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Post by allegedly bryan on Mar 3, 2011 18:31:37 GMT -5
Oh wow, It's nice he replied again As for what the other sentence is, I can't say. (The "r" made me think of Handler though. That's probably not what it actually says though ) But the page looks like the cover of a manuscript. Maybe "The First Question" Is something like a series title?
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 3, 2011 20:11:35 GMT -5
The penultimate letter could be a, c, g, q, r, s, u, v, w, x, y, z. Although obviously some of these are more likely than others. I used this word generator to determine the plausibility of these options. According to the website, there are no words ending with cr, gr, qr, sr, vr, xr, or zr (and the list it gives for wr is so obscure it might as well be eliminated also). That doesn't mean there aren't any, of course, but it narrows the likelihood of some of the possibilities considerably. That leaves the incredibly long lists of ar's and ur's, and the shorter list of rr's; then there are the yr's, but I don't think there's anything particuarly striking there. Edit: I just checked some other generators with these letter sequences; there's apparently some disagreement, which one might have suspected, but I don't have much time now to investigate further.
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Post by KlausBaudelaire833 on Mar 4, 2011 5:59:28 GMT -5
Nice.
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Post by Wasabi on Mar 7, 2011 8:30:36 GMT -5
Oh! Oh! Oh! This is amazingly amazing. It is such a privilege to hear from him in this way. The first line is easier, though. Judging from the few fragments we get at the edges, I'm pretty sure - not 100%, but this would fit - that the top line is meant to read "The First Children." I would read it as 'The First Question' (which would naturally lead into the question 'Who could.....') This is what I thought as well. I must say, it's a rather interesting reply from Mr. Snicket. I am glad that he was impressed with our efforts to show him we are still very much dedicated fans of his work and he has every right to be concerned about this. I'm still trying to figure out, however, what the second line means. First two words are obvious (or are they?) Who could and then the last word could be any word ending with ur. At least it will keep us guessing and something to muse over before the next series comes out.
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violette
Bewildered Beginner
"to be great is to be misunderstood."
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Post by violette on Mar 8, 2011 1:25:12 GMT -5
,,, this is really exciting! In so many ways. I can't wait for this book.
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Post by duchessofwinnipeg on Jun 23, 2011 23:10:40 GMT -5
Sorry for bumping this thread, but I thought of a connection for "The First Question" that I hadn't seen mentioned before: In an interview, Snicket has stated that the new series will "approach that question mark from a different angle” (with the question mark being the Great Unknown). Perhaps there is a connection with the fact that the new books will supposedly be about the Great Unknown, and the fact that Snicket is/will be listing questions?
I know that doesn't actually answer any questions, just thought it was a nice little connection. ^_^
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Post by Dante on Jun 24, 2011 2:09:58 GMT -5
That's an interesting point, duchessofwinnipeg. Given that the Great Unknown was introduced in TGG as a sort of avatar of all the mysteries the Baudelaires ever encountered, an emphasis on questions would be expected if the new series is concerned with it. Still, I'm not jumping to conclusions; all of Handler's statements about the new series so far have been rather... enigmatic.
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Post by csc on Jun 24, 2011 9:44:36 GMT -5
Gah! Why did he leave us such a hard puzzle to solve? Couldn't he send us a Sebald Code message? Or a message hidden in a poem?
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Post by Dante on Jun 24, 2011 10:45:07 GMT -5
Because we'd be able to solve it, and so there'd almost be no point in encoding it. I'm fairly sure what we have here is a teaser of something that will definitely be revealed in full at a later date.
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