History Creator / JasperFforde

!! The Dragonslayer Series:

* ''Literature/TheLastDragonslayer''
* ''The Song Of The Quarkbeast''
* ''The Eye of Zoltan''
* ''Strange and the Wizard'' (not yet released)

In 2020, Fforde announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, ''Literature/TheLastDragonslayer''.

* AlternateHistory: The Thursday Next series is set in an alternate present in which the Crimean War lasted nearly a hundred years. In addition, Wales has broken away from the Commonwealth to form a Socialist government, cheese imports are heavily regulated (and sold illegally), and literature is more popular than sports.
** In ''Early Riser'' the last Ice Age never ended, most of the population hibernates over winter because temperatures as low as -20C are common and mammoths, wooly rhinos and glypodonts still exist. On the other hand so do all the countries we're familiar with (although Wales, as in the Thursday Next series Wales is an independent nation) exist as does at least one, the Ottoman Empire, that doesn't anymore. So do many common foods and products like Snickers bars.
* DeconstructionCrossover
* FantasyKitchenSink

* SubvertedKidsShow

* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld

Jasper Fforde (born 11 January 1961) is a British [[ScienceFiction science-fiction]], {{fantasy}}, and [[MysteryFiction detective mystery]] novelist, oftentimes all three at once. He's the mind behind such offbeat series as ''Literature/ThursdayNext'', ''Literature/NurseryCrime'', and ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey'', and famous for his humorous style, both silly and highly intellectual, playing quite liberally with meta-fictional concepts (And for the puns. [[HurricaneOfPuns Tons and tons of puns]]). Fforde is an aviation buff and enjoys flying, and before publishing his first book, ''The Eyre Affair'', in 2001, he worked as a cameraman on such Hollywood productions as ''Film/GoldenEye'', ''Film/{{Quills}}'', and ''Film/{{Entrapment}}''. Recently Fforde has announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, ''Literature/TheLastDragonslayer''.

Wiki/TheOtherWiki offers more info on Mr. Fforde [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Fforde here]]...

...and click [[http://jasperfforde.com/ here]] to visit his website.

Jasper Fforde is a British [[ScienceFiction science-fiction]], {{fantasy}}, and [[MysteryFiction detective mystery]] novelist, oftentimes all three at once. He's the mind behind such offbeat series as ''Literature/ThursdayNext'', ''Literature/NurseryCrime'', and ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey'', and famous for his humorous style, both silly and highly intellectual, playing quite liberally with meta-fictional concepts (And for the puns. [[HurricaneOfPuns Tons and tons of puns]]). Fforde is an aviation buff and enjoys flying, and before publishing his first book, ''The Eyre Affair'', in 2001, he worked as a cameraman on such Hollywood productions as ''Film/GoldenEye'', ''Film/{{Quills}}'', and ''Film/{{Entrapment}}''. Recently Fforde has announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, ''Literature/TheLastDragonslayer''.

* ''Early Riser''

** In ''Early Riser'' the last Ice Age never ended, most of the population hibernates over winter because temperatures as low as -20C are common and mammoths, wooly rhinos and glypodonts still exist. On the other hand so do all the countries we're familiar with (although Wales, as in the Thursday Next seriues Wales is an independent nation) exist as does at least one, the Ottoman Empire, that doesn't anymore. So do many common foods and products like Snickers bars.

* GenreSavvy: As most of Thursday Next's adventures take place inside the world of fiction, she is able to avoid trouble as she already knows how the stories end. Subverted in that, if she's not careful, she can change the outcome of the story (an important plot point in ''The Eyre Affair''.
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: As a member of Jurisfiction (the police force of BookWorld), Thursday fights crime alongside Miss Havisham, the Cheshire Cat, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.

* LiteraryAgentHypothesis

[[{{Wikipedia}} The other wiki]] offers more info on Mr. Fforde [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Fforde here]]...

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/449px-JasperFFordeJuly2007.jpg

* IncrediblyLamePun: Too many to list.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: As most of Thursday Next's adventures take place inside the world of fiction, she is able to avoid trouble as she already knows how the stories end. Subverted in that, if she's not careful, she can change the outcome of the story (an important plot point in ''The Eyre Affair''.

