I’m about to head out the door to catch a flight to San Diego. Won’t the flight be surprised! Posting will likely be spotty here for the next few days.
In the absence of actual content, I present you with anagrams for my book titles.
Old Man’s War
ALMOND WARS
MAD SNARL, OW
DAMN WARS, LO!
RANDOM LAWS
ONWARD SLAM
DARN, MA! OWLS!
WARN AS MOLD
The Ghost Brigades
GATHER BIDETS, HOGS!
BAD TOGETHER, SIGHS
BIGHEARTED GHOSTS
BRASH GEODE TIGHTS
EGGHEADS BOTH STIR
EGAD! BIGOTS THRESH!
EARTH’S GOB SIGHTED
The Last Colony
LEACH LOTS, TONY!
SNOOTY HELLCAT
LO! STONY CHALET!
COOLANT ETHYLS
HOLY COLA TENTS
LACY HELOTS? NOT!
HOT LONELY CATS
Agent to the Stars
GAS THREATENS TOT
THE SNOT SAGE, TART
THE TORT SAGS? NEAT!
TASTE OTHER ANGST
STOATS RAG THE NET
TARTS NAG THE TOES
AGHAST! ROTTENEST!
The Android’s Dream
MATADORS HINDERED
HANDMAID RESTORED
A STARDOM, HINDERED
SHORTENED ID DRAMA
RAMRODDED SAINT, EH?
DAMN REDHEADS RIOT
ODDEST HARRIED MAN
Yeah, sorry. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
How long have you been saving those up??
All my life, Jon. All my life.
So TAD was not only an homage to Philip K. Dick, but Margaret Atwood, as well? :)
Too much time of your hands?
“Agent to the Stars”
….GAS THREATENS TOT
Priceless!
I’m sure I’m not the only SF fan who would buy a book called DAMN REDHEADS RIOT sight unseen.
Being a redhead, I would definitely buy DAMN REDHEADS RIOT, sight unseen, because, well, we do riot, damnit!
(We’re also an alien species who will eventually take over the world, but that’s a different topic…)
Say, Scalzi, since the date of the tour approaches with ever flightful feet, what name did you ever decide on to call the tour?
“HOT LONELY CATS”
Sigh…as a jury member for a local SF/F literary award, I have read WAY too many stories that could easily have had this title.
DAMN REDHEADS RIOT would also be an awesome name for a rock band.
Damn! Someone beat me to the Dave Barry reference. I was going to say “Taste Other Angst” or “Holy Cola Tents” for band names.
Given the plot, I think “GAS THREATENS TOT” would have been a better name for The Android’s Dream.
Clearly a glitch in the anagram generator (please, please, please tell me you used an anagram generator, and you didn’t spend hours coming up with all of these on your own…)
Old Man’s War = A Man’s World. There’s also “lama drowns” and “sandal worm”.
YMMV. A lot, probably.
The Last Colony = Call to Honesty
Stealth colony, stealthy colon. Shot lonely cat. Call to thy nose! Scanty hell, too.
The salt colony?