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Post by nervouspete on Aug 3, 2006 21:08:46 GMT
I wonder what he would have called it. Alliteration is great of course, but what might he have come up with if he hadn't thought of it? Or if Frank had said it was a rubbish title?
We can but wonder at Well's other choices...
'Some Men from Mars Come Along & Start Laying Around Here'
'Battle of the Planets'
'ZAP!'
'How the Martians Surprisingly in a Shock Twist Die from Bacteria'
'GRRR. ARRGH.'
'Mars Attacks!'
'Those Magnificent Martians and their Three Legged Fighting Machines'
'Flame O'Death from Space'
'A Walking Tour of the Home Counties - With Aliens'
'The Ground Breaking Genre Creating Book That'll Mean That I'll Never Have To Work in that Bast*rd Draper's Shop Again'
'The Story of the Stupid Astronomer'
'The Unruly Foreigners'
Any ideas folks?
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Post by Lensman on Aug 3, 2006 22:50:25 GMT
...then the title of this thread would be "If Wells hadn't called it The Martian Invasion or, How Great Britain Was Sent to the Edge of Destruction by Intellects Vast and Cool from the Red Planet but Was Saved at the Last Minute by the Divine Hand of Providence". ;D
But actually that's unfair of me. The excessively long, overly descriptive subtitles are a mark of 18th century** and early 19th century writings (Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus), not late 19th century. Of course there were occasional lapses, perhaps for deliberate stylistic purposes, such as in L. Frank Baum's 1905 Queen Zixi of Ix or, The Story of the Magic Cloak.
**From 1726, Jonathan Swift's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World. In Four Parts, viz. I. A Voyage to Lilliput. II. A Voyage to Brobdingnag. III. A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarby, Luggnagg, Glubhdubdrib and Japan. IV A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms. By Lemuel Gulliver, first a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships. This book is now better known as Gulliver's Travels.
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Aug 4, 2006 0:03:35 GMT
*Ignoring Lensman's overly geeky (see his now official title) post totally* Bloody Hell, Frank Was Right- A Novel. Mother Nature Proves Once More That Johnny Foreigner Doesn't Like It Up Him. Even When He Is From Mars- A Novel. The Empire Takes it up The Jacksey but Still (Of Course) Shines Through... Cheers, God, Or something... Depends Really If You Are A Creationist Or If You Favour That Upstart Darwin- A Novel. Errr... Hang on...
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Post by Lensman on Aug 4, 2006 0:18:01 GMT
Lensman's overly geeky <snip> post You say that as if it were a *bad* thing! ;D Did you just now notice that I've proudly adopted the title you gave me? Cheers, God, Or something... Depends Really If You Are A Creationist Or If You Favour That Upstart Darwin- A Novel. ROTFLMAO!! Nerfy, thanx for the biggest belly laugh I've had in *weeks*!
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Aug 4, 2006 0:25:39 GMT
You're welcome on both counts.
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Post by Lensman on Aug 4, 2006 0:31:01 GMT
How about:
Here's My Argument to Restrict Immigration
(With apologies to Groucho Marx)
or
Very Illegal Aliens
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Post by Poyks on Aug 4, 2006 2:02:00 GMT
I think it would have been called; "Here's that sick squid I owe you!" ;D I'll get me coat! PS congrats on your geekdom Lensman!
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Post by Tripod on Aug 4, 2006 19:31:53 GMT
'A Novel Spoofing English Colonialism by Good ol' Herby Wells' 'A Novel Worth Ripping Off'
Tripod
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Post by RustiSwordz on Aug 4, 2006 21:54:06 GMT
Teletubbies!
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Post by Poyks on Aug 4, 2006 22:59:00 GMT
;D
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Post by Lensman on Aug 5, 2006 0:39:41 GMT
That's just wrong.
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Post by Commandingtripod on Aug 5, 2006 1:31:27 GMT
;D LOL! ;D I can just imagine the terror that would create in London. What would the heat ray look like?
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Post by Poyks on Aug 5, 2006 1:38:35 GMT
What would the heat ray look like? A bit like this! lol!! ;D
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Post by Commandingtripod on Aug 5, 2006 2:29:13 GMT
What would the heat ray look like? A bit like this! lol!! ;D LOL I should have guessed. ;D Strikes fear into me every time I look at it now! ;D
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Post by Poyks on Aug 5, 2006 2:35:09 GMT
And the pit of course.... etc..etc.. lol!! ;D
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Post by Bayne on Aug 5, 2006 2:48:58 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]LOL Good stuff!
How about: Blimey they is Martians Guvnor! [/glow]
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Post by Lensman on Aug 5, 2006 11:04:36 GMT
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Post by Lensman on Aug 5, 2006 11:15:16 GMT
And the pipettes to extract blood:
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Post by Poyks on Aug 5, 2006 11:17:31 GMT
Fantastic!! ;D You can't beat a bit of Spockage!
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Post by Luperis on Aug 6, 2006 1:56:00 GMT
Lol.
Ok... Here's a title suggestion: 'Book with tripods in... and lots of explosions, death, destruction and such... with an ending that is so great that even when it is ripped off over and over and over you will still be able to read it and say "Wow! That's a great ending" - by H. G. Wells'. ;D
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