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iain m banks has some great names... temeraire Send a noteboard - 19/09/2010 04:52:49 PM
my favorite being the high lady sharrow (i named my dog after her). his ship names are excellent. some of them are unpronounceable too though, and leave much to be desired... but generally i love them...

grrm has some nice names, but also some annoying ones. the use of the letter q (which makes me read it as uvular stop, as in ipa) always pisses me off because i get distracted trying to pronounce the names instead of reading on :-P qhorin, qyburn, qo'horik. more like q'annoying. :P

rj's names are ok, but the intended pronunciation gets ridiculous sometimes and i just go with whatever i think it should sound like. well... i do that whenever that happens, actually.

i vaguely remember i didn't like erikson's names much. i also can't stand his writing, so i can't quote them since i only read 1/4 of gardens of the moon. (too disparate, couldn't follow the story because every time you almost understand what's happening he jumps to somewhere else entirely; i got pissed off and quit.)

pratchett and gaiman tend to have very nice names that you feel good about... they're more homey or something. :)
"it's like the real world, except there's dragons!"

cw, you are missed...
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Good names - 19/09/2010 11:25:23 AM 1472 Views
eyjafjallajökull? - 19/09/2010 01:16:49 PM 888 Views
Yes, that one is quite evil - 19/09/2010 01:19:16 PM 959 Views
Hmm. - 19/09/2010 02:03:49 PM 919 Views
Awww - 19/09/2010 02:06:44 PM 1049 Views
It makes sense for him, though. - 19/09/2010 02:12:23 PM 877 Views
Re: It makes sense for him, though. - 19/09/2010 02:14:36 PM 881 Views
Re: It makes sense for him, though. - 19/09/2010 02:19:07 PM 947 Views
sorry to keep nitpicking - 19/09/2010 02:40:35 PM 797 Views
Re: sorry to keep nitpicking - 19/09/2010 02:42:45 PM 820 Views
Re: sorry to keep nitpicking - 19/09/2010 02:44:32 PM 879 Views
Mat and Elayne and Thom are pretty recognizable as English names *NM* - 19/09/2010 04:32:20 PM 396 Views
Some Dutch girl's names are lovely. - 19/09/2010 04:20:57 PM 913 Views
Yeah, he once said that - 19/09/2010 08:47:05 PM 862 Views
But it's spelled Elena or Yelena in the Roman alphabet, surely. - 19/09/2010 04:14:46 PM 969 Views
I know the example I quoted is spelt that way - 19/09/2010 04:19:56 PM 874 Views
I actually rather like David Eddings' names. - 19/09/2010 02:26:52 PM 1051 Views
Re: I actually rather like David Eddings' names. - 19/09/2010 02:28:30 PM 838 Views
Me too - 20/09/2010 03:01:02 PM 934 Views
Nynaeve ("Neigh-neev" ) - 19/09/2010 02:45:22 PM 947 Views
Re: Nynaeve ("Neigh-neev" ) - 19/09/2010 02:49:53 PM 928 Views
Funny, I hate the "neigh-neev" pronunciation. - 19/09/2010 04:29:14 PM 990 Views
me too - 19/09/2010 06:31:11 PM 790 Views
Re: Funny, I hate the "neigh-neev" pronunciation. - 19/09/2010 06:45:54 PM 981 Views
Mild-may-your-sufferings-be-at-the-hands-of-the-wicked. - 19/09/2010 04:18:31 PM 924 Views
That is very cool. *NM* - 19/09/2010 04:21:49 PM 373 Views
I just looked up that book series... - 20/09/2010 05:24:11 PM 982 Views
Quite a bit. - 21/09/2010 12:04:51 AM 882 Views
It's fantastic. *NM* - 21/09/2010 04:02:16 PM 420 Views
iain m banks has some great names... - 19/09/2010 04:52:49 PM 867 Views
I was grumbling to myself about his names last night - 19/09/2010 04:56:44 PM 967 Views
That's a fairly silly stance, you know. - 19/09/2010 05:04:22 PM 1039 Views
I don't know - 19/09/2010 05:08:29 PM 841 Views
I've always been quite impressed by Anomander Rake. - 19/09/2010 10:05:10 PM 831 Views
That is a good name, I agree. - 19/09/2010 10:18:37 PM 755 Views
The ships in the Culture do have the BEST names. *NM* - 20/09/2010 07:13:45 PM 399 Views
A Song of Ice and Fire tends to have good names. Grounded, but just exotic enough. *NM* - 20/09/2010 06:14:13 AM 384 Views
+1 *NM* - 20/09/2010 05:11:58 PM 366 Views
Hands down winner is Zaphod Beeblebrox. *NM* - 20/09/2010 03:56:58 PM 420 Views
So true *NM* - 20/09/2010 04:00:06 PM 365 Views
I don't know who has the best names overall, but I'll always love the name Bellatrix Lestrange. - 20/09/2010 07:12:18 PM 900 Views
That is a very good one. - 20/09/2010 07:13:42 PM 837 Views

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