I’ve got this book off at my publisher, and we’re still arguing over the title. Everything else looks good, but we can’t agree on this one rather big thing: my editor definitely wants it to be something personal and about me, of all people. So I have an exercise for everyone. Imagine an infidel like me with a book that skewers religion and triumphantly praises the godless way of life. Imagine the cover. There, in big bold print it says…
The __________ Atheist
Fill in the blank. Remember, it’s got to be provocative but positive, catchy and descriptive. I know you’re all thinking “Poopyhead”, but I’m gonna squelch that one right now. No scatology or obscenity, ’cause while it would be fine to be banned for the content, it’s so petty and superficial to be banned for the cover. It should be something that makes you want to reach out and buy it, too.
Oh, and no, you don’t get a cut for suggesting one adjective.
Brownian says
Still kind of cool, but since you’ve only got one term in the bottom multiplied by a zero (for number of gods believed in) your formula is—
The Undefined Atheist!
No, wait, that’s dumb.
When I was five or six, I had a tiny toy horse trailer with two plastic horses. One was white, and the other black. I named them ‘Whitey’ and ‘Blackie’ respectively.
So I’m no help at all in this.
Steve Schlosnagle says
Definitely “+1” for “The Strident Atheist”.
I guess that Dawkins gets referred as such most often, but strident’s definitions of “having or making a loud or harsh sound” and “urgent, clamorous, or vociferous” fit so perfectly!
Diehard_TH says
The Atheist’s Atheist (first thought)
The 42nd Atheist (too obscure?)
But to be honest,
The _______ Atheist is fine, and the idea of adding either the purchasers own comments or some scribbled suggestions is awesome.
Howlin' Wolf says
The Fair and Balanced Atheist
Kevin Anthoney says
PZ’s Guide to Atheism.
Randide, ou l'Optimisme says
Count me as another vote for “The _________ Atheist.” Spoken; “The Atheist.”
Howlin' Wolf says
The Bionic Atheist
NoOneOfConsequence says
The Moral Atheist.
The Average Atheist.
The Real-World Atheist.
Chris says
I vote for either “The Atheist They Warned You About” or “The Evolving Atheist”. Possibly “The Good Atheist”.
I do like “The _______ Atheist” but I agree with whoever said it above that while it would look good in print it would make the book difficult to talk about.
Big Apple says
Actually let me add more into that:
“The Truly Strident Atheist: and theists thought Dawkins was shrill and strident…”
Gregory says
Go for a blank space, indicated by an underline. That exemplifies the most significant thing about atheism as a “dogma”: you are responsible for filling in the blank with your own reason and experience, without the need for some other outside authority figure to tell you what belongs. Atheism is what you make of it, no more and no less.
dangeroustalk says
earlier this year when you were at the Anti-Superstition Party you told some of us the title you wanted. I don’t remember it right now, but it had something to do with Douglas Adams. I think you should go with that one. But if you really need it to be, “The _ Atheist” I have a few suggestions:
The ___ Atheist
The Baby Eating Atheist
The Atheist Who Nailed The Cracker
The Most “Militant” Atheist of Them All
The Atheist Creationists Fear
That’s all I got for now.
-Staks
Blondin says
The Omnivorous Atheist
Everything You Wanted to Know About Godlessness But Were Afraid to Ask
The Truth About Religion They Don’t Want You to Know!
s. pimpernel says
The Laughing Atheist
Erik A. Kruger says
Gnu
NAL says
The Courageous Atheist
The Modern Atheist
The Modest Atheist
The Earthly Atheist
The Inevitable Atheist
The Uncalled Atheist
DFS says
The Essential Atheist
Acronym Jim says
If you want to play around a bit with the word “atheist,” how about “The Scourge of a Theist.”
dangeroustalk says
Actually, Someone suggested one that I really like:
The 42nd Atheist
People will wonder what that is all about. Plus it keeps with the Douglas Adams theme you mentioned.
jimroberts says
well-informed
Howlin' Wolf says
The Vampire and the Atheist
tark says
The Engaged Atheist
The Rise of an Affirmative Atheist (Atheism?)
Let’s make it a movement!
The Conscience of a Progressive Atheist
The Guide to Productive Atheism
The Inevitable Atheist
This last one rings well, and is spot on, methinks…
Blondin says
Pharyngula, the Musical!
Tomorrow I gotta stop drinkin’ at work.
Joe Fogey says
The unchained atheist (or the atheist unchained)
The atheist that came out of the pit
The atheist your mother warned you against.
The Fireside Atheist
The Atheist’s Home Companion
cag says
Unconsecrated
latsot says
I quite like The __________ Atheist
r
Richard Dawkins says
The Unquiet Atheist
KG says
The Frequently Mis-spelled Atheist?
David23 says
A real Atheist
kantalope says
Gnuest?
Uncreated?
Thesaurus Baffling?
I just wanted to play too.
'smee says
Alert
Amiable
Authentic
Bad
Bad-ass
Belligerent [not]
Bellicose [not]
Blogging
Chordate
Cuddly
Calm
Convincing
Committed
Daily
Dutiful
Darwinian
Devoted
Engaging
Everyday
Eternal
Elegant
Friendly
Fiendish
Formidable
Gnarly
Gnostic
Human
Hairy [smile]
Holistic [grin]
Inveterate
Immutable
Intelligent
Joyous
Jumping
Kindly
Kraken [sorry — misprounounce it as Crackin’]
Lonely [not]
Long-distance
Lively
Lovely
Lite
Loathsome
Lovable
Last [as in – there should need be no more after this, since everyone will be post-atheist!]
Minnesotan
Male
Modest
Macro-
Manly [yikes]
Nice [c.f. Agnes Nutter!]
Normal
Natural
Native
Open
Overt
Outré
Out
People’s
prolific
Personable
Polite
Personal
Post- [see last]
Quiet
Quick
Quotidian [not – but atheism should be!]
Rude
Right
Riotous
Raving
Sound
Strait-forward
Sensible
Silent [not]
Simple
Strong
Solid
Timely
Towering
Titanic
Timid
Torrid
Unwelcome
Unwashed
Unruly
Uppity
Unrepentant
Vocal
Victorious
Venal [if you were positioning opposites]
Violent [strawmen?]
Working
Wired [on blogging]
Winning
Well
Wanted
Wise
X? [hmmm]
Zeroth
[I seem top have run out of steam]
Mattir-ritated says
Given that you clucked disapprovingly at us homeschoolers today, I vote for
The Clucking Atheist
MatthewB says
The Furious Atheist
The Angry Atheist
The Shrill Atheist
The Frackin’ Atheist
Rick says
The Righteous Atheist
PaulG says
“Healthy”.
As in, you’ve lived a full life with no supernatural curses befalling you.
Daz says
The Frumious Atheist
procrastinator will get an avatar real soon now says
The Ardent Atheist
Horse says
The Liberal Atheist
It hits every conservative hot button
Can there be a byline that says, “As seen in the movie Expelled”?
Loqi says
World’s sexiest.
I was considering submitting “abrasive,” but I think just leaving the blank line there is fucking brilliant.
dave nichols says
The Frackin’ Athiest
latsot says
dinosaur-riding
Mike D says
“Irreverent”
Since this will be the winner, I don’t want a cut, just a nice mention. Oh, and maybe some cool bashing from my favorite antagonist concerning a local issue that makes my head explode daily.
You see, I live in Indiana-tucky, and seemingly 80% of the license plates read “In God We Trust.” Whoa is me. I simply can’t stand it.
Just who the fuck are “we” anyway?
Paul Havlak says
“Many-tentacled”
Adding “many” gives it an even cuddlier, “I want to hug the whole world” connotation.
Howlin' Wolf says
The Avenging Atheist
rcane says
“Unrepentant” implies there might be something to repent for, which leads me back to the obvious word that everyone is shying away from:
“ANGRY!” – Anger is an appropriate response to most of the things we’re constantly talking about. Embrace the ANGER! :)
cicely, Inadvertent Phytocidal Maniac says
I think that “Good” or “Happy” speak to the mis-perception of atheists as evil and depressed. My own contribution to the heap:
The Well-Adjusted Atheist.
–
I like this idea. Why choose only one epithet? Dare to have ’em all!
–
hazur says
I only read up to the 100 suggestion and like many of them, so this is mine: “The _______ Atheist” + all (or many) of the above as background. I’d add ‘point and laugh’ if nobody did yet.
