The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, #3)

The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl #3)

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Artemis Fowl is going straight—as soon as he pulls off the most brilliant criminal feat of his career...

At least, that's the plan when he attempts to sell his C Cube, a supercomputer built from stolen fairy technology, to Jon Spiro, one of the most dangerous business in the world. But Spiro spring a trap—stealing the C Cube and mortally injuring Butler. Artemis' only hope...more
Paperback, 309 pages
Published May 3rd 2005 by Miramax (first published May 6th 2003)

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Ruthie
What I love about Artemis Fowl is that, unlike Harry Potter, good things don't just happen to him because he was born special. Things happen his way because he's smart - he thinks ahead and he always out-plans his opponent. And he's just a kid. I've always loved books about an invincible kid hero. (think: Ender) But don't read these books looking for Ender. :-) Artemis is a criminal who makes just enough truly good decisions to keep him interesting all the way through.

The first book was a little...more
★ Jess
Mind Blowing Technology, sarcastic centaurs, A kleptomaniac Dwarf, a 13 year old criminal Genius, a crippled body guard, faries and tight security sky scrappers.
This is Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code!

A tale of Action, Adventure, Comedy and friendship- Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code has it all !

The Eternity Code is 13 year old anti-hero Artemis Fowl’s 3rd adventure, and perhaps his most exciting yet.
In this story, Artemis has made a high tech gadget, using stolen fairy technology-decad...more
David
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Emily - This star won't go out
Jan 03, 2009 Emily - This star won't go out rated it 5 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone who has read the first two books in the series
Recommended to Emily - This star won't go out by: I found it myself
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Katrina Nielsen James
Sep 30, 2008 Katrina Nielsen James rated it 3 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: teen and pre-teen, boys especially
Recommended to Katrina by: found it in the library
Summary: fast paced action, a little humor, the gang is back. Artemis Fowl gets in trouble trying to use fairy technology to land some cash in a scheme that causes all kinds of serious mayhem. He and the fairies have to work together to prevent the clash of worlds.
What I appreciate about Eoin Colfer is that his books don't change from juvenile to adult fiction halfway through the series like some other series out there. My boys have more leisure time and read ahead of me, so with the Artemis Fo...more
04GarrettM
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Alec
I chose this book because of the description I read on the back, sifting through random books. The
book is about a 13-year-old criminal named Artemis Fowl, who presents a hard-coded supercomputer
from his own design, stolen from Fairy technology. Fairies are also a key faction in the story, which are
much more modernized and dystopian. After a buyer double-crosses Artemis and his bodyguard, the C-
cube supercomputer is stolen, leading to a large chain of events in which Artemis collaborates with the...more
Maythavee
The Eternity Code did not disappoint. I really enjoyed it. Just for the record can I say that there is no greater enemy then ourselves? Humans can be scarier and crueler than any magical creatures. So when the threat against the Fairy World this time is a ruthless tycoon Jon Spiro, the danger becomes very real.

Artemis Fowl, the criminal mastermind is back in his element. In the last book, we didn’t see his criminal side much (which was good for his character development) but it was great to see...more
Al
Amazon.com Review

In this third installment to Eoin Colfer's funny, fast-paced, fairy-filled adventure series, boy genius and arch criminal Artemis Fowl once again can't resist plotting the perfect crime--and, once again, he can't keep from stirring up so much trouble that the fate of the entire fairy world teeters in the balance.

