Welcome to the website this is the overview of my books so far. Here at fforde towers we have tried to put together a few ideas and images in order to give you an idea of how i came to write a book like this, what it means to me, and further discussions points plus images, a movie or two and a bestiary. Buy shades of grey first thus by jasper fforde isbn. Booktopia shades of grey, the road to high saffron by. Fforde has used his incredible imagination to create for the reader a unique world, chromatacia, where. The road to high saffron is a dystopian novel, the first in the shades of grey series by novelist jasper fforde. Shades of grey creates a different universe for fforde to play with, and is apparently the first of a trilogy set in a postapocalyptic england some 700 years after something which happened. Then in may 2016, fforde replied to a comment on the guardian saying.
It contains a delightfully bizarre and humorous look at a postapocalyptic world hundreds if not thousands. During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snowdraped landscape of desolate loneliness, and devoid of human activity. His thursday next books won over many readers precisely by their offkilter, pythonesque charm, and shades of grey, while not laughoutloud funny, is agreeably and pleasantly eccentric, cleanly written and nicely characterised. Shades of grey is the kind of book that you know you will read again because, just like the discworld novels of terry pratchett, you know you didnt get all of the jokes. But i wouldnt be surprised if it turned out to be the fforde novel which stays in the mind longest and most intensely. They are very rare, but jennifer strange owns one and the once magnificent boo has four. Read an interview with jasper fforde about shades of grey. Jasper ffordes shades of grey surprised the hell out of me. The thursday next series of which there are seven books, the nursery crime series two, the last dragonslayer, series three and the shades of grey series which is actually only one, so far. It is inevitable that jasper fforde will one day write a book that does not crackle with brilliant invention, but this isnt it. Welcome to the jasper fforde website overview page.
After five novels set in nexts literaturemad world, chasing charles dickens and arthur conan doyles characters in and out of their venerable stories, fforde is starting a new series in a different alternate history, or perhaps future. His father was a prominent economist, while his mother did charity work and was a passionate reader. Essentially, this series does for colors what thursday next did for fictional characters. Shades of grey by jasper fforde pdf free download ebook. Shades of grey is a clever and enjoyable read sfx magazine there are distinct shades of orwells 1984daily express a brilliantly written book full of witticisms, wordplay and puns news of the world ffordes books are more than an ingenious idea. Jasper lives and writes in wales and has a passion for aviation. The road to high saffron is jasper fforde at his weirdest.
Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Jasper fforde has a new series out called shades of grey. Shades of grey ii either a prequel that takes place before the something that happened or well just carry on straight after eddies marriage. Shades of grey shades of grey, book 1 by jasper fforde. Welcome to the jasper fforde website, and yes, jasper fforde is my real name. Jasper fforde s shades of grey surprised the hell out of me. Jasper fforde was born in london on january 11, 1961.
The quarkbeast is a magically created creature that lives in the kazam universe. If you like jasper fforde books, youll love terry pratchett. Does jasper fforde intend a sequel to shades of grey. A prequel to shades of grey that is essentially a standalone set in the shades of grey world, two weeks before the something that happened, referred to in shades of grey. Ffordes latest, early riser, is a standalone novel. At first, jasper ffordes latest book, shades of grey, is a difficult read. The latest standalone novel from jasper fforde, the bestselling author the thursday next series and the forthcoming standalone the constant rabbit every winter, the human population hibernates. Next book page detailing what books jasper fforde will be publishing next. Ill be working on this in 2020 and am not sure how long it will take to write. Centuries after the cryptically cataclysmic something that happened, a colortocracy, founded on the inflexible absolutes of the chromatic scale, rules the. British author jasper fforde scored a comic hit with his first published novel, 2001s the eyre affair, which introduced the detective thursday next.
