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[Recovering_Cynic]

Soooooooo... Oathbound was always just a working title, and it may end up being the final title, but I think I may have found a better one.  As you can see from the above listed poll, the alternate is The Chaos Within.  I think it plays well into the redemption/revenge theme that (hopefully) the story will have.

So, the poll is a bit premature; I won't (and you won't either for that matter) be able to pick a title really until the book is hammered out entirely.  Still, for those of you who've read it (and those of you who like to buy books based on whether the title sounds cool), go ahead and let me know which title you like better for the book.

And yes, Chaos, you now have to choose between my stealing your story name, or stealing your username.  Life sucks that way (although I promise that your username was not the inspiration).  What can I say, you have good taste in names.

[Chaos]

Argh! The choice is too hard! On the one hand, I like Oathbound for my story, so there's that. And a few hours ago when I read this topic originally, I thought Chaos Within sounded awesome. Now... now it sounds akin to a really angsty book about teenagers. Angsty teenagers.

[Frog]

Angsty teenagers.

Is there any other kind?

[Andrew the Great]

I agree. The Chaos Within sounds more like a happy "We all have inner turmoil that gets resolved" than revenge type book. If you're trying to emphasize the redemption theme, it might work, but it sounds a little corny to me.

[lethalfalcon]

I can't say that I really like either of them at this point--neither of them *feel* right to me given what I've read thus far. That said, I'm definitely part of the "ooh, pretty jacket art" kind of impulse buyer.

Obviously you know a lot more about the plot than we do at this point, but with what I've seen, I'd have several other ideas for a title. I don't really see much in the Oath department (other than what was broken in the beginning), and Chaos... well, there's lots of that, but a book without chaos probably isn't much of a story, is it? Entropy takes all the fun out of books.

[Chaos]

and Chaos... well, there's lots of that, but a book without chaos probably isn't much of a story, is it? Entropy takes all the fun out of books.

Actually, entropy puts chaos in books, because entropy is disorder

[lethalfalcon]

I suppose it does. I'm used to using entropy in information theory, where *knowing* the the exact entropy of a system means you can correctly define its state no matter what. More entropy would mean more chaos, until you figured it out. Entropy is just the potential for disorder, though, not the kinetics of it.

I'm sure you know a lot about your namesake, though.

[Chaos]

I suppose it does. I'm used to using entropy in information theory, where *knowing* the the exact entropy of a system means you can correctly define its state no matter what. More entropy would mean more chaos, until you figured it out. Entropy is just the potential for disorder, though, not the kinetics of it.

I'm sure you know a lot about your namesake, though.

Math/physics major. It comes with the territory

[vegetathalas]

I wouldn't sweat too much. Your publisher's going to change it anyway

I like "Chaos Within" without the "The."