The once hard-boiled Artemis has softened a bit between his bestselling debut and the seat-of-your-pants Arctic Incident, and that trend continues in The Eternity Co

...more
Cora
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Zainab
The Eternity Code is my favorite of all the Artemis Fowl books. I have basically got huge chunks of it memorized and I must have read it about 10 times.
The book gives us an insight to all of the characters. Artemis; confused about whether to continue being a criminal or to join his father in saving the world. Juliet, trying desperately to outshine her brother but slowly realizing that she needs to pave a path for herself instead of simply following in Butler's footsteps. Holly, not being able to...more
Katy
Having read books one to six, I have always liked the Eternity Code best in the Artemis Fowl series. It shows Artemis at his best and most interesting: still cold, still calculating, but beginning to doubt himself and his motives, on the cusp of the redemption journey that takes up the rest of the series. The balance between Artemis’s old criminal ways and his new take on life is just right in the Eternity Code, as on either side he swings too much one way or the other. It’s the first time he is...more
Kris
While Artemis and the faeries have somewhat of an understanding with each other, one could say Artemis Fowl is too brilliant to stop scheming. Using stolen faerie technology, Artemis builds technology of his own. In his attempt to profit off it, however, Artemis's invention is stolen by Jon Spiro, a businessman who plans to take the credit--and profits--for himself. Artemis and Holly must work together once more to save both their worlds.

Is it possible to put into words how delighted I was to s...more
Stephanie Wright
For those of you who have read Eoin Colfer's series about Artemis Fowl, you will understand the possibility for addiction. That is also true for those who have read J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of books and Lemony Snicket's books written by Lemony Snicket and Brent Helquist. You read one book and the author transports you to a realm that is far away and filled with wonder. You do not have to be a child or young adult to be drawn in. That is the case for me with Eoin Colfer's books. Books 3...more
Keri Payton
Artemis Fowl has decided to leave the fairies alone but not without one final reward.

Using fairy technology, he has created a super computer that will outstrip human technology for decades to come. What to do? Show it off to dangerous American businessman John Spiro, of course.

Learn not to underestimate your opponent. Spiro shocks Artemis by revealing his upper hand, leaving Butler the bodyguard severely injured and taking the super fairy computer, names the "C Cube."


Now Artemis needs his fairy...more
03davids
1. Artemis try's selling a type of fairy computer called the Cube, to this dangerous man named Jon Spiro. Well Jon takes the the Cube and try's to kill Artemis ,but Butler (Artemis's bodyguard) takes a bullet that was for Artemis. So now Artemis has to get the Cube back and save Butlers life, so he gets help from the LEP.

2. This setting takes place in a city in modern day time, and yes this time period and place contributes to the story. Yes the story maybe able to work in a different area, but...more
Jerome
Nice character growth.
Book three in the Artemis Fowl series is again non-stop action. Early in the story, Butler is mortally wounded and Artemis goes to great lengths to convince the fairies to bring his friend back to life. The fairies raise the ethical question of whether Artemis has the right to do this, and remind him that he is responsible for any handicaps Butler may suffer as a result. The action and technology are over-the-top and thrilling as usual, and several characters are in peril,...more
Nobonita
I've always liked the main concept of the Artemis Fowl series,how a twelve year old criminal mastermind discovers the existence of a whole civilization living hidden right under our very nose,or should I say feet?To tell you the truth,I think of Artemis Fowl as a role model.He might be a criminal mastermind but still,he is extremely successful.In fact,a couple of years ago, I myself had this dream of becoming the world's youngest billionaire.But I know better and with the level concentration I p...more
Mark O'Neill
I was laughing out loud reading this latest installment of the Artemis Fowl series. My favourite character, Mulch Diggums, is now an enforcer of the Chicago Mafia and working as a muscleman for Jon Spiro, the slightly lunatic and unhinged businessman that has ripped off Artemis Fowl by stealing his C Cube computer (made by fairy technology) and ordering Butler to be shot.[return][return]With Butler out of the picture with gunshot wounds, Juliet Butler (Butler's sister) enters the scene as Fowl's...more
Adarsh Kota
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Paul (formerly known as Current)
Although I have found the whole Artemis Fowl series quite enjoyable overall, one of the items that always sticks out in these stories is their graphic violence. Having now re-read the first three books, I would say that what bothers me about the violence is most likely the combination of a realistic description of events such as being malled by a Troll or the cutting off of a thumb juxtaposed against the comic-book or movie fantasy of survival--i.e. one can both relish the violence and at the sa...more
Leroy
this is a really funny passage from this book:

At the moment Pex and Chips were bonding under the full moon while Mulch dug a dwarf size pit in the dry clay behind an abandoned cement factory.
"You wanna guess why they call me Pex?" asked Pex, flexing his chest muscles as a hint.