Akira MacKenzie says
The %$#& Atheist
Blondin says
The Unholy Atheist
That Damn Atheist
101 Damnations
frackincracker says
Is there a one-word adjective that means “smells like formaldehyde”? Probably not. Never mind.
procrastinator will get an avatar real soon now says
The Atheist PZ
PZ the Atheist
cabbagesofdoom says
“Remember, it’s got to be provocative but positive”
The Provocative but Positive Atheist?
John Pieret says
The Freethinking Atheist with Freethinking crossed out and Freewheeling written in above.
Tim says
The Open Atheist, if we must have but one adjective.
But bear with me- TAKE THEM ALL.
Have a Big Open area in the middle of the cover between The and Atheist. Enclose it with parenthesis at the outermost edges, and fill it with all the adjectives you want in there. Strident, open, rational, cantankerous, fluffly, etc. etc. etc.
As for the ‘official’ title? That’s where you get clever. The (Adjective) Atheist.
Pegging you down to just one would be doing you a disservice.
AgentCormac says
The Prolific Atheist
dobbinriddle says
Dan Barker’s recent book is call “The Good Atheist”.
How about a variation on “The ______ Atheist”? Put one of those disks in the cover so the reader can choose from several of the best choices.
maquiavelo says
The Inerrant Atheist
MoonShark says
Obviously it should be titled “Escape from the Planet of the Cursed Undead Heart of the Vengeful Bride of the Son of The Atheist That Will Not Die! (Except for Someday)”.
Or barring that, maybe “Return of the Atheist from the Black Lagoon, Pt. IV: PZ’s Revenge”
or
“Night of the Atheist, A True Tale of Blood-Chilling Infant Barbeque”.
Howlin' Wolf says
The Reasoned Writings of a Relentless Atheist
grolby says
I read the first few entries in the thread, then saw it was really long, so if this has been suggested, oh well.
“Uncompromising” lept out at me as a good one, but I humbly suggest a slight modification to the past participle:
“The Uncompromised Atheist.”
maquiavelo says
Or: The Errant Atheist?
Bill from Fallbrook says
Were you not raised Lutheran?
How about The Confirmed Atheist?
MJesk says
“angry” with quotations.
dzus says
The Rational Atheist
The Natural Atheist
The Habitual Atheist
The Orthodox Atheist
The Typical Atheist
MudPuddles says
OK, if we’re going strictly with the “The _ Atheist” format, then here’s some provicative suggestions:
“The Naked Atheist” (as a play on The Naked Ape – in which case “naked” means uncovered / laid bare / unconcealed)
“The catholic Atheist” (catholic purposely with a small ‘c’, meaning ‘open-minded’, ‘comprehensive’, ‘universal’, ‘liberal’, ‘unprejudiced’ etc)
“The Impeccable Atheist” (or “The Consummate Atheist”, in either case taking the meaning ‘absolute’ or ‘total’)
“The Unfinished Atheist” (because you’re not dead yet, and hopefully there’s more to come!)
If you would consider a sub-title, how about:
“I’m a Realist, Get me Out of Here!”
Greg Peterson says
Splodin’
Erulóra Maikalambe says
Everything I think of has been said already. Therefore I suggest, The Previously Described Atheist.
joeyess says
The Empirical Atheist.
Paul says
Either militant, or arrogant would do.
Own the epithets.
raymoscow says
Perhaps we should just recycle your blog’s subtitle:
The Randomly Ejaculating Liberal Atheist
Steve Schlosnagle says
As a tribute to (mostly to ride on the gravy train of, hey this is a marketing problem…)
“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”
How about:
“Atheism and the Art of Tentacle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Evidence”
RBH says
The Atheist’s Atheist
Xray says
Happy
(sorta like the Happy Hooker)
NAL says
The Genetic Atheist
lordshipmayhem says
The Compleat Atheist
Tuomoh says
It can be fun to play with names from other genre. Like self defence books. Then you get the words like “master of atheism”, “the ultimate atheist”, “definitive atheism”, “essential of atheism”… But they are not piratey enough.
maquiavelo says
The Trophy Atheist(c)?
Ethyachk says
The Fuzziest Atheist
MarkNS says
“The Atheist They Warned You About” followed closely by “The Atheist”. If you must stay true to the format, “The Unrepentant Atheist”.
noastronomer says
My suggestions would be ‘Annoying’ or ‘Dangerous’ (Darwin’s Dangerous idea).
But I like the idea of keeping the blank best.
Mike.
joeyess says
The Empirical Atheist
Howlin' Wolf says
The A Factor – The Thoughts of an American Atheist
The “A” should be the stylized capital italic red A
MoonShark says
“The Unquiet Atheist” struck me as awfully good, regardless of whether that was actually Prof. Dawkins’ suggesting it.
Rob says
“God-like”
For you smite the “non-believers”, yet want the best for humanity.
johndavidmyself says
The All-Knowing Atheist
Ronald Kephart says
The Compleat Atheist?
Howlin' Wolf says
Eat Reason Love
ibyea says
The Cracker Cracking Atheist. :D
Howlin' Wolf says
The Evolution of an Atheist
Chris says
I think you said it best PZ…The Triumphant Atheist!
lordshipmayhem says
The Naked Atheist. You are, after all, baring your soul.
Greg Laden says
The famous atheist …is correct
The infamous atheist …. is obvious but not complementary
the good ones that are not spectacular are:
The renowned atheist ….
The influential atheist
The leading atheist
The well-known atheist
More spectacular:
The applauded atheist
The acclaimed atheist
The behemothic atheist
The widely-lauded atheiest
The dynomite atheist
The formidable atheist
My personal favorites:
The inestimable atheist
The undiscountable atheist
The pharyngulating atheist
Tony says
(granted, I haven’t read all of the comments, so forgive me if any of these are duplicates)
1. Abominable
2. Hopeful (not as controversial, but definitely positive)
3. Purpose-driven (Take that, Rick Warren!)
4. Transitional (as in transitional form in the evolution of humanity)
5. Irreducible (Eat it, Michael Behe!)
6. Ragamuffin (spoof on Brennan Manning)
7. Insolent
8. Righteous
9. Impertinent (tho this can also mean ‘obsolete’ which you certainly are NOT)
10. Audacious
RodeoBob says
How about “The Cracker-crumblin’, cyber-pistol-wieldin’, poll-crashing, pharyngulatin’, fund-raisin’, debatin’, tenticle-wavin’ Atheist?
danielschealler says
I see Cthulthoid is already out there.
Personally, I prefer Cthulthic. Has a better ring to it.
Otherwise, I have to put a +1 under ‘The Unquiet Atheist’.
My brain was fizzing over with ideas until I read that one… Then it all just died. I’ll never top that one.
Roughdraft274 says
Don’t pick anything making you sound faithful or religious. That’ll just give the religious another chance to spout out how it’s atheism is a religion because they don’t believe in God (It’s silly but they do it anyways.)I’d pick something having more to do with your resolve, your logic, your reasoning skills etc. before I’d pick something like “evangelical”.
I’d love to read the book before suggesting a title but here goes:
The Reasonable Atheist
The Unabashed Atheist
A Book for the Thinking Man: The _____ Atheist
The Neighborhood Atheist
The Atheist Next Door
Good luck on the book PZ. Will look forward to reading it.
aarrgghh says
“the naughty atheist”
Howlin' Wolf says
The Real World Atheist
The Winner Will Always Be an Atheist
Hercules Grytpype-Thynne says
Unrepentant sounds good to me.
I’d suggest Curmudgeonly, but Google informs me that Curmudgeonly Atheist is already taken (by someone with an entirely postless blog).
Tony says
Irreducible
Beatrice, anormalement indécente says
It might be ’cause it’s rather late here, but I would find The Atheyest funny, as a nod to the frequent renaming PZ as Meyers, not to mention all the bright religionists who can’t spell atheist either.
Sleeper says
The Atheist’s Reply
The Mutant Atheist
The Fat Atheist
The Atheist Theory
The Transparent Atheist
The Atheist Family Tree
Eight Legs Good
On Invisible Clothing
Felix says
Just call it “Crackers”
Howlin' Wolf says
The Ken Ham is a Dork Book by America’s Premier Atheist
spaghettificatedgod says
…faith-defying…
…internets best…
…cracker-attacker…
Drew says
I also like “The ______ Atheist” and one of the suggestions above for cover art having a load of descriptive words about the page.
