Artemis Fowl: Eternity Code, The (Mass market edition) (Artemis Fowl (Mass Market)): Amazon.de: Eoin Colfer: Englische Bücher

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The third instalment of high-tech, criminal whizz-kid adventures set in the fairy-magic-filled world of Master Artemis Fowl may be reassuringly familiar but it is also bulging with author Eoin Colfer's trademark wit and thrilling seat-of-the-dwarf-pants adventure. Following on from Artemis's opening encounter with the fairy underworld in Artemis Fowl and its thumping sequel Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Encounter, The Eternity Code takes the books' eponymous young anti-hero, who with each successive adventure turns out to be a little less bad after all, on his most dangerous mission yet.

Artemis and his bodyguard Butler have set up a meeting in Chicago with dangerous international businessman Jon Spiro. In his latest eager attempt to make money, using a priceless futuristic cube of purloined Fairy gadgetry that can do just about anything, Artemis has underestimated Spiro and arrived at the rendezvous under-prepared. Big mistake. It is an ambush, and though Artemis escapes with his life, Butler is mortally wounded.

The cube may be lost but Artemis refuses to accept his friend's demise and quickly deep freezes Butler in the restaurant kitchen. He calls on the only people he knows who might be able to get him back--Holly Short of the subterranean Fairy police and her race's super-advanced technology. Holly and Artemis must find a way to bring Butler back from the dead and retrieve the lost Eternity Cube that could change the balance of power between humans and fairies forever. It is a Herculean task and the price exacted upon Artemis for such assistance is very high indeed.

What Colfer's latest plot may lack in depth or sophistication is more than made up for by the sheer verve and energy of his settings, characters and action. These books are very entertaining indeed and hugely readable, and once you're a Fowl fan you'll be hooked until Artemis decides to go straight. Recommended for ages nine and above. --John McLay -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .

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In this third installment to Eoin Colfer's funny, fast-paced, fairy-filled adventure series, boy genius and arch criminal Artemis Fowl once again can't resist plotting the perfect crime--and, once again, he can't keep from stirring up so much trouble that the fate of the entire fairy world teeters in the balance.

The once hard-boiled Artemis has softened a bit between his bestselling debut and the seat-of-your-pants Arctic Incident, and that trend continues in The Eternity Code: He's still plotting for a billion-dollar-plus payoff for the Fowl family, but now his enemies are human (chiefly Jon Spiro, a ruthless businessman Artemis tries to blackmail using stolen fairy technology) and he has to turn to his old adversary-turned-friend Captain Holly Short and cutpurse dwarf Mulch Diggums for help. The dialogue and action prove as smart and page-turning as ever this time around, with Artemis struggling to bring his faithful bodyguard Butler back from the dead before racing Mission Impossible-style to triple-cross the double-crossing Spiro.

Colfer's young antihero might be getting more likeable all the time, but that hasn't taken the edge off the Tom-Clancy-meets-Harry-Potter action. Artemis has to agree to a memory-erasing "mind wipe" from the People after helping them recover their technology, but only a foolish fan would count Artemis out after this blockbuster "final heist." Book four can't come soon enough.... (Ages 9 to 12) --Paul Hughes -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Zweifellos Colfers (bisher) größter Coup! 2. Mai 2003

Von "mara2197"

Format:Broschiert

Dieses Buch kann, nein, muß man in einem Zug durchlesen!
Für mich ist "Artemis Fowl, The eternity code" das witzigste, rasanteste, spannendste und anrührendste Buch der Trilogie(?) um das kriminelle Genie Artemis Fowl und seine Freunde aus dem Erdreich. Eoin Colfer hat sich richtig "ausgetobt", und man merkt dem Buch an, welchen Spaß der Autor beim Schreiben gehabt haben muß. Alle wichtigen Charaktere aus den vorangegangenen Büchern sind natürlich wieder mit dabei und erfahren eine liebevolle Weiterentwicklung:

Captain Holly Short, die sich mit nörgelnden Untergebenen und ihrem cholerischen Chef herumschlagen muß und für Artemis wieder einmal ihre Karriere auf's Spiel setzen wird;
Foaly, das Technik-Genie, dessen Erfindungen selbst James Bond's "Q" wie einen blutigen Amateur erscheinen lassen;
Mulch Diggums, der clevere Zwerg;
und natürlich Artemis, der einen letzten großen Coup plant, diesmal allerdings seinen Meister gefunden zu haben scheint...

Die Spannung in der Handlung reißt praktisch nie ab.
Man hofft und bangt mit den Figuren.
Eoin Colfer schafft es meisterlich, den Leser zu bewegen.
Ein Buch zum Lachen (und auch zum Weinen) für (etwas ältere) Kinder und Erwachsene gleichermaßen.
Wenn möglich sollte man aber unbedingt das Original lesen, da der englische Wortwitz auch bei jeder noch so guten Übersetzung leiden muß.

5 Sterne für ein Buch, das man nicht verpassen sollte!

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Artemis tricked for the first time? 7. September 2005

Von Clemens Trachternach

Format:Taschenbuch

The third book in the series of "Artemis Fowl" begins with a "normal" business meeting. Artemis meets a american industrial with the name John Spiro and plan to show him a supercomputer, which he constructed with fairy technology. With Butler at his side, what could possibly go wrong....?
Nearly everything!
Artemis is being tricked for the first time and pays a high price for that.

With the supercomputer in the hands of Spiro, the whole Fairy community is in danger. Will the team of Fairy Folk and Mud People regain the computer from Spiro?
If they will, Artemis will be mind wiped to remove all memories of "The People". Is there any chance for the young genius to hoodwink the fairies again?

An absolutely suberb book. In my opinion the best book of the first three. It makes one hunger for the next adventure of Artemis and his friends.

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One of the best Fowl books in the series 12. Oktober 2006

Von Mark O'Neill

I was laughing out loud reading this latest installment of the Artemis Fowl series. My favourite character, Mulch Diggums, is now an enforcer of the Chicago Mafia and working as a muscleman for Jon Spiro, the slightly lunatic and unhinged businessman that has ripped off Artemis Fowl by stealing his C Cube computer (made by fairy technology) and ordering Butler to be shot.

With Butler out of the picture with gunshot wounds, Juliet Butler (Butler's sister) enters the scene as Fowl's bodyguard (cue Kill Bill music and Uma Thurman with her sword!!). Artemis vows revenge on Spiro for stealing the C Cube and for having Butler shot. Since the C Cube is essentially fairy technology, Fowl manages to persuade Root, Short and Foaly that they need to help him get the C Cube back. But Root has a price - after it's all over, everyone needs to agree to be mind-wiped.

This book has to be Mulch Diggum's crowning moment of glory. Sit back and prepare for lots of laughs.