Chips opened a packet of potato chips he was forever crunching.

"I don't know is it, like, short for something?"

"Like what?"

"I don't know." said Chips, he used that phrase a lot. "Francis?"

This sounded dumb, even to Pex "Fr...more
Lacey Librarian


I really wavered between giving this book four stars, because for some reason, I REALLY liked it a lot more than the other Artemis Fowl books. But I kept it at a humble three stars because, well, the plot wasn't all that meaty. But this was the first Artemis Fowl book that kept me really engaged the whole time -- usually I'd space out during techie scenes and then have trouble finding my way back. Either this book had less of that, or I've gotten used to it enough that it doesn't put me off anym...more
Sarah
Book three in the Artemis Fowl series delivers just as much action and witticism as its two predecessors. While it seems slightly lacking in fairy involvement, (the only ones here are the now very familiar Foaly, Holly, and Mulch) it makes up for in the further development of Juliet as a character. And it ends on a very appealing ominous note from Artemis which just sets your blood a ragin for the next installment in this series.
My only complaint about this book in the series is that I don’t hav...more
Shelia

'Nuff said.
Chuck
So far, my favorite in the series.

Artemis has managed to restore both of his parents not only to the land of the living, but to health. There's a down side--Dad is a reformed man, more concerned about family than wealth, so Artemis must control his shenanigans. He decides to have one last caper . . .

Unfortunately, he tries to extort money from one or the most ruthless industrialists in the world, which has the very bad effect of inadvertently putting fairy technology (far more advanced than anyt...more
Christine Chong yi jing
When I first read the back page of the book containing the book review, it was about fairies and technology, the kind of books that I do not like, but nevertheless, I still took the book and read it. After several pages, I realised that the author could describe the book REALLY well. The fairies, the link that they shared with Artemis Fowl was so enchanting, and I liked the book immediately.

Artemis was an extraordinary boy who was born a genius, and how did he get to know the fairies? You shoul...more
Helsic 伊明海
Oh God this is book is one of my favorite Artemis Fowl series book.
I had read it in Spanish like four times and in English twice.

This book presents an Artemis Fowl that is between good and evil, He is trying to become a better person, since in the second book his father return and his mom was so sick and almost crazy. He's trying to be a better son too but still there's evil inside of him, he is by nature an arrogant, selfish and self centered person and a genius!

Being so smart is a problem, he...more
Nash Nordin
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I absolutely LOVE this book. I can’t believe that I squealed like a little girl while reading and anticipating on what will happen to Artemis in his latest adventure. I love Artemis Fowl as a character. He’s a genius whom rarely shows much of his emotion. So that part where he showed his emotion when Butler was shot really touched me. I really love the relationship between those two. The dialogue is absolutely brilliant! It makes me laugh out loud for a fe...more
Taylor
This book was another fantastic novel put out by Colfer. It was a great addition to the outstanding Artemis Fowl series. From the beginning it jumps into the action, the shady deal with the American business man Jon Spiro that went wrong. Tragedy befalls the faithfull bodyguard Butler in this one, though. Once again, Artemis and the People must work together to get back the C Cube, a super-computer made from pirated fairy technology. Who knows what Spiro would do to the fairies should Artemis a...more
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Eoin Colfer (pronounced Owen) was born in Wexford on the South-East coast of Ireland in 1965, where he and his four brothers were brought up by his father and mother, who were both educators.

He received his degree from Dublin University and began teaching primary school in Wexford. He has lived and worked all over the world, including Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Italy. After the publication of the A...more
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