Howlin' Wolf says
The Atheist Must Awaken! (thinly veiled Dune reference)
Carlie says
I vote for:
The Cuddly Atheist
or
The I’m Atheir Than You Atheist
or
The Compleat Atheist
rbh3 says
The Atheist’s Atheist.
(And curse WordPress for not allowing three-letter usernames.)
RBH
gryphn says
Assuming this is intended for a wide audience;
The Potential Atheist
René says
I can’t keep up with the speed here. My first thought was The Adamant Atheist, as many seem to have suggested. Then, I liked the The _______ Atheist.
I suggest the following: PZ collects the N best suggestions, and have his Publisher randomly pick the adjectives for the title, hiding it behind a scratch-it paint.
This will hugely add value to future-generation second-hand copies of unscratched covers.
procrastinator will get an avatar real soon now says
Crap. The Ardent Atheist failed the Google test as did eloquent.
tominwv says
I can’t believe that any one would read this far. Try:
“peripatetic”
Braeden says
The Damned Atheist
llewelly says
My first thought was The Loving Atheist .
I figured it would be suggested in the first 20 comments, but it didn’t turn up until Hairhead’s comment.
Nonetheless – it should be obvious, at least in retrospect, why.
Ulgaa says
The “Dude” Atheist
It will tie the whole book together.
Raiko says
natural
real
authentic
… because you are the real thing, not the kind of person that is carricatured in the minds of some people.
Johan Fruh says
The Irritable Atheist
I wouldn’t go with something too positive… it could quickly be seen as obnoxious on an autobiography cover.
If you often write badly of religion, I think something along the lines of irritable, scruffy, all-in-your-face, no prisoner, pissed off, no more mr. nice guy Atheist… would be more appealing to the atheist public.
Or
The Burning Atheist…. you could interest both the mad atheists AND the religious folk who would want to see you on a stake ;).
Jafafa Hots says
The Unhorned Atheist? (Also The Atheist Unhorned sounds better)
They do think we have horns, y’know.
The Practicing Atheist.
The Not Knocking On Your Door and Annoying The Everliving Fuck Out Of You Atheist.
The Step-By-Step Atheist.
The Hopeful Atheist
Can we get the words cyberpistol in there somewhere? Or Goats on Fire?
If this is a book of Fishing tips, perhaps The Weekend Atheist?
If this is aimed at describing not YOU, but more your target audience, there’s The Armchair Atheist.
The Atheist Always Rings Twice.
The Revenge of The Atheist
The Atheist II: Electric Boogaloo.
The Old Atheist and the Sea (Monster)
The Well-Armed Atheist (not a gun reference)
The Atheist Inside You
The Unfallen Atheist
The Inevitable Atheist
The Self-Acknowledged Atheist
The Atheist Your Mother Warned You About
The Attack of the Mutant Atheist
The Born Atheist
The Bourne Atheist
CSI: Atheist
The Atheist Also Rises
The Unleavened Atheist
Wait.
What were we talking about again?
Howlin' Wolf says
The Atheist: A New Hope
Robin Raianiemi says
The Cutting Edge Atheist
ChuckV says
How about “Living”.
The Living Atheist.
I just read the comment about Loving atheist. I like that one better.
Lauri Törmä says
The cuddable atheist.
Raiko says
The Courtier’s Atheist
procrastinator will get an avatar real soon now says
PZ Myers, Atheist Extraordinaire
The Atheist Extraordinaire
Both shaky on Google
Frawgd says
The Atheist. A specified quality seems to imply that we’re generally not ______, be it cuddly, ethical, tentacled, unapologetic, thoughtful, etc.
Just keep it simple – The Atheist. Or – An Atheist.
Howlin' Wolf says
The iReason App – Perfect for the Ardent Atheist
geral says
I like The American Atheist.
In the US we really don’t have an atheist that defines us. You can take that role!
SC (Salty Current), OM says
The Internet’s Most Wanted Atheist
SuzieGirl says
One from either side of the spectrum:
The Baby-eating Athiest
The Devout Athiest
Tim DeLaney says
The Transitional Atheist
(And then let the creationists bleat!)
Howard Scarr says
The Pocket Atheist
Mus says
“The Stingy Atheist”.
Just because you don`t give a cut in the price of the book…
Mean PZ!
More seriously:
“The Impolite Athesit”: because you don`t want to be cuddly and atack and demolish the stupidity of the theistic ideas.
You are indeed a person that have the courage to treat theistic ideas has the utter crap they are in a very direct and impolite way.
Good luck with the book PZ.
Basees says
How about:
Myth Swatting Atheist
I think its sharp, catchy and reflects exactly what you do on your blog.
chigau () says
I like:
The ____ Atheist
The Atheist
Atheist
Atheist!
Deciding on just one adjective is just too daunting.
hyoid says
The Groaning Atheist,
No, no. Don’t thank me. It was the least I could do.
michael bailey says
The Zen Atheist
JDStackpole says
I pooped out after 40 or 50 replies, but did anyone suggest
The Affectionate Atheist
?
We all know how PZ really (in his heart of hearts) loves his fellow man/woman. Else why would he go to such ends to straighten out their (including my) thinking.
Quodlibet says
*Delurks from a chaotic, increasingly fragmented life*
Two observations from a librarian.
1) What is the book about? I dutifully read all the comments posted here thus far and saw no discussion of the format or intent of the book, so I may be the only person who does not know this…but I’d want to know that before offering a title. All the suggested titles describe Dr Myers, which might be fine, I just don’t know. The rule of thumb for catalogers when assiging subject headings: “What is it ABOUT?”
1-a) Is the book ONLY about atheism? PZ writes and speaks on many topics; of course, atheism, skepticism, and truth inform it all, but is atheism, especially his, the primary topic? If so, then the “atheist” title is appropriate. If not, then will the title deflect some potential readers?
2) I love the IDEA of the blank line, but this will create headaches for librarians, atheists, and general searchers. How will you search for the book if you don’t know the author’s name? Better to give it a memorable, indexable title. And consider the intene discussion that will inevitable flow after publication; leaving a blank will probably prompt some people to speculate that he was unable to come up with a good title. Don’t leave anything open to criticism.
—
Of the suggestions offered thus far, and assuming this is a collection of essays by Dr Myers, I like
Compleat
Irreducibly Complex
Unabashed
Good
Unfinished
Evolving [“evolved” implies that evolution has an end point]
And I would offer, if they have not been offered already:
Self-Sufficient
Moral
Eyes-Wide-Open
I would skip the in-jokes, as well as anything self-laudatory or self-congratulatory, which will be fodder for enemies.
——–
*rushes back to chaotic, fragmented life, already regretting not being able to follow the rest of this thread*</i)
Apikoros says
The Infallible Atheist
Kaddath says
The Not-Your-Father’s Atheist
or
The Raging Atheist
or literally (as already suggested)
The {you fill the blank) Atheist
Hemant says
How about sticking it to the horsemen and going with The Old Atheist? :)
Basees says
Or may be just:
The Myth Swatter
Or
Myth Swatting Myers (MSM)
kenbo says
I like the title, “The ____________ Atheist” best.
-or-
All your online polls are belong to us
The Non-denominational Atheist
Atheist-in-the-Raw
The Endless-Thread Atheist
The A**hole Atheist
aarrgghh says
if we can’t have “the fucking atheist”, maybe we can have “the cock-sure atheist” …
pinkey says
callipygous
chris g says
How about,….
The Damned Dirty Atheist?
Or just
The Damned Athiest?
shane says
how about devout, slides off the tongue..
dubiquiabs says
… Inspiring …….
tiny says
I also like the blank space. For two reasons:
1. It engages the reader and invites them directly, right there in the title, to think about what they think about atheists, and to use the book to reevaluate and maybe modify their opinion.
2. The blank space in the title also plays into the way people perceive the world. I mean, there’s the world as it is, and we have to put value in it, adjectives like ‘evolved’, ‘natural’, ‘physical’ or ‘created’, ‘divine’ etc.
The blank space, in my view, would make up a more meaningful title than any witty, provocative, funny, … word you/publisher could choose to put there.
Also, maybe as a 3rd point: No one would really expect that, especially not on the theistic side. It would, maybe, startle some people there, that you refuse to put a defining adjective in the title, and that you let that opportunity pass, to profile yourself by a little play on words.
DrVanNostrand says
After looking over the long list, all my ideas are already represented, and my favorite is #56: The Roaring Atheist
Ragutis says
600 comments that I haven’t read… What are the chances I’m the first to suggest “Sniny”?
