronunciation the Vietnamese surname "Nguyen" may startle some listeners,
and the 1940s-style Asian accent is somewhat stereotypical, this does
nothing to diminish the rip-roaring adventure. Parker's splendid narration
should lead to family listening that might just encourage discussion
of truth, friendship, and loyalty.
From a strikingly original voice in fiction comes the story of Artemis
Fowl, a very unusual hero. Artemis combines the astuteness of Sherlock
Holmes with the sangfroid of James Bond and the attitude of Attila the
Hun. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps
a fairy, Captain Holly Short of LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies
of bedtime stories. These fairies are armed and they're dangerous. Artemis
thinks he's got them just where he wants them, but then they stop playing
by the rules . . .
Full of unexpected twists and turns, ARTEMIS FOWL opens up a riveting
world of magic, mystery, and humor.
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