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Post by Mijahu on Mar 13, 2009 4:07:41 GMT -5
Had to look up what A4 meant (for those in the States, it's about 8x11). That is pretty big! How long is this alleged book supposed to be?
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Post by Dante on Mar 13, 2009 5:15:20 GMT -5
Let me check. ...About eighteen physical pages; therefore, thirty-six. But it's short in the same way that The Beatrice Letters is short. Very lavish; every page has colour illustrations, of increasing ambition as the book goes on. And of course, there's the CD that goes with it.
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Post by cwm on Mar 13, 2009 11:04:32 GMT -5
Can we assume they're -not- going ahead with continuing the paperback/penny dreadfuls at this point?
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Post by Gigi on Mar 13, 2009 11:34:25 GMT -5
It appears to be headed that way. Dante would know more. I just wanted to share some e-mail I got today from the Harper-Collins Teachers and Librarians e-newsletter. (I doubt many of you subscribe to that one.) They had a blurb about The Composer is Dead: "Spotlight On… Lemony Snicket Returns! "In true Snicket fashion, the device is a picture book cum police procedural, with a murder investigation functioning as plot." —PW (starred review) Lemony Snicket is back—this time with The Composer Is Dead, an inspired collaboration of story, art, and music. With illustrations by Carson Ellis and a CD with music by Nathaniel Stookey, this engaging picture book acts as both an alternative and a complement to Peter and the Wolf, offering children a Snickety introduction to the orchestra and classical music. In this perplexing murder mystery, everyone seems to have a motive, everyone has an alibi, and nearly everyone is a musical instrument. But the composer is still dead. Perhaps you and your students can solve the crime. Join the Inspector as he interrogates all the unusual suspects. Then listen to the accompanying audio recording featuring Lemony Snicket's narration and music performed by the San Francisco Symphony. Hear for yourself exactly what took place on that fateful, well-orchestrated evening. Download the teaching guide for The Composer Is Dead, and then revisit your favorite Lemony Snicket books." I must confess, even though I bought my copy of TCID on Wednesday, I have not gotten a chance to thoroughly examine it or listen to the CD yet. But I did enjoy it when I saw it live, so I'm sure it's great. |
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Post by Dante on Mar 13, 2009 17:34:07 GMT -5
Can we assume they're -not- going ahead with continuing the paperback/penny dreadfuls at this point? That seems like a reasonable assumption. I don't know when they'd be back, and word on the street is that the ones that were released didn't sell very well. ASoUE can be a little too ambitious at times with such things - The Complete Wreck, for example, had to have its print run cut in half, and I think even then it sold quite poorly. To be frank, it's not hard to see why... but I digress. It's not that any of them are bad; quite the contrary. The production values are excellent. It's just that there's never really much of a market for "buy the same book you already have." It appears to be headed that way. Dante would know more. Tell you what. I'll look into it sometime. I can't face it right now, but I'd always planned to do some digging once it became clear that the paperbacks were defunct, and, well, from an original release schedule of one every couple of months, it's now been about a year and a half since one was last released, with no sign of there being any more. So yeah, I'll look into it sometime... although not necessarily soon. Thanks also for copying out the e-mail; the teachers' guide is quite interesting, and I always like to see what they have to say. Edit: According to Daniel Handler in a phone interview at PBS Art Beat, he is working on the new series for children right now. www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/03/conversation-with-author-daniel-handler-aka-lemony-snicket.html |
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Post by Hermedy on Mar 26, 2009 11:49:06 GMT -5
Hey guys, I just listened to/read TCID and it's really fun. I don't really have that much to say about it. It was entertaining, witty and the music was good. Let me know if you have any questions about it.
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Post by cwm on Apr 18, 2009 8:04:02 GMT -5
Well, I didn't receive TCID for my birthday yesterday, so it looks like I'm going to have to buy it with my own money. Bah humbug.
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Post by Dante on Apr 18, 2009 8:49:45 GMT -5
Parents these days.
Edit: Oh, and a belated happy birthday to you.
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Post by cwm on Jun 13, 2009 13:53:42 GMT -5
I officially own a copy of TCID. w00t.
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Post by Dante on Jun 13, 2009 16:12:24 GMT -5
Read a page a week, and it might last until we know the release date of a new Snicket book.
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Post by Dante on Aug 9, 2009 5:17:37 GMT -5
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Post by JTB on Aug 9, 2009 12:02:43 GMT -5
Oooh! Interesting. I want to see what Lemony will be like up against R.L. Stine and the others.
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Post by Dante on Aug 9, 2009 13:46:56 GMT -5
Horror isn't usually Snicket's thing, and Helquist hasn't written a great deal at all. I am indeed very interested to see what they come up with. But since it's a thirty-second experiment, I expect they'd all differ quite from the usual material. Stine will have a hard time without his trademark chapter-ending twists.
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Post by Dante on Aug 30, 2009 3:31:12 GMT -5
A little late, but Half-Minute Horrors, the short story collection to which both Snicket and Helquist have contributed, is out!  |
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Post by Liam R. Findlay on Aug 30, 2009 9:00:22 GMT -5
Exciting! Is there any more information on this? I've not heard of it before. EDIT: Oh, the previous page  |
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