This is the second part of my look at favorite book titles. A lot of times it's the combination of title and cover art that draws me in, or other times it's one or the other. In this particular case though there's something about each of these titles that I think really works, or is just evocative to me. Which are your favorites- let me know!
THE COURTS OF CHAOS
Something about this one? It just oozes mysteriousness...
RED EYE OF BETELGEUSE
This is old school SF all the way, with evocative titles and inspiring artwork. Okay, sometimes. Still this puts me in mind of some star- spanning galactic adventure.
PLANET OF NO RETURN
Another Golden age SF pick. I mean that's a pretty uncompromising title, and the backdrop with a moon or planet in the background- it just has atmosphere.
Another Golden age SF pick. I mean that's a pretty uncompromising title, and the backdrop with a moon or planet in the background- it just has atmosphere.
THE SNOWS OF GANYMEDE
I like titles that evoke a sense of place, and where better than a moon of Jupiter to do that?
RADIO SILENCE
Okay moving on from old school SF. I love this title because to me it speaks to loneliness maybe, or sorrow of some kind, or maybe just wanting to be understood?
THE LIFEBOAT CLIQUE
Right there you know something is going on, otherwise why are they in a boat?
Right there you know something is going on, otherwise why are they in a boat?
HALF-OFF RAGNAROK
Looks like a fun book. I just like that title.
DEAD GIRLS SOCIETY
With a title like that you gotta wonder...
THE ENCHANTRESS OF WORLD'S END
More old school craziness. Seriously though- that title??
Dead Girls Society is such a great title!
ReplyDeleteI love the covers on them also :D
ReplyDeleteI just saw the title/cover to Libba Bray's latest - Before the Devil Breaks You - and I love it!
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I really like the title The Lifeboat Clique---I'm intrigued about that book just based on the title!
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
You manage to find lots of titles that make a person ponder, Greg! Hugs...RO
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued about a bunch of these. One book that I have on my to-red list SOLELY because of the name is "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts". Still haven't read it though.
ReplyDeleteRebecca @ The Portsmouth Review
Such good titles and love those retro covers!
ReplyDeleteOo Radio Silence looks good!
ReplyDeleteI like these! You are right, Radio Silence does give off a certain... vibe. Which is a good thing, sets the tone for sure. The Lifeboat Clique totally sucked me in with the title (have you read it? It was only okay for me.) The Courts of Chaos sounds like the original inspiration for a Maas book- only way better than any of those hahha. Red Eye of Betelgeuse is fun too, I think I'd want to know what that one was about. The Enchantress of World's End... she's like the Head Bitch in Charge of the Apocalypse, right? OMG, that is what Octavia should be called in the bunker!!
ReplyDeleteOoh The Courts of Chaos is a good one! The Radio Silence gives me that same feeling that you described. The Lifeboat Clique just makes me think those are some pretty crappy people if they won't even let the one girl be in the lifeboat with them lol.
ReplyDeletemy favorite has to be Dead Girl Society. It's like a jump start for any imagination. A bunch of dead girls? and they form a society? What could possibly be about?? Only bad things come to my mind LOL Radio Silence is my next PPP
ReplyDeleteI love the titles of the old SF. They're like the titles of the original Nancy Drew - a little over the top but guaranteed to grab your imagination. I think Radio Silence is my favorite. There's something so forbidding and ominous about those two words.
ReplyDeleteThe Dead Girls Society is still one of my favorite covers. :)
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