Welcome to the second 'broadcast' of the AFNS. Not much to report this time, but there's some pretty crucial AF3 stuff…

BOOK THREE:

~ Book three is apparently coming out on 3rd of July, 2003… like, OMG!!!! This came to me courtesy of crazygirl007. Thanks girl. You're a star! To ye others… It has been confirmed as this date for the UK, but of course, due to the evil, stupid, horrible traitor that Eoin Colfer is, the USA get it first. Yankees, cower in the face of my wrath and jealousy, and FEEL THE SHAME! *in a normal voice* I think your release date is 1st May, 2003. *mutters several un-typeable expletives*

~ There is now a synopsis… *runs around screaming* I know what it's about, I know what it's about, I know what it's about!!!! Ahem. I shall now proceed to copy and paste what it is about for your benefit and education. I suppose I should probably say that I got this off the Barnes and Nobel website… so even though it's not like they'd ever be as sad as us and come here, thanks to them.

Ever the resourceful young criminal mastermind, Artemis has found a way to construct a supercomputer from stolen fairy technology. Called the "C Cube," it will render all existing human technology obsolete. Artemis then arranges a meeting with a Chicago businessman, Jon Spiro, to offer to suppress the Cube for one year in return for gold, his favourite substance. But the meeting is a trap, and Spiro steals the Cube and mortally injures Butler. Artemis knows his only hope to save Butler lies in fairy magic, so once again he is forced to contact his old rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police.

Miraculously, Butler is healed, but there is a catch: he has aged fifteen years. Thus, Butler's infamously ditzy sister, Juliet, is called in as Artemis's bodyguard. Together, they travel to Chicago to steal back the Cube and ensure that Jon Spiro is put out of business -- permanently.

~ There are pictures of the American and English covers on amazon… Now, typically of course, it's the American cover that came first, and the link to that page is:

h t t p : / / I m a g e s . a m a z o n . c o m / I m a g e s / P / 0 7 8 6 8 1 9 1 4 6 . 0 1 . L Z Z Z Z Z Z Z . j p g

Now, I see you thinking, why the hell is the link that spaced out? *growls* well, it's like that because my frelling piece of dren disguised as a computer completely frells up the format, deletes half the text, and even if I get that fixed, the thoddo doesn't even show the frelling links. *takes a deep breath* So, I had to put a space between every single character. I'm really sorry I couldn't fix it in time, so you're just gonna have to paste it into your browser and delete all the spaces. Sorry. Next one's the same, I'm afraid.

Now the English cover is obviously so much cooler… even if we are getting it two months later *has to be restrained from tracking down Colfer and inflicting foul (geddit? foul/Fowl? God, I'm sad…) dismemberment*. The link for this is:

H t t p : / / I m a g e s – e u . a m a z o n . c o m / I m a g e s / P / 0 6 7 0 9 1 3 5 2 9 . 0 2 . L Z Z Z Z Z Z Z . j p g

*makes shooing gestures* get, get, get! Go see!!!

~ The ISBN number is 0670913529… Well… kinda speaks for itself don't it? Just thought I'd add it in case it means anything to any of you. That's the English one, by the way.

~ There are 352 pages in the English copy, 288 pages in the American copy… Yay! Lots then! I guess this also means that, like in TAI, the English copy has a new language along the bottom, like the first, but the American copy doesn't. *looks sympathetic* But who knows, eh?

~ It will be published with a hardcover… oh, such big news there. *points to self* all cynicism here…

~ False alarm on the murder mystery… there isn't one… Colfer's writing Eternity Code and a murder mystery. Kitty Rainbow pointed that out to me. CG7 got confused, I think. Sorry girl! I was getting excited about that too!

~ Puffin have signed Colfer for Artemis Fowl books three and four… Yes! There is a God! Thanks to Kitty Rainbow for telling me that. Lets just hope it's true, and goes ahead…

MOVIE

Nothing new on the Arty film, but apparently Miramax have signed Colfer for Wish List as well. *shakes head sadly* does this never end?

LINKS

www.eoincolfer.com

His official site… now updated and not looking like a seven-year-old designed and did it in a couple of IT lessons… It's pretty good. I haven't had time to go through the whole thing yet, but there is a news spot, oh joy. And watch out for the music on the homepage… it's off the tape if you ain't heard it, and it's really good…

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That's it for now, folks. Nothing new for the movie, but plenty for the book, oh joy. May I just take this opportunity to thank everyone who reviewed, sent emails and provided info for me. Keep it coming! I'm really sorry it took this long… I've been busy lately, what with me being a perfectionist, especially when it comes to writing SB, and it takes a while for enough to accumulate… though not this long. Anyway, as yet, I have not been got by the bot, so let's make the most of it while we can! And to those of you who can understand al bhed: rammu! E yccola oui yha y wehym wyhdyco… e tuh'd ysdiymmo ry(v – I can't remember what it is in al bhed)a ed, pid ed husgc! Ok, back to English now. If you understood any of that, then congratulations, and I didn't know there were any ff fans who came here! And if you're The Oracle or faerie enchantress, that's cheating. You know where the translator is and you were the one that taught me, Sher…

REVIEW my dears, REVIEW AND EMAIL!!!!

Happy hunting once again, luv slime xxx