AND THE NEW TITLE IS....drum roll please.... (Book 9)

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I predict the title will change again.
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The more I think about it, the more I like it.

The only thing that bothers me is that it sounds too much like the title of some cheesy romance novel. Heh.

However, it is an interesting title. Better than most of the other crap that fantasy authors come up with for titles. (For example, all of those horrible madlibish "The Adjective Noun" combinations that people like Jordan love to use.)

The title does leave for some interesting speculation, since it's so open ended.

Ok, I'm convinced. I like it. Two thumbs up.

Heh, now if only the other three books in this series could have cool titles.

But yeah, Shall Pass Utterly was still the best. It's amazing how many people prefer that title.-jay
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kevinswatch wrote:For example, all of those horrible madlibish "The Adjective Noun" combinations that people like Jordan love to use
Like...The Last Dark?
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What made "Shall Pass Utterly" so great was because we all knew where it came from.
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Roger wrote:Like...The Last Dark?
Haha, yeah. Like I said, I don't think any of the other titles for the Last Chronicles are great. Especially Last Dark.
dlbpharmd wrote:What made "Shall Pass Utterly" so great was because we all knew where it came from.
Everyone except SRD. Heh.-jay
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CovenantJr wrote:
kevinswatch wrote:For example, all of those horrible madlibish "The Adjective Noun" combinations that people like Jordan love to use
Like...The Last Dark?
Even "The Last Dark" can be referenced back to WGW.
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At least it isn't Lucas thinking of the titles. Otherwise, we would have:

The Caesure Menace.

Attack of the Demondim.

The Revenge of the Despiser.

And, The Death Star Blows Up the Land.
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:lol: :lol:
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If you made words out of all the acronyms for all the books in the last chrons, you would get these:

Alterate, Tolerate, Deflate, Deferral, Deflate

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I quite like it, not as good as ''Shal'' but still. AATE - rubbish acroynm though, nowhere near as good as WGW LFB TOT etc.
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I like this title better than the previous ones. It reminds me of TPTP, and that can only be good.
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*sigh*

Stephen, Stephen, Stephen...

But hey, at least it's a bit more optomistic, eh? It's against all things ending, after all.

Damn, I really liked Shall Pass Utterly. :(
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So OK, who's going to type up the petition requesting to bring back Shall Pass Utterly to present to SRD at elohimfest?
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As long as SRD puts words to paper, it is good, and does nothing to screw with the first two crons (it was all a dream etc.....), Mr Donaldson could call it 'Land Go Bye Bye', or 'The Last Book' for all I care.
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danlo wrote:
dlb wrote:"Shall Pass Utterly" was better.
agreed
Me too. *shrug*

(It's not like we're not gonna read it anyway... :lol: )

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I'll read it so slowly, it may seem like I'm not reading it out of protest. Heh.-jay
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:LOLS:

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Well...I like it. But, as Av says, "it's not like we're not gonna read". I'll be reading it regardless of what it's called!
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Post by Usivius »

true.

However, even though I did like Shall Pass Utterly a lot, I do find a certain quiet poetic in the new title.
So, I agree with Waddley on this one.
I like it.

Let's say it together... perhaps it will grow on you...
Against All Things Ending


there. Wasn't that better...

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Warmark wrote:I quite like it, not as good as ''Shal'' but still. AATE - rubbish acroynm though, nowhere near as good as WGW LFB TOT etc.
We could just call it "The Book Formerly Known as Shall Pass Utterly."
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