Jasper has suggested an interview with the author (him!) for the first issue of "Whatever Next" and we were thinking we could let YOU all ask the questions.

So please post your questions in this thread and we'll weed through them and pick the best ones to ask him.

One caveat...no spoilers like "Is Granny Next really Thursday", etc....those really aren't any fun to find out that way. I personally would rather read about it later!

And, can we try to keep this thread mostly to the questions? I know it's hard for us to stay on topic for more than 5 posts in a row, but let's try!

Planning a trip to Australia? (specifically Mt Beau Brummel, Queensland, but anywhere within a 2000km radius will suffice)

And there was me wondering if it would be a good idea to ask...



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Ah yes, but you have Microcon guest speakers etc ... I'm much more desperate and therefore have nothing to lose by blurting out the first thing that comes into my head. Oops, sorry...remember, stay on the subject.

Why 1985? Did something life-changing happen to you in 1985 for you to choose to set the books then?

This is a question from Minsky:

Is Elmo, the Abyssinian cat, ever going to appear elsewhere, or do I have to wander around in the Well of Lost Plots to find him?

And this is a question from me:

I really admire your ability to handle book-jumping and time travel in the same story, since it does create a very open-ended virtual universe. Do you ever find it gets confusing to write, or does it just come naturally?



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Sarah

hmmm, been thinking and here's my contribution:
When you're writing, do you listen to music, and if so, what kind of stuff?
Also, how do you take your tea/coffee? ;)

Some interesting qs here .... more please! you've only got until Wednesday the 12th of Feb to think of more!



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What do you think of obsessive fans who know the books better than your?

Carla wrote:

> What do you think of obsessive fans who know the books better
> than you?

I don't know what you mean .... are there such people? *looks innocent*



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Strangely, Carla, one of the questions I wanted was 'Are you ever tempted to put in a load of really obscure referrences to give Jon a headache?' - I guess we're on the same wavelength....



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1. What was your favourite birthday present? (either for yourself or bought by you for someone else)

2. What is your favourite book?

3. Which Star Wars character would you be given the chance?

1) Are you now going to resurrect and publish your previously unpublished novels?

2) How do you keep calm when interviewers ask really inane questions - ones that show that haven't read the book and/or haven't read many books at all it seems?!

3) I also second the "when are you coming (back) to Australia" question asked by someone else (Vanessa I think).

Karen

how about if there was enough demand after the five books hopefully when not if they are published, would you then go on and write one of Millon de Floss' essay/novels? Or would you try and pad the TN books out into another couple of stories as with the Hitch Hikers Guide trilogy in five parts?
And I never was going to ask about whether Granny Next was actually Thursday. :-(. I like to keep some of my more interesting conspiracy theories to myself mostly, and mostly suspense is good. Except when you go to some parts of the galaxy where you can, as with shame, die from it.

I have one:

What kind of reaction did you get when getting the Porsche sprayed (or is it just techno-trickery)?

another one:

How often do you read the Ffphorum?

Or two:

what's your favourite website?

I can assure all phorumites ..... fforumites ..... hmm, anyway, you lot, the Porsche* was (and AFAIK still is) painted like that - see

[www.jasperfforde.com]

for the full story.

* er, it's not actually a real Porsche. Although now we've bought all those copies of TEA and LIAGB, it could probably be upgraded.



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Why haven't you mentioned Chippenham yet?

It's smack bang in the middle of Thursday country, you can't avoid it .

Leigh Delamare doesn't count as Chippenham, then?



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Not being spelt the same, no. The difference is there when you look hard enough...

And why upgrade something so, so, mindbending...



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