An astonishing, hotly anticipated new novel from the great literary fantasist and creator of thursday next, jasper fforde. Much of the humour is focused on the basic premise of the chromocentric world. Lost in a good book may be a painful rite of passage for a linear thinker. The novel is set on chromatacia a society regulated on ones perception of color. Rich with the inspired wordplay and sly cultural references for which jasper fforde is famous, shades of grey conjures a bleak vision of humanitys future and transports readers to an utterly original worldone full of outward color, but pitch black at heart. 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. Ive been working with color for almost 60 years, and yet marvel at the world fforde has spun out of everyday color theory.
Does jasper fforde intend a sequel to shades of grey. It could have hand writing inside or have old book exchange markings and stamps. His father was a prominent economist, while his mother did charity work and was a passionate reader. Shades of grey is a dystopic fantasy novel by jasper fforde. From jasper fforde s twitter, 11092018 the next book will not be a next book. Shades of grey is set in a postcatastrophe world that is rulebound, respectable and very 1950senglish characters refer to the calamity, nicely, as the. Essentially, this series does for colors what thursday next did for fictional characters.
Fforde is known mainly for his thursday next novels. The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with the eyre affair continues with jasper ffordes magnificent second adventure starring the resourceful, fearless literary sleuth thursday next. Fforde s first novel, the eyre affair, was published in 2001. I finished reading the thursday next series by jasper fforde a while ago and i thought it was brilliant. 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. I should instantly clear up the fact that this is not. 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.
However, the release for painting by numbers has been pushed back several times. Jun 17, 2017 when i met jasper fforde, he was promoting his shades of grey novel. 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. Im planning a sequel for shades of grey for maybe 2019. 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. Published on feb 2, 2010 jasper fforde, best known for the adventures of literary detective thursday next in the surreal book world, talks to. Having since spent a summer holiday in the lake district, hooked on the book and bereft by the. The road to high saffron is a dystopian novel, the first in the shades of grey series by novelist jasper fforde. Jasper fforde was born in london on january 11, 1961. Its well written and very readable as usual for fforde, and like most of his books its based around writing about fantasy dressed up as reallife. Mar 26, 2012 inside liv tylers gutrenovated nyc brownstone open door architectural digest duration. Intrepid literary detective thursday next is back in the second installment of jasper ffordes oneofakind series. Jasper fforde has a new series out called shades of grey.
Fair warning, though, all of his books are exceedingly british, and shades of grey is about as british as a book can be. 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. Hello and welcome to the shades of grey section of the website. Imagine a black and white world where colour is a commodity. Feb 02, 2010 published on feb 2, 2010 jasper fforde, best known for the adventures of literary detective thursday next in the surreal book world, talks to sarah crown about his new novel shades of grey and the. Having read all the thursday next and nursery crime books by jasper fforde, and early riser, i thought id have a go at shades of grey too. Here, in author jasper fforde s england of 1985, people keep dodo birds as pets, a special police unit drives stakes through vampires hearts, tunbridge wells has been given over to russia in war reparations, london to sydney travel time is 40 minutes by gravitube through the earths center, air travel is by lighter. He didnt do a very good job, as he left me with the impression that it would be dull, compared with his previous work.
Jan 18, 2010 shades of grey by jasper fforde lara killian. British author jasper fforde scored a comic hit with his first published novel, 2001s the eyre affair, which introduced the detective thursday next. 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. Browse jasper ffordes bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. The one after the next book is ds4, and the next after that will be sog2. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Mar 01, 2011 jasper fforde s shades of grey surprised the hell out of me. Jasper fforde webchat as it happened books the guardian.
It could be quite difficult to write my book thoughts on shades of grey by jasper fforde. Any recommendations on books that read like jasper fforde. While there is humor, the story becomes darker, the characters more intense, the world more strange and disturbing with each turn of the page. 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. Hopefully youll be like me and petition our mr fforde to put out the sequel before all else. Dec 20, 2015 shades of grey by jasper fforde in epub, fb3, txt download e book. Jasper fforde s shades of grey surprised the hell out of me. Buy shades of grey first thus by jasper fforde isbn. Another question of ffordes shades of grey from fraser stephens. I hope a sequel will come out in the not too distant future. When i met jasper fforde, he was promoting his shades of grey novel.
The next published book will be early riser, a standalone set in a world in which humans have always hibernated. The story takes place in chromatacia, an alternate version of the united kingdom wherein social class is determined by ones ability to perceive colour. The colour values as described in the book supposedly come from the munsell color system as described by albert. Nov 06, 2009 shades of grey general july 2018 28 60. Inside liv tylers gutrenovated nyc brownstone open door architectural digest duration. Read an interview with jasper fforde about shades of grey. Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, shades of grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. Jasper fforde audio books, best sellers, author bio.
Any recommendations on books that read like jasper fforde thursday next series. It may have spine and cover creases along with other general marks. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Welcome to the jasper fforde website overview page. However, it is quite difficult to describe the genre of the books a bit literature, scifi, fantasy and something in between and i find it hard to find. Fforde and his four siblings were raised in london and wales. Shades of grey takes place in an absurd dystopia that resembles a mix of brave new world, kafka, and monty python. 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. 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 first time around. It is inevitable that jasper fforde will one day write a book that does not crackle with brilliant invention, but this isnt it. Shades of grey features many of the elements that make fforde such a delightful and enriching read.