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10/14/2009

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The Forteans is a boring title for my prospective third book and, worse, while it seems to be descriptive, it is not: most of the world don't even know who the Forteans are, why they should care about them, or even how to pronounce the word, necessarily.  So, I need some alternate titles.  These will evolve as the book takes shape, but in the meantime, I want to record some passing thoughts.

Possible ideas: some play on circle: "A Circle Has No End," "Squaring the Circle."  Hmmmm.
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Levi Stahl link
10/14/2009 12:36:34 am

I don't know, Josh: just last year Jim Steinmeyer's biography of Charles Fort got quite a bit of press, so I'm not sure the Forteans are completely obscure anymore.

Still, I'm never one to suggest authors stop thinking about marketable titles!

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Joshua Buhs link
10/14/2009 12:22:39 pm

You may be right, although among my circle of friends, everyone askes, "Umm, the What-eans?"

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hentai link
7/6/2012 01:49:38 pm

I stumbled on this from Google and wanted to say thanks for posting

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