"The X of the Y"

[Ant]

OK, this is another thread somewhat along the lines of the "alphabet" threads...

Have you ever noticed how many book and story titles have the format "The X of the Y" (or sometimes just "X of the Y")?

So... a few obvious ones to get us going.

• The Revenge of the Rose - MM
  The Lord of the Rings - JRRT
  "Worms of the Earth" - REH

Ciao,
Ant

[Mikey_C]

The Name of the Rose - UE

The Last of the Mohicans - JFC

The Manifesto of the Communist Party - KM & FE

[L'Etranger]

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom - TEL
One Hundred Years of Solitude - GGM

[DeepFixer]

The Prisoner of the Horned Helmet by James Silke

Thuvia, Maid of Mars by ERB

[xidrep]

The Pocket Guide to Nematode Worms of the Teleost Fishes

Did I get the wrong end of the stick?

[Doc]

How about some more MM stuff...

The Sword of the Dawn
The Nature of the Catastrophe
Bane of the Black Sword

If you take out the second "the," you can also include:
The Traps of Time
The Condition of Muzak
The End of All Songs
The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming
The Laughter of Carthage
And soon--The Vengeance of Rome


And the omnibus:
Warrior of Mars

And with ol' pasty-face:
Stealer of Souls
And, of course, Elric of Melnibone

But I digress with (apparently) too much time on my hands... :oops: :D

[Ant]

@ Perdix: Not so much the wrong end, but the long end...

Several of the others don't count: it's got to be "(The) X of the Y". And "X" and "Y" should be single words...

• The Fortress of the Pearl - MM

Cheers,
Ant

PS. Sorry, Doc, didn't post this in time to help you! But your first three clearly count (although it's The Bane..., but that's just nitpicking...).

[Doc]

Sometimes nitpicking simply reveals a keen eye for detail.

Fun thread, Ant--

Sticking with MM, how about The Weird of the White Wolf.

[David Mosley]

Hmm... let's see:

The Power of the Daleks
The Evil of the Daleks
The Day of the Daleks
The Planet of the Daleks
The Genesis of the Daleks
The Destiny of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks

and for some variety:

The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Revenge of the Cybermen
Attack of the Cybermen

and also:

The Enemy of the World
The Terror of the Autons
The Planet of the Spiders
The Image of the Fendahl
Warriors of the Deep
Terror of the Vervoids

Now, if we were allowed to include 'The X of Y' the list would be even longer. :)

[manmiles]

Two Doctor Who episodes from the new series.

The End of the World

The Parting of the Ways

[Ant]

... it's got to be "(The) X of the Y". And "X" and "Y" should be single words...

But I'd allowed Doc The Bane of the Black Sword, and he came up with The Weird of the White Wolf, so I suppose we could also have "(The) X or the Y Z" as well... but let's try to keep it as tight as possible. So... Sailor on the Seas of Fate is probably stretching it too far.

• King of the City - MM
  "Kings of the Night" - REH
  Planet of the Damned - Harry Harrison

Ciao,
Ant

[Typhoid_Mary]

Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle.

[Ant]

Kingdom of the Grail - A. A. Attanasio

[David Mosley]

The Hound of the Baskervilles - A. Conan Doyle
The Fellowship of the Ring - JRRT
The Return of the King - JRRT

[Doc]

... it's got to be "(The) X of the Y". And "X" and "Y" should be single words...

But I'd allowed Doc The Bane of the Black Sword, and he came up with The Weird of the White Wolf, so I suppose we could also have "(The) X or the Y Z" as well... but let's try to keep it as tight as possible. So... Sailor on the Seas of Fate is probably stretching it too far.

• King of the City - MM
  "Kings of the Night" - REH
  Planet of the Damned - Harry Harrison

Ciao,
Ant

I feel a little thick for missing that--twice. It was only my eagerness to participate! But it seems my lack of attention to detail has changed the game.

To make up for it:

Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore