I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
01/09/2010
The alien author of the next literary phenomenon talks to The Big Issue
If you didn’t know there was a secret war between alien species taking place on Earth as we speak, you soon will as the release of ‘I Am Number Four’ launches a franchise set to eclipse all memories of Harry Potter and moody vampires. With a movie adaptation from none other than Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay already in production, author Pittacus Lore is about to become one of the hottest names on the planet.
But not just this planet. Pittacus is in actual fact a 10,000 year old being with superhuman abilities from the planet Lorien, recently annihilated by the vicious Mogadorians who, unless the few surviving Loriens can stop them, will destroy us next. A refugee living secretly among us, Pittacus is guardian to the last nine Lorien youths, who hold the future of their race and ours in their hands.
‘I Am Number Four’ picks up after teens One through Three have already been assassinated and the others live under constant threat. As a result, Lore speaks to The Big Issue using an electronic voice distorter to protect his true identity (his number was a New York State code for any Mogadorians reading).
Sounding like a demonic Stephen Hawking, here is the exclusive transcript of my first ever extraterrestrial interview.