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Post by Dante on Jul 4, 2005 14:52:40 GMT -5
Well, I don't trust you, but it'll do, I suppose. I read an article a while back which said that he had finished Book the Twelfth already, too. Of course, with these publishing things, a book doesn't get published until about half a year or more after it's been finished.
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Post by Antenora on Jul 4, 2005 15:03:00 GMT -5
I also remember reading about Handler having finished Book 12(he's surely completed it by now, and probably has 13 perhaps half-done). And maybe Sebald meant the TGG audio interview and "audio warning", although those contain no book 12 information. |
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Post by Dante on Jul 4, 2005 15:11:59 GMT -5
Interestingly, I hadn't heard that before.
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Post by jcgsebald on Jul 4, 2005 17:52:14 GMT -5
Maybe I book marked the tape recording. I am going to look.
Edit: I checked. I could not find it but I found this transcript.
Subject: Re: D Quitting
To Whom It May Concern (namely J),
I am sorry this took so long to reply. D quit many years ago. How ever, I have had nothing to say until now. I found this tape. Please take notes on it, and ask R if quitting is aloud. I have taken a few notes, as seen on the bottom.
TRANSCRIPT
[sound of scraping]
D: L! L!
[scraping stops]
L: Yes? Please be quick, D, I’m very busy. There is a message underneath this paint, and as soon as I find it I must row away.
D: Please, call me Daniel. I have quit the VFD.
L: Is that aloud?
D: If it isn’t, I don’t care.
L: That’s a nice attitude. Why are you telling me?
D: Well, you’re a good friend of mine. We have so much in common-
L: No we don’t. We do look shockingly alike, but that’s it.
D: Fine, fine! Anyway, I quit because I couldn’t afford to be a volunteer any more.
L: Didn’t you write a book?
D: Yes, but the royalties can’t pay the bills forever.
L: I’m sure the Duchess of-
D: Please, be quiet! I thought you were in a hurry. Any way, I can’t afford to volunteer but I still want to help somehow. I’m doing a favor for all the volunteers, and I’ve decided to help you with tell the world about the Baudelaire children. I have friends at Harper Collins-I can get the book published.
L: Oh! Thank you!
D: Your welcome. But do you have time to write the book?
L: I’m not sure. . .
D: If you don’t, I can write it for you. Just tell me the facts and I’ll write them down.
L: But I don’t want people to read my books, I just want the books to be there.
D: That’s why I’m writing them. Listen, if any one starts to think you’re not actually dead, I’ll just pretend that Lemony Snicket is a pen name. In fact, I’ll even take all the royalties.
L: You are so kind.
D: It is no problem. Here, I have this tape recorder, it’s already on. I’ll start with the basics: why do you want to write about the Baudelaire children?
L: Well, K is my sister.
D: Didn’t she die?
L: Yes.
[sniffing]
L: However, I have evidence to believe she is still alive. I might put a letter in one of the books to see if she replies. As I was saying, K is not only my sister, she is the mother of the Baudelaire children.
D: Shocking.
L: Indeed.
[sniff]
D: Perhaps I should move on. Let’s work on little details-who will you dedicate the book to?
[even louder sniffing]
L: Beatrice.
D: Who is Beatrice?
L: That is the most dreadful question of all, and the answer is so terrible that I cannot even begin to say it without weeping. O Beatrice! My Beatrice!
[sobbing]
D: There, there. I’m very sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you. Would you like a cup of tea?
L: If it’s not too much trouble.
D: Actually, I’m in a bit of a hurry. I suspect someone wants to kill me-
L: Join the club.
D: Is this considered a club? Anyway, one last question and then I will contact you by e-mail from now on.
[shuddering sigh]
L: Fine, ask away?
D: What does VFD stand for?
L: You don’t even know that, and you’re part of the group? I’m glad you quit, you’re an idiot! VFD stands for-
[gunshot]
D: Ah! Run!
L: Ah! Run!
[water splashing]
D: Row away!
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Post by Antenora on Jul 4, 2005 18:13:01 GMT -5
I searched the "Please call me Daniel..." line and a couple of others, and couldn't find anything containing them. Where was this transcript found?
And it doesn't even mention the release date for the title. Nor are Barnes and Noble(or Barns and Nobles) even mentioned.
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Post by jcgsebald on Jul 4, 2005 18:16:44 GMT -5
I searched the "Please call me Daniel..." line and a couple of others, and couldn't find anything containing them. Where was this transcript found? And it doesn't even mention the release date for the title. Nor are Barnes and Noble(or Barns and Nobles) even mentioned. When I was searching through my book marks look to see if I book marked the tape I found that. There was nothing else on the transcript. That was it. Isn't that weird. |
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Post by Antenora on Jul 4, 2005 18:18:00 GMT -5
Can you please give me a link to the site at which you found the transcript? If it's in your bookmarks, it must exist on the web.
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Post by jcgsebald on Jul 4, 2005 18:20:58 GMT -5
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Post by Antenora on Jul 4, 2005 18:24:59 GMT -5
The thread I am trying to access doesn't exist.
Also, I searched the board for "shuddering", a word found in the transcript, and couldn't find anything.
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Post by jcgsebald on Jul 4, 2005 18:26:02 GMT -5
I don't know then.
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Jul 4, 2005 20:53:35 GMT -5
Odd. That transcript does look highly interesting...
But K isn't the Baudelaire mother and she's not dead... We know that from tgg... Hmmmm.
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Post by Dante on Jul 5, 2005 3:16:11 GMT -5
Yes, I think we can pretty much dismiss that as made up. If it's on that board at all (and frankly, the idea that we should believe something randomly posted on a messageboard with no clear source is pretty laughable) then it's probably in a fanfiction section, or something. Either way, I have every intention of ignoring it.
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Post by champ103 on Jul 5, 2005 11:20:08 GMT -5
I think it's pretty obvious that it's made up. Surely if it was genuine, it wouldn't give such huge information that Kit is the Baudelaire Mother, which we now know is false anyway.
Back to the NamelessNovel. The twelfth is a week away-I can't wait to see what it's like. Do you think it'll be like that 'Hunt For Lemony Snicket' website that was up one or two years ago?
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Post by Gigi on Jul 5, 2005 11:54:06 GMT -5
I hope that it is something fun and challenging. The Grim Grotto clue thingy comes to mind. However, I fear that it may be something easy since these books are aimed at kids. (No offense to any of you kids out there.)
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Post by champ103 on Jul 5, 2005 11:57:43 GMT -5
None taken. However, that 'Hunt For Lemony Snicket' website was pretty tough. Did anyone else go on that?
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