Most awe inspiring titles?

[Guest Fire Lord]

What title does it for you? Suppose you were shown all the books, and asked to pick one, going by their titles only, without any knowledge of whatever is inside, or without the art cover to give you a clue. Which would you pick?

 

Personally, I think Lord of Chaos is one of the best titles R.J. ever came up with. I liked the book before even reading it, just because of that title, and the book lived up to my expectations as well.

I like Crossroads of Twilight, there is a mysteriously chilling sound to it. And I liked the Dragon Reborn as well--up to the point where I realized that Rand only makes a cameo appearance in a book that should have been dedicated to him.

The Fires of Heaven doesn't sound bad, and Winter's Heart makes you go cold, though I didn't find it exactly a match to the book.

 

I still don't get what Knife of Dreams is supposed to mean ;D

 

Any favorite?

[Child of Lir]

Yep, "Lord of Chaos", or "The Shadow Rising" - reminds me of "The Dark is Rising".

[Moiraine_Damodred]

The Fires of Heaven, The Dragon Reborn, and Winter's Heart for me

[The Lost One]

The Fires of Heaven and Lord of Chaos  for me

[Guest Fire Lord]

Ah yes, the Shadow Rising, sounds pretty creepy. Don't understand how I could forget it.

[Paladin]

Lord of Chaos Definately

Then " The Dragon Reborn" & Eye of the world

[demonspawn]

For me, definately Shadow Rising as it suggests that the DO is stepping things up a little

[Thorum]

Knife of Dreams is the best

 

followed by Eye of the World.

 

The most intriguing ones are Fires of Heaven and Memory of Light

 

The less appealing ones are New Spring, and Winter's Heart

[Guest Fire Lord]

I read Knife of Dreams only once, so that maybe the reason why I'm failing to grasp it, but what does in reality 'Knife of Dreams' refer to?

[Thorum]

I don't know. It just is the coolest title in the series.

[Vemynal]

"And in the heart of winter shall winter's heart be born" ^^

[Thorum]

Winter's heart. I always thought it was only because the winter kept on going during that book.

 

Now I look at it: Rand's hart gets very cold. Never seen it that way. Thanx vemy

[RobertAlexWillis]

Knife of Dreams comes from the quote at the beginning of the book.

 

"The sweetness of victory and the bitterness of defeat are alike a knife of dreams."

-From Fog and Steel by Madoc Comadrin

 

In other words, win or lose, these people aren't sleeping easy.  Alot of people are getting killed.

[Ealdur Tinuviel]

Are you sure that is what it means? Me, Im a little uncertain. Its got to be the most confusing prophecy yet...

[Zardi]

and Winter's Heart makes you go cold, though I didn't find it exactly a match to the book.

I think that's one of the best titles, actually. It describes very well what happened to Rand's emotional health in that book, as a result of both the imprisonment in Far Madding and the Cleansing.

[RobertAlexWillis]

Are you sure that is what it means? Me, Im a little uncertain. Its got to be the most confusing prophecy yet...

 

Its not a prophecy at all.  Its from a book written on warfare.  And I'm pretty confident thats what it means.  War is hell, whether you win or lose.

[Fiera Taishar]

A Crown of Swords, A Path of Daggers, and The Fires of Heaven did it for me.

[Guest Fire Lord]

About Winter's Heart, I had actually never considered it to relate to Rand's emotional state. Viewed in that light, the title makes sense.

Robert, thanks for the clarification, and war definitely is no good to anyone, even the winners.

 

[streetpizza]

The Fires of Heaven

[Ealdur Tinuviel]

Are you sure that is what it means? Me, Im a little uncertain. Its got to be the most confusing prophecy yet...

 

Its not a prophecy at all.  Its from a book written on warfare.  And I'm pretty confident thats what it means.  War is hell, whether you win or lose.

 

I didn't mean to say it was a prophecy, sorry. But now, I do see how that makes sense.

 

Thanks

[cloglord]

Dolly Parton,.....oh you said Titles 

[Andrew the Great]

Eye of the World, Lord of Chaos, and Path of Daggers are my favorites

[Guest silver89]

Th Path of Daggers, does it for me. :)

[Angel of Death]

Path of Daggers for me.

[Samuraiflip05]

The Eye of The World hands down.  It is the title that made me pick up that first book in 1991-92.  Looking at the books for something other than Dragonlance, and the title caught my eye.  Bought it on a whim and 16 years later, wow.