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Post by Dante on Apr 24, 2012 13:30:15 GMT -5
You may be unaware that, quite a few years ago now, Daniel Handler wrote an introduction to Nonsense Novels, a collection of short stories by Stephen Leacock, a dead author (those of you who bought the paperbacks may remember "Q: A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural" as an example of his work). I've just discovered that a tumblr user has typed up the whole introduction, so I thought I should link to it. All credit to The Snicket File - those of you with a tumblr account may want to Like this: thesnicketfile.tumblr.com/post/21427095352/nonsense-novels-by-stephen-leacock(Some of the introduction is also available on Amazon via Look Inside, but I found that a page was omitted, which is why I'm using this transcription.) |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Apr 24, 2012 15:36:03 GMT -5
I believe the tumblr user in question is actually 667's own Terry Craig, so congratulations to him in compiling this splendid resource. In the meantime, I remember "Psychic Pstory," but never came across Nonsense Novels. I'll certainly take a look at this later. |
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Post by Dante on Apr 24, 2012 15:38:57 GMT -5
Terry Craig, if you have any other resources like this that you don't think 667 has, we'd welcome the cross-posting! It's always a pleasure to read more of Messrs. Handler and Snicket's material.
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Post by Hermes on Apr 24, 2012 16:11:11 GMT -5
I believe the tumblr user in question is actually 667's own Terry Craig, so congratulations to him in compiling this splendid resource. Ah! I knew it was someone here, but couldn't remember who. I was struck by the way the paperbacks introduced 'a story by a dead writer' as if this was something surprising. it would be, of course, if he was dead when it was written, which is perhaps the impression they were trying to convey. |
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Post by Skelly Craig on Apr 26, 2012 5:23:09 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I didn't know if this was already posted on the forums, seeing as this is a couple years old. Heheh, this particular introduction is a short nonsense novel in itself, and I especially like the ending. Terry Craig, if you have any other resources like this that you don't think 667 has, we'd welcome the cross-posting! It's always a pleasure to read more of Messrs. Handler and Snicket's material. Sure, again, I don't know what's been posted already (the 'Search' function makes you limit your search for a specific time period), but here are two more introductions for you, one by Daniel Handler and one by (Handler as) Lemony Snicket: thesnicketfile.tumblr.com/post/20220865091/the-confidence-man-his-masquerade-by-hermanthesnicketfile.tumblr.com/post/12473356371/introduction-to-noisy-outlaws-unfriendly-blobs-andI find both great, the first one is amazingly well written, and the second is just classic Snicket. Anyway, there's a whole section on the site for Snicket/Handler's writings for the rest. |
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Post by Dante on Apr 26, 2012 5:43:43 GMT -5
I think we have both of those (think), but it can't hurt to give them a bit more prominence for a change.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Apr 26, 2012 15:42:20 GMT -5
We have The Confidence-Man preface, and a link to Noisy Blobs. The linked section contains mostly familiar material. I remember spending an afternoon scrolling through the rest of the material as well, and I'm fairly certain most of Handler's writings and exploits are posted here. Which isn't to say the tumblr isn't worth reading, as it contains a number of non-Snicket but Snicket-related material and media ASOUE fans would enjoy. |
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Post by Skelly Craig on Apr 27, 2012 8:40:13 GMT -5
I remember spending an afternoon scrolling through the rest of the material as well, and I'm fairly certain most of Handler's writings and exploits are posted here. I think that's what every tumblr user hopes for from his site's visitors, so thank you for taking the time to do so. Yes, 667 seems to never have missed a thing, and is always on top of what's up with Mr. Handler; I wonder why I haven't joined earlier. What I also remember searching for and not finding was Snicket's liner notes of the ASoUE soundtrack, which I then copied directly from its original source. But there are dozens of short stories and prefaces that Handler/Snicket has written and I haven't read/found yet, like "Delmonico," "Winning," or "The Chronicles of Harris Burdick," just to name a few. |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Apr 27, 2012 17:03:49 GMT -5
I know we have Harris Burdick for sure. Not sure about the others - you'd have to do some browsing. |
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Post by Skelly Craig on Apr 28, 2012 13:26:00 GMT -5
Wow. Thanks so much for this. And if the others aren't here they don't seem to be anywhere else online. The most difficult to obtain seems to be "The Baby in the Manger," which isn't even available to buy, although apparently published in 2007.
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Post by Dante on Apr 28, 2012 14:37:41 GMT -5
Wow. Thanks so much for this. And if the others aren't here they don't seem to be anywhere else online. The most difficult to obtain seems to be "The Baby in the Manger," which isn't even available to buy, although apparently published in 2007. No, it wasn't - I think an online retailer claimed it was, but they were wrong. The Baby in the Manger had a print run of about sixty copies in 2002; it was a project conducted with a student, as I recall it. Read about it here. Suffice to say we're unlikely ever to get our hands on it unless they really do republish it... |
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