A local habitation and a name

[desperance]

So for a little while now I have had a book on the back burner, which means in the back of my head for the most part; up front there is really only half a chapter, a twist and a feeling. Also it is quite blatantly Iain (M) Banks fanfic. I do not apologise for this, neither resile from it; I don't believe that Iain would have cared, and I just wanna

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[history_monk]

Some Banks fanfic would be welcome. These few years down the line, I miss him more than Pratchett, or Angela Carter.

[shewhomust]

What do you mean It's not punchy, as titles go? With the whole overseeing / overlooking conflict, and the view from above, and - oh, I can think of so many interesting ways that could go! I'd totally pick up a book called Oversight. Mind you, I'd pick up a book called Elementary Bookkeeping by Chaz Brenchley, so... (actually, yes, that has potential).

On the other hand, I'd pick up a book called Dæmonogamy even it it wasn't by Chaz Brenchley, but that other guy, so - as you were.

[swan_tower]

I'm with you on it going better when there's a title. The further I get into a book without it having a name, the twitchier I get.

[mizkit]

TITLES ARE ALL.

okay not all but A BIG PART.

[tiger_spot]

For the record, both blatant Banks fanfic and the title OVERSIGHT make me sit up and go "ooh!"