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Better Title
Better Title
#1
"Holy, Holy, Holy... Cow!" is simply the working title I came up with, mostly as a gag, when I started laying out the itinerary for the Walk. I always intended to change it to something better, but to date, nothing has really occurred to me. If anyone wants to throw title suggestions up for consideration and discussion, here's the thread in which to do it.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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#2
"A Twisted Fate" (Play on "Twist of Fate")
"Good Intentions" (as in "The road to Hell is paved with ...." Not really sure if that'd work, since I'm not sure of the general story flow)
"Weaving a Tangled Web"
"For Goddesses' Sake" (Play on "For Goodness Sake")
"A Norn in Heaven Is Worth Three in "
Also, not a title, but a possible source of one: the title of the WB toon where Daffy is subject to torture by the artist (who turns out to be Bugs). I can't remember the name, but it might be a good jumping-off point.
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#3
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"A Norn in Heaven Is Worth Three in "
Nekomi. (Well, they go to the Nekomi Technical Institute, right?)
Blessed be.
-n
(Just woke up, if you'll buy that.)
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
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Daffy cartoon
#4
That'd be Duck Amuck, I believe.
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#5
While I read this thread 'Bat out of Hell' happened came up on my stereo and one line caught my attention. Thus:
Like a Loon Outside the Gates of Heaven
D for Drakensis

You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
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#6
All these are interesting and a few have definitely caught my eye. I have a year or so, I figure, before it becomes an issue, so I'm not going to make any hasty choices, though.
As a bit of side amusement, btw, let me note that the title for Chapter 1 is not a WB cartoon line, as DW2 has exclusively used (that actually sorta came about by accident). It is:
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Chapter 1: In Which I Wake Up Closer To Heaven Than I Want To Be At This
Point In My Life

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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#7
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That'd be Duck Amuck, I believe.
You are correct, Bard.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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#8
Two points! [Image: happy.gif]
Out of curiosity, what is that title from?
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#9
...It sounds like Vlad Taltos poking fun at Paarfi of Roundwood. But that's probably just me. [Image: smile.gif]
--Sam Ashley
"How many Yendi does it take to peel an onion?"
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#10
Hmm. I guess its just the Doug in me peeking out, but re-reading all of this suddenly caused THIS to pop into my head:
"The Loon of Heaven" or
"The Loon way to Heaven" or even
"The Loon of the Gods""I was an Otaku before those kids came along and changed the meaning of the word."

-- HM "Howling Mad" Wilson to more than one team-mate.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-

NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children
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Out of curiosity, what is that title from?
I lost track of my pointers. Which one were you referring to?

-- Bob
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"The Loon of Heaven" or
"The Loon way to Heaven" or even
"The Loon of the Gods"
"Fruit of the Loon"?


-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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"The Loon of Heaven" or
"The Loon way to Heaven" or even
"The Loon of the Gods"
"A Yarn on the Loon of Heaven"?-Z
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programms, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
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If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
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#14
"Oh God, You Loon"
Please don't hit me Smile
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...It sounds like Vlad Taltos poking fun at Paarfi of Roundwood. But that's probably just me.
Now that you mention it, it does a bit. Issola is out in paperback, in case you hadn't seen it, by the way.
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Fruit of the Loon
#16
Why do I have this horrible image of Doug being used as the template for imperial stormtroopers instead of Jango Fett.
My brain hurts.
D for Drakensis

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#17
Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Loons


-- Bob
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...and my shoes began to squeak.
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#18
I was wondering about the title for chapter one.
Good thing I wasn't drinking anything when reading these. I have a laptop, 'snarfage' is more dangerous.
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#19
"Playing Cat's Cradle With the Threads of Fate"
Just a thought...
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I was wondering about the title for chapter one.
Oh, I came up with that out of whole cloth; it's not a quote or reference, at least not intentionally.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
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#21
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"Playing Cat's Cradle With the Threads of Fate"
Ooh, I like.
-- Bob
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...and my shoes began to squeak.
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>Now that you mention it, it does a bit. Issola is out in paperback, in case you hadn't seen it, by the way.
Old news. Smile -The Viscount of Adrilankha- is out in hardcover (well, the first part--it's turned into a trilogy. Look for -The Paths of the Dead-.)
--Sam Ashley
"(congeal)"
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#23
How about "Clew-do"?
(After "Bushi-do"?)
I know this isn't really a practical title, but I thought woth mentioning...
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
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Isn't that the name of the British version of the game we call "Clue" in the USA?
And how does that make for a good title for DW5? I'm a bit confused.

-- Bob
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Sorry...
I thought "Cluedo" (sp?) was the American name as well...
My obviously failed pun was that a "Clew" of thread is
something that is rather important so those who spin,
weave, and cut...
And, Bushido is the art of the bushi, the Japanese warriors,
so Clew-do would be the Japanese art of the Three?
Then, there is the suggestion that Doug might start to get
a clue... In which case Clew-do would be the art of Doug
starting to figure something out about the Three while in
Japan...
Sorry, I should have figured out that I was really pushing
my luck with this one (something Doug would never do, of
course! [grin]).
Ah well.
Good luck with the writing!
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
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