So, what do you think of Lemony Snicket? I love his books, despite the fact that I was sure they were the stupidest thing in the world for a long time. The only reason I actually picked up the Bad Beginning was so I could criticize it better. I ended up liking it.
Has anyone else read The Unauthorized Autobiography or The Beatrice Letters? I just got the latter, and would be very interested in discussing the confusing contents.
I haven't read any of his books. Sorry.
I...was very bamboozled by LS! The autobio didn't make any sense. I've read the entire Series of U.E., and liked them well enough. They're unique, that's for sure! I guess that's why they're so popular. Haven't been able to get poor Beatrice yet; I liked the little notes about her in the beginning. By the way, Google Lemony Snicket and there's actually a PICTURE of him on there!
I loved the autobio. It had so much funny information, and gives you an idea about what VFD is like, and lots of little interesting facts. I also love the Sebald Code.
There's pictures of him in the back of the books, they just are conveniently taken so the author's face isn't shown.
Yeah, that was always annoying. I mean this pic on Google is an up-close headshot, showing all of his face!
What was VFD, anyway? He kept changing it around so many times that I couldn't tell!
I'm apprehensive about LS's worldview in the last book. Is he saying that Eve taking the fruit in the first place was a good thing, to save us from ignorance? (Think about the island they were on; brainwashing, dictatorship, the list goes on and on!) Or is it that the B's kept on suffering in their unfortunate world proof that sinning was a bad thing and should never have happenened?
Wow!! It showed all of his face that is amazing!! VFD stands for Volunteer Fire Department.
The island is portrayed as bad not good so I am inclined to think that it was there just to cause the B's suffering.
The UA drove me batty with the randomness, but it had some funny parts... "The truth behind the man behind the hedges" and I vaguely remember something about someone being disguised as a cow.
I like the main series quite a lot, which is weird because I don't really like the plot and the characters are one-dimensional and the unanswered questions are annoying, but I like them anyway 
Because of the humour and the writing style, I suppose.
Haven't seen the movie...
Oh, the movie (based on the first three books) is actually very good!
IT IS?????????? It looks really bad!
Oh! *notices the tag* He wrote the Unfortunate Events books? I've seen them, but haven't read them.
Actually, Lemony Snicket is a pen name that the guy made up as a joke once, then thought it'd be a good pen name. (no, I haven't read them)
Yeah, what mother in their right mind would name their kid Lemony Snicket for real??? Lol!
According to Wikipedia, his real name is Daniel Handler.
Off-topic: I wonder if Wikipedia is safe? I heard of some online dictionary that had a thing where nuts can write in anything fool thang they want and post it as true. I can't remember if it was Wikipedia, but I stear clear of that just in case!
People do go in and check it though. Of course it attracts some vandals but most mistakes get caught pretty quickly, I think.
Though of course you should still take anything you read with a grain of salt...but that's true for a lot of things on the internet, really 
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