hey im designing a book on shohin bonsai which are the tiniest of all bonsai they fit right in the palm of yr hand like a kitten. anyway no one can come up w/a good name and it's holding us up. winner gets a copy of the book.
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:56 (eighteen years ago)
my ideas so far:
less is more lil' buddies dwarf dwarves elegant musings danish wanderings tiny giants wee-trees
the arboreal diminutive
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:57 (eighteen years ago)
and you can get published as namer of the book somewhere in there too
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:57 (eighteen years ago)
"I am the small cat"
(sorry).
lil' buddies uh, that sounds like a title to appeal to the paedophile bonsai enthusiasts
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:59 (eighteen years ago)
i am the small tree
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:59 (eighteen years ago)
hah
Seriously, who's the target audience? Americans? Japanese-Americans? People who have lotsa experience with cultivating bonsais?
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:00 (eighteen years ago)
There's one even tinier class, by the way, but that's not important now
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai#Size_Classifications
― StanM, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:01 (eighteen years ago)
"tiny giants" sprang to my mind, for some reason, as well
I think that could work, actually
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:02 (eighteen years ago)
Vision Creation Nanoboretum
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:02 (eighteen years ago)
who's the target audience?
westerners w/some bonsai experience
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:03 (eighteen years ago)
"You too can be Godzilla (in the forest)"
― Øystein, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:04 (eighteen years ago)
well i should say english-speakers - they need not be western
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:04 (eighteen years ago)
Well, again, I think your "Tiny Giants" would actually work fine
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:05 (eighteen years ago)
"Shohin Off"
― Mark C, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:06 (eighteen years ago)
im thinking it lacks elegance, a little too cute etc - re: tiny giants
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:06 (eighteen years ago)
The Forest That Can Get Lost In You
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:07 (eighteen years ago)
lilliputian gargantuans
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:07 (eighteen years ago)
"Don't You Step On My Bonsai Tree"
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:08 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah, I agree with those reservations (at least the first one), but, then, so many book titles are kinda corny or whatever. Keep it aside in case no one here comes up with something more appealing
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:09 (eighteen years ago)
yeah theres some on mame in it too
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:10 (eighteen years ago)
speaking of which: i want my mame
r u my mame?
Behold...The Atheist's Nightmare
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:10 (eighteen years ago)
> my ideas so far: > less is more
been done. or being done. unless this is yours. http://www.shohin-europe.com/BOOK.html
― koogs, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:11 (eighteen years ago)
yeah thats the one - maybe we could get a mod to unlink that
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:12 (eighteen years ago)
haha released summer 2007
"Six Inches of Wood"
― NickB, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:13 (eighteen years ago)
the foot high forest
(and then the sequel: Revenge Of The...)
― StanM, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:13 (eighteen years ago)
What's wrong with "the shohin bonsai book" ?
It's what I'd pick up if I were looking for information about them.
― StanM, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:15 (eighteen years ago)
xpost
Actually, yeah, "Less is More" is fine, too. I think you and the other parties involved in the naming are trying too hard.
Plus, StanM totally otm
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:15 (eighteen years ago)
"Thank Heaven, For Little Trees (... They Grow Up In The Most Delightful Way)"
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:17 (eighteen years ago)
All I can think of is overly cutesy ("The Itsy-Bitsy Bonsai") or overly pretentious/borderline nonsensical ("Diminutive Grace")
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:18 (eighteen years ago)
well less is more might be it - but it is a cliche
the name of a book is muy important to sales so putting some effort into getting it right is never a bad idea
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:19 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah, I guess I forgot about the distribution angle, online sales, etc. I'm just imagining myself as a customer in a retail space and eyeballing the cover.
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:20 (eighteen years ago)
the problem with calling it "shohin bonsai" is some people who otherwise might be interested may not be familiar w/the term. so you basically want something that conveys the qualities of smallness and artistry/elegance then a subtitle that explains it literally.
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:21 (eighteen years ago)
"The Size of Jon Williams' Penis (relative to the average penis size)"
― King Boy Pato, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:22 (eighteen years ago)
even in retail the title matters alot as it is along w/the cover image the thing that will attract people
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:22 (eighteen years ago)
you could chop 'vision creation nanoboretum' into the one-word NANOBORETUM. has a 'cryptonomicon' vibe, might sell with the sci-fi crowd
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:23 (eighteen years ago)
I see...hmm
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:23 (eighteen years ago)
(xpost)
vision creation tinytree
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:24 (eighteen years ago)
"Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Plant is Shohin)"
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:24 (eighteen years ago)
vision creation bonsai
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:24 (eighteen years ago)
What kind of crowd would "The Size of JW's Penis..." sell to?
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:25 (eighteen years ago)
Ocean Colour Scene
Ultra Vivid Scene
Little Buddha Small Wonder
― moley, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:26 (eighteen years ago)
Morans.