You know those hologramish things you used to get in Cracker Jack boxes where the picture changed depending on the angle you looked at it? How about using that type of thing and The Soft/Out spoken Atheist?
The Unaccommodating Atheist
The Unrepentant Atheist
The Engaging Atheist (ooh, yeah… see what I did there?)
The Small Town Atheist
The Atheist that’s not Christopher Hitchens or that British Guy
The Atheist
Everything You Always Wanted To Know about Atheism* (*but were afraid to ask)
The Atheist’s Guide to the Galaxy
Atheism Episode IV: A New Hope
The Atheist with the Cuttlefish Tattoo
Hairy Professor and the Deity Hollow
llewelly says
Really, there should be a book about the pharyngula community titled: The evolution and development of an Atheist community.
TCC says
Moist
Thuktun says
PZ Myers, the Fullmetal Athiest
(No particular reason, other than the irony made me chuckle.)
Dr. Nick says
One vote for “tentacled”.
TGAP Dad says
1) The Gnu Atheist
2) The Messianic Atheist
3) The Moral, Librul, Evolution-lovin’, Accommodationist-hatin’, Unapologetic Gnu Atheist
4) God Isn’t Real, now Move On
Harry says
OK, we have a winner:
The Understandable Atheist
Howlin' Wolf says
The Delusional Zombies Verses An American Atheist
Subtitle: An Epic Love Story
Craig McGillivary says
Is this a biography? I think that is a terrible title but how about
The Chitinous Atheist
echidna says
The Untamed Atheist
Apikoros says
@654
I really like The Engaging Atheist
steve oberski says
The Ugly Atheist.
opposablethumbs, que le pouce enragé mette les pouces says
If it hasn’t been suggested yet … which it probably has:
FREE
On the grounds that you are free of the shackles of religious dogma and associated bullshit, and cynically because the eye is caught by anything with “free” on it.
Nerd of Redhead, Dances OM Trolls says
Read through 641, and I noticed one was missing
The Mocking Atheist.
Johnnygold says
Has anyone said “Brave”?
Some above, like “honest” seem bad to me because it implies that mainly atheists are not honest, but here is one that is.
Sunday Afternoon says
Changing the form slightly and keeping with irreverent tone:
“That Bastard Atheist”?
Dragon says
How about:
The Scruffy Maned Atheist
The Joy of Atheism
The Fulfilled Atheist
The Perfected Atheist (may be seen as a dig at Ann Coulter)
Actually I like ‘The Intellectually Fulfilled Athiest’, but you should probably get Dawkins’ nod, since he may have coined the phrase.
Colin Jagoe says
I vote for The Evolved Atheist as well. But this was a fun thread to read.
drewsmith says
The 21st-Century Atheist
Gordon says
Many Tentacled
Brownian says
The Unclosed Italics Tag Atheist.
jt512 says
I’ve got it: Audacious!
I like “ardent,” too, but it’s kinda taken already.
steve oberski says
The Born Again Atheist.
The First Reformed Atheist.
The Evangelical Atheist.
The Just Like You Atheist.
Brownian says
InfraredEyes says
The [Irreducibly] Complex Atheist
dangeroustalk says
Props to Tony, I like two of his:
The Irreducible Atheist
The Purpose-Driven Atheist
Apikoros says
Uh oh— I could have sworn I closed the italics tag back there?
Adrian says
Rampant
Rod Fisher says
The enlightened atheist
The uncivil atheist
The American atheist
A3Kr0n says
I wasn’t going to contribute since “the fucking atheist” is out, but since everyone is throwing in their ideas, how about:
The American Atheist
The Small Town Atheist
The Irascible Atheist
???
Chasbo says
The AVENGING Atheist
(Living a purpose-driven life in a post-Enlightenment world)
98 says
Cephalopodiphilic?
Eclipsicle says
The Savage Atheist
The Feirce Atheist
The Defiant Atheist
The Flaming Atheist
The Fiery Atheist
The Spunky Atheist
Jim Norman says
Atheism Without Accommodationism
Quodlibet says
*drags self in to correct self at #641*
should be
Typing fingers outpaced my tired brain.
*slinks away, noticing with interest that this post is in italics where it ought not to be and vice versa due to the unclosed italics tag somewhere above, which has left us in a slanty world*
Preach_Atheism says
The Righteous Atheist
Jos says
Daily. The Daily Atheist.
(I am not the first to suggest this though)
Ippy says
The “millionth who writes a useless self-absorbed book with no other intention to rip off some fanboys, as those silly people buy everything, they are almost as dumb as religious people just that they don’t believe in god” Atheist
The “I would like to make money like so many other people by selling a book with rants that pick on stupid people” Atheist
The “I would like to see myself in a line with Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens and Harris, yes I’m at least as good as Harris, this guy was just lucky in timing” Atheist.
The “damn it is boring, shallow and repetetive to write how ridiculous religion is, but in this dark times this is still an issue for the plebs so why should I write a decent book about difficult, controversial and less obvious things or concentrate on my scientific career” Atheist.
I think I’m getting the hang of it, hold on.
steve oberski says
The Intelligently Designed Atheist.
Fiat Atheist.
tmso says
I didn’t read through all the suggestions, but I did see one that would make me want to buy the book: The Good Atheist. For the reasons given, but also because one would have to do a double take, was that The God Atheist? No, no, it’s the *Good* Atheist.
Good luck.
EvoMonkey says
If you want a break from the endless suggestions, check out this link:
http://uofisocialcognitionlab.x10.mx/Papers/Ritter_Preston(inpress).pdf
It is a psychology study that attempts to measure disgust related to contact with rejected religious beliefs. Participants were asked to taste and rate a drink before and after copying a passage from either the Koran, The God Delusion or the Bible.
We have a scientific method to see if PZ’s forthcoming book will be regarded as more disgusting to Christians than the Koran or Dawkin’s The God Delusion. Now we can quantify who is the most atheist of atheists.
Peristarkawan says
The Mounted Atheist (referring to a certain Triceratops)
dvizard says
What I would call you? I would… call you names. Gnihihi pffft…
(Again sorry for spam. The thesis I’m writing distracts me from posting coherent and useful comments.)
h2atheist says
I’m with Ophelia Benson. I like vertebrate. The biological definition fits. It also fits if we use vertebrate to mean backbone as in someone who exhibits bravery and good moral character.
Therrin says
Slanted?
dontclicktwice says
the uncloseted atheist
the moral atheist
the clockwork atheist (don’t know why)
the avid/vicious atheist
The PZ Myers Cambrian Explosion
Bet your ethernity
The Myers’ razor
Blog your faith away
The Teapot party
The satanic posts
Anyway, I’d go with “the devoted” or “the atheist they warned you about”
Gordon says
Forward
John Morales says
Kareth @16 beat me to my first choice: unapologetic.
Glen Davidson @26 did likewise for my second: scientific.
Randomfactor @48 pre-empted my third: gnu.
llewelly says
The ______ Atheist: A ______ ______ Autobiography.
I was born in a ______ ______ neighborhood of ______ , a ______ ______ , to parents of a ______ ______ persuasion.
My parents were ______ and ______, who taught me ______ , ______ , and ______ .
As I grew ______ , I began to ______ ______ , which caused my parents to react with ______ and ______ . This led me to ______ ______ in search of ______ .
After many years of extensive ______ and deep ______ , I discovered the writings of ______ , ______ , ______ , and ______ . ______ taught me ______ ______ ______ , and from ______ I learned ______ . These ______ considerations provoked within me a sense of ______ and ______ .
Further study of ______ and ______ convinced me that many definitions of ______ were ______ , while others were ______ ______, and the remainder were at best ______ .
Nonetheless, for many years I was content to call myself ______ , thinking to avoid ______ people, or ______ to have ______ I did not in all surety have. To me this was an important strategy of ______ and ______.
But despite my best efforts to be ______ , I found many people were nonetheless ______ ; it was not ______ , but ______ which provoked their ______ ______.
These experiences taught me that ______ is not a successful way of avoiding ______ ; it merely allows ______ people to act as if atheists either do not ______ or at the very least will not ______ and therefor require no consideration. ______, or, as it might better be called, ______ atheism, seems encourage ______ people to believe that ______ quietly accept their dominance.
(To be completed by the reader …)
Peristarkawan says
The Morning-After Atheist.
