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Okay, some people wonder why Daniel Handler, (Lemony Snicket's real name eek ) made his name Lemony Snicket in the books. The reason is that he wanted to be the narrator figure, so therefore figured out a rhyme of Jiminy Cricket.

Odd though, so therefore, a character in Pinnochio (sp?) and Lemony are long lost brothers.

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Here's a paragraph from Quidditch.com (they have a Lemony Section, I know Quidditch is from Harry Potter):

Lemony Snicket: Scotty draws a verbal parallel between Jiminy Cricket and Lemony Snicket (keep in mind this only works if you regard the Disney version as the source, in the original Italian of Pinocchio the cricket is Grillo-parlante or The Talking Cricket). The vowels and consonants match up and Jiminy/Lemony does perform the role of conscience really well. Chemists among you will also note the Cr to Sn transformation which reads "Jiminy is Chromium and Lemony is Tin" which given the scientific allusions in the series makes a stronger case than I would otherwise posit. Daniel Handler has discredited this in a radio interview - so it's here only as a example of how you need to be ready to forgo dilapidated theories when faced with facts.

At first, it just seems like a pen name, but once you meet Jaques, you realize it's much more. I think it's really unique what Daniel did, and I think it's pretty cool, and adds to the feel of the book.

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it DOES rhyme with Jiminy Cricket.

*is amazed*

I think that why he does that is because he wants to make himself look mysteryous and make the story intersting.

@_@ Good point

I really like the name, it really adds to the story. It also fits with the mood of the book, for example the word lemon is a rather sour bitter sounding word, and snicket does too. Mabey that is what he was trying to do when he thought up the pen name. (I just bought the new book, its good!)

I wish I led such a deranged yet fun life like that..

i agree with the sour theory. it really does fit with the book. i don't really care why he did it, perhaps just because he DID plan out the whole series. perhaps, in the end, it will hold some great unforeseen significance. we shall see, i suppose. i've not read any books but the first 10. i would like to read the autobiography and such, but i think i'd rather like to read the whole series first. i want to figure things out for my own and see where they take me before he explains anything at all.