Fair warning, though, all of his books are exceedingly british, and shades of grey is about as british as a book can be. Fforde and his four siblings were raised in london and wales. He is also the author of the nursery c society is dominated by color. Ive been working with color for almost 60 years, and yet marvel at the world fforde has spun out of everyday color theory. Ffordes first novel, the eyre affair, was published in 2001. Shades of grey is set in a postcatastrophe world that is rulebound, respectable and very 1950s. The eyre affair, lost in a good book, the well of lost plots, and something rotten. The story takes place in chromatacia, an alternate version of the united kingdom wherein social class is determined by ones ability to perceive colour. Shades of grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. For those that know jasper fforde, through either the thursday next or nursery crime novels, this is a step into another one of his incredibly imaginative worlds. In the books reality, its centuries after some illdefined cataclysm, and the world is now full of strange things like living roads, maneating trees, small gravitydefying relics, and wandering balls of electrical energy. When i met jasper fforde, he was promoting his shades of grey novel. Jane and eddie wont be born for another seven hundred years, but theres still a lot of fun to be had. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
An instant new york times bestseller the new standalone novel from jasper fforde, the bestselling author the thursday next series and the forthcoming standalone the constant rabbit every winter, the human population hibernates. He has published two books in the loosely connected nursery crime series, and has published the first books of two additional independent series, the last dragonslayer and shades of grey. Jasper fforde is the author of four previous thursday next novels. Author of the new york times bestselling thursday next and nursery crime series, he says that writing is the same as filmmakingonly you do all the jobs, not just one. The novel is set on chromatacia a society regulated on ones perception of color.
While there is humor, the story becomes darker, the characters more intense, the world more strange and disturbing with each turn of the page. Shades of grey is a dystopic fantasy novel by jasper fforde. Shades of grey features many of the elements that make fforde such a delightful and enriching read. It is set in the distant future, in a world nearly unrecognizable technologically and culturally. Full of colourful characters and amusingly bizarre plot twists. The road to high saffron 2012, simply titled shades of grey originally is a dystopian novel, the first in the shades of grey series by novelist jasper fforde.
The eyre affair is a very fine introduction to jasper ffordes fiction, and if youre a fan of following your favourite characters from book to book if. Shades of grey is a clever and enjoyable read there are distinct shades of orwells 1984 a brilliantly written book full of witticisms, wordplay and puns ffordes books are more than an ingenious idea. He leaves his readers eager to return to the dystopian world he has created if for no other reason than to satisfy their curiosity about how such a warped society arose in the first place. Hello and welcome to the shades of grey section of the website. The first cousin of death itself the thick tar of deep subconscious torpor, right at the bottom of the. A brilliantly funny and slightly bonkers new novel from. But this isnt shortsleep, the stuff of which you and i are familiar, a time of restful semiwakedness, of easy rousing, and dreams. During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snowdraped landscape of desolate loneliness, devoid of human activity. They have been described as one tenth labrador, six tenths velociraptor and three tenths kitchen food blender. Shades of grey, subtitled the road to high saffron, is the eighth novel by jasper fforde, and the first novel in the shades of grey series. Shades of grey takes place in an absurd dystopia that resembles a mix of brave new world, kafka, and monty python. Jasper fforde gave up his career in the fim industry when his novel the eyre affair debuted on the new york times bestseller list in 2002. Fans of his previous work, including the eyre affair and its many sequels and shades of grey, should be right at home in.
The world we know is buried under centuries of leaf mold and ivy, although pieces of our time and even our future obtrude occasionally. A kind of pleasant implausibility has always been at the heart of ffordes appeal. Full of brilliantly inventive wordplay and quirky fabrications mail on sundaythis colourcoded world of blackandwhite regulations and heirachies is created with spry invention and wit daily mailfans of the late douglas adams or, even, monty python, will feel at home with fforde heraldshades of grey has something of a flavour of terry gilliams brazil. This inventive fantasy from bestseller fforde the eyre affair imagines a screwball future in which social castes and protocols are rigidly defined by acuteness of personal color perception. He didnt do a very good job, as he left me with the impression that it would be dull, compared with his previous work. Shades of grey is the first book in a series, and while fforde brings this novel to a satisfying conclusion, he by no means answers all the questions he raises. Shades of grey is not an easy novel to get through, by far the most difficult jasper fforde ive read so far. Fforde is known mainly for his thursday next novels. Jasper fforde born 11 january 1961 is a british novelist. But as we follow the story of young edward russet, poised for adulthood in a civilization that discourages his inquisitiveness and imagination. Jasper fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring vacantly out of the window and arranging words on a page.
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