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RobBoyle RobBoyle's picture
Help Us Name the Next Book
We're stuck on the name for our next book, so we're reaching out for suggestions. We have only a few days left to decide, however, so the last day we'll entertain suggestions is this Tuesday, Dec. 7th.The book following Gatecrashing covers several unrelated topics that you wouldn't normally be able to fill an entire sourcebook about, but that we felt were important to cover. (Similar to a State of the Art book for Shadowrun.) We've modified the content a few times, but the current version covers three topics in detail: uplifts, habitats, and the panopticon (surveillance/sousveillance).The working title we've been using for this project is Hotfix -- as in, a software patch applied to a system while it's running, without restarting it. We're not super keen on this title, though. Frankly, we'd rather avoid anything that gives the implication that we are "fixing" something that is broken. This book is an enhancement to the setting, not a patch :)We've toyed around with many other suggestions, but none of them have grabbed us. These have included: resource kit, service pack, slipstream, and similar software jargon. We even looked at presenting it as all from the viewpoint of a Titan Autonomous University publication and calling it the TAU Review. One distinct possibility to keep in mind is that there may be similar "Hotfix" type books in the future, dealing with separate topics.Alternately, if you can think of a clever way to link uplifts, habitats, and the panopticon together in a title ...We are now almost out of time, however. If we don't come up with a new name by this Tuesday, Hotfix will become the official title. We've run out of ideas.So here's your chance: suggest a title!If we end up using the title you've chosen, you will be credited with thanks and the book and we'll comp you a physical copy and PDF of it when it comes out.Anyone have any good ideas? Fire away!

Rob Boyle :: Posthuman Studios

Prime Mover Prime Mover's picture
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Intelligence Brief (Vol 1)
"The difference between truth and fiction, people expect fiction to make sense."
monjay monjay's picture
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Here's a couple random ramblings: Plugin Pack Zero-Day Info Feed (stylistically a cracker feed, e.g. info you're not suposed to have) Fresh Mesh: News You Can Use (stylistically a blog feed, hope that trailer isn't copyrighted)
GJD GJD's picture
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Hmmm. Lots of ways you could go. Bit of stream of conciousness going on here... Carbon Apocryphon Vol 1 - relativly nonsensical, but cool sounding, with echos of Altered Carbon. You could replace the first word with Digital, Diamond, Mesh etc. Second word could be any amagamation of data: codex, file, .Lib, packet. Graphene Codex sounds quite good too. Lonley Planetoid Guide - like a lonely planet, but smaller... DLC Packet 1 - Down Loadable Content - says what it is. Most DLC are optional ehnacments, so aren't technically upgrades and this has both an in-game and out of game relevance - information your characters can access in-game, and it's really DLC for your real world game. Cyberpunk had Chrome Books that added extra stuff to the setting, so named because Chrome is so cyberpunky and they added extra "chrome" to the setting. Not sure what an EP equivalent would be? Carbon, Diamondoid, Graphene? Mesh archives - fairly Meh Stack Upgrade - I like the tie into the Stack, but maybe not upgrade. G.
Janus Janus's picture
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"Mesh Feed" - kind of like entries on a futuristic RSS feed "Posthuman Primer"
JohnD JohnD's picture
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Just a few ideas: "Futurescape I" - I just like it :) "The way it is ..." - whimsical "Society Guide I" - given it is about things related to society. John
nickverto nickverto's picture
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Cortex Arcanum Cortical Stack Upgrade Lost Memory vol 1 Memory Overload
root root's picture
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Paradigm Slight
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DarkKestral DarkKestral's picture
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Meshpedia Vol. I
morolen morolen's picture
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Silicon Souls Enhanced Genotype(my favorite since it plays into the biology meaning of the Eclipse Phase title and also, to quote from wikipedia, "The genotype is the genetic makeup of a cell, an organism, or an individual (i.e. the specific allele makeup of the individual) usually with reference to a specific character under consideration.' ) Phenotype Reverence Elysia/Elysium Solid State SuperSymmetry Transcend Infinities Point Future Shock(derivative i know) Amplify(Amplified) Source Code(as the things in the book are some of the most fundamental to the setting) Crowdsourced(might be too contemporary and wink winky but...) Accelerate Ok i think im done for now, i could do this all night, names are one of my favorite things to create, good luck guys. :D
JackOfShadows JackOfShadows's picture
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Future Imperfect Singularity Blues Extropian Lifestyle Changing States - (personal favorite) New Society
Quincey Forder Quincey Forder's picture
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I suck at picking up titles! how about this: System Check De(Frag)mented! SolARChives MESHcloud that's what comes to mind right now
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hypersonicbunny hypersonicbunny's picture
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I like these: Cool Coagulater Bleeding Cool Memetic Momentum Memetic Ecstasy the machinegun now -El Sergio
buzzthewindling buzzthewindling's picture
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The new Observer Observable.
Paradigm Paradigm's picture
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Quantum Compendium
Arathi Arathi's picture
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Amplifier Sol System Guide Mesh Feed
trechriron trechriron's picture
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Prime Mover wrote:
Intelligence Brief (Vol 1)
That is frankly a brilliant name. Toss in something like Firewall IB or Firewall Brief, and it's inspired!

