QuoteIrish author Eoin Colfer to write new Hitchhiker's Guide book
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
The best-selling children's author Eoin Colfer is heading into a whole new galaxy.
The Wexford writer has been chosen to write a new book in the hugely popular 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series.
Eight years after the tragically early death of its creator, Douglas Adams, Colfer has been asked by Adams's widow to continue the series of Hitchhiker books that are international bestsellers and have a cult following of millions of readers around the world.
Penguin International will make the announcement of Colfer's appointment in London today.
Douglas Adams's widow Jane Belson was very keen to get Colfer to write the Hitchhiker follow-up because she is a big fan of his Artemis Fowl novels, the best-selling books that have made the former teacher a millionaire.
Described as 'Die Hard with fairies' the Artemis books are a series of fantasy novels starring the teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl who operates in an underworld of fairies and goblins of all sorts policed by the LEPrecons.
Although very different from the Hitchhiker series, they have the same sense of fantasy, humour and adventure.
The new Hitchhiker book that Colfer is writing will be titled 'And Another Thing...' and will be published in October 2009. It will be the sixth in the Hitchhiker series.
The late Douglas Adams said in an interview some time after finishing the fifth book: "I suspect at some point in the future I will write a sixth Hitchhiker book ... I would love to finish Hitchhiker on a slightly more upbeat note. Five seems to be a wrong kind of number, six is a better kind of number."
But he never got to do the sixth book that Colfer will now write.
Ms Belson said yesterday: "I am delighted that Eoin Colfer has agreed to continue the Hitchhiker series. I love his books and could not think of a better person to transport Arthur, Zaphod and Marvin to pastures new. The project has my full support."
Not all Hitchhiker fans will know Colfer, but he seems the perfect writer to take on the Douglas Adams mantle. Colfer has been a fan of Hitchhiker since his schooldays. He said yesterday that "being given the chance to write this book is like suddenly being offered the superpower of your choice.
"For years I have been finishing this incredible (Hitchhiker) story in my head and now I have the opportunity to do it in the real world. It is a gift from the gods."
In London yesterday, Penguin managing director Helen Fraser said: "In 1992 I was lucky enough to be involved in the publication of 'Mostly Harmless' -- Douglas Adams's last volume of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. He was an extraordinary writer with an ability to come at the reader from the most unexpected angles, knock them off balance and make them laugh at the same time.
"Eoin Colfer is an inspired choice as Douglas's successor. Eoin burst on the world with his incredibly popular Artemis Fowl series, which is beloved by readers of all ages. He is a huge talent and a fantastically funny writer, and this new book will bring as many new young readers to Douglas Adams's work as it will introduce adults to the brilliance of Eoin Colfer."
Colfer was a primary school teacher in Wexford until he secured the largest ever advance for a children's novel by an unknown author in October 2000 for the first Artemis Fowl book. He hasn't looked back since.
Colfer's first novel, 'Benny and Omar', was an instant bestseller in Ireland and even knocked Harry Potter off the number-one slot on the children's book list here.
Total sales of his Artemis Fowl titles now exceed a staggering 2.8 million copies in Britain and Ireland and over seven million copies worldwide.
His work is published in 41 countries. He has achieved international critical acclaim and is ranked alongside Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson and Anthony Horowitz as one of the world's most popular children's authors.
His commission to write a new Hitchhiker book is likely to be a very lucrative one. But at this stage in his career, already a millionaire several times over, he is unlikely to place much importance on that. He is heading into the Hitchhiker galaxy because he loves the books and he loves writing.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/irish-author-eoin-colfer-to-write-new-hitchhikers-guide-book-13974791.html
http://eoincolfer.com
Господе, неће ваљда? :x :x
Sam Vodič već ima previše nastavaka da bi bio ikome smešan danas u XXI veku; mislim na čitaoce koji sada ulaze u materiju.
Jeste. Ali. To je ipak prva knjiga koja padne na pamet većini ljudi kad kažeš SF. I ako je neko pročitao JEDNU SF knjigu u životu, to je verovatno ova.
Valjda zato i postoji sedamsto izdanja i doštampavanja samo kod nas.
Uopste nikad nisam mogao da razumem ceo hype oko vodica. Meni je bio neopevano dosadan...
