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I've always been quite impressed by Anomander Rake. Tim Send a noteboard - 19/09/2010 10:05:10 PM
Also, as temeraire mentioned, Iain [M] Banks has some pretty good names, especially for spaceships in his Culture novels. Examples include Very Little Gravitas Indeed and Ravished By The Sheer Implausibility Of That Last Statement.
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Good names - 19/09/2010 11:25:23 AM 1451 Views
eyjafjallajökull? - 19/09/2010 01:16:49 PM 863 Views
Yes, that one is quite evil - 19/09/2010 01:19:16 PM 940 Views
Hmm. - 19/09/2010 02:03:49 PM 898 Views
Awww - 19/09/2010 02:06:44 PM 1030 Views
It makes sense for him, though. - 19/09/2010 02:12:23 PM 855 Views
Re: It makes sense for him, though. - 19/09/2010 02:14:36 PM 857 Views
Re: It makes sense for him, though. - 19/09/2010 02:19:07 PM 924 Views
sorry to keep nitpicking - 19/09/2010 02:40:35 PM 773 Views
Re: sorry to keep nitpicking - 19/09/2010 02:42:45 PM 799 Views
Re: sorry to keep nitpicking - 19/09/2010 02:44:32 PM 856 Views
Mat and Elayne and Thom are pretty recognizable as English names *NM* - 19/09/2010 04:32:20 PM 388 Views
Some Dutch girl's names are lovely. - 19/09/2010 04:20:57 PM 894 Views
Yeah, he once said that - 19/09/2010 08:47:05 PM 840 Views
But it's spelled Elena or Yelena in the Roman alphabet, surely. - 19/09/2010 04:14:46 PM 951 Views
I know the example I quoted is spelt that way - 19/09/2010 04:19:56 PM 857 Views
I actually rather like David Eddings' names. - 19/09/2010 02:26:52 PM 1034 Views
Re: I actually rather like David Eddings' names. - 19/09/2010 02:28:30 PM 814 Views
Me too - 20/09/2010 03:01:02 PM 912 Views
Nynaeve ("Neigh-neev" ) - 19/09/2010 02:45:22 PM 925 Views
Re: Nynaeve ("Neigh-neev" ) - 19/09/2010 02:49:53 PM 904 Views
Funny, I hate the "neigh-neev" pronunciation. - 19/09/2010 04:29:14 PM 969 Views
me too - 19/09/2010 06:31:11 PM 767 Views
Re: Funny, I hate the "neigh-neev" pronunciation. - 19/09/2010 06:45:54 PM 954 Views
Mild-may-your-sufferings-be-at-the-hands-of-the-wicked. - 19/09/2010 04:18:31 PM 904 Views
That is very cool. *NM* - 19/09/2010 04:21:49 PM 365 Views
I just looked up that book series... - 20/09/2010 05:24:11 PM 962 Views
Quite a bit. - 21/09/2010 12:04:51 AM 858 Views
It's fantastic. *NM* - 21/09/2010 04:02:16 PM 413 Views
iain m banks has some great names... - 19/09/2010 04:52:49 PM 847 Views
I was grumbling to myself about his names last night - 19/09/2010 04:56:44 PM 943 Views
That's a fairly silly stance, you know. - 19/09/2010 05:04:22 PM 1015 Views
I don't know - 19/09/2010 05:08:29 PM 819 Views
I've always been quite impressed by Anomander Rake. - 19/09/2010 10:05:10 PM 809 Views
That is a good name, I agree. - 19/09/2010 10:18:37 PM 732 Views
The ships in the Culture do have the BEST names. *NM* - 20/09/2010 07:13:45 PM 390 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 374 Views
+1 *NM* - 20/09/2010 05:11:58 PM 353 Views
Hands down winner is Zaphod Beeblebrox. *NM* - 20/09/2010 03:56:58 PM 409 Views
So true *NM* - 20/09/2010 04:00:06 PM 357 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 877 Views
That is a very good one. - 20/09/2010 07:13:42 PM 819 Views

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