Yes, a list. Arguably the "laziest" form of writing.
Last night I was met with an assignment that talked about how important a title is to a work of fiction or art. We were then asked to name our ten favorite titles (literally the title, not the work itself), whether it be from books, movies, whatever.
This is what I came up with (in no particular order):
A Confederacy of Dunces (novel, Robert Kennedy Toole)
“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” (short story, Ernest Hemingway)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (novel, Philip K. Dick)
“A Perfect Day For Bananafish” (short story, J.D. Salinger)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (novel, Ken Kesey)
Pulp Fiction (film, Quentin Tarantino)
God Bless You, Doctor Kevorkian (fiction, Kurt Vonnegut)
The Big Lebowski (film, the Coen Brothers)
American Psycho (novel, Bret Easton Ellis)
The Rum Diary (novel, Hunter S. Thompson)
I tried to do as many as possible that were books. 12 Angry Men qualifies for my runner-up.
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I still think mine and Eric's idea to write a children's remake of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" titled "The Short Happy Pants of Francis Macomber" is quite in order.
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