― King Boy Pato, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:26 (eighteen years ago)
These are small... those are far away
― ledge, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:26 (eighteen years ago)
65CentimetresOfTree
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:26 (eighteen years ago)
Buddha In The Palm of your Hand
― moley, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:27 (eighteen years ago)
Ha, jhoshea does a mock-up of a webpage about some non-existent bonsai book, when really he's just soliciting for help in naming his new JPop-tribute band
All's I know, is Orange Range is already taken in that dept.
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:27 (eighteen years ago)
small like kitten
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)
I think there are already two books by that name
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)
lol dell - btw i had nothing to do w/that page - thats the author - im working for the publisher
Microscopic Explorations Of The Seedling with Needles
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:29 (eighteen years ago)
ive met the authors of both buddha in the palm of your hands
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:30 (eighteen years ago)
Botanical Miniatures
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:30 (eighteen years ago)
gotcha.
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:30 (eighteen years ago)
uh, one of them passed away, no? (i'm thinking of osel tendzin)
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:31 (eighteen years ago)
Tiny Trees?
― StanM, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:32 (eighteen years ago)
yeah when i was a kid xp
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:32 (eighteen years ago)
Flowers in the Sky
Hmm there's probably a few books with that name too
― moley, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:33 (eighteen years ago)
tiny dancer
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:33 (eighteen years ago)
Very Small Trees
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:34 (eighteen years ago)
xp
wow, were your parents involved in that whole boulder scene or something?
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:35 (eighteen years ago)
Micro Maples and Pint-Sized Pines
― NickB, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:35 (eighteen years ago)
Tremulous Timber
Wood For Shorties
Arboretti
― slugbuggy, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:37 (eighteen years ago)
lol just on phone w/editor "maybe we could have a naming contest on that bonsai message bord or something"
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:37 (eighteen years ago)
heh-heh. now it's on.
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:38 (eighteen years ago)
t/s: bonsai mb vs. ilx
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:38 (eighteen years ago)
"Trees Below Your Knees"
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:38 (eighteen years ago)
xp which has the better zings?
yeah not in boulder tho
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:39 (eighteen years ago)
"You couldn't grow a healthy Kifu to save your mother's life!"
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:39 (eighteen years ago)
big book of small trees
― darraghmac, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:40 (eighteen years ago)
Someone feed LJ some speed. I've got a good feeling about that kid's cerebral cortex... he may be our only hope in beating those proper bonsai nerds
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:40 (eighteen years ago)
"Paltry Small Trees"
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:40 (eighteen years ago)
bonsai nerds hopped up on a half-dozen cups of genmaicha can never compete with our man J-Go
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:41 (eighteen years ago)
Where To Look For The World's Smallest Trees? I Only Put Them Down A Second Ago
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:42 (eighteen years ago)
Held Behind
― StanM, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:42 (eighteen years ago)
"Treetarded"
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:43 (eighteen years ago)
jhoshea, that's really cool. i bet you/they have some great stories and stuff.
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:43 (eighteen years ago)
"Is That a Shohin Bonsai Tree in Your Pocket (Or Are You Just Pleased to See Me?)
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:44 (eighteen years ago)
plant thalidomide- not just a myth
― darraghmac, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:44 (eighteen years ago)
yah many great and not-so great :( stories - many more to come
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:46 (eighteen years ago)
Twee Trees
― slugbuggy, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:46 (eighteen years ago)
"Who Moved My Trees?"
― the next grozart, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:46 (eighteen years ago)
Downsizing Not Deforestation
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:47 (eighteen years ago)
The Bonsais' Bonsai
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:49 (eighteen years ago)
"A bush in the hand"
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:49 (eighteen years ago)
gosh, i bet. maybe i can pick yr brain sometime. i have read a ton of stuff like "The Double Mirror", "The Naropa Poetry Wars", and Diane Mukpo's recent memoirs, and find it all very fascinating
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:50 (eighteen years ago)
Mark G for the win!
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:51 (eighteen years ago)
dian-a, rather.
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:51 (eighteen years ago)
"Bonsais Fits All"
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:51 (eighteen years ago)
xposts (perhaps a bit too cheeky, if the book's gonna be a wistful rumination on the beauty of bonsai)
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:52 (eighteen years ago)
The Art of Bonsai in MIniature (Stylee)
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:52 (eighteen years ago)
yah sure no problem dell email me: you at sc00psn00dle d0t c0m
lol sorry you read the double mirror - what a whiner srsly
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:53 (eighteen years ago)
A Fistfull of Smallers
― Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:00 (eighteen years ago)
lolitree
― abanana, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:00 (eighteen years ago)
thanks, jhoshea.
yeah, that guy lost me in a few places...but he did have some rugged lung disease, so I dunno.
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:00 (eighteen years ago)
yah he ded rip
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:02 (eighteen years ago)
Oh, shit, I had no idea.
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:02 (eighteen years ago)
yeah i think he died a years ago - i didnt know him
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:04 (eighteen years ago)
s years ago
uh i am bad at typing apparently
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:05 (eighteen years ago)
"Tall Tales, Small Trees"
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:07 (eighteen years ago)
"Palm Trees"
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:08 (eighteen years ago)
surely Palmtop Trees
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:09 (eighteen years ago)
ban shohin bonsai
― darraghmac, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:10 (eighteen years ago)
I'm going out to run some errands. You guys better come up with a name before the bonsai board does or else some heads are gonna roll. (I'm looking at you, Jagga!)
