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Old 04-29-2011, 05:35 PM   #150
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
Well, we are talking about future SF, where it is quite common to make up names for things that don't exist yet. If you don't like that one, you could try Worldfarm One...
I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the answer I gave a short time ago.

I'll also note that of the 220+ books I've read in 2010 and 2011, no more than 10% have a strange word in their title, and nearly all of those are easily pronounced, and with an obvious meaning, e.g.:

Quanty - a name
Shipscat - a series name
Darkship - a kind of spaceship
Tailchaser - a name
Bolo - a kind of machine
Reincarnationist - an occupation
Restoree - one who has been restored
Tigra - a species
Tuloriad - analogous to the Illiad
Vondish - someone from Vond
Cryoburn - injury from cryogenic suspension
Dusarra - a place
Bheleu - a name
Húrin - a name
Poirot - a name
Lyra - a name
Magyk - a terrible re-spelling of Magic


I will get back to your books eventually. Your space series sounds quite fun. All your books (except The Onuissance Cells) are on my TBR pile (currently at 358 books, not counting the numerous freebies).

And if you must keep Onuissance, how about Tales of the Onuissance Age, which at least gives a clue as to what the word means, even if people can't pronounce it.
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