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[ 책 소개 ]
* New York Times Best Seller
전세계적으로 인기를 끌고 있는 판타지 소설의 계보를 잇는 책으로 뉴욕타임스 선정 어린이 소설책 부문 베스트셀러입니다. 더불어 과거의 판타지적 요소에 현대적인 테크놀러지 문명을 접목해 독특한 형식의 스토리를 만들어 냈습니다.
아일랜드의 베스트 셀러작가인 에오인 콜퍼가 쓴 범죄환상 소설이며, 아일랜드 전통의 요정 이야기가 바탕에 깔려 있습니다.
반지의 제왕이나 해리 포터 시리즈의 독자라면 관심을 가지고 읽어볼 만한 책입니다. 하이테크놀로지, 신화, 요정, 컴퓨터의 세계가 혼재되어 있으며 제임스 본드 풍의 이야기 구조가 처음부터 끝까지 흥미진진하게 이야기를 이끌어갑니다.
아르테미스 파울(Artemis Fowl) 시리즈의 두번째 책입니다.
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아르테미스 파울은 역사상 가장 큰 범죄자 집안의 마지막 후계자입니다. 파울 가문은 수세기 동안 국제적인 암흑가에서 세력을 키워 왔지만 점차 기울기 시작했습니다.
아르테미스는 12살 소년이지만 파울 가문에서도 가장 영명하며 솜씨가 좋기로 이름을 떨쳤습니다.
아르테미스는 인터넷을 즐겨 사용하며 인간의 존재의 이유를 밝히는 신화에 대해 관심이 아주 많았습니다. 신화에는 여러 종류의 요정들이 나오며, 아르테미스는 마법 책을 가지고 있는 요정들에 대해 알게 되었습니다.
만약 아르테미스가 요정이 갖고 있는 마법 책에 나오는 정보를 토대로 하여 "요정의 황금 단지"를 찾게 되면 어마어마한 금을 얻게 될 것이고 기울어져가는 가문을 다시 일으킬 수 있을 것입니다. 아르테미스는 술취한 늙은 요정에게 계략을 꾸며 자신에게 책을 잠깐 빌리는데 성공했습니다.
그리고는 디지털 카메라로 스캔하고 맥 컴퓨터를 사용해 메일로 보냈습니다. 아일랜드로 돌아온 아르테미스는 차근차근 자신의 계획에 착수합니다.
"요정의 황금 단지"를 훔치려는 아르테미스와 군대까지 동원한 요정들의 치열한 두뇌싸움과 전투가 시작됩니다...
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Edition: Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN: 0786817089
책 크기 : 19.2cm x 13.1cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Annotation
In order to free his father from the Russian Mafiya, Artemis must join forces with the fairy police and his familiar nemesis, Captain Holly Short.
From the Publisher
The world's youngest, brightest, and most dangerous criminal mastermind returns. In his second adventure, Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland, when he suddenly receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian mafia -- a man Artemis had never thought he would see again: his beloved father. As Artemis rushes to the freezing Arctic Circle to rescue his father, he is stopped by a familiar nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. But this time, instead of battling them, he'll have to join forces with Holly, Commander Root, Mulch, and the rest to save one of the few people in the world whom he loves.
Entertainment Weekly
The world that Colfer creates is as vivid and fantastical as any shire, gotham, or galaxy far, far away in recent memory. Grade: A-.
Publisher's Weekly
Rocketing readers back into a world of modern fairies (they pack heat and wear motorized wings), Colfer here reunites 13-year-old antihero Artemis with his former kidnap victim, Captain Holly Short, an elf officer with the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance) squad. As the erstwhile arch enemies join forces to squelch a power-hungry pixie's coup attempt in one world and to rescue Artemis's long-missing father in another (he's being held for ransom by the Russian Mafiya), the boy proves he has a heart after all, even as he builds his reputation as a world-class criminal mastermind. Once again, the roller coaster of a plot introduces a host of high jinks and high-tech weaponry as Colfer blends derring-do with snappy prose ("The broad grin disappeared like a fox down a hole") and repartee ("Hey, Mulch, if you listen really hard you can just about make out the sound of nobody giving a hoot"). The resulting fantasy hosts memorable characters, many of whom (such as the flatulent dwarf Mulch Diggums) reprise roles that helped attract fans to the first adventure. The author ratchets up the body count in this return engagement (perhaps too steeply for some tastes), and the high-concept premise may be a tad slick for others, but Colfer's finger is firmly on the pulse of his target market, and along with extra helpings of sly humor ("The sprite's breathing calmed, and a healthy green tinge started to return to his cheeks") he delivers a cracking good read.