* AlternateHistory
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy

* IncrediblyLamePun

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover
* NurseryRhyme

* ThereAreNoGoodExecutives
* TheyWalkAmongUs
* UnconventionalFormatting

* ''The Return Of Shandar'' (not yet released)

Jasper Fforde is a British [[ScienceFiction science-fiction]], {{fantasy}}, and [[MysteryFiction detective mystery]] novelist, oftentimes all three at once. He's the mind behind such offbeat series as ''Literature/ThursdayNext'', ''Literature/NurseryCrime'', and ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey'', and famous for his humorous style, both silly and highly intellectual, playing quite liberally with meta-fictional concepts (And for the puns. [[HurricaneOfPuns Tons and tons of puns]]). Fforde is an aviation buff and enjoys flying, and before publishing his first book, ''The Eyre Affair'', in 2001, he worked as a cameraman on such Hollywood productions as ''[[JamesBond Goldeneye]]'', ''Quills'', and ''Entrapment''. Recently Fforde has announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, ''Literature/TheLastDragonslayer''.

Jasper Fforde is a British [[ScienceFiction science-fiction]], {{fantasy}}, and [[{{Mystery}} detective mystery]] novelist, oftentimes all three at once. He's the mind behind such offbeat series as ''Literature/ThursdayNext'', ''Literature/NurseryCrime'', and ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey'', and famous for his humorous style, both silly and highly intellectual, playing quite liberally with meta-fictional concepts (And for the puns. [[HurricaneOfPuns Tons and tons of puns]]). Fforde is an aviation buff and enjoys flying, and before publishing his first book, ''The Eyre Affair'', in 2001, he worked as a cameraman on such Hollywood productions as ''[[JamesBond Goldeneye]]'', ''Quills'', and ''Entrapment''. Recently Fforde has announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, ''Literature/TheLastDragonslayer''.

* ''TheSongOfTheQuarkbeast''
* ''TheReturnOfShandar'' (not yet released)

* FootFocus

Jasper Fforde is a British [[ScienceFiction science-fiction]], {{fantasy}}, and [[{{Mystery}} detective mystery]] novelist, oftentimes all three at once. He's the mind behind such offbeat series as ''Literature/ThursdayNext'', ''Literature/NurseryCrime'', and ''ShadesOfGrey'', and famous for his humorous style, both silly and highly intellectual, playing quite liberally with meta-fictional concepts (And for the puns. [[HurricaneOfPuns Tons and tons of puns]]). Fforde is an aviation buff and enjoys flying, and before publishing his first book, ''The Eyre Affair'', in 2001, he worked as a cameraman on such Hollywood productions as ''[[JamesBond Goldeneye]]'', ''Quills'', and ''Entrapment''. Recently Fforde has announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, ''Literature/TheLastDragonslayer''.

!! The ShadesOfGrey Series:

Jasper Fforde is a British [[ScienceFiction science-fiction]], {{fantasy}}, and [[{{Mystery}} detective mystery]] novelist, oftentimes all three at once. He's the mind behind such offbeat series as ''Literature/ThursdayNext'', ''Literature/NurseryCrime'', and ''ShadesOfGrey'', and famous for his humorous style, both silly and highly intellectual, playing quite liberally with meta-fictional concepts (And for the puns. [[HurricaneOfPuns Tons and tons of puns]]). Fforde is an aviation buff and enjoys flying, and before publishing his first book, ''The Eyre Affair'', in 2001, he worked as a cameraman on such Hollywood productions as ''[[JamesBond Goldeneye]]'', ''Quills'', and ''Entrapment''. Recently Fforde has announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, ''TheLastDragonslayer''.

* ''TheLastDragonslayer''

Jasper Fforde is a British [[ScienceFiction science-fiction]], {{fantasy}}, and [[{{Mystery}} detective mystery]] novelist, oftentimes all three at once. He's the mind behind such offbeat series as ''Literature/ThursdayNext'', ''NurseryCrime'', and ''ShadesOfGrey'', and famous for his humorous style, both silly and highly intellectual, playing quite liberally with meta-fictional concepts (And for the puns. [[HurricaneOfPuns Tons and tons of puns]]). Fforde is an aviation buff and enjoys flying, and before publishing his first book, ''The Eyre Affair'', in 2001, he worked as a cameraman on such Hollywood productions as ''[[JamesBond Goldeneye]]'', ''Quills'', and ''Entrapment''. Recently Fforde has announced his entry into the young adult market with his novel, ''TheLastDragonslayer''.

!!The NurseryCrime Series:

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience

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