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Post by Dante on Feb 22, 2021 6:25:38 GMT -5
 Release Date: 31st August, 2021 Synopses:--- 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. - Lemony Snicket must investigate his own possible murder by poison after receiving a suspicious note following breakfast. - Has Lemony Snicket been poisoned? A standalone novel for all ages -- a contemporary fable in the great tradition of The Little Prince and Sophie's World -- by one of the twenty-first century's most beloved authors.For more than twenty years, Lemony Snicket has been one of the most famous narrators in contemporary middle-grade fiction, leading millions of readers through a mysterious literary world of bewildering questions and unfortunate events. Now, with this latest book -- a love letter to readers and reading, and a meditation on the vagaries of real life -- longtime fans and new readers alike have an opportunity to experience Snicket's distinctive voice in a new way. This true story -- as true as Lemony Snicket himself -- begins with a puzzling note under his door: "You had poison for breakfast." Following a winding trail of clues to solve the mystery of his own demise, Snicket takes us on a thought-provoking tour of his predilections: the proper way to prepare an egg, a perplexing idea called "tzimtzum," the sublime pleasure of swimming in open water, and much else. Poison for Breakfast is a classic-in-the-making that -- in the great tradition of modern fables like The Little Prince and The Phantom Tollbooth -- will delight readers of all ages. - Has Lemony Snicket been poisoned? A standalone novel for all ages -- a contemporary fable in the great tradition of The Little Prince and Sophie's World -- by one of the twenty-first century's most beloved authors.The greatest mystery of Lemony Snicket's life may be his own death. Lemony Snicket begins his morning the same way every day: with a breakfast of tea with honey, a piece of toast with cheese, one sliced pear, and an egg perfectly prepared. But one morning, after finishing his meal, he finds a note on a slip of paper under his door: You had poison for breakfast. With that, one of the most famous narrators in contemporary middle-grade fiction (and chronicler of other people's mysteries) finds himself in a race against the clock to solve the mystery of his own demise. Along the way, he takes readers on a delightful journey of philosophy, literature, art, love, life, death and other bewildering subjects. Appropriate for young readers, formerly young readers, and adults who are young at heart, Poison for Breakfast is a classic in the making, an entertaining but profoundly moving book that will stir the hearts of young and old alike. --- The saga so far...- 21st January, 2018: Poison for Breakfast is first discovered on retailer and publisher websites, with a release date given for October 2nd, 2018.
- 24th January, 2018: The first synopsis for the book is observed.
- 10th February, 2018: Little Brown Young Readers tweets the book's placeholder cover and gives a release date of 25th September, 2018.
- 2nd March, 2018: At least one listing for the book is observed to have disappeared.
- 8th March, 2018: Daniel Handler's page on the Steven Barclay Agency website, and other listings, revise the book's release date to Fall 2019.
- 28th May, 2018: A single-line synopsis is observed.
- 10th November, 2018: A listing is observed with a publication date of 1st October, 2019.
- 9th September, 2019: A query sent to Hachette Books USA (owners of Little, Brown & Co.) receives the reply that the book's release date has been pushed back to 2021.
- 4th February, 2020: A listing is observed with a publication date of 1st June, 2021.
- 17th February, 2020: Daniel Handler's page on Steven Barclay Agency is observed to have removed all mention of the book.
- 17th April, 2020: Listings begin to be observed giving a release date of 4th January, 2022.
- 1st October, 2020: An anecdotal report detailing an encounter with Daniel Handler in November 2019 suggests that the book was delayed for "issues" relating to its publisher deeming it "too adult for his younger audience".
- 1st October, 2020: A further anecdotal report detailing an encounter with Daniel Handler in spring 2020 agrees that the book is in "publisher limbo" but may finally be released in 2021.
- 7th October, 2020: In a webinar, Daniel Handler personally states that the book was "delayed for various boring reasons" but will be released "in the summer of 2021".
- 9th November, 2020: Daniel Handler tweets an excerpt from the style guide of "the forthcoming [Lemony Snicket] book".
