Maybe we can compromise and refer to it as "The Book Formerly Known as the Suicide Prince." 
I liked the SP title better as well.
I liked the SP title better as well.
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nome...et is past tense...I was shootin for the imperative mood.
It's a good title, but I don't like what it implies for Hodges.
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I suppose I like End of Watch better simply because it seems more subject to interpretation.
"Suicide" only refers to one thing, and while there may be many different sorts of princes, mostly what a prince is is -- pun alert -- a son of the king.
Read whatever you like into that. That's the whole point, I think.
I tend to look at the word "watch" more in nautical terms because I was a sailor for many years, but a deck watch and a cop's shift could be seen very similar. The first thing that occurs to me when I read that title is that it's misleading . . . and that is a good thing.
See . . . the end of your watch is the beginning of someone else's. Watch itself (if you're doing it correctly) doesn't end. Not ever.
Add to that the fact that not everybody who is on "watch" is necessarily always "watching" and that there are other ways to have fun with the word (as many of you have pointed out so well in this thread), and what you've got is a title that could mean any number of different things . . .
Or nothing at all.
And that's the fun.
"Suicide" only refers to one thing, and while there may be many different sorts of princes, mostly what a prince is is -- pun alert -- a son of the king.
Read whatever you like into that. That's the whole point, I think.
I tend to look at the word "watch" more in nautical terms because I was a sailor for many years, but a deck watch and a cop's shift could be seen very similar. The first thing that occurs to me when I read that title is that it's misleading . . . and that is a good thing.
See . . . the end of your watch is the beginning of someone else's. Watch itself (if you're doing it correctly) doesn't end. Not ever.
Add to that the fact that not everybody who is on "watch" is necessarily always "watching" and that there are other ways to have fun with the word (as many of you have pointed out so well in this thread), and what you've got is a title that could mean any number of different things . . .
Or nothing at all.
And that's the fun.
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I was never really keen the title "suicide Prince" for some reason, I much prefer end of watch.
End Of Watch is fitting, but it seems so very generic. Without knowing more about the path that the book will take however, I don't know if The Suicide Prince was any better, though it had more of a ring to the memory.
I AM however really looking forward to the book though and seeing how it is all going to end.
I AM however really looking forward to the book though and seeing how it is all going to end.
Suicide Prince was amazing, but I like End of Watch too.
I was re-reading the short story "Everything's Eventual" last night (my GOD, one of my favorites" and was completely reminds of the title Suicide Prince. Anyone else see a loose connection?
The Suicide Prince sounds like a Regency Romance on steroids. End of Watch sounds bland enough not to insult anyone. It might not attract anyone, either. How about, Watch the Suicide Prince End? Just a thought.
Title Schmidle.....you know we would all read it even if it didn't have a title! Hey.....that would be an interesting experiment!
Great idea! Like the Beatles' White Album. No title. But we know who recorded it. Just put a white (or other color) on the book jacket.
And only Stephen King on it embossed. Too cool to be true. Stacy, you are a genius.
Title? Heck, I would read it if it was released on lotto scratch off paper, that I had to reveal as I read... Lol...
Just think of all the "Who's on First" type conversations that would be happening.