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A Song of Ice and Fire tends to have good names. Grounded, but just exotic enough. *NM* lord-of-shadow Send a noteboard - 20/09/2010 06:14:13 AM
Reading Joe's post below, I remembered that I really like the name Ilyena. It is, to my mind, the best of the made-up names of Robert Jordan's books. And science fiction and fantasy suffers under a tendency to make up some stupid names, frequently unpronounceable, which only seem to be there to make it clear that we are not talking about the real world. Being slightly obsessed with how words sound and also how names fit things, this is something I find rather distressing.

So.

-What is your favourite made-up name in a work of fiction?

-What is the worst example you can think of?
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Good names Camilla - 19/09/2010 11:25:23 AM 1431 Views
eyjafjallajökull? jh - 19/09/2010 01:16:49 PM 848 Views
Yes, that one is quite evil Camilla - 19/09/2010 01:19:16 PM 921 Views
Hmm. snoopcester - 19/09/2010 02:03:49 PM 883 Views
Awww Camilla - 19/09/2010 02:06:44 PM 1015 Views
It makes sense for him, though. Rebekah - 19/09/2010 02:12:23 PM 841 Views
Re: It makes sense for him, though. Camilla - 19/09/2010 02:14:36 PM 843 Views
Re: It makes sense for him, though. Rebekah - 19/09/2010 02:19:07 PM 907 Views
sorry to keep nitpicking snoopcester - 19/09/2010 02:40:35 PM 754 Views
Re: sorry to keep nitpicking Rebekah - 19/09/2010 02:42:45 PM 784 Views
Re: sorry to keep nitpicking snoopcester - 19/09/2010 02:44:32 PM 840 Views
Mat and Elayne and Thom are pretty recognizable as English names *NM* Darth_Katie - 19/09/2010 04:32:20 PM 380 Views
Some Dutch girl's names are lovely. Legolas - 19/09/2010 04:20:57 PM 871 Views
Yeah, he once said that BlackAdder - 19/09/2010 08:47:05 PM 825 Views
But it's spelled Elena or Yelena in the Roman alphabet, surely. Legolas - 19/09/2010 04:14:46 PM 935 Views
I know the example I quoted is spelt that way snoopcester - 19/09/2010 04:19:56 PM 831 Views
I actually rather like David Eddings' names. Rebekah - 19/09/2010 02:26:52 PM 1010 Views
Re: I actually rather like David Eddings' names. Camilla - 19/09/2010 02:28:30 PM 801 Views
Ce'Nedra is one of the rare cases where the apostrophe is justified. Legolas - 19/09/2010 04:16:51 PM 843 Views
Me too Elaine - 20/09/2010 03:01:02 PM 891 Views
Nynaeve ("Neigh-neev" ) Lordling - 19/09/2010 02:45:22 PM 899 Views
Re: Nynaeve ("Neigh-neev" ) Camilla - 19/09/2010 02:49:53 PM 891 Views
Funny, I hate the "neigh-neev" pronunciation. Darth_Katie - 19/09/2010 04:29:14 PM 948 Views
me too ranagrande - 19/09/2010 06:31:11 PM 749 Views
Re: Funny, I hate the "neigh-neev" pronunciation. Lordling - 19/09/2010 06:45:54 PM 938 Views
Mild-may-your-sufferings-be-at-the-hands-of-the-wicked. Chas - 19/09/2010 04:18:31 PM 884 Views
That is very cool. *NM* Camilla - 19/09/2010 04:21:49 PM 356 Views
I just looked up that book series... Missa Sedai - 20/09/2010 05:24:11 PM 945 Views
Quite a bit. Chas - 21/09/2010 12:04:51 AM 843 Views
It's fantastic. *NM* Aeryn - 21/09/2010 04:02:16 PM 397 Views
iain m banks has some great names... temeraire - 19/09/2010 04:52:49 PM 827 Views
I was grumbling to myself about his names last night Camilla - 19/09/2010 04:56:44 PM 919 Views
That's a fairly silly stance, you know. Legolas - 19/09/2010 05:04:22 PM 998 Views
I don't know Camilla - 19/09/2010 05:08:29 PM 802 Views
hehe... sometimes i just make up my own nicknmes when his are too long temeraire - 21/09/2010 04:37:43 PM 847 Views
I've always been quite impressed by Anomander Rake. Tim - 19/09/2010 10:05:10 PM 794 Views
That is a good name, I agree. Camilla - 19/09/2010 10:18:37 PM 720 Views
I like that the older beings in Malazan have varying names (e.g. Anomandaris Purake). *NM* Ghavrel - 20/09/2010 02:20:15 AM 368 Views
I was going to mention that one myself, too. Just rolls right off the tongue. Delicious. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 20/09/2010 06:13:10 AM 434 Views
The ships in the Culture do have the BEST names. *NM* LiterateDog - 20/09/2010 07:13:45 PM 381 Views
Robb Hobb has the easiest names in the Fitz series *NM* Dark Knight - 20/09/2010 03:50:07 AM 387 Views
oh man, i don't know how i forgot robin hobb...... i adore her names. especially nighteyes. *NM* temeraire - 21/09/2010 04:31:33 PM 389 Views
A Song of Ice and Fire tends to have good names. Grounded, but just exotic enough. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 20/09/2010 06:14:13 AM 366 Views
+1 *NM* Fox and Ravens - 20/09/2010 05:11:58 PM 347 Views
Hands down winner is Zaphod Beeblebrox. *NM* Tigr - 20/09/2010 03:56:58 PM 390 Views
So true *NM* Camilla - 20/09/2010 04:00:06 PM 349 Views
I don't know who has the best names overall, but I'll always love the name Bellatrix Lestrange. LiterateDog - 20/09/2010 07:12:18 PM 851 Views
That is a very good one. Camilla - 20/09/2010 07:13:42 PM 800 Views
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