Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code
by Eoin Colfer
★ Top 25 book of 2003 · #20 on Best Books of 2003
After Artemis uses stolen fairy technology to build a powerful microcomputer, a dangerous American businessman snatches it. Artemis, Juliet, Mulch and the fairies join forces to get it back.
Best for: Young readers who like clever, fast-moving fantasy adventures.
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code is #20 on BookWard's Best Books of 2003, out of 52 2003 books that cleared our data bar.
What Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code is about
Artemis Fowl is thirteen, a criminal mastermind, and rarely the one being outwitted. In this third adventure he has built a supercomputer called the C Cube out of stolen fairy LEPrecon helmets, and it proves to be his undoing. Chicago businessman Jon Spiro ambushes him in London and takes the Cube, and Artemis's loyal bodyguard Butler is shot in the process.
When fairy technology flares up and shuts down equipment in Haven city, Captain Holly Short is sent to London by Commander Root. Soon an uneasy partnership forms between the boy and the fairy world. Butler's sister Juliet and the dwarf Mulch Diggums join a plan to win the Cube back from Spiro's Chicago office, with Foaly the centaur supplying technical know-how. Witty, quick and mischievous, the story weighs cunning against loyalty and asks what technology costs the people who wield it. It suits readers who like their heists clever and their heroes a little morally slippery.
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code on the Best Books of 2003
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code came out in 2003. Of the 52 books first published in 2003 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #20 on our Best Books of 2003 list.
Why it made the list: 334 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (25 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2003 list
- Quattro Topi Nella Giungla Nera Elisabetta Dami, #18
- Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood, #19
- Can You Keep a Secret? Sophie Kinsella, #21
- Odd Thomas Dean Koontz, #22
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 246 want to read it, 12 are reading it now and 76 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 25 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 60 | 55% |
| Reader love | 71 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 46 | 20% |
Questions about Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code
When was Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code published?
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer was first published in 2003.
Was Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code one of the best books of 2003?
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code is #20 on BookWard's Best Books of 2003, out of 52 2003 books that cleared our data bar. 334 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (25 ratings).
Why is Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code on the Best Books of 2003 list?
334 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (25 ratings).
More of the best books of 2003
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling, #1
- Into the Wild Erin Hunter, #2
- The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini, #3
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Mo Willems, #4
- A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson, #5
- The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown, #6
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How we know
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