Artemis Fowl (edit title)

Anon K edited the description of Artemis Fowl 5 days ago.

• Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius, and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemishe doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories - they're armed and dangerous!

Anon K edited the description of Artemis Fowl 5 days ago.

• At last, one of the most talked-about novels of last year is now available in an accessible mass-market edition.Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius-andgenius, and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories-they'restories - they're armed and dangerous!

Shelfari edited the description of Artemis Fowl 2 weeks ago.

• At last, one of the most talked-about novels of last year is now available in an accessible mass-market edition. Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius-and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories-they're dangerous!

Angel K edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of Artemis Fowl Thursday, November 19 2009.

• Added: Genius 12 year old tries to capture a fairy.

Andrew Powell edited the characters of Artemis Fowl Wednesday, November 18 2009.

• Added the description of Butler: The Fowl's manservant and Artemis' bodyguard, but also Artemis's friend and accomplice. Throughout the book, his first name is not revealed; this is possibly to prevent over-familiarity between bodyguard and client, and is referred to only as "Butler."
• marked the description of Butler as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Commander Julius Root: Known as 'Beetroot' by fellow fairies for his characteristic red face, he is Holly Short's superior officer. A father figure to the other fairies, and specifically Holly, he appears truly distressed at her disappearance, as shown with his conversation with Artemis in the whaling ship, 'If you've harmed one tip of my officer's pointy ears...'.
• marked the description of Commander Julius Root as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Foaly: The LEP's technical advisor. Portrayed as brilliant, but highly sarcastic, he is described as 'having few friends'. The time-stop used in the siege of Fowl Manor was his invention, and he provides numerous high-tech gadgets to the other characters.
• marked the description of Foaly as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Mulch Diggums

Andrew Powell edited the summary of Artemis Fowl Wednesday, November 18 2009.

• Artemis Fowl II, the titular character, is the twelve-year-old son of an Irish crime lord, Artemis Fowl I. After significant research, Artemis believes that he has confirmed the existence of fairies and decides to kidnap one. He tracks down an alcoholic sprite posing as a healer in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and travels there with his friend and bodyguard Butler to obtain from her the The Book of the People—the Fairy holy book that is written in Gnommish.

  Meanwhile, Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police is tracking a rogue troll that has managed to reach the surface of the Earth from the fairy city, deep underground. Assisted by a technically minded centaur called Foaly and LEPrecon commander Julius Root, she incapacitates the troll. However, this uses the last of her magic, and Commander Root demands that she complete the magic restoring ritual.

  Artemis decodes the Book using computerized translating software, and in the process, learns the specifics of the ritual: taking an acorn from an ancient oak tree near a bend in a river under the full moon and planting it elsewhere. Artemis and Butler track down over 100 possible locations for the ritual and start a stakeout; after nearly four months, they discover Holly performing the ritual. She attempts to use the magical mind-controlling mesmer to defend herself, but Artemis is prepared for this, and Butler tranquillises Holly with a hypodermic syringe. The LEP, who are immediately aware of her disappearance, send Julius Root to search for her. He traces her tracker to an abandoned whaling ship off the coast of Dublin, Ireland. Through an audio/visual communicator, Artemis informs Root from Fowl Manor that he is holding Holly for ransom, then destroys the whaling ship remotely by detonating a large amount of Semtex.

  A LEPretrieval team is sent to scout Fowl Manor. Using their magical 'shielding' ability, which allows them to vibrate faster than the human eye can follow, the team enters the manor grounds. Artemis anticipated this also, however, and installed a camera with a high frames-per-second rate, allowing him to detect the threat by freezing the image. After Butler incapacitates the intruders, Root decides to lay siege to Fowl Manor using a time-stop and enter negotiations. The ransom demand is revealed as one metric ton of 24-carat gold. Artemis uses the opportunity to reveal his knowledge of the time-stop and claims that he can escape it.

  The attempts to gain entry to the manor continue as an infamous criminal, the kleptomaniac dwarf Mulch Diggums, is recruited to break in. Fairies are forbidden from entering human dwellings without permission, but Mulch has already broken this rule and is immune to the adverse consequences. He tunnels underground to reach the house while Foaly feeds a loop to the manor surveillance system, allowing Mulch to freely explore. Mulch locates a safe containing a copy of the Book, finally revealing to the fairies the source of Artemis' knowledge. The Fairy Council, deciding that nothing is working, promote a lieutenant called Briar Cudgeon to Acting Commander, temporarily usurping Julius Root. He sends in a troll in an attempt to elicit a cry for help, which counts as an invitation for fairies to enter. Meanwhile, recalling that she dropped the acorn from the ritual into her boot, Holly Short cracks through the concrete of her cell using her bed and completes the ritual. Having regained her magic, she escapes into the main house.

  Butler, aided by the healing powers of Holly, defeats the troll, and Artemis is finally granted the ransom. The gold is sent in, and Artemis asks Holly for a wish: he wants to cure his mother's insanity - she has been living in her bedroom, driven mad by the loss of her husband. Holly grants the wish at the cost of half the gold. The LEP decides to send in a 'blue rinse' - a biological bomb that kills all organic life - to eliminate Artemis and allow for the retrieval of the gold, but this fails when Artemis escapes the time-stop by drugging himself and his comrades with sleeping pills.

  When Butler wakes, Artemis explains that by changing one's state of wakefulness in a time-stop, one can escape it, as it is only one's state of consciousness that keeps one trapped by the time-stop. Artemis then discovers that his mother has fully recovered from her insanity thanks to Holly's magic.

  Source: Wikipedia

Timothy Gray approved Lupi’s request to combine 3 books, including Artemis Fowl, Saturday, August 29 2009.

Lupi submitted a request to combine 3 books, including Artemis Fowl, Tuesday, August 4 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of Artemis Fowl Friday, July 31 2009.

• At last, one of the most talked-about novels of last year is now available in an accessible mass-market edition. Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius-and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories-they're dangerous!

Timothy Gray edited the quotations of Artemis Fowl Friday, July 24 2009.

• Edited a quotation: “"KnockKnock yourself out- or rather, don't."don't.”Artemis Fowl