- 13th December, 2020: Two new synopses for the book are observed online.
- 14th December, 2020: An anecdotal report indicates that Daniel Handler began writing the book during the writers' room for Season 2 of the Netflix adaptation of ASoUE (presumably in 2017).
- 25th January, 2021: A listing is observed giving a release date of 31st August, 2021, to be published by the W.W. Norton imprint Liveright.
- 20th February, 2021: The cover art for the book is observed in online retailer listings.
- 23rd February, 2021: An editor at W.W. Norton tweets in acknowledgement of the book's cover and release date.
- 31st August, 2021: The book is to be published... we hope.
Please speculate, anticipate, and discuss in this thread. |
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Post by R. on Feb 22, 2021 7:46:38 GMT -5
I simply have a suspect list:
Esmé Squalor
Carmelita Spats
Ellington Feint
Any of the Baudelaires
Either Beatrice.
Honestly, I would be willing to bet money that this list contains the culprit.
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Feb 22, 2021 7:57:16 GMT -5
Okay, I'm going to place my bets on what's going to be in the book, and it's bets completely based on my overactive imagination. 1 - References to Phil. - I think Phil's optimism would be very interesting to see contrasted with Lemony's pessimism. 2 - Plot developed based on Five stages of grief. include:[11] Denial – Lemony thinks it's a boring joke. Anger – Lemony is angry with the killer and seeks revenge. Or he asks himself "Why me soon?" Bargaining – Lemony seeks a cure. Lemony seeks to negotiate with God. Lemony discovers the Kabbalistic concept of free will. Depression – Lemony indulges in coffee addiction (which is an analogy to indulging in alcohol). Acceptance – Acceptance - Lemony accepts death and then dies in peace. 3 - References to Moxie Mallahan and Eligton Feint. - I don't think Daniel Handler will make many references to asoue, because he doesn't want to mess with asoue. But I think he will make important references to Moxie and Eligton's future. Especially Eligton's relationship with Kit Snicket. He will, at some point, wonder if it was Eligton who poisoned him. 4 - References to Beatrice Jr. This is more a wish than a bet. It would be insane if the acceptance part was followed with his meeting with Beatrice Jr. , Can you join this thread with your new one? |
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Post by Dante on Feb 22, 2021 10:15:32 GMT -5
Dante , Can you join this thread with your new one? It is done, but because merged threads retain the original chronological posting order, I had to delete your opening post so that the new thread opener would remain on top. My apologies. I preserved the text as a quote in your second post. |
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Post by the panopticountolaf on Feb 22, 2021 10:19:06 GMT -5
I simply have a suspect list: Esmé Squalor Carmelita Spats Ellington Feint Any of the Baudelaires Either Beatrice. Honestly, I would be willing to bet money that this list contains the culprit. Really? The most likely option in my opinion is that the poisoner a) won’t be revealed or b) will be an entirely new character, seeing as Snicket doesn’t really reuse characters. |
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Feb 22, 2021 10:23:13 GMT -5
I also think it will be a new character, however I very much hope that there will be a return to some ATWQ characters, especially I would like the poisoner to be Eligton Feint.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 22, 2021 16:07:53 GMT -5
Great timeline / saga, Dante. The drama reminds me of our anticipation of "the pirate novel," though in that case we knew the audience and genre fairly early on. Also, the delay was on the writing end (I think?) rather than the publishing end. I agree with whoever suggested that this book will have many philosophical interludes - more so than most Snicket works, that is. The "Snicket takes us on a thought-provoking tour ..." line seems to confirm this. |
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Post by R. on Feb 22, 2021 16:23:11 GMT -5
I’m probably reading too much into this, but it mentions Lemony regularly drinking tea with honey. VFD members are supposed to drink bitter tea. Maybe it’s a clue that he isn’t the ‘noble’ firefighting volunteer he claims to be...
