Post by PJ on Oct 17, 2005 17:33:16 GMT -5
The 667er.
Editor : Akbar/Le Grey.
Columnists: PJ, Ennui, George, Sixteen, Scotty and Jemima.
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NOTE: Akbar has been absent this week, and I have posted the articles for him. Let's all hope he's ok.
"WTF?
[NO BOOK THE TWELFTH SPOILERS INCLUDED]
DANTE IS KING OF THE ALPHABET
Dante became the winner of the Alphabet Awards during the ball on the fifteenth, with almost double the votes of the member in second place-Char. Dante, who moderates the sections all about Lemony Snicket’s books, promised to continue his apparently popular conduct. Char has made no post in reply. The Nameless Novel Ball is now over.
Dante-FIRST PLACE
Char-SECOND PLACE
Derik-THIRD PLACE
THE ‘LETS REVEAL SOMETHING COOL’ OF THE WEEK
Here are the date numbers/names of the Nameless Novel Ball Mystery Dating Scheme.
Date10-Sixteen
Date11-(16, 1)
Date12-Rizla (Bsam)
Date13-J
Date14-Linda Rahldeen
Date15-Le Grey
Date16-Gigi
Date17-Epar (Gloom)
Date18-SetnicK
Date19-Captiousus
Date20-Sora
Date21-Orphaned_hope13
Ddate22-Orangey Twixet
Date23-Jemima
Date24-Andrew
Date25-Amanda
Date26-Carma
Date27-Why Am I Afraid (Robert)
Date28-Deanna
Date29-Snicket Face
Date30-A.
Date31-Curio
THE ‘SOMETHING’S STIRRING ABOUT OWW MODERATERS’ OF THE WEEK
This week, auditions started to find the new moderator who will be in charge of ‘Our Wicked World’. Tragedy has requested that to apply you can’t already be a moderator, or you can’t have less then 100 posts. Already, many, many members have joined in, hoping to take the role. Do you think you can do it? Check out the thread in Foreboding Feedback.
ON THE BRINK OF SOMETHING INTERESTING
Ennui delivers a patchy and obviously hurried pre-Book 12 summary, including a diatribe against a certain trashy author.
Tomorrow Book the Twelfth will be released. As a consequence, Fearsome Fiction has become rather a melancholy place. A score of authors huddle round a virtual dying fire, knowing that however much excitement the latest Lemony Snicket brings, it will render all their stories in the Snicketverse as obsolete as halberds. In some ways, small details turning out to be wrong retrospectively will irk more than major plot divergences. The latter will simply mark the story as “alternate universe” material, but the former will irritate every time the Duchess of Winnipeg is called not, for instance, Rowan but Rohais. Where we sailed too close to the incisive wire of the plot, we shall reap sour rewards. In this situation, not much of quality is surviving the anticipation, though Bella’s “Run” deserves another mention.
In Chaotic Creativity, darkangel667’s reading of “Animal Farm” is peculiar and interesting, with VFD undertones present. A reluctant narrator in the school of Lemony also seems to have written the brief vignette. I wonder what George Orwell (Eric to his pals) would have thought of Mr Snicket; perhaps rather too idealistic for the tastes of a man who endured the Spanish Civil War, but there is a certain amount they have in common, to my mind. Dr Orwell is presumably a collateral descendant of the Great Man?
Leering Literature experiences a sudden reignition with arms being taken up about the execrable Dan Brown and his meretricious atrocity The Da Vinci Code. This is a fascinating and multi-layered affair, consisting of four essential parties (so far):
1. The Worshippers at the Temple of Brown. Their view can be summed up here (I quote QuagmireFan) “One of the best books ever.” They mean it, too, not having read, presumably, many other books. They feel no shame. They have no clue where fact and fiction part company in Brown’s schlock. I weep for these people.
2. The Liberals. A laudable group in a way, their leader happens to be my good chum PJ. Their attitude: “and Ennui; I know a lot of it is BS but you have to admit Dan Brown can write a dang good thriller” (the Editor-in-Chief himself). They are aware of Dan Brown’s lack of talent as a writer, but see no harm in his work, and sometimes feel little shame in reading it. I have to admit that, to some degree, this is my position on Harry Potter. But with Dan Brown I become instead...