Rabid Child says
How about coopting a word from the Christian vocabulary?
The Reverend Atheist
Provocative and positive. It also has a non-religious meaning that in title case is ambiguous.
SC (Salty Current), OM says
Being a wad?
Snuffy Smith says
The Turtling Atheist
chigau () says
Ippy @691
Finally!
690 posts before the first troll!
lofty says
Same as for @577 lordshipmayhem and @588 Ronald Kephart
:
you can’t go by
:
The Compleat Atheist
or
Fishing For Truth
:
(graphic of PZ pulling in a jesusfish)
Matthew Smith says
I agree with Glen “Undesigned” sums it up.
kantalope says
Adjective Defying
Have to rework the whole thing to: The Atheist Shrugged
The Unknown Atheist (have to wear bag on head though)
Midwestern
Rootinest Tootinest Orneriest Atheist in the West
Moron Baiting
MP says
I am convinced it should be The HONEST Atheist.
It encapsulates many of the other suggestions. Someone suggested that “honest” suggests that there are “dishonest” atheists – and there are! They are the apologists or the “spiritual-but-not-religious” or the “let’s sugar-coat it for the common people” types. You might not call them “dishonest” but I bet PZ would.
All that makes “The Honest Atheist” an even more appropriate title.
mwitthoft says
Cordial.
Compleat.
Bill Dauphin, avec fromage says
My first thoughts were too derivative: brokenSoldier’s suggestion…
…made me think of The Partly Cloudy Atheist, but that’s been done.
And somebody mentioned Minnesota, which got me thinking of a certain avuncular radio monologist, which led me to The Above-Average Atheist.
But my real suggestion is one of SC’s:
The Public Atheist (but if you go with that one, proof the final cover copy very carefully! ;^> )
Jonathan says
I vote for “The Gnu Atheist”. You could be the one to take the term mainstream.
IlyasMukh says
The Baby-eating Atheist?
neutron says
I like “The ——– Atheist” but also would suggest atheist as an adjective in, say, “Obviously Atheist” or “Why Aren’t You Atheist?”
Whatever happens, good luck !
imthegenieicandoanything says
Middle-class, American
Bill Dauphin, avec fromage says
BTW, who do I have to sleep with to get a </i> tag around here?
Ken says
I like “strident”, or preferably some derivation of it.
What about:
“The Stridiligent athest”?
Lynna, OM says
The Weapons-Grade Atheist
The Mo-Better Atheist
The ‘Bout-Time Atheist
The Prime Atheist
The Unassuming Atheist
The Ruggedly Handsome Atheist
I also like the idea of just retaining the blank, and I like the title “The Good Atheist.”
And, yes, I did think “Poopyhead” first. When I buy the book, I will make a custom cover denoting it properly as “The Poopyhead Atheist.”
Hoosier X says
I would vote for “impertinent” or “upright” from the adjectives already mentioned.
But did no one suggest “The Impudent Atheist”?
I think that’s pretty good as well.
Classical Cipher, OM says
I adore Unapologetic, Bearded, Vertebrate, Scruffy, Inveterate, Furious, and Roaring.
I’ll throw in Eldritch. Cos I like it.
chigau () says
What about spelling it Poopey?
Wowbagger, Madman of Insleyfarne says
Eldritch.
Aqua Buddha says
The french title should be: The Post-structuralist Atheist
It’ll sell like hotcakes.
Carlie says
Nooo, the page done broke! Feels like I’m reading the old Slactivist. :)
Italics begone?
Italics begone?
I never did figure out how people wished the slants away.
Josh, Official SpokesGay says
The Terrible, Horrible, No-good Very Bad Atheist.
SC (Salty Current), OM says
Thanks! Interestingly, Ippy started trolling early in the comments at B&W, saying how tacky it was for PZ to ask people for suggestions. I see this completely differently – PZ’s asking for suggestions on this is so characteristic of him, and in such a good way. It made me think that something like my earlier suggestion of “Public” makes sense, in that a distinguishing feature of PZ’s (and one that probably played a role in developing the book) is his fostering of, communication with, and connection to a community. More so, in my view, than any individual trait.* I’m not sure if “Public” is best (though I still like it). Not “Community.” Certainly not “People’s.” But something along these lines…
*Hm. It is an individual trait, but one that by its nature involves others.
Aqua Buddha says
I suggest “The Crackpot Atheist”. It sounds nice.
Badumna says
The Righteous Atheist
To me, a reader of your blog, perfect
mb says
The infidel Athiest
Benjamin5152414 says
The Complete Atheist
The Everyday Atheist
The Goddamned Atheist
The Flaming Atheist
Joe says
The Amazing Atheist
Mr Cormorant says
Observant?
'Tis Himself, pour encourager les autres says
I agree with Lynna in #720:
The Unassuming Atheist
Juno Walker says
The Brazen Atheist
Ippy says
chigau () @ 707.
I’m not a troll. I just think this kind of atheism for atheists circlejerking is as superfluous as a goiter. Buy this kind of discursive junk if you want and wonder where your money goes when you are told the obvious for the thousandth time. There are never enough good books about biology though. Why not hitting on Stephen J. Gould instead and having some reasonable arguments? In a smart way? His publishers are probably afraid nobody buys intelligently designed books anymore instead of junk that panders to some crowd.
silasw says
The Atheist from Hell
JimD says
Unsinkable,
Unrepentant,
Unfrazzled,
Unmistaken,
Un-allsorts of other options…
dontclicktwice says
the beer-reviewed atheist
the ordained atheist
the freewheeling atheist
the preaching atheist
the last days atheist
the merry atheist
the cult of PZ
God hates facts
SC (Salty Current), OM says
Amazing how Ippy knows enough about the content of PZ’s book to characterize and pass judgment on it well before it’s released.
Lynna, OM says
Thanks, ‘Tis Himself. Of my suggestions, I like that one best.
It’s also a nice double entendre.
Rev. BigDumbChimp says
Th Italicized Atheist.
DrCogSci says
I’m literally *horrified* that no one has suggested…
“Squidgy”
In its favour:
a) it shows off PZ’s cuddly side
b) it’s a terrible, terrible, pun.
What more could you ask for?
Daz says
remorseless
Tuppy Glossop says
I would like to second: The Atheist They Warned You About
shaggyj says
Listen! I think you should call your book: “The Atheist Teddy Bear.” Or: “The Teddy Bear Atheist, ” – if your married to the word order…
Ippy says
@salty current 728
I’m not trolling, I’m simply having another opinion and voice it in the comment section. Your reaction shows however how intellectually incestous the “atheist community” around here has become. Enjoy your exchange of meaningless platitutes, hivemind and celebrity worship.
Moogie says
The Unapologetic Atheist
I second that.
First Approximation says
If anyone is still reading this far in,
– The Dinosaur-Riding Atheist (favourite so far, and makes for a interesting book title)
– The Gnu Atheist
– The Militant Atheist [Guide?] (though irony will definitely be lost on some)
– The Uncompromising Atheist
– The Vulgar Atheist
Most of my ideas have already been taken, so here are the ones that haven’t been yet:
– The Pharyngula Atheist
– The Meaner, Angrier, Louder, Fiercer Atheist
Phil Hoenig says
cephalophile
'Tis Himself, pour encourager les autres says
Ippy,
Your concern is noted. Now please fuck off.
Shrikant says
I can’t belive nobody’s suggested “The supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Atheist”.
kantalope says
To go with ‘Rootinest Tootinest Orneriest Atheist in the West” I was picturing the movie version:
PZ played by Bugs Bunny (This means WAR)
Ken Ham by Porky Pig? no, Yosemite Sam
Porky Pig will be some kind of accommodationist
All those people from Discovery Institute by Daffy Duck (I can’t tell them apart)
Richard Dawkins by Marvin the Martian (those zingers need some kind of accent)
Narrated by Tom Hanks
Trophy Wife by Christina Hendricks (hubba hubba)
It’ll be bigger than Ishtar I tells ya.
Shane says
“Swashbuckling”
kantalope says
Ippy says: no more joshing around this biology is SRS BiZNeS!!!
MetzO'Magic says
Already been mentioned, but if it has to be that prescribed format, then:
The Naked Atheist
has a very nice ring to it, reminiscent of The Naked Ape. OTOH, if the title format is not set in stone, then I’m kind of partial to:
Godforsaken
though according to dictionary.com, that comes with a lot of negative connotations :-\ Aside from ‘wicked’, which describes you perfectly :-)
First Approximation says
– The Atheist They Warned You About
Also good.
