It's the night before The End

As some of you probably know, the 13th Lemony Snicket book (The End) comes out tomorrow, on Friday the 13th. I have some morning meetings and then I'm going to run across to the mall and buy/devour it.

I just reread book 12 (The Penultimate Peril) last weekend to get myself on track. While doing a bit more online research today, I came across a pretty complete list of literary allusions in the series that left me feeling like a completely uneducated Cro-Magnon. I mean, I recognized quite a few things. I know what short story Esme Squalor's name comes from, I recognize Mr. Poe, I laughed at the name of the Silent Spring, I smiled when Sunny says "akrofil" to mean "they certainly are fond of high places"... and yet!

From the back of The End:( Read more... )