Q.R.V.
Formidable Foreman
Better paranoid than dead.
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Post by Q.R.V. on Jun 20, 2013 23:26:28 GMT -5
The ATWQ Facebook page has recently been updated with three new posts (is this the correct board for these?): June 16: Ever feel trapped? #ATWQ June 20: I'm not sure if you need to have a facebook account to take the quiz; I can upload screenshots if you do. June 20: “Summer approaches like a tidal wave. We will all be wetter when it hits.” —Lemony Snicket #SummerSolstice
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jun 20, 2013 23:37:50 GMT -5
Thank you for the update, QRV! As I don't use Facebook, these updates pass me by--I'm surprised other 667ers haven't mentioned these. And I enjoyed the Quiz. Apparently I'm "the Canny Reader."
“Disturbing someone who is reading is like disturbing a leopard with his prey – you'd better be carrying ice cream.” That was the quote below. Is that from somewhere/something, or did Snicket write it?
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Post by Kit's tits kick ticks on Jun 21, 2013 0:47:15 GMT -5
Cool, thank you, I didn't see the last one on facebook Edit: Now I did.
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Post by Dante on Jun 21, 2013 1:26:23 GMT -5
I think my policy on Snicket websites at the moment is that, if they're official, they can go in WWQ, but even those I'll probably move here to WWeb once they've gotten sufficient attention.
That quote rather suits me. Not sure apropos of what the "Oh terrific," though.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jun 21, 2013 13:10:24 GMT -5
The funniest is The Suspicious Reader - "Oh my sainted Aunt." Or the Dubious Reader is just "Oh dear."
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Post by Kit's tits kick ticks on Jun 21, 2013 13:32:53 GMT -5
The funniest is The Suspicious Reader - "Oh my sainted Aunt." Yay, that's me But the question with the bookshelf is stupid. It's neiter too full nor is there space for one more book, the books lying on top of the others should be put in that space between the normal standing books, and they should also be put in a different order. It's untidy, but none of the possible answers would be right.
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Post by Hermes on Jun 21, 2013 14:56:00 GMT -5
I am the captivated reader. Hi, Dante!
Do you think the bookshelf actually tells us anything interesting?
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Post by penne on Jun 21, 2013 16:41:00 GMT -5
I'm the Canny Reader. The question about the sinking boat: "He was never that kind to me" haha
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Post by Kit's tits kick ticks on Jun 21, 2013 17:22:15 GMT -5
Wow Hermes, good question about the bookshelf!
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jun 21, 2013 19:55:36 GMT -5
I thought that those might be some of Snicket's/Handler's many favourite books. Especially after I saw how one option actually involved one of the books on the shelf.
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Post by Charlie on Jun 22, 2013 6:58:03 GMT -5
Mine: ~~ Oh heavens
“When trouble strikes, head to the library. You will either be able to solve the problem, or simply have something to read as the world crashes down around you.” ~~ Yay
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jun 22, 2013 15:05:56 GMT -5
If anybody cares, I've identified seven books from the shelf in the picture: 1. Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary 2. A Dreadful Man, by Brian Aherne 3. The Origin of Table Manners, by Claude Lévi-Strauss 4. The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing: And Other Tales, by William Maxwell 5. two books (an anthology probably) by Franz Kafka 6. The Driftless Area, by Tom Drury 7. Human Smoke, (maybe) by Nicholson Baker And of course The Body Has a Head, by Gustav Eckstein, which, after reading up on it, I now actually do want to read sometime (the Lévi-Strauss book also sounds quite interesting, as does Maxwell's; the Drury book doesn't interest me that much, but sounds like a good read anyway). EDIT: Oh yeah, and Handler once chose William Maxwell's Time Will Darken It as the book he'd take on a desert island, so I think it's probable that this is a picture of one of Handler's bookshelves we're dealing with. EDIT #2: Ramona The Pest (and the rest of its series) features a prominent character called Beatrice, who is Ramona's sister. And more importantly, Beverly Cleary was referenced in The Grim Grotto (listed by Capt. Widdershins as a volunteer).
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Post by Dante on Jun 22, 2013 16:14:02 GMT -5
Fine research, Terry.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 15, 2013 22:04:38 GMT -5
Another classy update:
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Post by Dante on Jul 16, 2013 2:24:35 GMT -5
That's really quite classy, not to mention witty, and you could well argue that it resembles a lot of the later Snicketmails we got for ?1, with illustrations and phrases not actually from the book (well, most of the illustrations were based on the book but not in it, but that's by the by)... but I'm still confused by the way they aren't leaning towards the new book.
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