The Artemis Fowl files by Eoin Colfer

Author:Eoin Colfer [Colfer, Eoin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fiction:Young Adult
ISBN: 9780786856398
Publisher: New York : Hyperion Books For Children, c2004.
Published: 2004-10-13T10:00:00+00:00

Which invention are you proudest of?

It’s hard to pick just one invention—I have registered more patents than any other fairy in history. If I had to pick one, I would say the time-stop towers: a set of five portable towers that allow the LEP to store the time-stopping abilities of several warlocks in battery form, then generate their own time-stop wherever they need to. Ingenious, if I do say so myself. These little towers have got us out of more than one scrape, including the siege of Fowl Manor.

Who or what inspires you?

I must admit that I often read my own articles in scientific journals and inspire myself. But other than myself, my main inspiration is the pixie Opal Koboi. Opal is criminally insane, but she has a fine grasp of engineering and economics. Her Doubledex wing design revolutionized solo flight, and every time she has made an advance I was spurred on to better it.

What are your top three tips to becoming an inventor?

Invent things that people actually want. Keep your thoughts to yourself until you are ready to patent your invention, and always wear a foil hat to deflect brain-probing rays. Those rays have not been invented yet, but you never know.

What are your hobbies?

When I am not in the lab, I like to read articles about me or to watch video footage of my speeches from scientific conventions. I have lately taken up line dancing.

What is your favorite memory?

I remember the exact moment when my quick thinking put an end to the goblin revolution. If it hadn’tbeen for me, everyone in Police Plaza would shed their skin twice a year. But was I given a medal? Was there a statue erected in the square? No. There’s gratitude for you.

What was your favorite subject at school, besides science?

I always fancied myself as a bit of an artist. I abandoned this dream when my art teacher told me that my landscapes were flatter than an ironed sheet of rice paper. This, I presume, is not a good thing. I was crushed and never picked up a brush again.

What keeps you awake at night?

My ideas keep me awake, and the thought that someone else will patent them before I can. I keep a computer fired up beside my bed in case something comes to me in the half-conscious between waking and sleeping.

Most treasured possession?

I own a collection of foil hats. One for every occasion. I have discovered an artisan, who decorates my hats with clever designs. Last week I noticed two other technicians wearing foi hats. I think I may have started a trend.

Which Mud Man do you most admire?

I admire the Sicilian environmentalist Giovanni Zito. He is one of the few humans who is actually trying to make the world a better place. If the rest of the world adopted his solar wind-farm technology, emissions would be down by seventy percent in ten years. If only Zito had Artemis Fowl’s brains.

Who is your best friend?

My best friend under this Earth is the elf Holly Short.

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