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Post by Gigi on Oct 13, 2005 15:41:54 GMT -5
Evidence against The Penultimate Peril
1. Either one could be a red herring, but The Penultimate Peril does not fit the 9-letter, 5-letter pattern on lemonysnicket.com.
2. It also doesn't follow the pattern of the last word being a place. (Although, TBB didn't either.)
3. TPP has been used before if you count The Perilous Parlor Game (which also repeats the word Peril, in a sense).
4. TPP has been used in pop culture too. MTV's The Real World used it as an episode title. Of course, slippery slope is also a somewhat commonly used phrase, too.
5. TPP was even suggested on unfortunateevents.com's forum back in March. Since lemonysnicket.com is linked to ue.com, and is a somewhat official site, I don't think LS would use any title guessed on it.
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Post by Snicket89 on Oct 13, 2005 15:46:14 GMT -5
What if he already had the title before that? You know it is possible that someone actually guessed the title right...
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Post by Antenora on Oct 13, 2005 15:49:29 GMT -5
I'm slightly dubious about this title because of the blank-space thing on LS.com.
And it's just a pretty boring title, and I'd expect Snicket to save a title involving a concept rather than a location for last(because the only other book with such a title was TBB)
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Post by Dante on Oct 13, 2005 15:52:58 GMT -5
I agree. I personally think that it's a pretty rubbish title, if it's real. I didn't want to see any more time-reference titles until the very last book. Some of the Lobby/Foyer suggestions we were coming up with were much better. I'm hoping that it's just a placeholder title or something, but I guess there isn't much hope. I guess that's the surprise ruined, then.
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Post by Snicket89 on Oct 13, 2005 15:54:22 GMT -5
So what will you do if it reall yis the title, be dissapointed?
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Post by Antenora on Oct 13, 2005 15:56:12 GMT -5
I'll certainly be disappointed with Handler, and probably go outside and yell to the skies "O Laughing God Daniel, I know you can think of better titles than that!". Something like that... I concur with Dante's hope that this is a placeholder, possibly someone's random guess.
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Post by Gigi on Oct 13, 2005 15:57:25 GMT -5
I've just gotten confirmation from someone who works in a bookstore and has seen the actual cover. The title is real. ls.com's 9-letter, 5-letter blanks are wrong/fake/red herrings.
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Post by Dante on Oct 13, 2005 16:00:35 GMT -5
Blast. Well, that sucks. I hope the rest of B12 is better.
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Post by Snicket89 on Oct 13, 2005 16:02:25 GMT -5
Thank you GIGI I'm glad someone finally did some research on it nad believes me ^_^
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Post by Antenora on Oct 13, 2005 16:05:52 GMT -5
*blasphemes the Laughing God Handler under her breath*
At least the cover's really nice, which I think kind of makes up for the dull title. And the book will be quite good, from what we've heard.
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Post by Dear Dairy on Oct 13, 2005 16:06:38 GMT -5
Actually, it was me. I'm the one with the friend who works in the bookstore. Gigi and I have been PMing each other about the morality of revealing the secret. As a result of our talks, Gigi put up the poll thread, "Would you peek?" I decided not to reveal the title here even though I found out today from my bookstore friend (mainly because I didn't know if she might get in trouble for it). So, I wasn't the one who leaked it, but I am the one who confirmed it.
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Post by Gigi on Oct 13, 2005 16:08:53 GMT -5
It really is a sad day. I feel like someone I know just died.  |
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Post by Grace on Oct 13, 2005 16:11:53 GMT -5
Ah well. So what? It's not that bad. I was sorta hoping for
TVV Book 7
TFF Book 12 or 13
TDD Book 12 or 13
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Post by Dear Dairy on Oct 13, 2005 16:13:43 GMT -5
I feel OK about it because I wasn't spoiled here. I figured it out from the initials, spending a happy time with my friend making guesses. I do feel bad for those of you who were spoiled by being told straight out.
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Post by Sugary Snicket on Oct 13, 2005 16:15:24 GMT -5
It's called "The Penultimate Peril"? Or is it something else? Am I missing something here?  |
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