Artemis Fowl FanGathering

The ‘Five Times’ ChallengeThe fanfiction archive staff is challenging any interested Fowl fan to write a fanfiction about the the five times something happened to any of the characters. It could be almost anything- for example, “The five times Mulch regretted stealing something”, or “The five times Foaly doubted his ingenuity”, or “The five times Holly almost gave up”… basically, the five times [insert character name here][insert something interesting that happened to them here].

The entries will be judged by MMK, Star Jinin, and Meova. The winner’s story will be moved into the ‘Editor’s Choice’ category, and featured in Fangathering’s newsletter, The Haven Herald. Also, the winner’s future comments on the archive will be outlined, the way editors’ comments are outlined (but in a different color).

How to enter:

1. Write a story (don’t forget this part, it’s very important).
2. Post it in the new ‘Challenge Submissions’ category on the archive. Be sure to put it into another category too (action, romance, etc.) so that it doesn’t disappear when the challenge is over.
3. Email your entry, or a link to your entry, to bibliophile17@gmail.com (my email address) to make sure the judges know its there.All submissions should be sent by December 7, 2008. The winner will be announced sometime shortly after that.

Challenge Rules:

1. All submissions must follow the archive rules. You should take note that this also means that spelling and grammar will be considered when we judge.
2. All entries must be one-shots, and therefore in their completed form when they’re submitted. You can not update them later.
3. There is a minimum of 500 words (although a good entry will almost definitely take more than that). There is no maximum word count, as long as it’s all submitted at once (see above).
4. No crossovers, sorry. This also means that you can’t insert yourself into the story. It has to take place in the normal AF universe- but you can create new characters within that world, of course.

Feel free to ask any questions in the comments (but stay on-topic, please!).

Most importantly, have fun! We’re all looking forward to reading your entries.

Back in early August, FanGathering’s very own Artemis Fowl Forum global moderator and Artemis Fowl FanFiction administrator BlackOpal was lucky enough to go on an awesome trip to Europe. Part of the itinerary was to see Eoin Colfer live on his Faires, Fiends, and Flatulence show. Lucky girl! Here’s her account of this amazing experience.

The Poster at the Train
station.

When my family arrived in Epsom to see Eoin Colfer, we were absolutely delighted to be greeted by a Fairies, Fiends and Flatulence poster at the train station. While walking to the playhouse, we saw many more. The workers in the local book shops were all wearing t-shirts. The town seemed very excited for their special guest.

We arrived at the playhouse early, and I tried to bury my fears. I had a gut feeling that, at sixteen years of age, I would be the oldest “child” there. That delusion was smashed as soon as I entered the theatre. I wasn’t the oldest! I was at most the median.

There were many children. And there were many teenagers of sixteen, seventeen, even twenty years of age. Eoin Colfer drew quite a crowd. The variety in the theatre was amazing. People of all ages wearing clothes of all styles walked in carrying piles of books under their arms to be signed by the author.

Eoin Colfer entered with a dramatic shroud of dry ice, and he instantly claimed that he was not responsible for that little bit of flatulence.

The line to get the books signed.

He was hilarious. If he hadn’t been an author, he could have made it as a stand up comic. I laughed until my sides split. He recounted his childhood, and explained where his inspiration for the Artemis Fowl characters came from.

My parents, who expected to be bored out of their minds, laughed as much, and maybe more, than any of us children. They understood the trials of parenthood too well.

I never expected to have my parents quote Eoin Colfer to me for days after the show. My Dad even said that it was “funnier than Spamalot”, which was a musical by Monty Python that we saw earlier in the week.

Colfer eventually came to the Q&A portion, which was very interesting. We found out that Holly was based off of his wife (he said that he wasn’t very good at writing female characters, and he followed his wife around trying to get her to do something girly, and you know Holly). The highlight of that portion was when a girl my age asked, “Are Artemis and Holly going to… uhm… well… you know…?”

After that we proceeded outside into the main building to get books signed. Eoin Colfer was very cordial, and he signed our books, quite impressed that we made it all the way there from Canada.

He signed books for my sister, my brother my cousin and I. And, of course, he signed a paper for Fangathering.

The signature. It says, “To all the fans at Fangathering.com Keep on gathering! EC.
Click for a larger version.

It was a great experience. My sister just started reading the books, because she wanted to meet the author, but didn’t want to do so without reading Artemis Fowl. She was not disappointed. In fact, I’m afraid that she is now obsessed. I’d recommend the show to adults and children, even if they haven’t read a single book.

Thanks to MMK, we have the code from the new Time Paradox book decoded. It has no spoilers from the book, so it’s safe to read! It’s a series of communications between Opal and Vinyaya, with Opal begging for an early release from prison.

