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".

I think Gateways should be renamed Neato Mosquito.

Hmmmm................or "Attack of the nature" ? Nah! I like Gateways.

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.

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".

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

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...otohosting

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...otohosting

Lookie what I found!

http://cgi.ebay.com/GET-SMART-COMPLETE-S...dZViewItem

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!)

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!)

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.

Honestly, I think any title will do, as long as it's followed by these words, "A Repairman Jack Novel".

Hear hear!