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Having not read them, I do wonder if Twilight and Eclipse are names of characters? If they are not personas then they need to come off.

ETA - Fever and Darkfever, any idea if these are the names of characters?

Aren't Cranford and Middlemarch places rather than personal names?

Yes, but "Germinal" is not a person's name, either -- it's the name of a month on the French republican/ revolutionary calendar.

Palm/head - yes, of course! hahaha I'll remove it now.

Ditto the "place" novels. :)

It's a great list, btw!

Themis-Athena wrote: "Ditto the "place" novels. :)

It's a great list, btw!"
"Shogun" is a title.

I'm dubious about not only Twilight, which I have read, as I can remember no character named "Twilight" in it, but also about "Dr. Death."

I'd be willing to remove titles if there was general agreement on ones not fitting the terms of the list.

Susanna wrote: "I'd be willing to remove titles if there was general agreement on ones not fitting the terms of the list."

sling 'em orff, dear Susie!
And Germinal!

Yes, but which ones?

Twilight, Eclipse, Germinal.

Anything else?

Shogun isn't a name, it's a title.

Julius Caesar is not a single name.

Susanna wrote: "Yes, but which ones?

Twilight, Eclipse, Germinal.

Anything else?"

Those fever things and Dr Death - I'd tend to leave shogun alone as that's the way the dude was known, bit like ceasar *shrug*

Ceasar is a title derived from a name. Shogun is just a title, like general, or emperor. There have been many shoguns (70) but it was never anyone's name, not even in the book (his name was Toranaga). They called someone shogun because it literally means "Commander of the Forces".

I love these lists and the discussions they provoke - and that's all aside from the fact that they are memory joggers of titles read from 'back then' and inspiration for new reads to hunt down.

I also have doubts about "Nemesis," by Agatha Christie.

Also "Sandstorm."

And "Hyperion," unless we are including the names of planets.

All three of those should go into the wpb methinks.

Susanna wrote: And "Hyperion," unless we are including the names of planets."

I thought Hyperion was the Greek god of light, father of the Sun.

Grey - that should surely mean that Hyperion makes the grade here then.

Both Hyperion and Nemesis are names from Greek mythology -- they're both Titan deities (i.e., the generation preceding the Olympians). Can't speak to "Hyperion," but in Agatha Christie's "Nemesis," Miss Marple is dubbed "Nemesis" by another character, thus equating her with the ancient Greek deity of revenge.

Ooops, I just deleted Shogun because I thought it didn't belong. Should I put it back?

Lee wrote: "Ooops, I just deleted Shogun because I thought it didn't belong. Should I put it back? "

Greyweather reckons that it's not a name so it's to be deleted - thanks.

Great, whew!