3. The Worshippers of Actual Literature and History. Well, I use the plural, but I could be almost alone for all I know. We (I?) believe that Dan Brown is actually a corruptive force, because people waste time reading and thinking about his books without ever delving into the real, true delights of well-written novels and factual history. This helps to further the process happening all around us. Reading decays, novels are left unopened, history-and hence past identity-is unknown.
4. My Stalwart Allies, Hem-hem, the Evangelical Churches of the United States of America and the Holy Catholic Church. Reading alfredbenedict’s post, I kidded myself briefly that someone agreed with me-
I just read this post and saluted the moment you finished your paragraphs. I hated that book. Because I am a PROUD CHRISTIAN! And , this book misleads the believers of Christ. I even thought it was real, but then, isn't Dan Brown gay? He seems to love she-popes/she-apostles. An IDLE mind a.k.a. Dan Brown's head, is the Olympics of the Devil.
Really Evil book.
Yeah! That's it! That book (Ugh. It makes me sick to name it) is a book from God, if we Catholics, are really faithful to Him, we wouldn't believe it. I don't. Why write a book that is a bunch of lies about someone's God? Brown's just like the writers of the Bible, but in an opposite way. He was inpired by Somebody Very Bad Down There, not by Biblical Inspiration.
Hmmm. So...our conclusion is the same: heresy! But our motives...somewhat different.
My final word on this subject: I won’t admit that Dan Brown can write a dang good thriller. My aunt foisted a copy of the "Da Vinci Code" upon me and I was bored senseless, dropping it after half a page. It reads to be like a very long, very dull, and badly researched tabloid article.
I seem to have written something akin to PJ’s rant. It’ll have to do. O, Book the Twelfth, I shalt receive thee, and the material thou dost give to 667’s fanfiction, right gladly...
PJ’s Rant
Honestly, I’m out of things to write about. So don’t expect a rant every week, anymore. I might occasionally rant, but not serially. In fact, I have no idea what I will write today. There ARE a few small things I could rant about, but it would be stale (or, at least, I think it would be) so meh.
*thinking*. Gah. I’ve been reading a cool book. I played lawn bowls today. <<sigh>>. Don’t worry, I’ll think of something to write about soon enough. It may just take some time.
Ok, I’ve decided to do one last rant this week.
That spoiler thing pissed me off somewhat. Now every time I check the 10 recent post list I have to be really careful and scroll down, read the title of the thread, before proceeding. If it IS the spoiler thread, I then have to whiz down past it, and hope the next few posts aren't spoilers either. And it’s just annoying that so many members have now been spoilt. I, for one, don’t want to know the title until I go and buy it from Dymocks on the 18th. And there’s also the constant risk of some idiot putting the spoilers in their sigs and such.
The TNN Ball was pretty crappy, too, though that could be attributed to bad organization. The whole “secret date” thing just didn’t work out. And there wasn’t really much point of it, either. Like, it was just dancing. Just people posting “*dances*”. And then there was the constant “Where is my date?” thing. Oh well.
Gah. I’m running out of things to write about! I shall have to go to the Games section. I don’t think I’ve ranted about THIS game before. “The stupid and pointless ABC game!” At first, I kinda avoided this game, because it DOES have SOME tiny spark of creativity in it, but what the hell, it’s still an idiotic game. You basically post a word that starts with the letter A, and then the next person does a word with that starts with B, and so on. So yeah, it’s stupid, and pointless. At least it delivers what it promises, though it is hardly a game.
Annoyingly, the Murder Game is falling to pieces, though it seems to be because of the members, rather than the leader (the third leader, as the first two resigned). It’s no fun if everyone just gets killed off without even TRYING to finish the puzzles. I, at least, shall finish any puzzles that Jemima sends me. Unless, that is, I am the murderer, in which case killing people is always fun.
Looking up, I’ve almost written a page, though quite a bit of it isn’t really rant. Dare I go and find one last topic to rant about? The answer is no.
So, goodbye.
AND NOW FOR SOME SHAMELESS KILL DANTE ADVERTISMENTS
Our Asoue Correspondent was unable to write this week, due to the complete and utter confusion with the whole spoiler thing, and stuff.
The Unadvice Column
By 667's Jemima
Dear Jemima,
I 'm tired of all the stupid and/or annoying people at school. How do I deal with them and stop myself from going crazy?
-Linda
Dear Linda,
I hate annoying people too. What to I do to stop their annoyingness? Pranks. Pick fights. Annoy them.
