Thursday Next is the main protagonist in a series of comic fantasy novels by the British author Jasper Fforde. The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. Comic fantasy is a subgenre of Fantasy that is primarily humorous in intent and tone A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Jasper Fforde (born in London on 11 January, 1961) is an English Novelist. She was first introduced in Fforde's first published novel, The Eyre Affair, released on July 19, 2001 by Hodder & Stoughton. The Eyre Affair, published in 2001, is the first novel published by Jasper Fforde. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house now an Imprint of Hodder Headline. As of 2007, the series comprises five books, in two series. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [1] The first series is made up of the novels The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots and Something Rotten, and continues with First Among Sequels, released in the UK on July 5, 2007. The Eyre Affair, published in 2001, is the first novel published by Jasper Fforde. Lost in a Good Book is an Alternate history, Fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde. The Well of Lost Plots is the third book by Jasper Fforde and the Something Rotten is the fourth book in the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. First Among Sequels is an Alternate history, Comic fantasy Novel by the British author Jasper Fforde. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
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Background
Thursday is the daughter of Wednesday Next and Colonel Next (whose first name is never revealed), a former agent with Special Operations Network department 12 (SO-12), the Chronoguard. The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde currently consists of the novels The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde currently consists of the novels The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well SpecOps is a fictional overarching British governmental force in Jasper Fforde 's Thursday Next series of novels She has two brothers, Anton and Joffy. The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde currently consists of the novels The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde currently consists of the novels The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well Anton, however was killed in the Crimean war, a war against Russia for a piece of land.
In her parallel universe, England is a republic, and George Formby was its first president, elected after the success of Operation Sealion (the mooted Nazi invasion of Great Britain), occupation and liberation. Parallel universe or alternative reality is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its George Formby may refer to George Formby Jr, banjolele player singer and comedian 1904 - 1961 George Formby Sr President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Operation Sealion (Unternehmen Seelöwe was Germany's plan to invade the United Kingdom during World War II, beginning in 1940 Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands There is no United Kingdom, and Wales is the independent "Socialist Republic of Wales". The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Crimean War is still being waged in 1985, Russia still has a Tsar, and the Whig Party still exists in the House of Commons. The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Eastern War (Восточная война Vostochnaya Vojna) (March 1854–February 1856 was fought Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords
Genetic engineering is far more advanced than in our own timeline, and so Thursday has a pet dodo, Pickwick. Re-engineered mammoths can cause damage to local gardens if in their path, and there is a Neanderthal rights movement, given the resurrection of this kindred branch of human evolution. A mammoth is any Species of the Extinct Genus Mammuthus. These Proboscideans are members of the elephant family and The Neanderthal (neɪˈændərtɑːl also with /niː-/ and /-θɔːl/ or Neandertal, is an extinct member of the Homo genus that is known from Human evolution, or anthropogenesis, is the part of biological Evolution concerning the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct Species
In the world of Thursday Next, literature is a much more popular medium than in our world, and Thursday is a member of SO-27, the Literary Detectives or LiteraTecs. Her work is centred on Swindon, where she, her husband, infant and mother live, and where LiteraTech is headquartered. Swindon ( is a large town in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire in the South West of England, midway between Bristol (64 km / 40 miles
Biography
Thursday is in her mid-thirties at the start of the first book, and, by the end of it, had married Landen Parke-Laine. The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde currently consists of the novels The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well 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.
Her biographer, "Millon de Floss", reveals more about her life at the beginnings of chapters in The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots and Something Rotten. The Eyre Affair, published in 2001, is the first novel published by Jasper Fforde. Lost in a Good Book is an Alternate history, Fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde. The Well of Lost Plots is the third book by Jasper Fforde and the Something Rotten is the fourth book in the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde.
Her father Colonel Next is a rogue member of the ChronoGuard (SpecOps 12), a temporal policing agency, and does not officially exist, having been eradicated by his former bosses (using the simple but effective method of a timely knock on the door just before his conception; despite this, his children and grandchild still exist, likely due to Thursday's son Friday Next being the eventual head of the ChronoGuard). He does, however, remain at large throughout the time-space continuum, and still frequently finds time to visit Thursday, usually by stopping time around her so they can talk without his being arrested by the ChronoGuard. Colonel Next's first name is unknown to everybody but him, a consequence of his eradication. Thursday has two brothers, Anton, who died in the Crimean War, and Joffy, who is a minister for the Global Standard Deity (GSD).
Thursday also has a pet dodo called Pickwick. The dodo ( Raphus cucullatus) was a Flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Although dodos had been extinct for some time, in Fforde's fictional universe they have been reintroduced through cloning, a popular hobby. Cloning in Biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as Bacteria, Insects Pickwick was 12 in 1985, when The Eyre Affair is set, and has some unusual characteristics, including missing wings. The Eyre Affair, published in 2001, is the first novel published by Jasper Fforde. She is a version 1. 2 Dodo, and the DNA sequencing wasn't complete until the release of 1. 7. Although initially Thursday Next believed Pickwick to be male, she later turned out to be female when she laid an egg. Her noise is represented as "plock plock" in the books.
Around Thursday Next a fictional world has been created, reflected in several websites of the fictional organisations.
The fifth Thursday Next novel was published in July 2007 entitled First Among Sequels (despite an announcement in The Fourth Bear, which listed its title as The War of the Words. First Among Sequels is an Alternate history, Comic fantasy Novel by the British author Jasper Fforde. The Fourth Bear is a mystery/fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde published in July 2006 [1])
References
- ^ Special features for First Among Sequels – note that a code word (from the novel) is required to access this page.
External links
- Thursday Next
- Website of the fictional organisation SpecOps
- Website of the fictional organisation Goliath Corporation
- Website of the fictional city Swindon in the parallel universe
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