David Marjanović, OM says
Hm. Difficult question, actually.
Disclaimer: I’ve only caught up till comment 656. I submit in the desperate hope of getting in before the 800-comment limit.
I’m against “scientific”. It immediately reminds me of “Scientific Socialism”, which is how Eastern Bloc communists called their religion.
How about “Gnu”? Is that too much of an inside joke (I bet you already explain it inside the book)?
“The Nāsti Atheist”? Naaah, definitely too much of an inside joke, even though it would really drive the points home that 1) there’s nothing new about “New Atheism” and 2) Vedic creationists aren’t any less silly than Christian ones, there are just fewer of them in positions of power.
Good!
Oh yes, but it makes PZ look like a contrarian who is uppity just for fun or just to get attention – a classroom clown.
Why not!
I like that one. :-)
That’s great!
:-)
I hate that one. It confuses evolution with progress, and it’s boasting (see “Brights”), and it assumes that individuals evolve like Pokémon.
PZ isn’t only an atheist, he’s an adiabolist as well…
I like that a lot, but that’s probably just because I associate it with Godzilla Vs Cthulhu…
Good!
Wonderful.
Not bad…
That’s actually great. “I’m mad as nonexistent hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.”
Seconded!
Why actually not.
Blondin says
The Way of the Atheist
If you like the blank idea (I don’t) but underscores pose a problem then what about The Blankety-Blank Atheist
steve says
YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THE PUBLISHER!!!
I LOVE “The Fucking Atheist” (so does my wife)
Be ahead of the times!!
I also like “The Cuddly Atheist”
And my wife also liked “The Unrepentant Atheist”
amstrad says
pragmatic
apathetic
SHEMONSTER says
The Truimphant Atheist
The Jubilant Atheist
The Exultant Atheist
AJ Milne says
The __Hudsucker__ Atheist: A _Coen_ _Brothers_ Autobiography.
I was born in a small, tree-lined neighborhood of __Muncie__, __Indiana__, to parents of a __gold__ __and_blue__ persuasion.
My parents were _Wilbur__ and _Flo__, who taught me __speed_chess__ , __full-contact_origami__, and __the importance of delivering blue envelopes__.
As I grew __into a board-nominated patsy__ , I began to _dream of _hula hoops_ , which caused my parents to react with __bewilderment__ and __stock, repeated lines__ . This led me to __sketch__ __more circles__ in search of __a ready-made Coen fans in-joke___ .
After many years of extensive __study__ and deep ___dives off the clock tower__ , I discovered the writings of __Jennifer Jason Leigh__ . __Offering her a cigarette__ taught me __martinis__ __are__ __for squares__ , and from __the elevator guy__ I learned __humanity__ . These __startling___ considerations provoked within me a sense of __deep gratitude___ and __especially to Moses the clock guy___ …
JimD says
Unexploded…
Brownian says
You may be unaware of a new rule on the Internet, Ippy, but it goes like this:
If you’re going to criticise some group for having ‘groupthink’, being a ‘hivemind’ or an ‘echo chamber’, you can’t use the same overworn words every fucking fourteen-year-old who types with one hand on his cock uses, and those include ‘groupthink’, ‘hivemind’, and ‘echo chamber’.
Also, you have to list at least one patent or novel thought attributable to you and you alone.
movinbutnotshakin says
I like “The GNU Atheist”
or…
“The SHRILLIGENT Atheist”
Randomgit says
The Resolute Atheist
MetzO'Magic says
Agh. Looks like in #664, there was an open <i> tag. Hate that. Let’s see if we can stop the rot.
(probably not :-)
First Approximation says
Was he bitten by a radioactive infidel?
Wowbagger, Madman of Insleyfarne says
Obstreperous? Recalcitrant? Curmudgeonly?
Jeffery says
The “Deep-Fried” Atheist. Anything deep-fried seems to be popular these days.
Occam's Blunt Instrument says
Strident!
Glen Davidson says
I suppose for completeness I should include “unsaved” and “unredeemed.” It would depend on what angle is being pushed, naturally.
personal says
Do ANYTHING but “The Atheist”. It’s so…tacky! To be honest, your tagline from the old pharyngula would be great. Although I’m sure the word “ejaculations” would never fly with any publisher. Why not something like, “There’s more to Atheism than just eating babies.” How could anyone resist picking that book up!?
Adam says
Happy.
personal says
that was supposed to read, “The adjective Atheist”
Robbert Folmer says
The Mettlesome Atheist
Djahn says
If it’s a boy: Ulysses David. If it’s a girl: Ulyssia Davida.
aarrgghh says
bionic
David Marjanović, OM says
We broke the software! After comment 664 (not 800!), the numbering restarts at 1, and the entire rest of the page (except blockquotes in comments) is in italics! Help!
Nah. What’s not to understand about The God Delusion?
Larry M Roy says
the pharyngulated athiest
Samphire says
The UnComfortable Atheist
george.w says
@Ippy, PZ Myers helped me see that I need not be shy about being an atheist. That was not easy for a former minister. Just by writing honestly he helped me get honest with myself. So fuck off.
I like “Tentacled” or “Biological” Atheist but “Sniny” would be my vote. I see 6 other people have suggested that but it may be a bit of an in-joke.
Levi in NY says
I also vote for “Strident”.
Nick says
Devoit
george.w says
I think my comment may have gotten lost – wondering if the platform could be groaning under a Pharyngulated strain. Let’s see; I told Ippy to fuck off, liked “Tentacled” and “Small-Town” but cast the 7th vote for “Sniny” while expressing doubts because it might be an in-joke.
Let’s see if this comment makes it.
Dean says
Another vote for “The Natural Atheist”.
Natural should be understood in at least three senses. First, atheism is natural; gods are artificial.
Second, PZ is a naturalist.
Third, we atheists don’t strain to maintain the faith, or quiver in fear of imaginary ghosts. We live comfortably in a universe without ghost stories, and behave morally without a supernatural Law Giver.
Still, I don’t like the template of “The Atheist”. The title should be a pithy summary of the book’s central theme or argument, not merely a cutesy marketing hook. I like titles with active verbs (especially if PZ’s book calls the reader to social action). Absent knowledge of the content, it seems to me rather pointless to suggest titles. Nonetheless, we can offer ideas to prime the pump. Here are two:
“Atheism Comes Naturally”
“God FAIL”
donn says
What you is:
The best Atheist
Or, going low-key:
The ordinary Atheist
Or, going meta:
The underscore underscore Atheist
Or, to be smarmy:
The miraculous Atheist
All in all, my favourite Atheist!
jimnorth says
the APPROPRIATE atheist
echidna says
Untamed.
(My earlier comment got lost too.)
Rawnaeris says
I rather like “The ___ Atheist” myself; however I can see why that probably shouldn’t be the final title.
“Gnu” was the first thing that popped into my head.
ooh, or how about Nu(ν)? nice little math reference there…
/off topic, but why is everything in italics? /off topic
surprises aplenty says
The Athiest of the atheist. I’ve always found you to be more athy that than the others.
Mr. Fire says
trying to time this right:
The Last Atheist
Wiktori says
articulate?
Squigit says
Hm, I like leaving the blank in there, too. Leaves a little to the imagination. :)
Also, everything on my end is showing up in italics. Please tell me I’m not the only one seeing this.
dominich says
+1 for “The Compleat Atheist” if we have to stick to the rules.
Othewise, can I suggest “A is for Atheist”?
Both resonate with well known titles.
Please don’t go for any of the in-jokes. No-one outside the community will connect with crackers or cephalopods (unfortunately).
Trebuchet says
Sorry, I’ve not read all the suggestions. 787 comments when the thread came up, 794 when the comments loaded. I bet mine will be over 800.
So, just to throw in a few I’m sure everyone else already thought of:
“Octopodal”
“American”
“Patriotic American” (That’ll get to the TeaBaggers!)
“Unapologetic”
“Gnu” (Of course)
Interrobang says
The Bemused Atheist, since that’s what you seem to be a lot of the time, or
The Minnesota Nice Atheist
mjones says
unquiet
Chainborne says
The Unadulterated Atheist.
The Unruly Atheist.
The Willful Atheist.
The Absolute Atheist.
The Intrepid Atheist.
The Implacable Atheist.
The Indomitable Atheist.
The Almighty Atheist.
Squigit says
Oh. Note to self: read the entire thread first.