For pranks, use a whoopie cushion, have them sit on a pie or something, use the tooth-blackining gum, whatever you can think of that's a great and fabulo prank.
Pick fights (verbal fights, I suggest, because you don't want to end up with a black eye) during class/between classes/after/before school. This might work. Check out my book, How to Pick Fights with Bullies and Idiots and People Who Just
Plain Annoy You.
All of this will definately help you deal with them.
Sincerely,
Jemima
Dear Jemima,
I am really really good friends with this guy and this girl-I always hang out with them and so on, but they've just started dating, and now they tend to leave me out. I don't want to get in the way, but they barely include me anymore. What shall I do?
Yours
?
{Jemima's note: I assume this person wanted to be anonymous.}
Dear ?
Don't not get in the way. Kiss the dude that your dudette friend likes. If you do this, they'll notice. Or if you're not the try-and-steal-the-boyfriend-to-get-both-of-my-friends-back type, start smacking them when they hang out with you and the couple is ignoring you. They'll notice then, too.
Eh, I've run out of ideas. Maybe you should check out the last problem's solutions for ideas.
Sincerely,
Jemima
Hi. I'm going to a part on Halloween. I don't know if it will be formal or not, most likely formal. Or not. Should I bleach my bones, tame my bugs, pick 100 years of dirt out of my hair, what? Do you have any fashion tips for the modern zombie?
--Skeleton Key aka Skeleton aka Gretchen aka The Cousin From the Crypt aka The Corpse Cousin
Dear Skel-e-ton-ee-wee-hee-hee-hee,
Ewww, gross! Ick, ew, that's digusting! I don't know much about zombies and zits, but I guess formal for a zombie would equal gross and horrifying. Stay the way you are and don't make yourself look better. But if you want to go in between the middle of casual and formal, pick 50 years of dirt out of your hair. Dye your bones green. Tame your bugs so they can act in a flea circus. I think this will do.
Have fun and Happy two weeks to Halloween!
Sincerely,
Jemima
Dear Jemima,
My next-door neighbor was hit on the head by a falling telephone pole and thinks he's a Canada Goose. Before this accident, he had built a working pedal-powered airplane in his backyard. He's now planning to fly north for the winter(the telephone pole also hit the compass he carries with him everywhere, reversing its magnetism so it points south) I have wanted to move to Canada for nearly a year now, but can't afford to. Would it be morally wrong of me to hitch a ride on my neighbor's plane? He probably wouldn't notice me in his single-minded devotion to migration, but if he did I'd be sure to give him plenty of stale bread. And if this fails, do you think should I run for Congress or take up knife throwing? Or both?
With undue respect,
Bewildered Waterfowl Neighbor in {Jemima's note: location was illegible}
Dear BWN in a location that I can't read,
Heck no, it wouldn't be wrong to hitch a ride on the guy's airplane! If you went, he'd probably enjoy all the company! Get a belt or some rope ready before he takes off, and tie yourself to the back of the airplane (riding on the front won't work, getting all that air in your face and the propellors and what not) and get ready for lift-off! Also, get a backpack for your and the goose's food, some money, and the stuff you want for your new Canadian home.
If this doesn't work, take up knife throwing, but be sure to protect yourself from the sharp edges, or just use plastic play knives instead.
Sincerely,
Jemima
P.S. How dare you give me undue respect!
Write your problems to Jemima!
Due to the longness of all the problems Jemima had to answer, and because she's too tired to really write it, Jemima will be skimping on Jemima's How To!.
This week on Jemima's How To!
How to turn on a computer!
Step 1: Get a computer
Step 2: Press the big button with the stick sticking out of the circle symbol under it, which is located on the column thing
Step 3: It's on. Have fun.
From the Depths of Scotty’s Brain:
So, the book is coming out today. We were living in relative happiness, until Snicket89 and Dear Dairy confirmed the title as The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, destroying the red herring ls.com set up. The red herring was that the title contained nine letters for the first word, five for the second. And, before you ask, I'm not going to reveal the title here. That's what the spoiler thread is for. Unfortunately, I was one of the early posters in the thread, who believed that there could be "no harm in reading it". Oh, how I was wrong. Thanks to that thread, I now know: the title, the complete cover, and the dedication. Snicket89 and DearDairy (and Gigi, for posting it), I curse you.(Just kidding.)
