Comments on: The Big Idea: Jasper Fforde

By: sk8trmom

sk8trmom — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:43:13 +0000

I was delighted to discover Fforde’s book and have devored and then eagerly waited for the next. I was a little reticent about the new one, but after reading comments I am intrigued enough to purchasse and delve once again into Fforde world.

By: Eternal Density

Eternal Density — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:36:51 +0000

But… that’s the name of an SG-1 episode!

By: vickyuk

vickyuk — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:12:05 +0000

Craig Ranapia @14
Hmm. Good point!

By: Johne Cook

Johne Cook — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:51:52 +0000

This is off-topic, but on the subject of toast, ask another genius, Haywood Banks, about toast, and you’ll get a brilliant song played on toaster with two spoons.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:43:50 +0000

No mention of toast? ;-) I have a signed copy of the Eyre Affair, along with the Eat More Toast stamp, and that was only the first in a line of fun books.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:49:12 +0000

Fforde is so articulate it’s almost…majestic.

By: Craig Ranapia

Craig Ranapia — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:42:52 +0000

Johne Cookon@9:

I stick to “bloody good,” and try to avoid the same old same old but I don’t real juvenile trash like… crap.

vickiyuk@12:

Wouldn’t be too sure of that. Terry Pratchet’s Discworld books are full of puns (quite a few of them so bad they’re wonderful) and fairly obscure references to English pop culture, history and politics and they don’t seem to have done him any harm in foreign parts.

By: vian

vian — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:11:33 +0000

We are Fforde fans in this house, too. But you have to be, after the Richard III in The Eyre Affair makes you giggle so loud and long on a peak hour train that you end up reading it to half the carriage. Oh, the meme was spread that day, I can tell you – I’ve heard complete strangers asking each other when the summer of their discontent was, panto-style.

It’s a book I give to those who are all superior about Not Reading Science Fiction – I let them read it and rave to me about it, and buy the sequelae, and then I point out that the reason there are mammoths is because Germany won the War, and watch their brains freeze.

By: vickyuk

vickyuk — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:48:34 +0000

While I’m as guilty as anyone of wanting to share with things I love with only those who deserve it, I’m delighted to see Jasper Fforde here. I’d always assumed that the sheer number of puns and the local audience for some of them (Leigh Delamere anyone?) would make him a fairly limited treat. So, hurrah for Mr Scalzi for spreading the news.

By: Len

Len — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:56:52 +0000

Johne, I’m not sure where I’d classify it either … the Thursday Next series always struck me as a different twist on “alternative history”, but science and technology are somewhat integral to the stories, so “science fiction” doesn’t seem to be a bad description either.

If you’re asked about the book, you’ll probably want to tailor the category to the audience!