Pullman/daemon -> Snicket [Digest urth.v030.n165]

John Bishop · 09 Aug 2001, 14:23 · from urth-v0030.mbox · original

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From: John Bishop <jbishop at zko.dec.com>
Subject: (urth) Re: Pullman/daemon -> Snicket [Digest urth.v030.n165]
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 14:23:15
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Dan'l,

The Lemony Snicket books are mildly funny, but clearly aimed
at kids.  It's one joke ("Dear reader, this book is not a
happy story, maybe you better not read it") repeated many,
many times.  After a while it gets uninteresting--I quit=20
reading them when he was done after book five.

"Lemony Snicket" is of course a pseudonym, and comes with a
faked history for the fake author.

	-John

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