Trebuchet says
Aww, only 798. I wonder if I can turn the italics off?
Testing, testing…
Nope!
minusRusty says
Another thought: The Outright Atheist.
-Rusty
RodM says
The Parlay Hung Atheist!
Trebuchet says
Well, that’s interesting. At 800, the count seems to have rolled over and italics disappeared!
James C. says
Ippy restated: I’m not trolling, but PZ is a sellout hivemind wanker and his book is a poopyhead. I’m being a boorish ass without providing any content whatsoever, but I swear I’m not trolling! Really! I’m just an additional voice.
As for titles, The _____ Atheist seems like the default. I myself prefer The Unleavened Atheist, as a few others suggest, or perhaps “PZ Myers: Impaler of Crackers and Destroyer of Lies”. I always had an excessive taste for the overwrought, though.
Steve L says
unapologetic
unabashed
Luc Duval says
Drat. It took too long for me to get home and comment, my best ideas have been supplanted!
The Strident Atheist
The _______ Atheist
The Courtier’s Atheist
I also like The Atheist’s Atheist.
Tabby Lavalamp says
I’m not going to go through all 700+ comments (though I could search, but I’m tired and don’t want to), so don’t know if these are out there yet…
The Squidly Atheist
The Atheistest Atheist
The Visible Atheist
The Unrelenting Atheist
The Tenacious Atheist
James C. says
Also, 800 comments per page? Seems excessive.
New title suggestion: “The Most Commented Atheist in America”
sambarge says
The A to PZ Atheist
Rev. BigDumbChimp says
My vote
Ohnhai says
My first thought was ‘Bearded’
And I do like ‘Pharyngulated’ and ‘Other’ (“you mean there’s more then one?”)
But I got to say. “The ________ Atheist”. Is the best choice.
Don’t worry about the layout. That’s the designers job and if, as a designer, you can’t make such a strong leading title work then you don’t deserve to be in work…
I like it because it could be anything and with atheism it frequently is.
Let’s face it the only thing guaranteed to unite and two atheists is the lack of belief in deities. It is the ‘atheist’ part that defines us as such not what ever we could choose to fill in the blanks. After all I’m sure the creotards would have a different set of words to use, for any of us.
It doesn’t matter what that word is, because it’s not the important word and is guaranteed to not come close to encompassing who PZ is. After all is ‘bearded’ the single all encompassing descriptor? Dennett also has a beard. ‘Angry’? I’ve spoken with PZ and he certainly wasn’t angry. Drunk and confused and wearing a delightful knitted rainbow coloured hat on loan from an AWOL scottish lass, but not angry. (there is the cover shot :). )
If you do have a list of possible words on the cover then you should include some that would be from the other camp too.
g says
The Blogging Atheist
The Blogger Atheist
The Ardent Atheist
The Vocal Atheist
The Atheist Blogger (I do get a cut for suggesting 1 adjective AND transposing two words!)
The No Bullshit Atheist
Rawful le Mayo says
“The Angry Atheist”
Why not? It’s true, and it might even trick some people into reading it that otherwise wouldn’t. It’s simple and provocative, what more could you want in a title?
Just please don’t call it:
X
How X is Changing the Face of X
or something. I’m so tired of that kind of book title. One word, then description of book. Ugh, just rubs me the wrong way.
calvin says
The Untouchable Atheist
Trebuchet says
Any way to get to the first 800? In case I get bored this evening and decide to read them all?
Andromeda says
I second “The Purpose-Driven Atheist”. I don’t like the idea of leaving the blank though..there’s a chance of it mistakenly being printed as just “The Atheist”
Zeuss says
The Irreverent Atheist
Herr Mann says
I’m liking:
The ______ Atheist
The Atheist’s Atheist
The Blogging Atheist
Can this thread be considered a poll? =P
wlondon says
I like The Living Atheist. The sequel could be Night of the Living Atheist.
My suggestion is Planet of the Atheist. Yes, one day we will take over and we do need to take over from the theists. All sorts of sequel title possibilities.
HairyChris says
The Rambunctious Atheist?
speedweasel says
Agree with, “The ______ Atheist”
So many possibilities; so many atheists.
skmarshall says
I still like your first thought, PZ, so i designed a cover for you an’ everything! Even The Times won’t have a problem with it.
skmarshall.com/atheist_bookcover.jpg
skm
Grumpy says
Persistant
emaa says
I like Chainborne’s The Almighty Atheist.
jemand says
Just leave it blank. To fill in. And have the background of the book cover be all the suggestions above in lighter text…
exminister says
second the A to PZ Atheist
The Affable Atheist
The Trustworthy atheist
The Magnificent Atheist
The Plucky Atheist ****
The Zany Atheist
The Truculent Atheist
The “Danger is my middle name” Atheist
The Faithful Atheist
The Testy Atheist
The Mature Atheist
The Proud Atheist
Adam says
The Cuddly Atheist
… though I’m not sure why.
Neil Creek says
The Lucid Atheist
The Natural Atheist
The Persuasive Atheist
The Positive Atheist (double meaning)
The Enlightened Atheist
The Eloquent Atheist
Markita Lynda, healthcare is a damn right. says
Audible.
The Audible Atheist.
It works for me.
sphex says
I quite like The ___ Atheist (with perhaps a greyed out list such as at comment 533 in the background. (sorry, someone else also proposed this, but I have no idea where).
But, since I do agree that that would be difficult to 1) say and 2) catalog, I like the same idea for a cover, with “Angry” lining up on the ________. Thus, the best of two worlds! :)
ancienttechie says
Rational
AmVik says
I like “The Athiest Atheist.”
Pekka Pekuri says
The Bootylicious Atheist and slap a pair of boobs on the cover for great sales numbers.
air1010 says
senticous : adj. prickly, thorny.
got it from here
wholething says
Since everybody is calling you names but nobody has called you this:
The Rogue Atheist
I don’t like this but nobody has suggested it:
The Calamari Atheist
Perhaps we could substitute the Scampi for the Calamari on a squid pro quo basis.
Marie the Bookwyrm says
I like ‘Unabashed’ or ‘Unrepentant’.
And just for fun–
The Teddy-Bear Atheist
The Tentacular Atheist
The Cromulent Atheist
SC (Salty Current), OM says
Just above “Leave a Reply” and the comment box there’s a link to “Older Comments.”
wholething says
The Divine Atheist
PZ Myers says
Note to self: when you want a long, fast comment thread, just ask for one adjective.
Wait! Must experiment. What if I asked for an adverb?
Matthew says
The Undead Atheist
Skepacabra says
The Divine Atheist
The Holy Atheist
The Transcendent Atheist
The Righteous Atheist
The Heavenly Atheist
I’ve been calling myself “The Atheist Atheist” for awhile now but it probably fits PZ more anyway.
Andy Breeden says
This is easy…
The Fearless Atheist
skmarshall says
The internets seem to have awallowed a bunch of posts, apologies if this is doubled:
I still like your first thought, PZ, so i designed a cover for you an’ everything! Even The Times won’t have a problem with it.
skmarshall.com/atheist_bookcover.jpg
skm
ginckgo says
“The Froody Atheist”
Toby says
The Uunrepentant Atheist
dunstar says
Flaming
Lord_aarons says
Are these any use?
Cephlapod’s Atheist
Cephlapodist’s Atheist
Tentacled Atheist
ryan a says
The Zealous Atheist.
Points for the religious connotations making it slightly ironic? I think the adjective is fitting though if you disregard the religious regard. I also like how it goes from Z then to A.
Whoever says
The Sour Grapes Atheist.
inkhat says
The Happy Atheist. That seems like an oxymoron to some folk.
Owlmirror says
Someone already suggested “raving”, but:
“The Ranting Atheist”
Richard Austin says
What, nobody with the with obvious?
The Complete Atheist
The Unabridged Atheist
The Essential Atheist
Or, if you want to get silly:
The Energizer Atheist
The Deliberate Atheist
The Gnu Atheist
Charlie Foxtrot says
The _Unapologetically Beardy_ Atheist.
or
The Gnu Atheist – to officially own it.
The Pollcrushing Atheist – to much of an in-joke?
The Cyber-pistol-wielding Atheist – too unwieldy…
Owlmirror says
The Grumpypants Atheist.
Whatever says
The Bitches At Jerry Lewis Because He Doesn’t Raise Huge Sums Of Money For Sick Kids Correctly Atheist.
