Sci-Fi Baby Names: 500 Out-of-This-World Baby Names from Anakin to Zardoz (Paperback)

by Robert Schnakenberg (Author) "Sci-fi baby names don't have to sound alien, exotic, or bizarre..." (more)
Key Phrases: artificial life forms, Star Trek, Star Wars, Deep Space Nine (more...)

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Product Description
Babies are the courageous explorers of brave new worlds so why not name them after the most memorable characters in science fiction? Sci-Fi Baby Names compiles more than 500 distinctive names from movies, books, and television shows into a handy illustrated reference. Choose "James" to honor the captain of the starship Enterprise. Choose "Leia" (or "Leah") to honor the sister of Luke Skywalker. Choose "Neo" to salute the ultra-cool messiah from The Matrix. Hardcore fans can go even further with exotic names like "Barbarella," "Beldar," and "Tron" (just don't send us the therapy bills). Arranged by category for quick reference with chapters such as Power Names, Feminine Names, and Intellectual Names Sci-Fi Baby Names is a terrific gift for expecting parents and a wonderful roll call of our favorite science-fiction characters.

About the Author
Robert Schnakenberg loves science fiction so much, he wrote an entire book about William Shatner: The Encyclopedia Shatnerica. He lives in Brookyn, New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Quirk Books (July 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594741611
• ISBN-13: 978-1594741616
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #712,767 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A treat for sci-fi enthusiasts to page through, December 2, 2007

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Sci-Fi Baby Names: 500 Out of This World Baby Names from Anakin to Zardoz lives up to its title and then some. Each of the five hundred names presented is listed along with a source and trivia tidbit referring to characters of that name in science fiction movies, comics, television, and books. The names are categorized into traditional names ("George"), masculine names ("Cameron"), feminine names ("Talleah"), power names ("Quentin"), intellectual names ("Sigmund"), and exotic names ("Vultan"). A treat for sci-fi enthusiasts to page through, and a nice starting point for prospective parents interested in naming their child something a little bit different.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sci-Fi Baby Names , October 17, 2007

By	G. Corel "gcorel" (Lawrence, Ks.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this for a friend and read it myself its a fun and funny book of names.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, weird binding problems, January 24, 2009

By	Sean Crago "seancrago" (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Useless novelty item or no, I'd say this book still makes a perfectly good gift. Read through it first, and it contained a plenty of names that sound a good deal more reasonable than some of what you hear when you get introduced to a modern kindergarten class. Reads as much like a sci-fi trivia book as it does a baby names book, and is very entertaining.

That said, the binding is so tight and the margins so narrow that it's a struggle to read the words nearest the spine. The publisher needs to find a new printer.