Comments on: The Importance of Titles

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By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:33:46 +0000

Man… I am so annoyed that it wasn’t named Ziz. I mean, how can you not complete the trio? It’d be perfect, and would bring out more awareness on the guy.

I mean, the Leviathan is the ruler of the seas, the Behemoth is the ruler of the lands, so obviously the last one’s going to be the ruler of the air, right? Right? Nope, just a random dude (sure, a big dude, but he can’t really compare).

“sigh” I know it’s silly to get so upset over a name, but it just doesn’t feel right at all.

By: Cassidy

Cassidy — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:16:24 +0000

YAY whoever wrote Goliath before, thats what the name is gonna be! Thats what I love about Scott-he ACTUALLY TAKES FEEDBACK FROM HIS READERS! yay how refreshing! oh, and although I feel sorry for ziz, and it sounds cool, I hate it as a title. Its a horrible match for Aleks and Deryns story, which is not very silly.

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:57:40 +0000

Sir, On wikipedia It says that Ziz is comparable to a persian monster called Simurgh. I don’t know about you but to me Simurgh sounds pretty badass. Even More badass than goliath.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:55:47 +0000

Wait I meant my first pick is Ziz
Second choice is Phoenix.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:48:16 +0000

Even though the name Ziz has been obscure during the last few thousand years if it returns it will be a household name, And will be much more fearsome.

Goliath even though in the bible is not a beast, your book must be named after a beast and a flying one at that.

So I vote Phoenix.

By: Graham

Graham — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:37:06 +0000

Why not go with a shortened version of a scientific name? Like “Kraken” has already been done in Leviathan, so using it as a proper noun wouldn’t break any new ground. But a kraken is a cephalopod…so how about “Cephalos”? That sounds awesome.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:27:09 +0000

Okay, I can totally get where you’re coming from, when I first stumbled across the trio, I was underwhelmed by Ziz to. (And please excuse my terrible english)

BUT

I personally would LOVE to see Ziz as the last title. I feel that there’s a lot of really awsome Jewish mythology out there, and frankly, no one really uses it. Would anyone write “Percy Jackson and the Rabi Loew?” No. Jewish mythology is REALLY COOL and REALLY UNDERREPRESENTED. Go for Ziz, dude, stick with the cohesivness, and bring some new cultures into the limelight.

If to you Ziz is termanally lame (I could totally understand that), the only other thing I can come up with is the name Simurgh, which is a Russian name for a Ziz-like monster.

Just my 2 cents.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:18:09 +0000

Perhaps continue to use a biblical (or Torah) reference that also is synonomous with size such as Ziggurat or Nebuchadnezzar. While Nebuchadnezzar might be a bit too generic or overused (the name of the ship in the Matrix), if perhaps you use it to reference some sort of flying machine, Ziggurat would be completely relevant biblically. In the biblical story of the tower of Babel (which is widely also known as the Ziggurat of Babylon), God smote his people for reaching too high in the heavens for their own glory. There are many ways you could tie in a title like that I think….

By: Kaitlin

Kaitlin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:50:09 +0000

I like Ziz but it is a bit short…… maybe for the title you could call it Beastie…? idk just a thought