Matt Jennings <attjen at gwu.edu> writes: > Hello All, > > This is also my first message to this group, and I wanted to see what everyone > thinks of skzb's naming of part two of Viscount. (check out dreamcafe's weblog > if you haven't heard) Welcome to the group! > Originally it had been said (rumored?) that the titles would be > > The Paths of the Dead > The Enchantress of Dzur Mountain > The Lord of Castle Black > > So what do you all think of the new title "Sethra Lavode", and what > speculation do you have for the "variety of reasons" skzb refers too (which he > might correct or confuse if we come close to the mark)? I like the old title better. The three titles have a very nice parallel structure. Of course I don't know the reasons for the change; possibly there's an artistic reason I don't know about why it's a much better title. But I'm suspecting some kind of commercial reason. Which is fine; if it actually matters significantly commercially, that's a valid reason for that kind of title change. There are certainly levels of changes that I think one should resist pressure for, but this title change is very minor; I just have a personal preference for the old title. > My thoughts, > > - This would make a trio of "name" books for skzb. Taltos, Agyar, Sethra > Lavode. We all should know (from Brokedown Palace, Sun Moon & Stars) what > "taltos" means (even if you haven't heard of the Anne Rice book). Agyar if > you've read it should be obvious, and Sethra is a ancient long dead mythical > figure... who eats little... etc etc... > > - I actually like the original titles in that they were all "place" related, > and wonder what the shift from "place" to "person" might mean as far as story > goes... In fact two of them were people referred to by their place associations. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info