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Post by Dante on Jan 21, 2018 4:41:59 GMT -5
Random House Canada have let slip the existence of Lemony Snicket's next book, albeit at a bare minimum of what you see in the subject line up there. Entitled Poison for Breakfast, it's projected at roughly 208 pages (for what retailer page count listings matter, which is little), and the Canadian edition is due out on October 2nd, 2018, published by Random House Canada imprint Tundra Books. Listing on Penguin Random House CanadaAmazon.ca hardcover listingAmazon.ca ebook listingAmazon.com hardcover listingEdit: Penguin Random House Canada has brought us a synopsis: --- Is Lemony Snicket toast? Unfortunately, this book opens with some very bad news: Lemony Snicket has been poisoned. He'll have to work quickly to get to the bottom of a sinister plot, or this adventure may be his last. But this is Lemony Snicket, so be prepared for an investigation like no other -- one that will take readers on a bewitching journey through breakfast ingredients and philosophy, existential questions and observations about writing, death and the preperation of a good egg. Hopefully this witty, inspiring tour-de-force won't prove fatal. --- Edit Again: gothicarchiesfan has discovered an official announcement with a (presumably) U.S. release date, September 25th: Edit Once More: Lemony Snicket may indeed be toast, at least for the time being, as Daniel Handler's Stephen Barclay Agency and the Google Books listing have revised the book's release date backwards by a year, to October/Fall 2019. Discuss. |
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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Jan 21, 2018 6:07:29 GMT -5
yay
well that definitely all sounds in order.
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Post by Skelly Craig on Jan 21, 2018 6:56:54 GMT -5
The little we're given makes me think of Arsenic and Old Lace, or some Agatha Christie stuff.
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Post by Hermes on Jan 21, 2018 8:35:21 GMT -5
Oo!
10-14 - an age-band which in theory isn't supposed to exist nowadays.
If it follows the example of his other books for older children, it should be set in the ASOUE world. Past or future, I wonder?
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on Jan 21, 2018 15:47:39 GMT -5
This looks very promising! I'm curious about what kind of stories Snicket will turn to next in the Averse - maybe he'll follow the Star Wars pattern and tell a story that takes place after ASOUE? Or maybe it'll even be ambiguous when these (assuming plural is the relevant form to use here) books take place relative to ASOUE and ATWQ? I can absolutely see him doing that.
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Post by mortinson51 on Jan 21, 2018 17:07:50 GMT -5
In the Daniel Handler interview on here a couple months ago he alluded that there might be more Snicket.
Teleram and thedoctororwell: Did Mr. Snicket ever return to Stain'd by the Sea? Did he ever hear from the town’s inhabitants again, or ask his sister what became of Ms. Feint?
Handler:Mr. Snicket's story is not done being chronicled, but suffice to say that when he stepped into the Clusterous Forest he was not out of the woods.
I can't find it right now but I thought he also mentioned he was reading Chinese literature for an upcoming book he was writing don't know if that was for this or something else.
My guess is that is book will be between ATWQ and ASOUE. But that's me just guessing. What ever this ends up being I'm excited for more Snicket.
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Post by Skelly Craig on Jan 21, 2018 19:33:33 GMT -5
I recently posted a video interview clip somewhere on the forum where Handler mentioned working on a Snicket project, so I'm assuming it's this.
Being more cautious than Comet, though, I don't expect this to be a series, or else it would be advertised as such from the beginning (like with ATWQ, afaik).
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Post by mortinson51 on Jan 21, 2018 21:19:12 GMT -5
That's a good point it could just be a one off book. I'm still hoping for a series but we really have no info other then the name.
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Post by bear on Jan 21, 2018 23:15:30 GMT -5
i thought it was book of short stories.
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Post by mortinson51 on Jan 22, 2018 1:40:46 GMT -5
i thought it was book of short stories. Where did you get this info? |
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Post by Dante on Jan 22, 2018 3:07:15 GMT -5
The nature of the book itself seems to me to be up in the air for the moment. These early listings are so sparing in detail that it wouldn't surprise me if they had omitted some fairly significant details, like whether or not the book is part of a series. It's worth remembering that all of Snicket's canon-tier books have either been part of a series or in some way supplementary to an ongoing series, so while it's more than conceivable that this is a one-off, precedent is in favour of further entries (Arson For Lunch, Murder For Dinner, perhaps?). The page count indicated, if even broadly on the mark, suggests that this would be rather a short entry for a one-off, though again that's not beyond the bounds of reason. The situation here is very different to ATWQ. We had hints and even licensing announcements for that years in advance. I don't remember if the early listings included its series title, but they didn't need to as we already knew about it. With Poison for Breakfast, though, we're hoovering up the barest scraps of information from the most remote sources. More could appear at any moment, mind you. I can't find it right now but I thought he also mentioned he was reading Chinese literature for an upcoming book he was writing don't know if that was for this or something else. You're thinking of Handler's next, Fox in the Bottle, which is directly tied to the works of Pu Songling which he was reading. |
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Post by bear on Jan 22, 2018 8:35:50 GMT -5
i thought it was book of short stories. Where did you get this info? simply the impression i got given the length of the book and its listed categories. |
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Post by Hermes on Jan 22, 2018 9:33:19 GMT -5
I can't find it right now but I thought he also mentioned he was reading Chinese literature for an upcoming book he was writing don't know if that was for this or something else. You're thinking of Handler's next, Fox in the Bottle, which is directly tied to the works of Pu Songling which he was reading. Though the first time he mentioned this he did seem to say it would be a Snicket thing. |
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Post by Dante on Jan 22, 2018 17:14:17 GMT -5
The listings are beginning to percolate to other sites, all related to the Canadian edition. It's anyone's guess when a more mainstream source will appear, but hopefully that will bring more substantial insight into the plot.
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Post by Dante on Jan 24, 2018 3:15:19 GMT -5
Penguin Random House Canada has brought us a synopsis: --- Is Lemony Snicket toast? Unfortunately, this book opens with some very bad news: Lemony Snicket has been poisoned. He'll have to work quickly to get to the bottom of a sinister plot, or this adventure may be his last. But this is Lemony Snicket, so be prepared for an investigation like no other -- one that will take readers on a bewitching journey through breakfast ingredients and philosophy, existential questions and observations about writing, death and the preperation of a good egg. Hopefully this witty, inspiring tour-de-force won't prove fatal. --- (Edit: Oh, that dodgy coding is a tab! It just displayed as odd coding on the original page.)
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