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Post by Dante on Feb 22, 2021 16:43:18 GMT -5
Given the reference to swimming in open water, I suspect this trait draws, if anywhere, more directly from Daniel Handler's life. Great timeline / saga, Dante. The drama reminds me of our anticipation of "the pirate novel," though in that case we knew the audience and genre fairly early on. Also, the delay was on the writing end (I think?) rather than the publishing end. I think that is the case, that the hold-up with the pirate novel was just it taking a very long time (ten years or so?) before it finally took coherent shape; once we started seeing listings, it was done. |
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Post by Skelly Craig on Feb 22, 2021 16:45:08 GMT -5
I’m probably reading too much into this, but it mentions Lemony regularly drinking tea with honey. VFD members are supposed to drink bitter tea. Maybe it’s a clue that he isn’t the ‘noble’ firefighting volunteer he claims to be... I also wondered about that. I thought maybe it's because Lemony is still young in this book? (Meaning he won't die, of course.) Or if he's old, maybe it will be a comment on how he's grown out of old habits (symbolismmmm). |
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Feb 22, 2021 16:54:45 GMT -5
Since ATWQ it has been proven that Lemony is not a traditional VFD volunteer. In fact, since ASOUE this is already understood, as he revealed details about VFD to the general public, something that a traditional volunteer would never do. Having tea with honey for a long time is a daily message for traditional VFD values: "I don't mind breaking traditional rules".
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Post by gothicarchiesfan on Feb 22, 2021 19:43:00 GMT -5
It feels so strange to say this after the wait for the book has been so long, but I'm wondering what the future of Snicket literature will be.
Will he go down a more conventional route for his next book, will it get much more marketing and a bigger publisher, will he even write another after the trouble he had with this one?
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Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Feb 22, 2021 22:59:42 GMT -5
It seems to me that this will be the last Snicket book. The epic ending for Snicket. The real The End.
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Post by ryantrimble457 on Feb 23, 2021 0:06:06 GMT -5
I have a feeling that like, all the normal ASoUE world things WON'T really show up in this book. I don't think it's gonna be an "adventure." I think he's gonna do more musing. Like he'll get poisoned and then have to find the antidote and each thing he attempts will remind him of something he's learned. He honestly may never leave his house. I could be wrong. But I don't see much, "As I was chasing down the Snicket File across the Mortmain Mountains" in this work.
This is all based on VIBES and no concrete evidence I should add! Pure conjecture.
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Post by Dante on Feb 23, 2021 4:07:38 GMT -5
It feels so strange to say this after the wait for the book has been so long, but I'm wondering what the future of Snicket literature will be. Will he go down a more conventional route for his next book, will it get much more marketing and a bigger publisher, will he even write another after the trouble he had with this one? Ultimately, I think it just depends on what Handler wants to write. If what inspires him next would result in a more conventional narrative, something more akin to ASoUE or ATWQ, then I think it's reasonable to propose it would garnish more publisher interest even despite ATWQ's relative lack of success. His experience with this particular novel, on the other hand, might be more likely to discourage him from writing something more experimental. Or perhaps he will continue to write whatever he wants to write, since he never gave up on getting this one published. I have a feeling that like, all the normal ASoUE world things WON'T really show up in this book. I don't think it's gonna be an "adventure." I think he's gonna do more musing. Like he'll get poisoned and then have to find the antidote and each thing he attempts will remind him of something he's learned. He honestly may never leave his house. I could be wrong. But I don't see much, "As I was chasing down the Snicket File across the Mortmain Mountains" in this work. This is all based on VIBES and no concrete evidence I should add! Pure conjecture. I'm more or less in agreement; I think this is very much what the synopses are pointing to, something which the publishers simply could not spin as an "adventure" which would attract conventional readers and fans of previous Snicket narratives. I think that the speculation about the book's ties to the wider Snicket canon may well prove ill-founded; I personally am going in expecting absolutely no ASoUE or ATWQ content whatsoever. Still, at least it won't be as bad as back when we thought The Notorious Notations was going to be a proper book! |
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