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The most elegant, of course, are those that work by turning a noun into a verb, or a proper name into a word. For instance, the aforementioned Two Sisters Gore Vidal, or Red Nails Robert E. Howard, or the picturesque Clans of the Alphane Moon Philip K. Dick

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@guygavrielkay I wonder about this, since the most famous Wigglesworth of the 17th century, by far, was the Rev. Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705), author of the bestselling (and eye-wateringly terrible) epic poem _The Day of Doom_, and he was a Puritan, very much not a Quaker.

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Entries that _are_ full sentences include Byzantium Endures Michael Moorcock, Paradise Lost John Milton, The Hero With a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell, We Can Build You Philip K. Dick, I Will Fear No Evil Robert A. Heinlein, and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Harlan Ellison

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@guygavrielkay I wonder about this, since the most famous Wigglesworth of the 17th century, by far, was the Rev. Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705), author of the bestselling (and eye-wateringly terrible) epic poem _The Day of Doom_, and he was a Puritan, very much not a Quaker.

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I just realized, this book is a new entry in the master list of Title And Author Combinations That Make A Complete Sentence Along with such classics as Moving Mars Greg Bear, The Barbie Murders John Varley, and of course Two Sisters Gore Vidal https://t.co/jdecK5vSnI

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We believe this originated with Gardner Dozois and that its first example was The Man Who Melted Jack Dann. Which is grammatical but _not_ a complete sentence. Alas, a purist insistence on full sentences excludes such glories as The Joy of Cooking Irma S. Rombauer.

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@SlacktivistFred Yep. @tnielsenhayden is a Rev. John Lothropp descendant, as were Julia Child, Joseph Smith, FDR, Georgia O’Keefe, the Dulles brothers, Wild Bill Hickock, Benjamin Spock, Damon Knight, Fritz Leiber Jr., and literally millions of other people.

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Alas, the complete-sentence requirement excludes such otherwise fine examples as Fear L. Ron Hubbard, Space James Michener, Dying Inside Robert Silverberg, and The Complete Guide to Home Canning, Preserving, and Freezing the U.S. Department of Agriculture

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@mordicai All of the Tor Essentials appear in trade paperback, but we've given a few of them simultaneous paper-over-board hardcovers: Ford's THE DRAGON WAITING; THE BEST OF R. A. LAFFERTY; Gene Wolfe's SHADOW & CLAW and SWORD & CITADEL; and Glen Cook's THE BLACK COMPANY.

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Entries that _are_ full sentences include Byzantium Endures Michael Moorcock, Paradise Lost John Milton, The Hero With a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell, We Can Build You Philip K. Dick, I Will Fear No Evil Robert A. Heinlein, and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Harlan Ellison