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ssfsx17 ssfsx17's picture
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Octopi Eye (a tribute to all of the uplifted octopi of Eclipse Phase) Animals & Airlocks (airlocks would be important points for both habitats and their security systems) Decompressed, Volume 1 Hyperengineered (could equally apply to uplift neural biology, habitats, and their security systems) Architecture Superecosystems / Transecosystems / Postecosystems / Synthecosystems (whichever sounds the awesomest) Metabiomes / Transbiomes / Superbiomes / Semibiomes / Synthbiomes 40 cubic meters and a Mule (with an uplifted mule on the front cover, using cybernetic implant tools to harvest food from a hydroponics facility) r-Rep Report 1 Strands & Structures ("strands" referring to DNA) Air, Earth, Water, Vacuum (( this post was influenced by the freely-available music of AbJo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlOyNFIE18 ))


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Matt.C Matt.C's picture
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[b]Who/Where/Why[/b] - If this should remain a one-off book on these subjects. But also applicable for a series, if each new book would look into different Who's (Ultimates, Jovians, Fringers...), Where's (Spaceships, Research Outposts, Military Bases) and Why's (Military Technology, Communications, Psionics) [b]The Catalgoue (Vol.1)[/b] - For a series of books. [b]Changes (Vol.1)[/b] - In reference to the fact how things have changed for Humanity since the fall, in all the different aspects of life and technology. If it were possible and/or a netbook, I'd even go with "[b]The Firewall Agent's Guide to Everything Else, Vol.1[/b]". But I guess that won't be possible and would be too much of an in-joke with another game-line for most ofr Eclipse Phase's readers.
Captain Ad Hoc Captain Ad Hoc's picture
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How about: * Trending Topics * Cross-Linked Files * Asynchronous Communications * Turnpike Effect * Subdirectories vol. 1 - Uplifts, Habitats and the Panopticon Hope you find something among all ideas posted on the forum that works for you, otherwise Hotfix ain't that bad (although I understand that when somethings gives the wrong vibe you want to replace it badly). over and out /Ad hoc
Iv Iv's picture
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* Sec Log * Data Dump * Sec 10AF * You Are Here * Watchout
infovore infovore's picture
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Optimizer (v0.1)
Rhyx Rhyx's picture
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You know Rob I think that the answer is in the question this time. It's an over view of a lot of unrelated things right? Panopticon It sounds cool, Makes people go "Huh what does that mean?" plus as a bonus it's actually a subject in the book.
Deepfire Deepfire's picture
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Lightbend
Camwyn Camwyn's picture
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Q-bits?
CodeBreaker CodeBreaker's picture
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Musings, with a subtitle of what is contained. So for hot fix, Musings: Uplifts, Habitats & The Panopticon. Future books like this would be Musings: AGI, Exhumans & The TITANs.
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CodeBreaker CodeBreaker's picture
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Musings, with a subtitle of what is contained. So for hot fix, Musings: Uplifts, Habitats & The Panopticon. Future books like this would be Musings: AGI, Exhumans & The TITANs.
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Tiempo Tiempo's picture
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Habitus As the sociologic term First watch Transhuman's insight Self deceives (vol 1) Solar plugs Those were the ones i liked the most
wesleystreet wesleystreet's picture
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- Riding the Singularity - Futureshocked - Accelerating Returns - Accelerating Change - Intelligence Explosion - Omniview - Methuselarity - Feedb@ck Loop
soullos soullos's picture
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Ascension Feed. (Ascension dealing with uplifts ascended intelligence and "ascending to the skies" so-to-speak for habitats in space, and the Feed deals with the surveillance/sousveillance data that people can tap into).
periklis periklis's picture
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How about "Progressions" ?
(or "Instrumentalities & Progressors - chaos & omniscience after the fall" ?)

