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Post by Dante on Aug 27, 2020 7:40:13 GMT -5
A detail shared almost as an aside in an article on a completely different subject, that being Handler and Lisa Brown's donations to their local school district, Daniel Handler is now writing a memoir. - MySanAntonioNo further details given, but it would be somewhat satisfying if it were to arrive in 2022, twenty years after Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography.
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Post by gothicarchiesfan on Aug 27, 2020 7:55:03 GMT -5
A detail shared almost as an aside in an article on a completely different subject, that being Handler and Lisa Brown's donations to their local school district, Daniel Handler is now writing a memoir. - MySanAntonioNo further details given, but it would be somewhat satisfying if it were to arrive in 2022, twenty years after Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography. Excellent find Dante . It'll be great to get an inside look at Handler's life and writing processes. His Slate articles during the writing of TEE remain entertaining and informative reading, even if one is not particularly interested in Snicket. I wonder if those theater projects include that musical adaptation of the ASOUE books he was working on with Stephen Merritt? Or possibly the Snicket project Joe Tracz ( catastrophist) hinted that he and Daniel Handler were brainstorming last year? :Edit: Of course, the real news is that we'll finally have an opportunity for people to ask Daniel Handler when/if Poison for Breakfast is coming out.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Aug 27, 2020 10:59:31 GMT -5
Somehow the last thing I expected from Handler, but that's neat.
(Maybe we'll get some dirt on the Hollywood system adapting an author's books, á la Bukowski's Hollywood, though I doubt it.)
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 27, 2020 11:06:37 GMT -5
Cool news!
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Post by Reba on Aug 27, 2020 11:35:05 GMT -5
I’m trying to think of a time in DH’s life that might have been interesting 🤔😂
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 27, 2020 12:11:21 GMT -5
You don’t think he’s led an interesting life?
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Post by Reba on Aug 27, 2020 13:07:11 GMT -5
i mean, he's basically just sat at home writing and making cocktails for the last 20 years. his experience in various Industries could be interesting to hear about, if it were a very straight-down-the-line type of 'celebrity memoir,' but he's a writer, so i doubt that's gonna be his angle.
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Aug 27, 2020 13:25:28 GMT -5
i mean, he's basically just sat at home writing and making cocktails for the last 20 years. his experience in various Industries could be interesting to hear about, if it were a very straight-down-the-line type of 'celebrity memoir,' but he's a writer, so i doubt that's gonna be his angle. The right question is not whether it is interesting or not. The right question is: can he make it interesting? I'm sure this is a self-challenge for a fiction writer.
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Post by Dante on Aug 27, 2020 14:18:33 GMT -5
I must admit, my own interest is absolutely in the behind-the-scenes gossip about the publishing and movie industries. Those are the stories I want to read.
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Post by gothicarchiesfan on Aug 27, 2020 16:27:23 GMT -5
I must admit, my own interest is absolutely in the behind-the-scenes gossip about the publishing and movie industries. Those are the stories I want to read. Exactly. Stories about the development of the 2004 movie and it's many planned sequel attempts over the years would make for interesting reading, even on their own.
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Post by counto on Sept 5, 2020 3:48:57 GMT -5
I wonder if his memoir will be a sort of parody of his life like Look At The Harlequins by Vladimir Nabokov
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Post by gothicarchiesfan on Sept 5, 2020 4:00:06 GMT -5
I wonder if his memoir will be a sort of parody of his life like Look At The Harlequins by Vladimir Nabokov Quite possibly. Not only is Nabokov one of Handler's biggest literary heroes, but I honestly couldn't fathom him writing a book that didn't contain at least a little bit of meta-commentary.
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