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Post by Dante on Jul 11, 2009 2:56:45 GMT -5
In 2004, some time before the release of The Grim Grotto and possibly even before we had had the title confirmed, LemonySnicket.com posted up a puzzle which required readers to use their copy of The Slippery Slope to work out a key clue to the plot of the following book. Now, as we prepare for the as-yet-unscheduled reread of TGG, I've used dark web necromancy to revive this puzzle. Whether you remember the solution or never knew about it, use your powers of reading comprehension to solve this enigma and reveal a vital clue about TGG. You can play on the web.archive page of LemonySnicket.com here: web.archive.org/web/20040610040707/www.lemonysnicket.com/between_lines.htmlOr you can just write down the answers for yourself based on the screenshot version I've taken:  Have fun, and I'll see you in a week. |
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Post by Hermes on Jul 12, 2009 11:33:40 GMT -5
Interesting!
I've seen this sentence, and discussion of it, before, but didn't know where it came from.
(Won't say anything else right now, in case other people are doing the puzzle.)
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Post by cwm on Jul 15, 2009 4:09:15 GMT -5
It keeps telling me my answer is incorrect.
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Post by Hermes on Jul 15, 2009 9:34:26 GMT -5
It keeps telling me my answer is incorrect. Ah - it did the same thing to me (though I'm sure my answer was correct). Is anyone still doing the puzzle, or can cwm and I discuss it? |
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Post by cwm on Jul 16, 2009 1:01:06 GMT -5
Possibly something to do with the fact that it's an archived version?
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Post by Hermes on Jul 17, 2009 7:53:59 GMT -5
Possibly something to do with the fact that it's an archived version? Yes, I suspect that's it. OK, since no one has complained, we can discuss it. Except that I'm not sure there's much to discuss, since although we're told it's a disturbing secret about book 11, the plotline it introduces doesn't really become important until book 12. The only thing one might say is that if Lemony's books are indeed filled with coded messages, there is clearly no way in which we are going to decode them, since you need a completely arbitrary set of prompts to find the significant bits. In general I suppose these are known to members of VFD, but not to anyone else. |
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Post by mystry667 on Jul 17, 2009 10:24:20 GMT -5
i think dis book was very amazing. i was shocked when the sibling found the 3rd Quagmire
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Post by Jacques Snicket on Jul 17, 2009 16:48:48 GMT -5
Possibly something to do with the fact that it's an archived version? no I've figured it out (remembered,more like). Questions are very exact. Exactly exact. |
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Post by Dante on Jul 18, 2009 10:47:18 GMT -5
 With regards to comments about the relevance of the puzzle, this isn't the only piece of pre-release information about Book the Eleventh which ended up somewhat frustrated. Are people ready to start TGG? |
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Post by cwm on Jul 18, 2009 11:23:15 GMT -5
Yeah sure, I'm on another holiday which I really don't want to go on but have no choice from Wednesday-Friday, so if you want my input you'd better start pronto
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Post by Dante on Jul 18, 2009 11:23:11 GMT -5
And I'm away for another week in a fortnight's time! I'll get the thread made.
Edit: I posted this after cwm's post below, but somehow it ended up above! Magic?!
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Post by Hermes on Jul 19, 2009 12:44:34 GMT -5
With regards to comments about the relevance of the puzzle, this isn't the only piece of pre-release information about Book the Eleventh which ended up somewhat frustrated. Given the way it's put - ' In the next book...' - it certainly doesn't seem to fit; the characters with the same initials don't even appear in the book. (Assuming, at least, that it refers to JS; and everything seems to support that - 'injustice' is a clue both to Justice Strauss and, as it tutns out, to Jerome.) There are two characters with the same initials in TGG, but it's hard to see how that leads to injustice. |
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Post by Dante on Jul 19, 2009 12:57:34 GMT -5
Mind if we move this conversation over to the newly-opened TGG reread thread? I have a few points to make, but I think they're more TGG-specific, and I want to get that thread properly going. I'll be starting my own TGG reread on Monday.
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Post by Hermes on Jul 19, 2009 13:08:19 GMT -5
Mind if we move this conversation over to the newly-opened TGG reread thread? I have a few points to make, but I think they're more TGG-specific, and I want to get that thread properly going. I'll be starting my own TGG reread on Monday. OK. |
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Post by Hermes on Jul 31, 2009 12:50:10 GMT -5
It just struck me that, as this is the first book in which all Sunny's remarks are meaningful, I had meant to add a few interpretations of things that aren't covered in the SunnySpeak file in Dastardly Documents.
'Brummel' - 'In my opinion, you despearately need a bath, and your clothing is a shambles' - refers to Beau Brummel, a noted dandy of the Regency period.
'Aubergine' (given as 'type of food') - actually specifically means 'eggplant' (and in fact is the normal name for that vegetable in Britain).
'Babganoush' - 'I concocted an escape plan with the eggplant....' - an Arabic dish made of eggplant, with seasonings. (But more often written 'babaganoush', it seems.)
'Rosebud' - 'In some situations, the location of a certain object can be more important than being outnumbered' - refers to the film Citizen Kane, in which Rosebud turns out to be (SPOILER) a sled. (Here it refers to the toboggan.)
'Bicupsid' - 'Should I drag my teeth along the ice, too?' - kind of tooth.
'Godot' - 'We don't know wher to go, and we don't know how to get there' - relates to the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, in which Godot never comes, and the characters don't know why they are waiting for him.
I couldn't solve 'plakna', nor could I see just why Sunny said 'set' to mean 'I knew you would find me'.
There doesn't seem to be a SunnySpeak file for TGG, which is sad, as some of her utterances there are quite puzzling.
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