02-17-2002, 02:36 AM | #1 |
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Alternative title
If you were the author of LoTR, would you name it Lord of the Rings? If not, what would be your alternative chosen title? In other words, what would you call LoTR if it weren't LoTR? Just wondering.....
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02-17-2002, 03:11 AM | #2 |
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Cat in a Hat....whoops sorry...wrong book!!! I would probably call it 'There and Back again' like Bilbo did!!
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02-17-2002, 03:28 AM | #3 |
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Possible alternatives:
Lure of the Ring Ring Thing Ringin' in the Rain Ringless This Gold Coin Has a Hole in It! (yuk yuk) Fatal Distraction (get it? Gates of Mordor, RotK?) West Ring Who Wants to Be Dark Lord of Middle-Earth? More to come...
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02-17-2002, 03:39 AM | #4 |
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If I wrote LotR . . .
"There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Attempt at Escape and Subsequent Recapture by Rabid Hobbit-Loving Writer" "The Book That Doesn't Tell Whether Or Not Balrogs Have Wings" "Not A Christian Allegory" "Sauron's Migraine"
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02-17-2002, 06:23 AM | #5 |
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The Little Hobbit That Could
How Not To Wage A War: A Dark Lord's Perspective A Study on the Hallucinatory Effects of Pipe Weed by Rosie Gamgee Tom Bombadill's Book of Rhymes (And other Stories) by Goldberry A Book of Traveller's Tales by B. Butterbur Eldar's Farewell The Frodyssy The Hobbit, The Witch King, and the Eastfold Chronicles of Middle-Earth Be Careful What You Pick Up How I Ended Up With An Elf by Gimli McGloin Fool of A Took No More The One Ring Goes Full Circle
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02-17-2002, 06:28 AM | #6 |
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Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
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02-17-2002, 12:40 PM | #7 |
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Arathorn, 'the Frodyssy'?! I nearly fell off my chair!
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02-17-2002, 12:45 PM | #8 |
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Menelvagor
Well it did have a certain ring to it (no pun intended, well maybe yes)
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02-17-2002, 01:11 PM | #9 |
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02-17-2002, 01:30 PM | #10 |
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Frodyssey! Heeheehee...I love it!
*All Those Who are Gold Do Not Glitter * Bye-Bye My Precious-by Gollum * Why I was Labeled a Disturber of the Peace- by Gandalf * Servant Power! by Sam * Never Trust an Elf-By Gilmli.
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02-17-2002, 01:42 PM | #11 |
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The Perks of Gardenning by Master Samwise
Of Broken Fingers and Shatterred Dreams by D. Lord Hitchhiker's Guide to the Darklands by O. Ring Here, There and Everywhere by Mithrandir How to Handle Strange Old Men by Frodo Baggins How To Make Money Without Really Trying C. Tolkien
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02-17-2002, 04:37 PM | #12 |
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A Journey of Four Hobbits, a Wizard, two Men, a Dwarf, and an Elf.
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02-17-2002, 05:37 PM | #13 |
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The One Ring would be a good idea.
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02-17-2002, 08:47 PM | #14 |
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The War of the Ring
Frodo is really really cute!Oh yeah, and some gobbledegook about a ring - by a Frodo fan What I'm obsessed with - by me, Laurelyn What came from the Riddles in the Dark - by Gollum and Bilbo Whose Ring is it anyway? - by Gollum, Bilbo, Boromir, Frodo, and Sauron The Fellowstower'sking - by somebody who can't write words seperately My Rival - by Harry Potter Something not worth your time - by a non-fan
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02-17-2002, 09:39 PM | #15 |
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Mordor, She Wrote
by Arwen Undomiel (author's name fits title) Eat, Drink, and Smoke Weed by Olorin How The East Was Won
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02-17-2002, 09:46 PM | #16 |
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The Greatest Miracle of All Time - The Story of Gimli and Legolas
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02-18-2002, 12:17 AM | #17 |
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"The Wizard of Orthanc"
"Frodo's Adventures In Mordorland" "Armagondor" "Dude, Where's My Ring?" (Sorry Couldn't resist!) |
02-18-2002, 12:23 AM | #18 |
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The Invisible Hobbit
A Second Darkness Now Run Aragorn Run My Dinner With Pippin Breakfast at Bilbo's
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02-18-2002, 01:02 AM | #19 |
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Anduinwatch FaxRider Nazgul Down Samwise Gamgee and the Mountain of Doom BraveOrc Balrog Alone 3 Weddings and Countless Funerals
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02-18-2002, 01:17 AM | #20 |
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LOL, on the last one, Arathorn!
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