The Climate Crisis: We're not totally screwed yet.
You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.
Giles ,'Touched'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Gudanov - Jan 24, 2011 10:41:40 am PST #3928 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 24, 2011 11:07:20 am PST #3929 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Cooling a Fevered Planet: Political Solutions for the Climate Crisis.
That's good.
Typo Boy - Jan 24, 2011 12:10:01 pm PST #3930 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
It is good, but it nothing in that to rule out policy that concentrates putting a price on carbon.
I was very attached to "Cooling a Fevered Planet" too. The problem is that while good look it does not do its share of the work. "Cooling a Fevered Planet" does not tell the reader that the book is about the climate crisis. Could be, but could be about war fever, or overconsumption or hundreds of things. So the subtitle can't start with assuming the reader has learned anything from the title, and has to carry 100%. That leads to a too long subtitle, or a title:subtitle combo that does not convey minimum information. A thought. You can cool a crisis. So what about:
"Cooling the Climate Crisis: More Than Market Tinkering" or
"Cooling the Climate Crisis: Post Carbon-Pricing Politics"
Hmm - "Post Carbon-Pricing Politics" does all the work I need , so I could even get fevered planet back:
"Cooling a Fevered Planet: Post Carbon-Pricing Politics"
or reverse the order for a colon free -
Post Carbon-Pricing Politics to Cool a Fevered Planet
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 24, 2011 12:17:29 pm PST #3931 of 6690
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I like the 'cooling the crisis' idea.
Polter-Cow - Jan 24, 2011 12:18:15 pm PST #3932 of 6690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"Cooling a Fevered Planet: Post Carbon-Pricing Politics"
Out of those, I like this the best. Although "Cooling the Climate Crisis" has some nice alliteration going for it. On the other hand, it sounds like you're just trying to cool the political crisis, i.e. make everyone stop yelling so loudly.
Typo Boy - Jan 24, 2011 12:22:35 pm PST #3933 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Or shorter
"Cooling a Fevered Planet: Beyond Carbon Pricing".
No longer has the word "politics" in it, but hopefully that is implied.
Typo Boy - Jan 24, 2011 12:24:04 pm PST #3934 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Or: "Cooling Fevered Earth: Beyond Carbon Pricing".
Cause we really don't care how hot Venus gets.
Connie Neil - Jan 24, 2011 12:26:47 pm PST #3935 of 6690
brillig
Is your target audience likely to know about carbon pricing? Enough to go "Yeah, I want to read that book!"?
-t - Jan 24, 2011 12:27:22 pm PST #3936 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Cooling our Fevered Planet: Policy Solutions Beyond Carbon Pricing
Typo Boy - Jan 24, 2011 12:34:02 pm PST #3937 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Cooling our Fevered Planet: Unconventional Solutions to the Climate Crisis