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May 10, 2012 11:40:30 GMT -5
Post by Dante on May 10, 2012 11:40:30 GMT -5
I think that the library would be in use, it's just that the 804 Dewey classification is not normally in use and therefore there would not normally be any books filed under that number. This means that it's available to be used to file books used by secret organisations, since nobody else will be looking it up.
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May 10, 2012 12:13:42 GMT -5
Post by B. on May 10, 2012 12:13:42 GMT -5
Perhaps a reference to books we know that are used to hide documents- such as Ivan Lachrymose: Lake Explorer. This in turn could bring us back to the theory that the "fading town" is Lake Lachrymose.
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804.1
May 10, 2012 12:36:18 GMT -5
Post by Dante on May 10, 2012 12:36:18 GMT -5
I was also prompted by the illustration to think of one of the U.A.'s chapter titles, "What can be hidden in a book?"
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May 10, 2012 19:14:26 GMT -5
Post by Fiona Fanboy on May 10, 2012 19:14:26 GMT -5
The "804.1=13" comment makes me wonder if 13 will play a bigger role than we thought in All the Wrong Questions. Not as big a role as it did in A Series of Unfortunate Events, but a respectably big role nonetheless.
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May 10, 2012 22:21:09 GMT -5
Post by Kensicle on May 10, 2012 22:21:09 GMT -5
^We know that Lemony will be 13 in the new series, so the 13 motif will possibly be quite prominent. Libraries, such as the one in the picture, will probably be quite important like in ASOUE I imagine. I like the idea of something crucial being hidden in a book, which is hidden in an unused section of the Dewey classification.
And by the way, congratulations on becoming top poster, Dante!
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May 11, 2012 2:08:24 GMT -5
Post by Dante on May 11, 2012 2:08:24 GMT -5
^We know that Lemony will be 13 in the new series, so the 13 motif will possibly be quite prominent. Libraries, such as the one in the picture, will probably be quite important like in ASOUE I imagine. The ASoUE universe is distinguished partly by attention to literature and learning, so while we might not encounter libraries in the same routine way we did in ASoUE, the importance of books is not going to go away, I think. V.F.D. love them. They aren't going away. And while there won't be thirteen books and we can't guarantee thirteen chapters to each book, I think it's clear that thirteen as an emblem of misfortune persists, if it's Lemony's age. That significance will not be coincidental. Nominal only. BSam has far more posts than me, just not on a single account.
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May 12, 2012 10:55:12 GMT -5
Post by jman on May 12, 2012 10:55:12 GMT -5
To me, the person in the picture definitely looks suspicious. Not only are they wearing a trenchcoat and a hat, but they appear to be bending forward like they're hiding their face.
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May 12, 2012 10:58:18 GMT -5
Post by Dante on May 12, 2012 10:58:18 GMT -5
Ironically, if they were not bending forwards, their face would be entirely out of shot.
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May 12, 2012 23:13:12 GMT -5
Post by Kensicle on May 12, 2012 23:13:12 GMT -5
I guess the figure's quite suspicious because we can see part of his face, but it's not in detail and not in entirety. EDIT: If we couldn't see any part of his face whatsoever, he wouldn't be as suspicious. (We're not asking about the hands in the corner, for instance.)
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May 13, 2012 6:33:32 GMT -5
Post by Christmas Chief on May 13, 2012 6:33:32 GMT -5
Indeed this seems to be the principle creating the mysterious aura of the author bio photographs. In The End the only thing covering Lemony's face is a stack of papers over his eyes, but he's just as mysterious as when he wasn't facing the camera at all. I think the reason the corner figure might appear suspicious is the shading; the visitor reading a book to the left looks entirely in place, for comparison.
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804.1
May 13, 2012 9:39:54 GMT -5
Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on May 13, 2012 9:39:54 GMT -5
We're not asking about the hands in the corner, for instance. I did, actually. But I concluded that the hands and the figure are just details for the viewer to see that the library is still in use.
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May 17, 2012 2:42:29 GMT -5
Post by Vacuum Pot on May 17, 2012 2:42:29 GMT -5
Can anyone read the titles of any of the books in the picture?
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May 17, 2012 2:49:42 GMT -5
Post by Kensicle on May 17, 2012 2:49:42 GMT -5
I don't think the artist has drawn any titles to read.
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May 17, 2012 3:12:32 GMT -5
Post by Dante on May 17, 2012 3:12:32 GMT -5
I'm reasonably confident that that was a joke.
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May 17, 2012 6:07:38 GMT -5
Post by Kensicle on May 17, 2012 6:07:38 GMT -5
Ugh. I always fall for jokes. *says something witty to compensate*
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