Post by Dante on Aug 28, 2016 8:12:00 GMT -5
Perhaps you are already aware, or perhaps you are not already aware, that the publisher Little, Brown & Co. has the United States editions of All the Wrong Questions published in paperback roughly a year after their original hardback release. As you can see above, the cover art is slightly rearranged from the original hardback editions. But did you know that the back cover's blurb - a word which usually means "synopsis," but here means "list of questions" - is also different? Here is a transcription of the blurbs for all four titles in the series.
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Before you decide to read the first book in the new series by Lemony Snicket, the man responsible for A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, ask yourself these questions:
1. Do you find sinister mysteries interesting?
[ ] Yes.
[ ] Why do you ask?
2. Have you ever received a secret note and followed its very dangerous instructions?
[ ] No.
[ ] "No."
3. Are you too young to be the sort of detective who retrieves a mysterious stolen item that may or may not have been stolen?
[ ] None of your business.
[ ] Besides, I'm told I look young for my age.
4. Who is that standing behind you?
[ ] I'm not going to fall for that old trick.
[ ] Eek.
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Before you commit to reading the second book in the new series by Lemony Snicket, the man responsible for A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, ask yourself these questions:
1. Have you seen the missing girl?
[ ] No.
[ ] Why would I tell you?
2. Why aren't her parents worried?
[ ] That's odd.
[ ] Well, some parents are like that.
3. Can you read a note written in invisible ink?
[ ] I'm not sure.
[ ] " ."
4. Is it safe to follow a suspicious woman through the streets of an empty town?
[ ] Probably not.
[ ] Wait, where did she go?
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Before you consider reading the third book in the new series by Lemony Snicket, the man responsible for A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, ask yourself these questions:
1. Should young children drink coffee?
[ ] No.
[ ] Only if they feel sleepy.
2. Are schoolchildren in danger if a barn burns down?
[ ] Yes.
[ ] Who owns the barn?
3. Is something suspicious going on at the Department of Education?
[ ] Of course.
[ ] But learning is fun!
4. Would you like a cup of coffee?
[ ] No, thank you.
[ ] I think so. I'm feeling very, very sleepy.
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Before you entangle yourself in the last book in the new series by the man responsible for A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, ask yourself these questions:
1. Do you think your curiosity might get you in trouble?
[ ] No.
[ ] What kind of trouble do you mean?
2. If you are following someone and they go someplace dangerous, are you curious enough to keep following them?
[ ] Yes.
[ ] What do you mean by "dangerous"?
3. If someone offers you an apple, should you take it?
[ ] That sounds familiar.
[ ] Bad apples are bad news.
4. A train departs from Stain'd-by-the-Sea late at night and travels at top speed toward the city. When does it arrive?
[ ] Just in time for a crime to be committed.
[ ] Too late.
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