Marv
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Post by Marv on Sept 30, 2015 17:54:03 GMT -5
Well, it might be the first one to get that specific, though there have always been broad-brush references to other continents (and allusions in passing to Winnipeg and Arizona). The plot of TRR was based on a trip to Peru. Wow, how could I overlook that?!? Anyway, yeah, sorry
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Post by gliquey on Oct 1, 2015 10:47:34 GMT -5
Wow, how could I overlook that?!? Anyway, yeah, sorry I think I do understand where you were coming from. When I think about it carefully, it does seem like references in Snicket books to real places are quite rare. I can't think of any at all in the entirety of ATWQ off the top of my head [other than this one to Winnipeg], either because there aren't any or because I'm not as familiar with it as I am ASOUE.
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Post by Teleram on Oct 4, 2015 16:50:09 GMT -5
pg. 201- " 'With all due respect,' I said, adopting an expression she's used that would always make me think of her.. " "With all due respect" is obviously an expression Snicket would go on to use in ASOUE. I also kind of like the idea of that expression making Lemony think of Ellington. Probably my favourite ASOUE nod in the book.
Also, this was probably unintentional, but the speech Hangfire gives at pg. 184-185 is reminiscent of John Doe's "in a world this sh*tty" monologue from Se7en.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Oct 13, 2015 12:09:05 GMT -5
Not strictly speaking a reference exclusive to ?4, but: I was just reading a Daniel Handler interview that was literally all about how much he likes the TV show Law & Order, and he namedropped an actress who appears it. S. Epatha Merkerson. Really. How did we miss a contemporary reference like this for so many years? Wow, congarats on the find, Dante! And Merkerson's S stands for Sharon - wha... that almost makes up for never finding out about Markson's S.
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Post by meinhard1 on Oct 26, 2015 23:54:13 GMT -5
In ?4 Snicket regards The Wind in the Willows as his second favorite Kenneth Grahame book, any ideas what is favorite could be? One could only guess... have any of you read Grahame's other works?
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Post by Dante on Oct 27, 2015 3:25:39 GMT -5
Looking at his bibliography, none of the other titles ring a bell.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Oct 27, 2015 13:21:20 GMT -5
Hm. His first two story collections, The Golden Age and its semi-sequel Dream Days, are described as "paint[ing] a convincingly unsentimental picture of childhood, with the adults in these sketches totally out of touch with the real concerns of the young people around them, including their griefs and rages." That sounds in tune with ATWQ, so maybe he's referring to either of the two. K. Grahame has very few books besides The Wind in the Willows.
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