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Post by Tiago James Squalor on Mar 11, 2012 9:47:59 GMT -5
- - - - - Dear Reader, If you have found this book thinking it tells the further story of the Baudelaire orphans, please dump it in the nearest bog as THE BROODING BAYOU tells the dreadful and damp story of three triplet orphans, Quigley, Isadora and Duncan Quagmire, as they search for their missing friends and wind up at the last place anyone should go: Bayou Lafayette. If you prefer to stay away from swamps and quagmires, then please do not keep reading as this story contains such things as hungry alligators, unhospitable southerners, insurmountable ammounts of mud, a foggy cemetery, a scheming wife, an ouija table, and quite a lot of frogs. If these dark and damp things from the swamp haven't put you off reading this story, then let this last warning do so; do not read this book and save both your time - and yourself. With all due respect, Tiago Squalor
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Post by B. on Mar 11, 2012 11:36:21 GMT -5
This looks as exciting as it is intriguing. Do you recommend reading YASoUE first?
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Post by Tiago James Squalor on Mar 11, 2012 11:44:17 GMT -5
B.: Most definetely. Everything about AQSoUE is a spoiler for YASoUE, so read that one first if you don't want to be spoiled! XD
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Post by Dante on Mar 11, 2012 14:04:50 GMT -5
There is just so much! ..."Get frothy"?
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Post by B. on Mar 11, 2012 14:36:23 GMT -5
@tiago: Gosh, I'd better hurry up then! I defiantly want to come along for the ride in this series.
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Post by Tiago James Squalor on Mar 11, 2012 17:33:50 GMT -5
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Post by Dante on Mar 12, 2012 7:45:51 GMT -5
It'll be interesting to see how much supernaturalism creeps into this book - or rather, the impression of the supernatural. There's very little in ASoUE or indeed YASoUE that involves the Baudelaires coming up against the appearance of or belief in the supernatural. I may be over-egging the importance of the Ouija board here, though; it could just be window-dressing. But then again, there is an old mysterious house and a foggy cemetery...
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 12, 2012 18:54:17 GMT -5
Hmm, and Ouija board and a swamp. (Or a bayou, to be accurate.) I'm reminded of a Brett Helquist tale in Half-Minute Horrors.
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Post by Dante on Mar 13, 2012 4:42:02 GMT -5
Ah, the one Helquist illustrated, by Josh Greenhut? That's one of my favourites.
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Post by B. on Mar 13, 2012 4:49:14 GMT -5
I like the "Something you ought to know" one. Interestingly he used the name "Lemony Snicket" but probably just because he is better known under that name.
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Post by Tiago James Squalor on Mar 13, 2012 10:31:10 GMT -5
Bayou Lafayette This is said of Bayou Lafayette: "...the bayou is comprised of a series of streams and bogs, infested with carnivorous alligators, poisonous snakes, crabs the size of a man's head, as well as an unimaginable ammount of frogs, toads, as well as salamanders and other amphibians. The bog mosquitoes will feast upon anyone who dares tread the bogs without repelant, if the other forementioned threats don't get to you first..." - From the journals of Jeremiah Hudson.
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Post by Dante on Mar 13, 2012 13:05:10 GMT -5
Wow. Sounds like a place to absolutely steer clear of unless you really can't avoid it, or unless you're a volunteer bent on training another deadly animal to somehow fight fires.
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Post by B. on Mar 13, 2012 13:14:15 GMT -5
Well this looks lethal. I wonder what's in store for the triplets.
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Post by Dante on Mar 13, 2012 14:32:21 GMT -5
Which reminds me... just how old are the Quagmires by now? We were never clear on their age to begin with, and I'm not sure if people would age when held in stasis.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 13, 2012 15:48:17 GMT -5
Ah, the one Helquist illustrated, by Josh Greenhut? That's one of my favourites. That's the one. Nemo aged in stasis, it seems. The bog itself sounds terribly sinister, but at least we have a full name - Jeremiah Hudson.
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