# Artemis Fowl (book)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-fowl-book/70247>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-fowl-book/70247 "2001-06-26T22:37:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-fowl-book/70247/1 "2001-06-26T22:37:31Z")

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Is there anywhere I can download or screen capture the character set used for the cypher? The main web site ([www.artemisfowl.com](http://www.artemisfowl.com)) has lots of stuff but I’d like to print out the characters for reference sake.

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**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-fowl-book/70247/2 "2001-06-26T22:42:02Z")

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Is it worth reading? I had a look at it but wasn’t convinced of its charm. Plus why in hell is a boy called _Artemis_?

I’m trying to get to a booksigning by Colfer on Friday. I’m definitely going to the booksigning by Lemony Snicket next week 🙂

Sorry for the hijack but I’m really curious about the book and too mean to buy it just yet.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artemis-fowl-book/70247/3 "2001-06-27T03:20:14Z")

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There’s no accounting for taste, but I liked it. The basic plot: a twelve-year old evil genius VS. modern hi-tech elves. You can read the prolog and the first two chapters at the site I indicated, and decide if you want to buy it.

BTW: the secret code in the book really isn’t too hard. They give a section of code and it’s translation in the body of the story, so you can look for two instances of the same word and from there it’s pretty simple.