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Post by PJ on Sept 4, 2004 8:37:52 GMT -5
This has probably already been posted a million times before, but hey, i'm not FORCING you to read this soo:
Anyone noticed that in the start of the UA, on the page after the title page where it says: Lemony Snicket: The Unautharized Autobiography Harpercollins publishers (Not the cover) u will see this weird copywrite text that is usually boring. Here is what it says: ......although the people of the publishing house have no idea wher the documents enclosed in this book came from. If you recognize yourself in any of the photographs or illustrations in this book you may find yourself in Very Frightening Danger and/or slightly embarassed but there is nothing you can do about it. Please note that the author has been called a fraud, a criminal, a bestseller, a corpse, a fictional character, an unreliable narrator, an objective flaneur, an embattled gentleman, a magnetic field, an arsonist, and late for dinner by an odd number of dubious authorities. Send help at once. All rights reserved. Wouldn't you rather read about ponies?
That is pretty pointless but I thought it was funny. Anyone spot anything I missed? Oh, and by the way, in the other books, there is a short summary of the story on the same page. Discuss
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Post by Dante on Sept 4, 2004 8:43:24 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it has been mentioned before - or at least, it has never had its own thread. I noticed it, though. It's funny.
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Post by i. on Sept 4, 2004 8:44:03 GMT -5
I noticed it, but I think this is its first thread.
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Post by Antenora on Sept 4, 2004 8:55:44 GMT -5
I found out what a flaneur is:
Main Entry: fla·neur Pronunciation: flä-'n&r Function: noun Etymology: French flâneur : an idle man-about-town
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Post by Dante on Sept 4, 2004 10:56:07 GMT -5
How can one be an "objective" flaneur?
The English U.A. has a lame foldout cover that opens in the middle. We don't get the Pony Party.
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Post by Antenora on Sept 4, 2004 11:15:48 GMT -5
The word "objective" means several things--the meaning I'm most familiar with is "unbiased". I wonder which could possibly apply to Snicket.
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Post by Dante on Sept 4, 2004 11:21:37 GMT -5
Bah! I was thinking of "objective" as in "complains about many things", which I'm not sure is a meaning of "objective".
But I'd just been on a very tiring walk which started by going up and ended by going up, so I wasn't really in my right mind.
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Post by Antenora on Sept 4, 2004 11:25:35 GMT -5
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Post by Dante on Sept 4, 2004 11:33:35 GMT -5
Some people think so.
Sadly.
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Post by Antenora on Sept 4, 2004 11:44:55 GMT -5
There is a sense in which Lemony exists. The author Lemony Snicket, as opposed to the character from the stories, is real and also known as Daniel Handler. I'm sure I explained this better someplace else.
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Post by Dante on Sept 4, 2004 13:30:28 GMT -5
I know who Daniel Handler is.
Eh, I can see why it would be confusing. In reality, Daniel Handler is Lemony Snicket. However, in the context of the books, Snicket is the author. But then, Handler also represents Snicket in both the books and reality.
So many levels!
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Post by Antenora on Sept 4, 2004 13:44:32 GMT -5
The way I see it there are two Lemonys:
The Author: Daniel Handler, living in the real world and using the name Lemony Snicket. He also exists in the series and reality as Lemony's representative. This only serves to complicate things.
The Character: Lemony Snicket, a fictional creation of Daniel Handler, narrating his story and that of the Baudelaires, within the fictional world created by DH.
This is indeed confusing.
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Post by Dante on Sept 4, 2004 13:51:41 GMT -5
It's madness, but it's genius.
And madness + genius = $$$
Or at least, I hope so. If not, I don't stand a chance.
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Post by Antenora on Sept 4, 2004 13:53:25 GMT -5
They say that creativity requires a touch of madness, which would explain a lot about both me and Daniel Handler.
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Post by Dante on Sept 4, 2004 13:58:41 GMT -5
And myself. I am rather creative, but I tend to compare my work to the work of adults, so a lot of stuff gets junked before it gets anywhere.
But there's plenty madness here. Just a couple of days ago, I wrote a 215-word poem about a hated enemy of mine because I was bored. Maybe I'll post it sometime, but probably not, because the shame of criticism brings only pain. And a while back, before the summer holidays, I wrote a four page "dossier" - complete with crudely-doctored photos and maps - in which I alleged that a friend of mine was a war criminal. I then snuck it onto his desk during Business Studies. (I sit in a corner with him and two other friends. Interestingly, all three of those friends have first names beginning with J.)
There was much laughter.
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