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:13 (eighteen years ago)
I think you should call it Shohin Bonsai
― Maria :D, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:27 (eighteen years ago)
Ten-inch Timber
― Maria :D, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:28 (eighteen years ago)
The Pick of the Little
The big small tree book
― StanM, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:29 (eighteen years ago)
wu-tang: shohin style
― ghost rider, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:29 (eighteen years ago)
Organic Merkins
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:31 (eighteen years ago)
StanM i am liking that
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:31 (eighteen years ago)
What's Bonsai Short For?
― NickB, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:32 (eighteen years ago)
Truncated Trunks
― slugbuggy, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:32 (eighteen years ago)
Never Gonna Grow Up
― NickB, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)
shohin off
― river wolf, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)
ow shit someone else did that already
I like Nanoarboretum
Baby Mame Shohin Shorts
― Maria :D, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)
how about just calling it "little tree"
― river wolf, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:34 (eighteen years ago)
too prog
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)
being into bonsai seems pretty proggy to me
― river wolf, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)
yeah i figure
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:36 (eighteen years ago)
bonsai: totally prog
― jhøshea, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:36 (eighteen years ago)
silvin sprites
wee, fi, fo, fum: the littlest giants
teeny tiny bonsai beauties
― Maria :D, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:37 (eighteen years ago)
It's a Concept Tree after all
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:37 (eighteen years ago)
... that's not a title
Ain't no big thang: Shohin Bonsai
tales from botanical gardens
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)
Size Matters: Shohin Bonsai
― Maria :D, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)
Children of the Bonsai Giants in the Palm
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)
lazy tree catalog
― ghost rider, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:39 (eighteen years ago)
selling bonsai by the pound
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:39 (eighteen years ago)
the bonsai lie down in the hand
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:42 (eighteen years ago)
owner of a bonsai heart
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:43 (eighteen years ago)
Extreme Bonsai
― Maria :D, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:44 (eighteen years ago)
close to the ground
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:44 (eighteen years ago)
Tales of Topiary Oceans
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:44 (eighteen years ago)
Why Am I So Short?
― NickB, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:47 (eighteen years ago)
Halp, Kitten!
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:48 (eighteen years ago)
Oprah, Oprah, Look at Me, For I Am the Tiniest Tree!
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:50 (eighteen years ago)
Heavens! A Tiny Tree ;-)
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:56 (eighteen years ago)
call it the family twee
― ^@^, Thursday, 20 September 2007 14:59 (eighteen years ago)
"The World is Wide With Many Things Within But Few So Rare As These God Bless Tiny Trees"
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:06 (eighteen years ago)
(obscure Tiny Tim references ahoy!)
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:07 (eighteen years ago)
you guys are good.
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.worth1000.com/entries/210000/210330FLnJ_w.jpg
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:34 (eighteen years ago)
Pocket Forestry Pint-Sized Plants
― Will M., Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:42 (eighteen years ago)
Diminutive Timber
― Will M., Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:43 (eighteen years ago)
Little Logs
WAIT SPEAKING OF TINY TIM... Did anyone say "Tiny Timber" yet?
― Will M., Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)
Even Bonsai Started Small
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)
Like it (xp)
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)
ok by now all the suggestions are remixed versions of previous ones
― Just got offed, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:45 (eighteen years ago)
Green Thumbelina and/or Tom Green Thumb
wait... the last one is too... Tom Green I was going for Tom Thumb but greener
― Will M., Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:45 (eighteen years ago)
Size Matters
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:46 (eighteen years ago)
Cunningly Stunted
― NickB, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:49 (eighteen years ago)
I still say "Diminutive Grace", but that would probably be better as an Audrey Hepburn bio or something
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:50 (eighteen years ago)
Or a book about Jefferson Airplane
― NickB, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)
A Million Little Trees Steal This Bonsai Small and Angry: The Joe Pesci of Trees
― Chris L, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)
last one ftw
― gabbneb, Thursday, 20 September 2007 15:58 (eighteen years ago)
"You lookin' at me?"
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 September 2007 16:00 (eighteen years ago)
itsy bitsy teenie weenie
― Heave Ho, Friday, 21 September 2007 03:04 (eighteen years ago)
a sapling called "it"
― estela, Friday, 21 September 2007 03:35 (eighteen years ago)
Why do we think that some pun is going to make it a more attractive prospect than just "Shohin Bonsai"? People into that kind of thing will surely just search for a book with "Shohin Bonsai" in its title, won't they - you're not going to be reeling in mass market punters on the strength of title alone.
Of the above, Pocket Forestry is my favourite, along with Palm Trees (which loses points because that's, like, a different sort of tree).
― Mark C, Friday, 21 September 2007 09:50 (eighteen years ago)
"This book will make you happy"
― nathalie, Friday, 21 September 2007 09:53 (eighteen years ago)