Choosing a Book Title in the Internet Age: Margaret Atwood and MaddAddam

[Laurence Horn]

On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:42 PM, Benjamin Torbert wrote:

> Can she explain why she has the exact same hair as Simon Rattle?  I've been
> wondering.

Or as Steven Pinker, who at least is a fellow Canadian.

LH
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> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 6:13 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com
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>> I just listened to part of an interview on cbc.ca of Margaret Atwood
>> during which she spoke about her novel MaddAddam which is a
>> palindrome.
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>> She explained why the letter "d" was doubled in MaddAddam (appearing
>> four times).
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>> http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/features/2013/09/15/feature-5/
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>> Atwood: But the real explanation is that I went online and there was
>> already somebody who had the domain name of it with one "d".
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>> Interviewer: Really?
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>> Atwood: Yes
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>> Interviewer: So by adding …
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>> Atwood: By adding another "d" I was able to make a unique name that
>> nobody could then claim as a porn site.
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>> Garson
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