more about titles

Tim Ware redbug at best.com
Thu May 2 09:20:04 CDT 1996


There's a book called _Now All We Need Is A Title_ by Andre Bernard, lists
the following considered titles (this info per Chris Stolz of this list):

The Quest of Herbert Stencil
The Yo-Yo World of Benny Profane
World on a String
Blood's a Rover
Down Paradise Street
Of a Fond Ghoul
Footsteps of the Gone
Dream Tonight of Peacock Tails
The Republican Party is a Machine


On Tue, 30 Apr 1996 RokyE at aol.com wrote:

> Thinking about the multiple meanings infused in "V", I started to wonder at
> what point TRP "named" the book.  Was there a different working title ? Did
> he, at some point, start to write differently once the title was chosen ?
>  Did the book spring from the idea for the title ?
> 
> usw
> 
> tom
> 





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