Miles Gift ATDTDA (1) pg 23/24

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Heikki wrote:

>Anyway, I thought I spotted a reference to W.A.S.T.E. when I was
>reading HP4:

[...]

>Inside were about fifty badges, all of different colours, but
>all bearing the same letters: S.P.E.W. "'Spew'?" said Harry,
>picking up a badge and looking at it. "What's this about?"
>"Not *spew*", said Hermione impatiently. "It's S-P-E-W,
>stands for the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare."

Nice catch, Heikki, and it would certainly not be the only children's book 
to give a nod to The Crying of Lot 49. In book six of Lemony Snicket's 
richly allusive 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' ('The Ersatz Elevator'), 
one of the kids is reading an auction catalogue and notices that Lot 49 is 
"a valuable postage stamp."

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