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This would have been a significantly more enjoyable experience if the title of the submission didn't give away the ending.
by crntaylor 13y ago
This would have been a significantly more enjoyable experience if the title of the submission didn't give away the ending.
- benaiah 13y agoI'm so glad I'd already read the story. This is the kind of title the mods should be changing.
- KamiCrit 13y agoThis place has mods?
- gojomo 13y agoOn the other hand, a title of "The Egg" might not have attracted enough views and upvotes for you to have seen it. There's a pique/spoil trade-off, now in social media more than ever. (In this case, the first line might have worked just as well, though: "You were on your way home when you died...")
- tvon 13y ago"The other hand" is a far better scenario. Odds are you'll see it at some point if this sort of thing interests you, far better that than to find it this way.
- anigbrowl 13y agoThe Egg (short Sci-fi story) would have been perfectly adequate.
- judk 13y agoSpeculative fiction, or parable, or fable, or theology.
- rkuykendall-com 13y agoI submitted this story to Reddit a few years ago with the title "You were on your way home when you died." Grabs your attention, but gives nothing away since that's just the first line. It's a great first line.
- jafaku 13y agoSeriously OP, why would you put the end in the title?
- joaorj 13y agosame reason american shows have the "still to come" segments? (but in this case, times 10 worst) I won't read because of op bad title choice :(
- bitcrusher 13y agoThat's alright... you wrote it anyway.
- kposehn 13y agoYou win the internet, forever, for that one :)
- vacri 13y agoThe story really isn't about the 'twist' at the end.
- justinpombrio 13y agoI wouldn't have been quite so aware of the title as I read if you hadn't pointed this out :-)
- jesalg 13y agoI would have liked it to be titled "Theory of Everything"
- raldi 13y agoWhat was the original submission title?
- emiliobumachar 13y agoI managed to get through it without making the link before it was pointed out in the ending. I guess I was just lucky.
- croisillon 13y agoHow is the story spoiled by the title, I don't get that?
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoWho thinks of the title when reading the storey? Its a kind of double-meaning thing - when I'm done reading, and think of the title again, I see the irony or secret or whatever. Its a good title because it adds to the storey when you're done.
- GhotiFish 13y agowell. The story seems to actually be called "The Egg" I don't feel it's any greater spoiler than "The Last Question" edit: oops