I was looking @ uplift, Instrumentality of Mankind and Progressor (the omniscience part came from Panopticon).

Good luck with choosing the final title, although Hotfix sounds good...

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Halloween Halloween's picture
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Sol Guide Vol 1 Transhuman Space Vol 1 Transhuman Encyclopedia Vol 1 TranshumanPedia Vol 1 TrasnhumanWiki Vol 1
GJD GJD's picture
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Replication Fork - the point where DNA splits to duplicate itself Transcription Error - an error in copying of DNA Binary Vector - a carrier virus used to create transgenic plants (one of many) All have both genetic and Ego replication overtones IMHO. G.
Colin Chapman Colin Chapman's picture
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So, lemme see, uplifted beasts, habitats/locations, and observation. Animals, location, watching. Sounds vaguely like a zoo to me if we're going to tie thing together for the sake of a title. Season with a little nod to the transhuman genre and fiction. Carbon Menagerie Altered Habitats cheers! Colin

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Deepfire Deepfire's picture
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Halloween wrote:
Transhuman Space Vol 1
http://www.sjgames.com/transhuman/
Xaoseac1984 Xaoseac1984's picture
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Avant Garde (vol 1)
syntax syntax's picture
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A lot of good proposal already. Mine are: * Data Upload * Cortical Guide * Uplift Primer
Azmahel Azmahel's picture
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Hmm. Habitats, Everyday Life and Uplifts... How about: [b]Lifestock [/b] ?
akfu23 akfu23's picture
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Well in keeping with the viral life cycle theme that Eclipse Phase takes its name from how about: Viral Replication Viral Shedding Viral Latency Shedding is my personal fave. You could then easily append a Vol 1, Vol 2 etc as needed for future releases.
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GJD GJD's picture
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Information Feedstock/Feedstock Upload/Feedstock Download/Feedstock Content Feedstock, Feedstock, Feedstock, Ham egs and Feedstock.
Zen Shooter Zen Shooter's picture
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*The Space Monkeys Are Watching* covers all three topics.
Beardonaut Beardonaut's picture
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Big Sky Theories ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_sky_theory ) Not sure if that name works for this particular book though.
Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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Oversight
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Iv Iv's picture
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Now we need a biiiiiiiiiiig vote (Condorcet style of course)
Meldaran Meldaran's picture
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Random musings... Qubit Spikes Memecast Meme Spikes Memetic Progeny Memetic Flash MemeQubits QuMemes Memetech Quburst Databurst Memeburst They're all short-ish with the idea that they could be followed by the subtitle of the book (i.e. Panopticon, Uplifting and Habitats etc.)...
Zen Shooter Zen Shooter's picture
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*The Space Monkeys Are Watching Themselves*.
Nojh Nojh's picture
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I am not very good at naming things but I would like to help. Uplifts - Intelligent, Sentience, Animal, Science, Upgrading Habitats - Home, Life, Survival Panopticon - Surveillance, Sousveillance, View, Observation, Point of View, Eyepoint, Tracking I've always been a fan of the source books that present game information in an "In Character" manner, similar to several of the 2nd and 3rd edition Shadowrun source books worked as catalogs or message boards. So my vote, if I get one, is to go for the TAU like idea, or a series. I like the idea of it coming from the Mesh or feed too. Live Feed: Who, Where, and How: Vol #. I'm not sure I even like that idea. So far your naming schemes have been one or two words and very to the point. That is about all I got. If I muse something between now and tomorrow I'll try and post again.
The Doctor The Doctor's picture
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I still like the title [u]Hotfix[/u]. That said... -Feature Release -Home Directory (as in, all the things you forgot you had in there) -Data Cache -Search Cache -Repository (Optional extras that do not come in the basic install.)
hypersonicbunny hypersonicbunny's picture
Two more and I'll be quiet :)
Two more: The Rescription Delta - the rate of change of the rewrite Delta Superscript - the rate of change of an item that modifies the whole
kindalas kindalas's picture
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[b]Excerpts of the Eclipse Phase Encyclopedia[/b] or [b]Eclipse Phase Encyclopedia:[i] Vol 1[/i][/b] with a sub title of [i]Uplifts, Habitats, and the Panopticon[/i] That way every Hotfix style book that comes out can easily expand on different topics. And lets be honest here, we'll be using these books like an encyclopedia, so why not just Call a spade a spade.
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Tiempo Tiempo's picture
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How about: Anamnesis (chapter 1) (this is the medical life story of a subject, in psicology, it includes from the way you were born, to most important facts of your relational life)

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