Perdido Sangrenegra Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Why did no editor catch this title and suggest "Doorways to Darkness" instead? It is probably just me, but "doors" sounds and reads poorly. I know that this is a very petty case of unhomophonous-phobia, but I suspect it is also incorrect: the investigators (and entities) do not pass through doors—they pass through doorways.* * (I assume. I have not yet bought or read the volume. Apologies if the scenarios are populated by phase shifters.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perdido Sangrenegra Posted June 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 In defence of my pettiness, I have just noticed that its sequel/companion volume is not titled "Gates to Terror." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud64 Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 There are doors, and these doors lead to darkness – if you open them and go through the now open doorway. You can have a doorway without a door, so doorway doesn't necessarily imply that there's a door behind which something dark is hidden, which is what the title conveys to me if I think about it too much. I don't think there's anything wrong with the use of doors in this title. Equally, I doubt most native English speakers would bat an eyelid if 'Doorways' had been used instead. I'd not considered Gateways to Terror as a sequel. If it is, I am disappointed that they didn't go with the pleasantly alliterative Trapdoors to Terror. Perhaps in that light I should give up hope of ever getting my scenario Anxiety Attic published in Loft-ladders to Lunacy, an anthology of gable roof based investigations. As for Portholes on Panic: Chronicles of Cursed Cruises, that's surely just a distant dream. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheophilusCarter Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 And what's all this nonsense about eyes being windows to the soul? Clearly, they are windoways to the soul! And what about Scarecrow's brain?!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheophilusCarter Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 5 hours ago, Cloud64 said: I am disappointed that they didn't go with the pleasantly alliterative Trapdoors to Terror. I believe you mean, "Trapdoorways to Terror" ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.