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Post by Dante on Oct 31, 2013 13:06:29 GMT -5
 Sourced from Barnes & Noble. A reminder as to what the book is and what it's about: --- Release Date: 11th February 2014 ( Source) (McSweeney's McMullens) Details: "We are very curious about the Swinster Pharmacy. We stay up late every night wondering what sort of eerie secrets it contains. Why are there three Styrofoam heads in the windows? Who is the owner? Is it really closed on weekends? Renowned investigator Lemony Snicket has compiled 29 myths about this bewildering establishment, in the vain hope that he could help us shine some light on this enduring mystery." --- |
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Post by bandit on Oct 31, 2013 18:15:35 GMT -5
It's another little square book!
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Post by Dante on Nov 1, 2013 2:37:43 GMT -5
I've got no idea what to expect from this book - it sounds like it's going to be really creepy, but with this pair working on it it could be totally silly instead. But I really like the art style Lisa Brown is using here - the practiced unrefinedness, as opposed to the clean lines and bold colours of The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming (or indeed Picture the Dead). It suggests to me that this is to be a book about shadows and rough edges. And it's only about three months away, too.
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Post by Skelly Craig on Nov 16, 2013 19:21:43 GMT -5
I have recently found myself re-reading Lemony Snicket's official bio for the press, which can be found on his HarperCollins website ( here), and I've noticed the line: Could this little book be about the Snicket family's hometown? |
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Post by penne on Nov 16, 2013 20:04:32 GMT -5
I don't know if this has been discussed already but why 29?
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Post by Dante on Nov 17, 2013 5:12:07 GMT -5
I have recently found myself re-reading Lemony Snicket's official bio for the press, which can be found on his HarperCollins website ( here), and I've noticed the line: Could this little book be about the Snicket family's hometown? I wouldn't read too far into that; this looks to me more like one of Snicket's occasional books that have nothing to do with anything, like all of his picture books, and especially those of his books not published by his main publisher. Plus, that bio is really old (as you can tell from the fact that it dates from the HarperCollins era). I don't know if this has been discussed already but why 29? Because it's an amusingly uncommon number and because that's as many myths as he could come up with? |
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Post by penne on Nov 17, 2013 8:53:57 GMT -5
Yeah I guess that's all the reasoning Snicket needs.
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Post by Teleram on Nov 17, 2013 13:18:27 GMT -5
I just noticed this. The cover looks certainly interesting, and not what I expected at all.
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Post by Dante on Nov 18, 2013 3:42:27 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, Teleram, what were you expecting?
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Post by MisterM on Nov 18, 2013 6:12:00 GMT -5
This does look fun
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Post by Tryina Denouement on Nov 18, 2013 9:07:54 GMT -5
Is it an open-the-flaps book or what?
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Post by penne on Nov 18, 2013 9:19:43 GMT -5
I don't understand the question and I won't respond to it.
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Post by Dante on Nov 18, 2013 16:54:30 GMT -5
How unfriendly of you, Pen. To Tryina, I don't get the impression that it's anything other than a typical book - pages with colourful pictures and text - but you never know.
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Post by penne on Nov 18, 2013 17:39:53 GMT -5
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Post by Teleram on Nov 18, 2013 18:33:34 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, Teleram, what were you expecting? I was kinda expecting it to have a more mysterious look, maybe with a black background. |
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