TY - ABST T1 - Early Riser Y1 - 2018 A1 - Jasper Fforde (b. 1961) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

A dystopia in which most people hibernate in towers erected for that purpose and controlled by HiberTech. A few people stay awake to protect the sleepers and others, advocates of RealSleep, try to undermine the system.

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U.S. ed. [New York]: Viking, 2018

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron Y1 - 2009 A1 - Jasper Fforde (b. 1961) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Humorous dystopia set in Chromatica where status is determined by the range of colors that a person can see, and lower status people are subservient to the higher status. Life is determined by “The Rules”, which the protagonist discovers to be more controlling than he had thought. For a sequel that continues where that novel ended, see Red Side Story. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 376 pp. U.S. ed. New York: Soho Press, 2024. Originally described as the first volume of a trilogy to be followed by Shades of Grey 2: Painting by Numbers and Shades of Grey 3: The Gordini Protocols, but they disappeared from his website.

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U.K. ed. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2010. Both carry the 2010 copyright, but the U.S. ed. was published in December 2009 and the U.K. ed. in January 2010.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Eyre Affair. A Novel Y1 - 2001 A1 - Jasper Fforde (b. 1961) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

The first volume of the alternative history Thursday Next series that has both utopian and dystopia elements throughout the series, which currently includes six additional books. In the world in which Thursday Next, the female protagonist, lives England is a republic, Wales is the independent “Socialist Republic of Wales,” and genetic engineering has brought back extinct species, such as the dodo a Neanderthals. Subsequent volumes are Lost in a Good Book. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002; US. ed. New York Viking, 2003; The Well of Lost Plots. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003; US. ed. New York Viking, 2004; and Something Rotten. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004; US. ed. New York Viking, 2004. Second series: First Among Sequels. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007; US. ed. New York Viking, 2007; One of Our Thursdays Is Missing. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2011; US. ed. New York Viking, 2011; and The Woman Who Died a Lot. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012; US. ed. New York Viking, 2012.

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