From: mloy@iupui.edu (Mark Loy) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Subject: Re: Don't understand the booktitles. Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:41:10 -0500 In article , "Lars Olav Tungesvik" wrote: > I have problems to understand some of the titles of the WoT books. Sometimes > I think they have some hidden meaning. > > Problems to understand these titles: Hey, I can help you out here, Lars ol' buddy. I haven't posted on-topic yet this millenium so I'm due. > -The Shadow Rising This one means that the shadow is becoming erect and is, for all intents and purposes, the damn fuckin' horniest book in the series. > -The Fires of Heaven This is from the Ursula K. LeGuin book called, "The Lathe of Heaven" whereby a guy dreams reality into place--he's probably not _the_ god but he is _a_ god--and is therefore used because of balefire doing sorta the same thing. You want to change reality? Take a mega-hit of LSD downed with a shot of pure absinthe...that ought to do it. Ha! I'm being silly. I'm a siller. I sill. Okay, where was I? Oh yeah....you want to change reality balefire someone. Hence the connection to the "fires" of "heaven" and the "lathe" of "heaven". Ooops...hold it a second. I've just used up my entire quota of "s for the month of May. Fuck. > -Lord of Chaos The big cheese of chaos. The big Kahuna. The head honcho. The Boss of Bosses. Numero Uno. The Chaosmeister. The Chaosinator. The Mayor of Chaos City. > -The Path of Daggers A really dangerous way where death awaits you resplendent with metric buttloads of nasty sharp prickly pointy things. > -Winter's Heart Nestled ever so gently in the very bosom of Winter's cold remorseless black dank blood pumping organ. > I have searched the FAQ, but have not jet found anything info about the > titles. We much rectify this immediately. Guards! My horse! Not that one, you fools! The pretty brown and white stallion one named "Flucka!" To California, I go!! ML