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Suggested titles for RJ10 - t4terrific - 09-02-2005
fpw Wrote:I like HARBINGERS. It's a good fit.
But how many people (those here excluded, of course) will know that it means someone/something that presages or foreshadows what is to come?
The sales department might have a problem with that.
Same with AUGURIES or DIVINATIONS.
But keep 'em coming.
"Harbingers" rules! The word "harbinger" is an example of how movies can be educational. I learned this word when Arnold used it in Batman 4.
Honestly, I think any title will do, as long as it's followed by these words, "A Repairman Jack Novel".
Suggested titles for RJ10 - Kenji - 09-02-2005
t4terrific Wrote:I think Gateways should be renamed Neato Mosquito.
Hmmmm................or "Attack of the nature" ? Nah! I like Gateways.
Suggested titles for RJ10 - Kenji - 09-02-2005
Scott Hajek Wrote:Let someone pick up a book with an unusual word and become enlightened by how it fits with the story.
There is some truth in your words.
How about "Senrigan"?......Sounds mysterious. You know this meaning?
It's meaning "Clairvoyance" or "Second sight".Once Paul used Japanese word "Hokano" in Crisscross. I knew that meaning, but for some people, it's mysterious.
Suggested titles for RJ10 - Kenji - 09-02-2005
Blake Wrote:Reminds me of the title of the Bond movie "License to Kill". Supposedly its original title was "License Revoked", but it was changed because the studios (particularly in the U.S.) were worried that people wouldn't know what "revoked" meant. Funny.
Blake
Really? That's interesting.
Japanese title was "Kesareta License". Kesareta's meaning "revoked".
Suggested titles for RJ10 - Blake - 09-02-2005
Biggles Wrote:Nice word, but most people wouldn't know what it meant. Reminds me of a Get Smart book I read back in the '60s (as a teenager). Max was introduced to a cryptographer, and wondered why anyone would want to photograph graves.
Whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... This is not my Batman glass.
Wait... that's not what I was going to say. Oh yeah... There were Get Smart books??!? I loved that show. Anyone know if/when the whole series might be coming out on DVD? That's a must-purchase.
Blake
Suggested titles for RJ10 - Biggles - 09-03-2005
Blake Wrote:Whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... This is not my Batman glass.
Wait... that's not what I was going to say. Oh yeah... There were Get Smart books??!? I loved that show. Anyone know if/when the whole series might be coming out on DVD? That's a must-purchase.
Blake
There were paperbacks featuring all of the characters from the show. I know I had several. I also had a novelization of "The Wild Wild West", another of my favorite shows. No idea whether the show will ever be out on DVD or VHS.
Go here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/PAPERBACKS-Get-Smart-Mod-Squad-Star-Trek_W0QQitemZ6557341699QQcategoryZ29223QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
Suggested titles for RJ10 - Biggles - 09-03-2005
Biggles Wrote:There were paperbacks featuring all of the characters from the show. I know I had several. I also had a novelization of "The Wild Wild West", another of my favorite shows. No idea whether the show will ever be out on DVD or VHS.
Go here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/PAPERBACKS-Get-Smart-Mod-Squad-Star-Trek_W0QQitemZ6557341699QQcategoryZ29223QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
Lookie what I found!
http://cgi.ebay.com/GET-SMART-COMPLETE-SERIES-ON-DVD_W0QQitemZ5612419078QQcategoryZ1467QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Suggested titles for RJ10 - Rakosh - 09-03-2005
fpw Wrote:I like HARBINGERS. It's a good fit.
But how many people (those here excluded, of course) will know that it means someone/something that presages or foreshadows what is to come?
The sales department might have a problem with that.
Just for the record...I'm part of the sales dept for Holtzbrinck Pub (Sales Rep, actually) and I think Harbingers is the best of the suggestions so far.
And, yes, I know what it means. In fact, it would be a title I could get behind and fight for if it came to that at sales conference! Most of the other reps and people at Tor/Forge know I'm a big RJ fan, so I would hope that would sway any nay-sayers. It does fit well with the titles of the previous books as you say, and I agree with Dave that I think it's a well-enough known word that the general public wouldn't be confused. Regardless...this is all just my two-cents worth... (And yes, I've been lurking for a couple years now without spoiling the sanctity of the forum...I just can't believe the username "Rakosh" wasn't taken already!)
Suggested titles for RJ10 - Maggers - 09-03-2005
Rakosh Wrote:Just for the record...I'm part of the sales dept for Holtzbrinck Pub (Sales Rep, actually) and I think Harbingers is the best of the suggestions so far.
(And yes, I've been lurking for a couple years now without spoiling the sanctity of the forum...I just can't believe the username "Rakosh" wasn't taken already!)
Welcome to the board, Rakosh. Yikes! Never thought I'd be writing a welcome to a Rakosh!
This is a great thread. What creative folks we have here.
I, too, think "Harbingers" is a good one, and I agree with Dave that "harbingers of doom" is well enough known by the buying public for the title to be understood.
Suggested titles for RJ10 - XiaoYu - 09-03-2005
t4terrific Wrote:Honestly, I think any title will do, as long as it's followed by these words, "A Repairman Jack Novel".Hear hear!