With all due respect,
Scotty
Editor : Akbar/Le Grey.
Columnists: PJ, Ennui, George, Sixteen, Scotty and Jemima.
--------------------------------------------------
NOTE: Akbar has been absent this week, and I have posted the articles for him. Let's all hope he's ok.
"WTF?
[NO BOOK THE TWELFTH SPOILERS INCLUDED]
DANTE IS KING OF THE ALPHABET
Dante became the winner of the Alphabet Awards during the ball on the fifteenth, with almost double the votes of the member in second place-Char. Dante, who moderates the sections all about Lemony Snicket’s books, promised to continue his apparently popular conduct. Char has made no post in reply. The Nameless Novel Ball is now over.
Dante-FIRST PLACE
Char-SECOND PLACE
Derik-THIRD PLACE
THE ‘LETS REVEAL SOMETHING COOL’ OF THE WEEK
Here are the date numbers/names of the Nameless Novel Ball Mystery Dating Scheme.
Date10-Sixteen
Date11-(16, 1)
Date12-Rizla (Bsam)
Date13-J
Date14-Linda Rahldeen
Date15-Le Grey
Date16-Gigi
Date17-Epar (Gloom)
Date18-SetnicK
Date19-Captiousus
Date20-Sora
Date21-Orphaned_hope13
Ddate22-Orangey Twixet
Date23-Jemima
Date24-Andrew
Date25-Amanda
Date26-Carma
Date27-Why Am I Afraid (Robert)
Date28-Deanna
Date29-Snicket Face
Date30-A.
Date31-Curio
THE ‘SOMETHING’S STIRRING ABOUT OWW MODERATERS’ OF THE WEEK
This week, auditions started to find the new moderator who will be in charge of ‘Our Wicked World’. Tragedy has requested that to apply you can’t already be a moderator, or you can’t have less then 100 posts. Already, many, many members have joined in, hoping to take the role. Do you think you can do it? Check out the thread in Foreboding Feedback.
ON THE BRINK OF SOMETHING INTERESTING
Ennui delivers a patchy and obviously hurried pre-Book 12 summary, including a diatribe against a certain trashy author.
Tomorrow Book the Twelfth will be released. As a consequence, Fearsome Fiction has become rather a melancholy place. A score of authors huddle round a virtual dying fire, knowing that however much excitement the latest Lemony Snicket brings, it will render all their stories in the Snicketverse as obsolete as halberds. In some ways, small details turning out to be wrong retrospectively will irk more than major plot divergences. The latter will simply mark the story as “alternate universe” material, but the former will irritate every time the Duchess of Winnipeg is called not, for instance, Rowan but Rohais. Where we sailed too close to the incisive wire of the plot, we shall reap sour rewards. In this situation, not much of quality is surviving the anticipation, though Bella’s “Run” deserves another mention.
In Chaotic Creativity, darkangel667’s reading of “Animal Farm” is peculiar and interesting, with VFD undertones present. A reluctant narrator in the school of Lemony also seems to have written the brief vignette. I wonder what George Orwell (Eric to his pals) would have thought of Mr Snicket; perhaps rather too idealistic for the tastes of a man who endured the Spanish Civil War, but there is a certain amount they have in common, to my mind. Dr Orwell is presumably a collateral descendant of the Great Man?
Leering Literature experiences a sudden reignition with arms being taken up about the execrable Dan Brown and his meretricious atrocity The Da Vinci Code. This is a fascinating and multi-layered affair, consisting of four essential parties (so far):
1. The Worshippers at the Temple of Brown. Their view can be summed up here (I quote QuagmireFan) “One of the best books ever.” They mean it, too, not having read, presumably, many other books. They feel no shame. They have no clue where fact and fiction part company in Brown’s schlock. I weep for these people.
2. The Liberals. A laudable group in a way, their leader happens to be my good chum PJ. Their attitude: “and Ennui; I know a lot of it is BS but you have to admit Dan Brown can write a dang good thriller” (the Editor-in-Chief himself). They are aware of Dan Brown’s lack of talent as a writer, but see no harm in his work, and sometimes feel little shame in reading it. I have to admit that, to some degree, this is my position on Harry Potter. But with Dan Brown I become instead...
