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Post by B. on Mar 22, 2012 15:44:38 GMT -5
I really like those, Groge!
Going back to Sherry-Ann's ideas I came up with some ideas for TBB's chapters. I tried to make the titles like the number of the chapter.
Ch1- One morning at the beach
Ch2- Two unpleasant siblings
ch3- Three recipe books
ch4- Four hours of cooking
ch5- Five minutes with a banker
ch6- Six worrying thoughts
ch7- Seven difficult law books
ch8- Eight hours reading
ch9- Nine feet above the ground
ch10- Ten seconds of dark suspense
ch11- Eleven watching eyes
ch12- Twelve acts in a play
ch13- Thirteen outraged audience members
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Post by Dante on Mar 22, 2012 15:47:43 GMT -5
Nice numerical motif, Brunch; of course, if it was in the books themselves, it'd be very hard to keep to. Or rather, you'd definitely have to write for it, in the same way the books probably have to be written quite carefully for a thirteen-chapter structure. Sophie Baudelaire, some of your titles are quite dark, but we have to remember there's more to the series than whimsy; I like the Used/Abused pairing, also.
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Post by ghostie on Mar 22, 2012 15:52:19 GMT -5
@dante: Thanks! I agree that they are pretty dark; I tried to make them as "unfortunate-sounding" as possible.  But I do really like some of the titles Groge suggested. |
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Post by jman on Mar 22, 2012 15:54:53 GMT -5
Definitely enjoy Sophie's super serious ones. ASOUE has always been a dark series for me...
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 22, 2012 16:46:21 GMT -5
Clearly texts from the school of thought that brought us, in the U.A., The Most Handsome Man in the World and Why, I Believe I've Become Even More Handsome! Actually, I seem to recall that some of the movie spin-off books might've had back-cover synopses written by Olaf. Yes indeed. These are TWW's, which resemble Countess Violet's titles closely: Back coverInside flapBack flapBrunch, I think the chapter titles you've constructed are creative; I can visualize the small writing under each (e.g., CHAPTER ONE morning at the beach). |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 22, 2012 18:33:20 GMT -5
I believe TBB's synopsis can be read here, and TRR's here (using the Browse Inside feature). I meant to mention also that Sophie's titles are well-chosen. I particularly like the double meaning in "overlooked," punning on Aunt Josephine's obsessive watch over the children. Or not? "Isolated," too, captures one of TE's major themes. |
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Post by Groge on Mar 22, 2012 18:36:01 GMT -5
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Post by ghostie on Mar 22, 2012 18:51:36 GMT -5
I particularly like the double meaning in "overlooked," punning on Aunt Josephine's obsessive watch over the children. Or not? Thanks! And, yes, that is what I intended. I also used it as a reference to how the window overlooks Lake Lachrymose. |
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Post by B. on Mar 23, 2012 6:51:59 GMT -5
@sherry-Ann: Thank-you! Thanks also for posting those links, where are they from?
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Post by Christmas Chief on Mar 23, 2012 7:05:57 GMT -5
They're all movie tie-ins, that is to say, hardcover versions of the book with dusk jackets inspired by the movie. It looks like they were all published on the same date, which was a little over a month before the movie in December of 2004. The links themselves are just from sellers who allow you to preview Olaf's synopsis.
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Post by Groge on Mar 24, 2012 19:27:45 GMT -5
B. really like your numbering system! Can almost see it laid out on the page now. Instead of just 'Chapter One' it could have 'One' and then directly below it 'morning at the beach'. So it could actually be read two ways I suppose. either as one title or the chapter number with a sub heading
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Post by kimoz17 on May 30, 2012 13:16:38 GMT -5
1. The Greedy Guardian 2. The Atrocious Assistant 3. The Lethal Leeches 4. The Haunting Hypnosis 5. The Eccentric Education 6. The Malicious Mistress 7. The Despicable Detective 8. The Horrible Hospital 9. The Fraud Fortuneteller 10. The Mean Mountains 11.The Sinister Sea 12. The Cruel Convention 13. The Untrue Utopia Not final though, I'll make one that really represents the book.  |
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Post by Christmas Chief on May 30, 2012 14:54:36 GMT -5
You've done a fine job already of keeping the alliteration and even some letters to which the canon corresponds. Might I suggest 13. The Utopian Uniform, referring to the islanders' robes?
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Post by Dante on May 30, 2012 14:58:58 GMT -5
Those are really good, kimoz17 - so good that I feel no qualms about saying that you could have done better for THH. You could go with something like The Invalid Institution, say.
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Post by Christmas Chief on May 30, 2012 15:31:04 GMT -5
Or possibly The Half-finished Hospital, only that doesn't eliminate the problem of dual usage for the letter H, and it's hyphenated. So perhaps not. The Incomplete Institution?
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But I do really like some of the titles Groge suggested.
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