¿Acabo de ver un guiño-referencia a los asientos eyectables Martin Baker en un libro de Thursday Next? Acabo de ver un guiño-referencia a los asientos eyectables Martin Baker en un libro de Thursday Next. #MartinBaker #ThursdayNext

I've reread:The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde in anticipation of the release of Dark Reading Matter on the 3rd of June 2025.

Edit: Sadly the release date has slipped to August 8th 2026.

I love the Thursday Next universe and how Fforde manages to find a new angle for each novel in the series.

In The Woman Who Died A Lot, Thursday is middle aged and hasn't recovered from her injuries, rendering her incapable of jumping into the bookworld. She still has to deal with Goliath and Jack Shit's scheming. As well as the stupidity surplus an impending smiting by the global standard deity and the vestiges of the disbanded chronoguard as well as Gavin Watkins.

I have been waiting for Dark Reading Matter for over a decade and am feeling a little guilty as it is obvious that writing it was difficult for Fforde.

I've read everything he's published in the mean time, but still, a final Thursday novel is a wonderful treat.

P.S.

Perhaps the stupidity surplus can explain recent developments in our universe.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/595

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Is #JasperFforde describing each morning's stand-up meeting at German automobile lobbying group #VDA here From #TheEyreAffair https://www.jasperfforde.com/subindex/tn_index.html #ThursdayNext

In the Thursday Next series, Richard III (the play), has a Rocky Horror-like audience engagement thing.

I'd love to see this for Mad Max: Fury Road.

Maybe this should be a thread of suggested audience interactions...

I'll start!

-Whenever anyone dies, they must be witnessed (as loudly as possible)
-All chants must be joined
-Various physical actions ("scanning the horizon", "V8")
-Names of TV shows to be shouted in response to "everyone had a show"

Disclaimer: Wer hier mit mir in Austausch tritt, kriegt höchstwahrscheinlich innerhalb kürzester Zeit den Namen Jasper Fforde als Leseempfehlung genannt.

So, das tacker ich jetzt an mein Profil und dann wäre das auch ein für alle Mal erledigt.

@bomkatt The “Thursday Next” series by Jasper Fforde is also wonderful!

Uriah Heep macht hier kein Konzert, auch nicht mit Fröschen. Gutes Buch, Urban Fantasy, ein wenig #Tintenherz oder #ThursdayNext, aber in Neuseeland. #fantasyromane #UrbanFantasy #Buchstodon #Bookstodon

It's improved a bit since the '80s, although not that much.