3. The Worshippers of Actual Literature and History. Well, I use the plural, but I could be almost alone for all I know. We (I?) believe that Dan Brown is actually a corruptive force, because people waste time reading and thinking about his books without ever delving into the real, true delights of well-written novels and factual history. This helps to further the process happening all around us. Reading decays, novels are left unopened, history-and hence past identity-is unknown.
4. My Stalwart Allies, Hem-hem, the Evangelical Churches of the United States of America and the Holy Catholic Church. Reading alfredbenedict’s post, I kidded myself briefly that someone agreed with me-
I just read this post and saluted the moment you finished your paragraphs. I hated that book. Because I am a PROUD CHRISTIAN! And , this book misleads the believers of Christ. I even thought it was real, but then, isn't Dan Brown gay? He seems to love she-popes/she-apostles. An IDLE mind a.k.a. Dan Brown's head, is the Olympics of the Devil.
Really Evil book.
Yeah! That's it! That book (Ugh. It makes me sick to name it) is a book from God, if we Catholics, are really faithful to Him, we wouldn't believe it. I don't. Why write a book that is a bunch of lies about someone's God? Brown's just like the writers of the Bible, but in an opposite way. He was inpired by Somebody Very Bad Down There, not by Biblical Inspiration.
Hmmm. So...our conclusion is the same: heresy! But our motives...somewhat different.
My final word on this subject: I won’t admit that Dan Brown can write a dang good thriller. My aunt foisted a copy of the "Da Vinci Code" upon me and I was bored senseless, dropping it after half a page. It reads to be like a very long, very dull, and badly researched tabloid article.
I seem to have written something akin to PJ’s rant. It’ll have to do. O, Book the Twelfth, I shalt receive thee, and the material thou dost give to 667’s fanfiction, right gladly...
PJ’s Rant
Honestly, I’m out of things to write about. So don’t expect a rant every week, anymore. I might occasionally rant, but not serially. In fact, I have no idea what I will write today. There ARE a few small things I could rant about, but it would be stale (or, at least, I think it would be) so meh.
*thinking*. Gah. I’ve been reading a cool book. I played lawn bowls today. <<sigh>>. Don’t worry, I’ll think of something to write about soon enough. It may just take some time.
Ok, I’ve decided to do one last rant this week.
That spoiler thing pissed me off somewhat. Now every time I check the 10 recent post list I have to be really careful and scroll down, read the title of the thread, before proceeding. If it IS the spoiler thread, I then have to whiz down past it, and hope the next few posts aren't spoilers either. And it’s just annoying that so many members have now been spoilt. I, for one, don’t want to know the title until I go and buy it from Dymocks on the 18th. And there’s also the constant risk of some idiot putting the spoilers in their sigs and such.
The TNN Ball was pretty crappy, too, though that could be attributed to bad organization. The whole “secret date” thing just didn’t work out. And there wasn’t really much point of it, either. Like, it was just dancing. Just people posting “*dances*”. And then there was the constant “Where is my date?” thing. Oh well.
Gah. I’m running out of things to write about! I shall have to go to the Games section. I don’t think I’ve ranted about THIS game before. “The stupid and pointless ABC game!” At first, I kinda avoided this game, because it DOES have SOME tiny spark of creativity in it, but what the hell, it’s still an idiotic game. You basically post a word that starts with the letter A, and then the next person does a word with that starts with B, and so on. So yeah, it’s stupid, and pointless. At least it delivers what it promises, though it is hardly a game.
Annoyingly, the Murder Game is falling to pieces, though it seems to be because of the members, rather than the leader (the third leader, as the first two resigned). It’s no fun if everyone just gets killed off without even TRYING to finish the puzzles. I, at least, shall finish any puzzles that Jemima sends me. Unless, that is, I am the murderer, in which case killing people is always fun.
Looking up, I’ve almost written a page, though quite a bit of it isn’t really rant. Dare I go and find one last topic to rant about? The answer is no.
So, goodbye.
AND NOW FOR SOME SHAMELESS KILL DANTE ADVERTISMENTS
Our Asoue Correspondent was unable to write this week, due to the complete and utter confusion with the whole spoiler thing, and stuff.
The Unadvice Column
By 667's Jemima
Dear Jemima,
I 'm tired of all the stupid and/or annoying people at school. How do I deal with them and stop myself from going crazy?
-Linda
Dear Linda,
I hate annoying people too. What to I do to stop their annoyingness? Pranks. Pick fights. Annoy them.
