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Great story, but terrible title. I'm not sure exactly what the point of a title is, but if it's to inform about what the story is, or entice, it does neither.
by roshin 3y ago
Great story, but terrible title. I'm not sure exactly what the point of a title is, but if it's to inform about what the story is, or entice, it does neither.
- fortran77 3y ago[flagged]
- alexb_ 3y agoIs this your personal hackernews hate subreddit? All submissions are from one user
- WJW 3y agoMany fictional titles explain very little if you have not already read the work. Take "lord of the rings" for example, or "Anna Karenina", or even "the Bible". "Flowers for Algernon" is a fine, memorable title that makes sense in the context of what the story is about.
- arethuza 3y agoI consulted an AI to see if it could recommend a better title for "Lord of the Rings" - and (I am not making this up) it suggested "Ringworld"....
- mangamadaiyan 3y agoDo I hear the librarian going "Ook"? Sir Terry must be turning in his grave. Edit: Note -- I confused Ringworld with Discworld, as pointed out by rowyourboat below.
- rowyourboat 3y agoI think you are confusing rings with discs. Larry Niven is the one doing the spinning
- mangamadaiyan 3y agoMy apologies. You are correct indeed.
- zem 3y agoto bring this full circle, terry pratchett's early science fiction novel "strata" was largely a parody of "ringworld". not as good as his post-stride-hitting discworld books, but worth a read anyway
- nottorp 3y agoBut the "AI" recommendation does sound like it came from a Discworld book.
- mangamadaiyan 3y agoOn that note, I really wish someone would name their AI after Bergholt Stuttley a.k.a Bloody Stupid Johnson.
- tomrod 3y agoIt's a story that is a classical part of education for most adults who have gone through it (US-focused). Perhaps you didn't read it. If your education journey was in another locale, are there any stories that stick with you that strike a similar contemplation, of the hubris of man and the untamed heart?
- raymondh 3y agoThe Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
- myth2018 3y agoDid you read the book? (Spoiler Alert) Basically the only thing remaining with Charlie after his regression was the memory of his friend Algernon. A "mere" laboratory rat, like himself. That's a message about what things really matter in the long run.
- helboi4 3y agoEngineering robot-person who cannot comprehend art with unquantifiable emotional value sneers, self-righteously at critically acclaimed art. He knows better because he knows calculus AND he organised his pens in chronological order of their manufacture date this morning. The electric feeling of restrained satisfaction had prickled across all the cropped hairs of his protruding neck. Everything must have logical meaning, he says. His wife peels away from him laboriously like the protective film he never takes off electrical products. I'm going to sleep, she says.