You can read the first part of it below, and you’ll find the rest of it on the codes page.

From the collected correspondence of Opal Koboi. A series of letters between Opal Koboi, inmate number 1 100 0 101, Atlantis maximum security penitentiary, and Wing Commander Vinyaya, Haven Council.

Koboi.

My dear Wing Commander,
While I realize that my first probation hearing is not due for four hundred years, I feel that it would be in the people’s best interests to release me before then. After all, the humans are becoming more sophisticated daily and a genius such as my self will be needed to ensure that fairy technology remains superior to human technology.

Click here to read the rest. Thanks again MMK!

Remember how the Artemis Fowl books were re-published in the UK a while ago? Each republished version of the books had a new code to decipher. Thanks to Kristian Haaber, we now have the codes to the first 3 books!

Check them out:

• Artemis Fowl -  Artemis foils a scheme and gets his name in the paper for the first time.
• The Arctic Incident - Guess what a fairy’s favorite food is. Stinkworms!
• The Eternity Code - Bottoms up. The fairy card game where you win by losing.

We’ll post the others when we get them. Enjoy these, and thanks again to Kristian!

Thanks to Eoin’s blog, we’ve heard that there is a free Artemis Fowl companion book with the Summer issue of Match.

Match is a football (Soccer) magazine, only available in the UK (I think!). From their website, here’s what the mini-book is about:

Artemis Fowl mini book! Find out who Artemis is, read about his stories, top ten moments, play quizzes and more!

Colfer’s blog also says there will be “Eoin Colfer on “Artemis Fowl from How to Now” plus Eoin talks heroes,” and “a never seen before sneak preview of Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox.”

If you can’t get your hands on a copy of the magazine though, you can still watch Eoin’s tour videos. Just go to the US Artemis Fowl site and click the “Videos” link. Currently there are two vids, from Chicago and Seattle, and more will be added as the tour goes on!

For those of you lucky enough to live in the USA, The Time Paradox comes out today. Are you going to get it?

For the UK, we have to wait until the 7th August, but if you pre-order on Amazon UK now, there’s 50% off.

To whet your apetite for it, we have all the details on the book on our Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox page.

And Colfer has been busy promoting it of course! You should check out his interviews on Dadspace (talks mostly about Colfer’s approach to parenting) and Chapters.Indigo.ca (talks about Eoin and his experiences as an author).

You can also see a fan’s early review on Colfer’s blog (He says it’s even better than Airman!).

And lastly, another fan has just started up a podcast (Basically internet radio, if you’ve never heard the term before!) about Artemis Fowl. The first episode talks about his predictions for the book. You can download it here. Enjoy!

The official US Artemis Fowl website has just been given an amazing new look and loads of cool new features! The countdown for July 15th has begun! (Note: UK fans would be waiting for August 7th for the release.)

If you live in the US or Canada, you may also be able to see Eoin Colfer’s Faries, Fiends, and Flatulence show live via simulcast in a bookstore near you!

Visit the Official US Artemis Fowl site for more details.

Do check out FG’s The Time Paradox page (updated! ) for a full synopsis, courtesy of the official US site:

After disappearing for three years, Artemis Fowl has returned to a life different from the one he left. Now hes [sic] a big brother, and spends his days teaching his twin siblings the important things in life, such as how to properly summon a waiter at a French restaurant.

But when Artemis [sic] mother contracts a life threatening illness, his world is turned upside down. [MORE]

(Huge thanks to LEP for the heads-up.)

It’s been a long time, but it’s finally working again. We have 826 pieces of Artemis Fowl FanArt, and excluding the last few weeks (;)), more added every day. See yous all there again!

Also, there’s a competition on Colfer’s blog to win a copy of The Time Paradox, before it’s released! Have a read here if you’re interested in entering.

If you find the clues and want to help out your fellow FGers, send them on in! You’ll be credited of course.

The Haven Herald

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Many people have tried to stop us. A virus, no inspiration…Could it have been any worse? The Haven Herald might not have come out this time. But, no one managed to stop us: not a computer virus, not writer’s block. And here it is, a brand new Haven Herald for you to enjoy. Let FanGathering be an example to the team making the Artemis Fowl Movie. Never give up, and keep that movie production rolling!

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About a week ago, we were hacked. We apologize profusely to any of you who have had to avoid the site over the past few days, or worse, were infected by it.

Thankfully we are safe again, and hopefully that will have been both the first and last time we ever have this problem on FanGathering!

We have a “Half-russian hacker” to thank for fixing the site. They wished to remain anonymous, but asked me to share this video with you. Thanks hacker!