Children's Literature
Thirteen-year-old genius Artemis Fowl is at St. Bartleby's boarding school in Ireland when he receives an important and unexpected message. His father is being held captive by the Russian Mafiya. A ransom is demanded. Artemis knows he will have to act fast if he is to save his beloved father; the video that accompanied the message showed he was in pretty bad shape. At the same time, in the fairy world, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police has found goblins engaged in suspicious criminal activity. She knows they have help from somewhere, since goblins themselves are dumb as boards, and her #1 suspect is fairy enemy #1, Artemis Fowl. It is only by working together that Holly Short and Artemis Fowl, previously enemies, will be able to figure out what is really going on, both above ground and beneath it. Eoin Colfer's sequel to the popular Artemis Fowl is as action-packed and irreverent as the first. A witty blend of fantasy, spy tale, and action movie, readers are sure to enjoy the fast-paced adventures of Artemis, his powerful sidekick Butler, Foaly the centaur, and fairies Holly and Root. As soon as they turn the last page of this book, they'll be hungering for the next one. 2002, Talk Miramax Books/Hyperion, - Heidi Hauser Green
VOYA - Michael Levy
The thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, his supercompetent manservant, Butler, and Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police all return in this sequel to last year's high-spirited romp Artemis Fowl (Hyperion, 2001/VOYA August 2001). In the first book, the young protagonist뾬ne can hardly call him a hero뾲ook over the family's criminal enterprises after his father's disappearance at sea. Now, however, Artemis has discovered that his father is still alive and is being held for ransom in the Arctic by the Russian Mafiya. Simultaneously, Captain Short is investigating the possession of contraband human technology by the dangerous B'wa Kell Goblin triads. She assumes at first that Artemis must be involved, until when he proves innocent뾬f this crime at least뾱he enlists his services to catch the real criminals. In return, the fairies agree to help Fowl rescue his father. None of them realizes, however, that the human contraband case actually is part of a much larger and more dangerous plot, formulated by the power-mad fairy industrialist who supplies all of LEPrecon's newest weapons technology to take over the underworld. Like its predecessor, this book is carefully positioned by the publisher to attach itself to Harry Potter's coattails, and with an amazing
School Library Journal
In this entertaining sequel, Artemis Fowl tries to rescue his father from Russian Mafiya gangsters. Here, the criminal mastermind teams up with Captain Holly, the same leprechaun officer whom he battled in the first book. He needs her fairy magic and technology to help with his mission, while she and her friends enlist the boy to aid them in preventing a goblin revolt. The action is brisk, with fiendish plots, ingenious escapes, and lively battle scenes. Though still diabolically clever, Artemis loses some of his edge as the story proceeds, and even commits a few selfless acts along the way. His own bafflement at these sentimental lapses is amusing, and he develops into a more likable figure. His unbridled greed and ambition were essential to his antihero appeal in the first book, and a gentler Artemis is not quite as engaging. Still, it's fun to see him run rings around a school counselor, and his verbal jousts with his fairy allies keep some of that spark alive. Many characters from the first book return, though none develop much beyond their basic personality traits. The satisfying conclusion resolves the fate of Artemis's father and sets the scene for future sequels.
Kirkus Reviews
In this sequel to Artemis Fowl (2001), the intellectual brilliance and total lack of scruples of the eponymous hero have enabled him to use his father's criminal empire to accumulate a vast fortune. Artemis utilizes this money to finance the search for his father, still missing two years after a disastrous and almost legitimate foray into Russia. Upon the receipt of an e-mailed picture, supposedly of his father, Artemis and his bodyguard, Butler, start the journey to Russia, only to be abducted by an old adversary Captain Holly Short, of the fairy police, LEPrecon. Holly and her commander erroneously suspect Artemis of masterminding a smuggling ring. The deal Artemis and Butler make with the LEPrecon officers (Artemis lends his brain to solve the smuggling puzzle; LEPrecon lends its advanced technology to the search for Fowl, Senior) leads to a series of major and minor disasters, which provide suspense and tension to this well-plotted story. Characterization is slight but amusing: Holly Short, first female captain in the LEPrecon is a feisty but warmhearted fairy, Foaly the centaur head of LEPrecon's technology department is brilliant if irascible, and the dwarf, Mulch, is hilarious, full of himself and of dwarf gas-don't ask. Filled with puns, word plays, and inventive new concepts about the fairy realm, this mix of fantasy and science fiction will delight fans and make converts of new readers. An exhilarating Celtic caper that stands very nicely indeed on its own merits. |
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