I Love Titles. Do you Love Titles? What's your Favorite Title? - Page 7

theducks · 01-02-2012, 01:03 AM

Just about all the Xanth titles (not so wild about all the groaners

inside. 1 per page is pushing my limit. Anthony peaks at 4+ )

Linton · 01-02-2012, 09:36 AM

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept - Elizabeth Smart

Mrs. Marple · 01-03-2012, 11:35 AM

Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - Donna Andrews

Mrraow · 01-05-2012, 05:32 AM

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages - Tom Holt
A Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag - Alan Bradley
A Red Herring Without Mustard - Alan Bradley
I See a Man Sitting on a Chair, and the Chair is Biting His Leg - Sheckley/Ellison

mike_bike_kite · 01-05-2012, 11:21 AM

Books I'm not so sure about book titles but I love the title of the painting Night people following the phosphorescent trail of snails.

nigel p bird · 01-06-2012, 05:26 AM

Brautigan's titles always stand out for me - 'In Watermelon Sugar' might be my favourite as it's so evocative. 'Willard and his Bowling Trophies', 'Revenge of the Lawn', 'A Confederate General From Big Sur'.

And 'For Esmee With Love And Squalor'. I love that one enough to have borrowed it myself.

I'd list some Pulp titles, too, by without their covers they seem to lack the impact somehow.

Malcolmf · 01-07-2012, 01:31 PM

titles I've liked:

The Tar-Aym Krang
(might have the spelling wrong) In fact I bought this some years ago just because of the title.

and
True Names and Other Dangers
Threats...and Other Promises
Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede
Pies and Prejudice

and liked lots of the titles of Robert Rankine novels (though I haven't read so many of them)
The Sprouts of Wrath
Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls
Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse etc. etc.

SilverBear · 01-12-2012, 10:45 PM

I've long been entranced by the titles of various sci-fi books:
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
The Boat of a Million Years
The Stars Like Dust
To Sail Beyond the Sunset
. . . alot of them are either quotes or plays on quotes from classic literature. Phrases that open up the imagination. . .

Or from not so classic lit:
Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
!!!!

Or just plain original phrases that are very evocative:
At the Mountains of Madness
The Fungi from Yuggoth
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
Islands to Windward
Green Mansions

We're talking titles --apart from content, right? What stays with me are the feelings and images the title evokes before I even read page one. . .

Pulpmeister · 01-13-2012, 09:38 AM

Wreckers Must Breathe. (Hammond Innes)
The Painted Word. (Tom Wolfe)
Captain Blood. (Sabatini)

JoelArnold · 01-13-2012, 10:47 AM

A Confederacy of Dunces
Writing Down the Bones
Willard and his Bowling Trophies

Also, just about any Philip K. Dick title.

SilverBear · 01-16-2012, 07:19 PM

Woops! I don't know why, but I forgot to include by all-time fave juvenile title:
Something Under the Bed is Drooling by Bill Watterson --part of the Calvin & Hobbes cycle.

Love.Forever. · 01-18-2012, 05:00 PM

To Kill A Mockingbird
The Chrysalids

Kerfuffle · 01-18-2012, 07:24 PM

Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand by Samuel Delaney
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexi Sayle

Polarpenguin · 01-19-2012, 06:56 AM

All Robert Rankin Titles
For example
Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls
The Dance of The Voodoo Handbag
The Sprouts of Wrath

kennyc · 01-19-2012, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polarpenguin

All Robert Rankin Titles
For example
Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls
The Dance of The Voodoo Handbag
The Sprouts of Wrath

"The Sprouts of Wrath"

01-12-2012, 10:45 PM	#98
SilverBear ἄρκτος ὁ Μέγας Posts: 76 Karma: 155874 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Western New York State Device: Onyx Boox 60	images, imagination. . . I've long been entranced by the titles of various sci-fi books: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress The Boat of a Million Years The Stars Like Dust To Sail Beyond the Sunset . . . alot of them are either quotes or plays on quotes from classic literature. Phrases that open up the imagination. . . Or from not so classic lit: Have Spacesuit, Will Travel !!!! Or just plain original phrases that are very evocative: At the Mountains of Madness The Fungi from Yuggoth Beyond the Wall of Sleep I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Islands to Windward Green Mansions We're talking titles --apart from content, right? What stays with me are the feelings and images the title evokes before I even read page one. . .

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,791 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Just about all the Xanth titles (not so wild about all the groaners inside. 1 per page is pushing my limit. Anthony peaks at 4+ )

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mike_bike_kite Digitally confused Posts: 500 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London, UK Device: KPW, K2i, Nexus 7 32gb, Kobo Mini	Books I'm not so sure about book titles but I love the title of the painting Night people following the phosphorescent trail of snails.

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nigel p bird Banned Posts: 27 Karma: 296466 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: scotland Device: kindle	Brautigan's titles always stand out for me - 'In Watermelon Sugar' might be my favourite as it's so evocative. 'Willard and his Bowling Trophies', 'Revenge of the Lawn', 'A Confederate General From Big Sur'. And 'For Esmee With Love And Squalor'. I love that one enough to have borrowed it myself. I'd list some Pulp titles, too, by without their covers they seem to lack the impact somehow.

01-07-2012, 01:31 PM	#97
Malcolmf Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle	titles I've liked: The Tar-Aym Krang (might have the spelling wrong) In fact I bought this some years ago just because of the title. and True Names and Other Dangers Threats...and Other Promises Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede Pies and Prejudice and liked lots of the titles of Robert Rankine novels (though I haven't read so many of them) The Sprouts of Wrath Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse etc. etc.

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Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,502 Karma: 28893796 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	Wreckers Must Breathe. (Hammond Innes) The Painted Word. (Tom Wolfe) Captain Blood. (Sabatini)

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JoelArnold Fanatic Posts: 544 Karma: 1036914 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Savage, MN Device: Kindle 3	A Confederacy of Dunces Writing Down the Bones Willard and his Bowling Trophies Also, just about any Philip K. Dick title.

01-16-2012, 07:19 PM	#101
SilverBear ἄρκτος ὁ Μέγας Posts: 76 Karma: 155874 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Western New York State Device: Onyx Boox 60	Woops! I don't know why, but I forgot to include by all-time fave juvenile title: Something Under the Bed is Drooling by Bill Watterson --part of the Calvin & Hobbes cycle.

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01-19-2012, 06:56 AM	#104
Polarpenguin Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 1834850 Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-300, Sony PRS- T3S, Kobo aura H2O Kobo aura One Kobo libra	All Robert Rankin Titles For example Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls The Dance of The Voodoo Handbag The Sprouts of Wrath