breaking it down

[Paul Mackin]

On Jul 15, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Rcfchess at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 07/15/2006 2:07:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> paul.mackin at verizon.net writes:
> "Main Purposes of
> Fiction." (for want of a better title)
> Hmmm...thought: maybe we can see who gets closest to predicting the  
> actual title (and the prize is...?! Any suggestions?)(& who's gonna  
> pay, anyway? Not like the list has a prize fund...)...


A good idea.

A book such as this one shows every indication of being needs a  
postmodern sounding title. One even more post than most I should think.

Might not he want to reveal his short list of possibilities in  
advance of press time, at which point the decision is one from which  
there is no appeal.

Where better to drop hints than in the "brief description of the  
book" an author is normally asked to  provide?
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