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Jun 29, 2005 7:27:30 GMT -5
Post by Dante on Jun 29, 2005 7:27:30 GMT -5
And the "death swooped down like a bat" quotation is actually from an aSoUE fan poem which won a competition, so it's unlikely to be that.
Edit: To clarify, the young girl wrote an aSoUE poem, and entered it in an official competition for such things. It won, and as a reward, Handler quoted it in the TMM dedication (the girl presumably also got some free prizes and such). There was a thread on it, once.
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Jun 29, 2005 7:31:05 GMT -5
Post by Antenora on Jun 29, 2005 7:31:05 GMT -5
Found the poem, and it doesn't contain "death swooped down like a bat". The bit Handler quoted was "that's the end of that". Thanks for reminding me of that; I'd forgotten about it. www.harperchildrens.com/hch/author/author/snicket/poetry.asp(Still, I don't know if this proves anything, except that Handler wanted to recognize good fan poetry.) |
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Jun 29, 2005 7:39:55 GMT -5
Post by Dante on Jun 29, 2005 7:39:55 GMT -5
Oh yes. Now what did it rhyme with in the poem?
Nothing. Hm.
Well, in that case, I withdraw my objection on the grounds that it was a quotation (although I think Lemony wrote "death swooped down like a bat" so that it did rhyme with the quotation, so I can still ignore it).
Actually, I thought at the time that that dedication seemed rather weak. I think he's been getting rather short of ideas for his Beatrice dedications...
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Jun 29, 2005 7:45:52 GMT -5
Post by Antenora on Jun 29, 2005 7:45:52 GMT -5
Well, in that case, I withdraw my objection on the grounds that it was a quotation (although I think Lemony wrote "death swooped down like a bat" so that it did rhyme with the quotation, so I can still ignore it)... I agree; I think "bat" was just the most appropriate, as in atmospheric and creepy, word Handler could think of that fit the rhyme. So this doesn't necessarily imply that Beatrice's death was literally caused by a flying creature swooping from above. |
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Aug 20, 2005 15:27:26 GMT -5
Post by Sugary Snicket on Aug 20, 2005 15:27:26 GMT -5
(Those poems were very good.)
It probably doesn't. I think it implys that death happened suddenly, as a bat would swoop down upon its prey (That is, if it were an insectivore, a word which here means that it eats insects.) suddenly from above.
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Sept 25, 2005 9:51:56 GMT -5
Post by nyflamehead11 on Sept 25, 2005 9:51:56 GMT -5
but the paudelaires would have witnessed it then because they were on the trolley while the house was burning
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