_V._ titles

[Chris Stolz]

> > Subject: Title Gossip (V.)

> > 
> > Here's something I saw in _Now All We Need Is A Title_ by Andre
> > Bernard, that I thought would interest readers here:
> >  
> >      Pynchon's first novel, which was submitted to a
> >      publisher as _Low Lands_, came to have as many
> >      working titles as the author has been attributed
> >      identities. The young editor at Lippincott,
> >      Corlies Smith, who acquired _Low Lands_ suggested
> >      calling it _The Quest of Herbert Stencil_ or _The
> >      Yo-Yo World of Benny Profane_, or _World on a
> >      String_, which latter title Pynchon more or less
> >      liked, admitting that he himself was terrible
> >      with book titles. Pynchon then countered with his
> >      own new idea: _Blood's a Rover_, after a line from
> >      a poem by A.E. Housman. On being told that that
> >      phrase conjured up images of Mickey Spillane or
> >      even Sabatini, Pynchon tried _Down Paradise
> >      Street_, _Of a Fond Ghoul_, _Footsteps of the
> >      Gone_, _Dream Tonight of Peacock Tails_, and _The
> >      Republican Party is a Machine_ (all of these
> >      titles have a source both in the book _V._ and in
> >      the public domain -- the reader can try to find
> >      them). The game spun out of control, and a return
> >      to the simple _V._, solved the dilemma.
> >  
> > This book is full of short anectdotes like this one -- and is a
> > pleasant (quick!!) read -- you may want to check it out.
> >  
> > Bernard has another book, _Rotten Rejections_, which I'm waiting
> > to get hoping it will be a similarly enjoyable diversion.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Peter Petto          |       ppetto at wariat.org
> > Bay Village, Ohio    |  PGP public key available (finger)
> > 
> 
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