# Help me with my novel title! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603 "2015-01-12T04:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/41 "2015-01-12T19:03:41Z")
How about The Tangle of Repose (Look up the “angle of repose” if you don’t understand the reference.) Under the Tipping Point A Feather against the Tipping Point The Tripping Point J. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/42 "2015-01-12T19:47:35Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > The Path Less Traveled. > > From “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — > I took the one less traveled by, > And that has made all the difference.” > > The end of “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. “The Road Not Taken” would be good title in itself and there don’t seem to be any books already called it. Damn you!😃 I came here to post something from that poem. I was thinking _“Two Paths Diverging”_ If this is the first in a series(hope, hope) it could be subtitled _“The Stony Path”_ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/43 "2015-01-12T19:57:01Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Damn you!😃 I came here to post something from that poem. > > I was thinking _“Two Paths Diverging”_ > > If this is the first in a series(hope, hope) it could be subtitled _“The Stony Path”_ It is the first in the series. But I really want to stay away from blatant “Stone” puns (especially any that involve using a form of the word or as part of another word). I’ve been brainstorming using urban fantasy words like “darkness/dark” and “shadow” and concepts like “brink,” “beneath/below,” “bridge,” “passage,” “decision point,” etc. Got a few I don’t completely hate, but I think the answer is still waiting for me out there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/44 "2015-01-12T21:04:08Z")
Shadow Precipice? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/45 "2015-01-12T21:22:25Z")
The Lesser Evil Easy Street, Dead End Right Lane, Wrong Road A Streetcar Named Demur ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/46 "2015-01-12T23:18:56Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Is there some scientific term or phrase that means something like “at the point of no return” or “poised on the brink” or “could go either way”? That’s another possibility, if there is. Stone of Sisyphus? ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/47 "2015-01-12T23:56:03Z")
Edge of Allegiance Verge Of Realms Dimensions Divided ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/48 "2015-01-13T01:29:17Z")
_ **Between Light and Dark** _. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/49 "2015-01-13T04:15:30Z")
Paths Untravelled The Narrowed Path Fear of the Unknown ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/50 "2015-01-13T05:02:18Z")
Would you all just stop. I have the perfect title. “CASTING The First Stone.” ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/51 "2015-01-13T06:55:52Z")
ffttt 😛 Another descriptive word that could be used is “cusp.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/52 "2015-01-13T07:28:07Z")
_ **On the Cusp** _ _ **In the Balance** _ ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/53 "2015-01-14T09:52:43Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > It is the first in the series. But I really want to stay away from blatant “Stone” puns (especially any that involve using a form of the word or as part of another word). > > I’ve been brainstorming using urban fantasy words like “darkness/dark” and “shadow” and concepts like “brink,” “beneath/below,” “bridge,” “passage,” “decision point,” etc. Got a few I don’t completely hate, but I think the answer is still waiting for me out there somewhere. Between Two Shadows Between the Shadows A Choice of Shadows ---
**Author:** ![yo\_han\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yo_han_go/32/130_2.png) [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/54 "2015-01-14T10:46:28Z")
Bleak and Fast Californian Balls of Fire Surfin’ Sea of Magic and Couple of Stones Stone and Glass Stone the High (sorry could not help it) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/55 "2015-01-14T13:54:54Z")
Sixteen Stone, What D’you Get? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/56 "2015-01-15T09:42:07Z")
_ **Shadow of the Valley** _. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/57 "2015-01-15T10:02:58Z")
Because the rich old lady makes me think about Miss Havershim, I’m going to suggest _Mage Expectations._ ETA (and another word that means stone is Pip, right?) ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/58 "2015-01-15T12:38:52Z")
Mage and minge. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603/59 "2015-01-15T13:05:10Z")
_ **Gift of the Mage** _ _ **Valley of the Shadow** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-novel-title/709603.md?page=2)