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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
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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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