The big thanks post...

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Just wanted to thank everyone for the insanity the weekend that was AU. You're all insane, bizarre and I love you for it.

Also much love to the Radio people who not only participated but had to link gather and report it. A case of rum will be headed your way.

And finally a thank you to the "normal" students who helped change everything back last night after I had to bail out of the thread. Your cross-fandom fastball special was wonderful and will no doubt result in a lawsuit from Marvel comics.

Oh! If the chain of wake up posts weren't enough to tell you:

Yes. Your character will remember everything you did.

*leaves to join Izzy in fandomtherapy*

Spotlight on Fandoms: Thursday Next

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So it's no Gaiman, but the crack is still strong with Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series.

( The Books and the Author )

( The Nextian Universe )

( The Characters )

In Short

This series is full of crack, literary allusions and puns on everything imaginable. Thursday is a normal person in a world that's completely cracky and weird. The humour is very dry and witty. The story is told from Thursday's first-person perspective looking back at her life, and it's a very easy read.

Book 1 is all about Thursday's life in the real world and changing Jane Eyre. Book 2 is learning about Jurisfiction and the BookWorld and dealing with Shakespeare nuts. Book 3 is even more about the BookWorld and there's adventure galore. Book 4 is back in the real world, but deals with elements from both ends and it guest stars none other than Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Yes, that Hamlet. His speech in the coffee shop about being undecided over what to order is to die for.

There's drama, intrigue, heroes, villains, crazy people, death, violence, complete and utter WTFery and it's by far my favourite series.


The series is available pretty much everywhere.

Books at Amazon for $11.20 each:
The Eyre Affair
Lost in a Good Book
The Well of Lost Plots
Something Rotten

The Audiobook (free! Donated by the lovely time_agent):
The Eyre Affair - Part 1
The Eyre Affair - Part 2
The Eyre Affair - Part 3
That's the whole book.

If you have any questions about the series, about Thursday (canon or Fandom) or anything else, please don't hesitate to ask!