Outside of a Dog: Snicket, Lemony: (08.5) The Unauthorized Autobiography

telophase

telophase wrote on December 20, 2006 at 11:44 PM:

I shall have to re-read this - I read it when it first came out, and have forgotten everything in it. Hmmmm.

charlene

charlene wrote on December 21, 2006 at 2:14 PM:

I don't think the autobiography actually changes any of the understanding of the story, but I do think it enhanced my enjoyment of the main story when things showed up that I now had a (bit more) background for. I'd also suggest reading The Beatrice Letters between 12 and 13, if you can find it in a library.

anyway, glad you liked it :)

i read these back in October, and have already forgotten most of it-- what in Slippery Slope didn't match up?

The thing in Book 12 is pretty minor-- for example, my husband didn't notice it and his enjoyment of the book wasn't particularly affected thereby.

Kate

Kate wrote on December 21, 2006 at 2:54 PM:

charlene: spoilers, ROT13:

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Konrad Gaertner

Konrad Gaertner wrote on December 21, 2006 at 4:25 PM:

I too missed the thing in book 12 my first time through, but I did notice why there aren't many telegrams in book 11. And the copyright page is even funnier than the index.

Re: spoilers for Charlene:

I came to a different conclusion (see chapter 6 of The Reptile Room and the last couple pages of The Slippery Slope). And if you really want to drive yourself into a frenzy of speculation, unscramble the rest of the names in chapter 9 of The Hostile Hospital.

Kate

Kate wrote on December 21, 2006 at 4:31 PM:

Konrad: oh, you're right, I forgot about the copyright page! It vindicated my habit of always looking at it.

As for your spoilers, I don't have access to the books just now, but I'll take a look when I do.

charlene

charlene wrote on December 21, 2006 at 7:20 PM:

Konrad: Hmm, I didn't notice the book 11 telegram thing; I'll have to go look at it again. But I do remember it solving the mystery of the unread telegrams in Book 8.

Re spoilers: Kate: I hadn't noticed that. Konrad: Since I didn't notice that to begin with, I clearly didn't see the solution. That's great.

now i shall have to go look at the copyright page...

Kate

Kate wrote on December 22, 2006 at 8:26 AM:

Konrad: I see what you mean about the end of _SS_ and the names in _HH_ (I cheated and looked at Wikipedia to decipher them for me), but I don't see what relevance ch 6. of _RR_ has. Can you resort to ROT13 to explain for a slow person?

charlene

charlene wrote on December 22, 2006 at 9:52 PM:

Kate, if Konrad means what I think he does, it may be spoiling you for him to clarify if you don't already see it. Just a warning :)