For pranks, use a whoopie cushion, have them sit on a pie or something, use the tooth-blackining gum, whatever you can think of that's a great and fabulo prank.
Pick fights (verbal fights, I suggest, because you don't want to end up with a black eye) during class/between classes/after/before school. This might work. Check out my book, How to Pick Fights with Bullies and Idiots and People Who Just
Plain Annoy You.
All of this will definately help you deal with them.
Sincerely,
Jemima
Dear Jemima,
I am really really good friends with this guy and this girl-I always hang out with them and so on, but they've just started dating, and now they tend to leave me out. I don't want to get in the way, but they barely include me anymore. What shall I do?
Yours
?
{Jemima's note: I assume this person wanted to be anonymous.}
Dear ?
Don't not get in the way. Kiss the dude that your dudette friend likes. If you do this, they'll notice. Or if you're not the try-and-steal-the-boyfriend-to-get-both-of-my-friends-back type, start smacking them when they hang out with you and the couple is ignoring you. They'll notice then, too.
Eh, I've run out of ideas. Maybe you should check out the last problem's solutions for ideas.
Sincerely,
Jemima
Hi. I'm going to a part on Halloween. I don't know if it will be formal or not, most likely formal. Or not. Should I bleach my bones, tame my bugs, pick 100 years of dirt out of my hair, what? Do you have any fashion tips for the modern zombie?
--Skeleton Key aka Skeleton aka Gretchen aka The Cousin From the Crypt aka The Corpse Cousin
Dear Skel-e-ton-ee-wee-hee-hee-hee,
Ewww, gross! Ick, ew, that's digusting! I don't know much about zombies and zits, but I guess formal for a zombie would equal gross and horrifying. Stay the way you are and don't make yourself look better. But if you want to go in between the middle of casual and formal, pick 50 years of dirt out of your hair. Dye your bones green. Tame your bugs so they can act in a flea circus. I think this will do.
Have fun and Happy two weeks to Halloween!
Sincerely,
Jemima
Dear Jemima,
My next-door neighbor was hit on the head by a falling telephone pole and thinks he's a Canada Goose. Before this accident, he had built a working pedal-powered airplane in his backyard. He's now planning to fly north for the winter(the telephone pole also hit the compass he carries with him everywhere, reversing its magnetism so it points south) I have wanted to move to Canada for nearly a year now, but can't afford to. Would it be morally wrong of me to hitch a ride on my neighbor's plane? He probably wouldn't notice me in his single-minded devotion to migration, but if he did I'd be sure to give him plenty of stale bread. And if this fails, do you think should I run for Congress or take up knife throwing? Or both?
With undue respect,
Bewildered Waterfowl Neighbor in {Jemima's note: location was illegible}
Dear BWN in a location that I can't read,
Heck no, it wouldn't be wrong to hitch a ride on the guy's airplane! If you went, he'd probably enjoy all the company! Get a belt or some rope ready before he takes off, and tie yourself to the back of the airplane (riding on the front won't work, getting all that air in your face and the propellors and what not) and get ready for lift-off! Also, get a backpack for your and the goose's food, some money, and the stuff you want for your new Canadian home.
If this doesn't work, take up knife throwing, but be sure to protect yourself from the sharp edges, or just use plastic play knives instead.
Sincerely,
Jemima
P.S. How dare you give me undue respect!
Write your problems to Jemima!
Due to the longness of all the problems Jemima had to answer, and because she's too tired to really write it, Jemima will be skimping on Jemima's How To!.
This week on Jemima's How To!
How to turn on a computer!
Step 1: Get a computer
Step 2: Press the big button with the stick sticking out of the circle symbol under it, which is located on the column thing
Step 3: It's on. Have fun.
From the Depths of Scotty’s Brain:
So, the book is coming out today. We were living in relative happiness, until Snicket89 and Dear Dairy confirmed the title as The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, destroying the red herring ls.com set up. The red herring was that the title contained nine letters for the first word, five for the second. And, before you ask, I'm not going to reveal the title here. That's what the spoiler thread is for. Unfortunately, I was one of the early posters in the thread, who believed that there could be "no harm in reading it". Oh, how I was wrong. Thanks to that thread, I now know: the title, the complete cover, and the dedication. Snicket89 and DearDairy (and Gigi, for posting it), I curse you.(Just kidding.)
With all due respect,
Scotty