To ti je za SF kao kad fentezi fanovima kazes za LotR "Morija-Smorija". Onda te lincuju. Danasnji citaoci su razmazeni. Devedesete, kada sam imao deset godina, skakao sam od srece kada sam u mesnoj biblioteci pronasao "Svet se kaze suma" (sto je genijalan prevod - ne znam ko je bese za to zasluzan), prve cetiri "Dine", "Gospodara" i tako neke restlove. Omiljena knjiga iz tog vremena su mi Farmerovi "Ljubavnici", a ne znam ko bi je danas citao. I kod nas je doslo zapadnjacko izdrkavanje sa zanrovima, podzanrovima, sviranjima u koznu frulu. Nekad si citao sta si imao za citanje. Zato je moja porodica veliki Bobanovo fan. Ako mi keva nije 30 puta procitala Sagitin "Let zmajeva", nije nijednom. Isto vazi za prvih pet "Hronika Ambera". Sada je mladjim citaocima i Zelazni dosadan. Sto rekose u filmu LotR: "The world has changed... for the worse." A ja bih dodao: "Ours is the history of decline."
Quote from: "nightflier"To ti je za SF kao kad fentezi fanovima kazes za LotR "Morija-Smorija". Onda te lincuju. Danasnji citaoci su razmazeni.
Pa nisam ja "danasnji" citaoc. SF citam jos od sredine 80'tih. Sekao sam vene na Farmera, Ursulu, Herberta, Klarka, Asimova i sve ostalo ali i tada a ni kasnije vodic mi nije legao. Smatrao sam tada a i sada da je to jeftina socio-politicka satira ljudskog roda kao takvog umotana u oblandu kvazi SF estetike. Po meni, sve je to mnogo bolje receno u Sviftovim Guliverovim putovanjima.
Ma nisam mislio na tebe. Govorio sam uopsteno. Sasvim je razumljivo da se nekome ne dopada nesto sto pak neko drugi dozivljava kao kultno delo. Na primer, Dejan Papic - vlasnik Lagune - ne voli Herberta, pa smo nekoliko puta razgovarali o tome i tada mi je to bilo cudno. I ja imam svojih "nemiljenika". Nego tvoja izjava me je podsetila na svojevrsnu apatiju i razmazenost citalaca koji su zanr otkrili pocetkom milenijuma.
Quote from: "nightflier""Svet se kaze suma" (sto je genijalan prevod - ne znam ko je bese za to zasluzan)
ZŽ
Znao sam, ko drugi :shock: :lol:
Pa problem sa Vodičem je što tu ima više romana, premda se danas prodaju kao jedan, samo prvi odskače, ostali su manje zanimljivi tj dobri.
Doduše ja sam čitao samo prva tri .
Quote from: "Usul"Uopste nikad nisam mogao da razumem ceo hype oko vodica. Meni je bio neopevano dosadan...
what he said. 8)
precenjena nategnuta smarachina za zasmejavanje debila. sa par polu-duhovitih fora rasejanih kroz masu.
Quote from: "Ghoul"Quote from: "Usul"Uopste nikad nisam mogao da razumem ceo hype oko vodica. Meni je bio neopevano dosadan...
what he said. 8)
precenjena nategnuta smarachina za zasmejavanje debila. sa par polu-duhovitih fora rasejanih kroz masu.
S druge strane, tebi je smešan South Park...
Quote from: "Alex"S druge strane, tebi je smešan South Park...
s trece strane, ti smatras da je western superiorniji zanr od horora... :roll: :x
Quote from: "Alex"Quote from: "Ghoul"Quote from: "Usul"Uopste nikad nisam mogao da razumem ceo hype oko vodica. Meni je bio neopevano dosadan...
what he said. 8)
precenjena nategnuta smarachina za zasmejavanje debila. sa par polu-duhovitih fora rasejanih kroz masu.
S druge strane, tebi je smešan South Park...
I Borat! :shock: :x
Quote from: "Ghoul"Quote from: "Alex"S druge strane, tebi je smešan South Park...
s trece strane, ti smatras da je western superiorniji zanr od horora... :roll: :x
I da Van Gogh ima dobrih albuma! :P
Quote from: "Harvester"Quote from: "Ghoul"Quote from: "Alex"S druge strane, tebi je smešan South Park...
s trece strane, ti smatras da je western superiorniji zanr od horora... :roll: :x
I da Van Gogh ima dobrih albuma! :P
Hostel, Hostel :lol:
Bijelo Dugme?
Hostel je deplasiran. Ti kao da zaboravljaš da sam ja fan Uveta Bola. :lol:
Quote from: "Harvester"Hostel je deplasiran. Ti kao da zaboravljaš da sam ja fan Uveta Bola. :lol:
Imaš bol uveta, bolan. Javi se ljekaru.