Monday, November 21, 2005
Long Title Watch
A couple posts ago, I mentioned the progressive lengthening of book titles, but provided no examples. Here's one I just ran across:
"Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004 Red Sox"
C'mon. That's ridiculous. It's wholly unnecessary. If you insist on a subtitle, how about "How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation". Maybe the publishers thought that might be taken too seriously, but why not "How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation with a Little Help from the 2004 Red Sox"? I feel like I've already read the whole book after just reading the subtitle.
"Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004 Red Sox"
C'mon. That's ridiculous. It's wholly unnecessary. If you insist on a subtitle, how about "How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation". Maybe the publishers thought that might be taken too seriously, but why not "How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation with a Little Help from the 2004 Red Sox"? I feel like I've already read the whole book after just reading the subtitle.
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