Posted on june 17, 2017 by walkerwords when i met jasper fforde, he was promoting his shades of grey novel. Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, shades of grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. It is remarkably creative, imaginary and a masterpiece full of fun and breathtaking revelations that takes place three months after the end of the eyre affair. I dont know how to describe it well the book only takes place over the course of four days, and theres a lot of. The novel is set on chromatacia a society regulated on ones perception of color. But moreover, in shades of grey fforde demonstrates a new maturity. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Welcome to the jasper fforde website overview page. This short film warns of the dangers of colour misuse. Henry kissingers approach to american foreign policy continues to be a subject of. Jasper fforde offers up some similar ideas but approaches the concept of a totalitarian future society from the. Jasper fforde talks about the new thursday next book. Jasper fforde is a british novelist and has been awarded bollinger everyman wodehouse prize, dilys award, and crawford award.
Jasper fforde at the 2012 texas book festival, austin, texas, united states. First in a series of three shades of grey peril infogandas. Jasper fforde began his career in the film industry, and for nineteen years held a variety of posts on such movies as goldeneye, the mask of zorro and entrapment. The narrowness of the high concept is, finally, too much a sort of meagreness, and too little a scalpel edge.
This is the second book in the thursday next series by jasper fforde. Social hierachy is based upon ones limited color perception. The road to high saffron is a dystopian novel, the first in the shades of grey series by novelist jasper fforde. Jasper fforde born 11 january 1961 is a british novelist. He is the author of the thursday next series, the nursery crimes series, and shades of grey. Eddie russett is a red in a society run by a colortocracy. Jane and eddie wont be born for another seven hundred years, but theres still a lot of fun to be had. He encourages eddie to join national colour, but appears to have a darker side. The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with the eyre affair continues with jasper fforde s magnificent second adventure starring the resourceful, fearless literary sleuth thursday next. Shades of grey takes place in an absurd dystopia that resembles a mix of brave new world, kafka, and monty python. When i met jasper fforde, he was promoting his shades of grey novel. Fforde is known mainly for his thursday next novels.
Shades of grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. Grady hendrixs novel the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires revolves around patricia. Youre probably going to want to, especially if youve read some of jasper fforde s other novels the eyre affair and the big over easy, for example, start fast and carry you along. The next published book will be early riser, a standalone set in a world in which humans have always hibernated. Top 10 books by jasper fforde best book recommendations. Jasper fforde will sign and discuss his newest release, early riser viking. It contains the ffordean indomitable woman, the endearing fishoutofwater central character, and perhaps most importantly that expertly handled, throughthelookingglass perspective that rockets fforde into the literary circle of douglas adams and lewis carroll. Does jasper fforde intend a sequel to shades of grey. While there is humor, the story becomes darker, the characters more intense, the world more strange and disturbing with each turn of the page. Publication date 2009 topics color blindness, social structure publisher new york. 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. The thursday next is a series of novels which is a mixture of a pool of comical fantasy, a little historical element with loads of mystery paired with. He didnt do a very good job, as he left me with the impression that it would be dull, compared with his previous work.
Ive been working with color for almost 60 years, and yet marvel at the world fforde has spun out of everyday color theory. Hundreds of years in the future, after the something that happened, the world is. Jasper fforde shades of grey series science fiction. If you thought the thursday next books were weird, you aint seen nuthin yet. 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. Originally, it was supposed to be released in 20 according to the linked thread on sff chronicles, but there is currently no official planned release date. Readalikes for jasper fforde if you like jasper fforde try these authors. Writing and publishing his first book, the eyre affair, in 2001, the writer jasper fforde made his debut on the literary scene with a good impact. From jasper fforde s twitter, 11092018 the next book will not be a next book. Buy shades of grey first thus by jasper fforde isbn.
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. This was to start a trend in his work for the fantastical and funny that has been integrated into his work throughout much of his career. Jasper fforde s shades of grey is out in january 2010. Shades of grey ii either a prequel that takes place before the something that happened or well just. Crawford was given to him for his first novel called the eyre affair. In the book s 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. 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. Hello and welcome to the shades of grey section of the website.
Jasper fforde s shades of grey surprised the hell out of me. However, the release for painting by numbers has been pushed back several times. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This series starter combines the dire warnings of brave new world and 1984 with the deevolutionary visions of a canticle for leibowitz and riddley walker, but, fforde being fforde, his dystopia includes an abundance of tea shops and a severe shortage of jam varieties. Iscriviti a prime ciao, accedi account e liste accedi account e liste resi e ordini iscriviti a prime carrello. Richard wilkinson has a question about that other book about shades of grey. Welcome to chromatacia, where the societal hierarchy is strictly regulated by ones limited color perception. 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. He says in another interview that he wrote half of book 2 first, then realised that he really needed to write about how eddie got to be a national colourman first and that is the basis. Shades of grey by jasper fforde in epub, fb3, txt download e book. Fforde s first novel, the eyre affair, was published in 2001.
Shades of grey is set in a postcatastrophe world that is rulebound, respectable and very 1950senglish characters refer to the calamity, nicely, as the. Unfortunately, jasper is so busy with various other books the next shades of grey is not going to be published until 20 all i can ask is why so long. Readalikes for jasper fforde if you like jasper fforde. Shades of grey is a dystopic fantasy novel by jasper fforde. But fans of fforde, of whom there are many, may well find shades of greatness in shades of grey if not quite golden, then at least a pronounced yellowish colour. Shades of grey is the kind of book that you know you will read again because, just like the discworld novels of terry pratchett. Jasper fforde gave up his career in the film industry when his novel the eyre affair debuted on the new york times bestseller list in 2002. 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 by jasper fforde pdf free download ebook. Jasper fforde webchat as it happened books the guardian. While i love how ffordes characters in various books have mastered such diverse dimensions as time, i cant. I hope a sequel will come out in the not too distant future.
Then in may 2016, fforde replied to a comment on the guardian saying. The one after the next book is ds4, and the next after that will be sog2. If you dont get the references in these bookworld novels, id admit that youre likely to find yourself more or less baffled by most of the goingson, but thats only because. Number one bestselling author jasper fforde s new standalone, early riser, is available to order now. Fair warning, though, all of his books are exceedingly british, and shades of grey is about as british as a book can be. Jasper fforde was an enthusiastic member of the film industry for nineteen years before being published. Read an interview with jasper fforde about shades of grey. In this world, you are what you can see, and eddie russett, a betterthanaverage red perception wants to move up. 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 herald shades of grey has something of a flavour of terry gilliams brazil.
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. More of this soon the fforde grand central page is probably the best place to start to explore, but the index also covers most things. Next book page detailing what books jasper fforde will be publishing next. British author jasper fforde scored a comic hit with his first published novel, 2001s the eyre affair, which introduced the detective thursday next. An astonishing, hotly anticipated new novel from the great literary fantasist and creator of thursday next, jasper fforde. Ill be working on this in 2020 and am not sure how long it will take to write. Welcome to chromatacia, where for as long as anyone can remember society has been ruled by a colortocracy. Intrepid literary detective thursday next is back in the second installment of jasper fforde s oneofakind series. Buy shades of grey first edition by jasper fforde isbn. Imagine a black and white world where colour is a commodity.