Too wordy…how about…
The Sour Grapes Atheist.
LewisX says
The Skeptical Atheist
Luc Duval says
Drop “The” and that could work.
Gloriously Atheist
Proudly Atheist
Infallibly Atheist
Incorruptibly Atheist
Very Atheist
Etc. That works with a lot of previous suggestions.
DerelictHat says
Silly Answer: The Bearded Atheist
Serious Answer: The Written Atheist
kcs says
The Outspoken Atheist
Jim Hudson says
How about The Judicious Atheist or The Scrupulous Atheist ?
Pat says
Snarky
Truthful
kris says
the “avatar” atheist
the witty atheist
BionicFreeFall says
The Discombobulated Atheist. I know this absolutely sucks as a title, I just like the word discombobulated.
FossilFishy says
speaking as someone who sold books for 20 years:
People who don’t like “Gnu” and “Sniny” because they are in-jokes are missing the point of a book title, or one of the points at least. The title should give you some idea about the content but also make you go “Huh?” and pick it up to see what it’s about. This is especially true of subjects like atheism where a large segment of the population aren’t interested in the subject. If the title was instantly understandable those folk will just pass it by but a confounding title will get at least some of them to take a look.
Also for those worried that The________Atheist would be unworkable on a cover that just ain’t so. All you have to do is run it vertically in a banner by the spine. Plenty of books do just that and it adds another level of visual interest to the cover. The worry about how people will refer to it isn’t much of one either. It will simply become “The Atheist” in spoken conversation, with the occasional “The Blank Atheist” thrown in. I can assure you that booksellers will figure out what folks are talking about in short order. Also minor disagreements about how to say the title is just another thing that people can talk about, and you want them talking about your book as much as possible.
An extreme example of this sort of eye catching title is Stephen Fry’s autobiography “Moab is my Washpot”. It got serious WTF attention from customers.
TL;DR: Gnu, Sniny and The______Atheist are the best because they will get folks to pick it up just to see what it’s about.
IndyM says
I’ve only had the chance to skim the thread, but so far I like these:
The Devout Atheist
The Dangerous Atheist
(Or what about A Devout and Dangerous Atheist?)
I also like The A to PZ Atheist. (Or how about Atheism, From A to PZ Meyers?)
cag says
Sushi
Tag line – Eating the heart out of belief.
Mark Sparrow says
The Atheists’ Atheist
Bostonian says
Then you’d want to remove the definite article:
– Resolutely Atheist
– Unapologetically Atheist
I’m not sold on the “The ____ Atheist” pattern, but I like the adverb idea. It’s more concise.
Tom Rafferty says
The Enlightened Atheist
Frank says
The Little Bearded Atheist.
protomoralist says
Ahem, I apologize but…
The Cocked Atheist
or maybe
The Fully Cocked Atheist
I’m sorry. I’ll leave now.
Tim says
I see I’m way behind, but I was also going to suggest “cuddly” for the blank. Whenever I’ve seen you in person, you’re quite gentle despite your quote-unquote reputation. Although, it helps that you’re usually debating some clueless guy claiming only quarks are irreducibly complex…
Eric Paulsen says
How about an all white cover with a scarlet embossed “Atheist” on it? Maybe the period could be a zebra fish…
Cynewulf says
The Awesome Atheist.
Because alliteration is cool.
ryk says
Evangelical Atheist
Flakko says
Just leave it blank.
machintelligence says
I think The Loquacious Atheist has a nice ring to it.
Quodlibet says
Wholly Atheist
Owlmirror says
The Developmental Atheist.
Cover art like an embryo staging series.
Maybe using text, going from amorphous and blobby to well-formed and maybe spiky, spelling out “Atheist”.
Hm. Has anyone suggested “The Spiky Atheist”? “Prickly”, I see, has been done. Sort of double-entendre-y.
Cyberguy says
The True Atheist, or Truly Atheist
Referencing multiple meaning of “true”, truth being a guiding principle of atheism:- honest; loyal (to a cause); a straight-edge you can measure from; along with a sideways reference to “No true Scotsman”.
artymart says
hoe about The Athiest From Pharangula
Hawkins Dale says
The GOD-DAMNED Atheist
Crom, strong on his mountain says
The Galloping Atheist
artymart says
Sorry – a little drunk tonight ….The Atheist From Pharyngula
John Morales says
[meta]
PZ,
Really?
Doug Sharp says
“The Pugnacious Atheist” – It rolls right off the tongue.
Eric Paulsen says
Maybe you could just have an illustration of a hydrogen atom smack in the center of the cover.
Ragutis says
Verily.
WhiteHatLurker says
I side with the plurality: “The __________ Atheist”
(except that I prefer “*” to “_”)
I see Gnu has been taken, good – wasn’t sure how to spin that as an adjective.
I am surprised that no-one has suggested “popeyhead” (definition 3).
“Not the Dictionary Atheist” (nor the comfy chair).
mysteryo says
The Accepting Atheist
John Morales says
Ragutis, indeed.
Me says
Invincible.
Unbeatable.
Funny.
Hilarious.
Adorable.
Compleat.
Take-no-prisoners.
Fool’s Worst News
Ken says
The Cheeky Atheist
i was going to say Swarthy, which i thought was similar in a debonare, playful, yet logical with a rapier wit kind of way. But then i looked it up. Seems ive been using that word wrong for a long long time.
Phro says
Already been said, but I wanna say it too…
CUDDLY!!!
Bostonian says
Actually I’m going to one-up that advice: drop the definite article even if you use an adjective. My new favorite is Scientific Atheist.
nesetalis says
I at first thought hungry.. but then i realized tha didnt make sense.. so then I thought “cat loving” :D fits you perfectly doesn’t it?
RodM says
A Lap Hungry Atheist
There is actual meaning to this if you can figure it out.
Justme says
The Barbarian Atheist
Butt Head says
The Damn Dirty Atheist
The Full Time Atheist
The Sexy Atheist
The Literate Atheist
The Approachable Atheist
David Garcia says
Something that expresses the way all learning makes me feel, and is especially true when I check in with what you have to share, PZ,
The Expanding Atheist
Doug Little says
If people like The ______ Atheist maybe above the underscore the cover could be a chalkboard finish. That way you could just write in whatever you felt like and change it as often as you like.
Joseph says
Unapologetic Atheist (Said before I know, but I like it)
Not sure you need the “the” either.
The idea of just leaving “The ______ Atheist” with an greyed out list behind is not bad, though will make librarians and bookstores hate you a little.
jimmiraybob says
The Pirate Atheist
Eloy Espinosa says
The Holier-than-thou Atheist
IndyM says
@PZ
FossilFishy is right, but I would take it one step further: I would put a controversial statement as the title. The God Delusion says it all for Dawkins’ book–I suggest coming up with something for your book that will make everyone grab it off the shelf and investigate further (even raging theists).
Note: my brain is dead at the moment (I’m tired, and besides, I work in sales and marketing for an academic publishing house, so I’ve been doing this all day), so forgive the very weak examples!
Title: How Religion is Destroying The World
Subtitle: Unrepentant Atheist PZ Meyers Explains How
Title: Religion Makes You Stupid
Subtitle: Atheism, from A to PZ Meyers
Title: God Does Not Exist
Subtitle: PZ Meyers and the New Atheism
Once again, I apologize for these very bad examples. I have total faith that Pharyngulites will come up with more brilliant ones. PZ, for realz, give your book a controversial, grabby title–we all want your book to sell! Not only that, but we want the religious to be incensed and to react–that kind of publicity would do wonders for getting your message across!
OK, off to bed…
Judy L. says
I like Bearded and Cuddly.
How about:
Squidly
Biological
Joyful
The Atheist with a Heart of Gold.
The Blog-o-licious Atheist.
Pharyngula’s Atheist.
Grand-Dragon of the Pharynguloid Atheist Horde.
Kamaka says
Holy shit! Ninety bazillion comments posted.
Too long;can’t read.
“I Am An Atheist.’
Clarie V says
The Unashamed Atheist.
Doug Sharp says
The Gleeful Atheist (full of high-spirited delight)
The Jubilant Atheist (already suggested)
The Pope of All Atheists
The Atheist’s Pope
The Howling Atheist
The Frothing Atheist ;^)
The Atheist Under Your Bed
jheartney says
Straight-Up Atheist
No Quarter Atheist
Full Metal Atheist
Atheist Unbound
(BTW, leave out the definite article at the beginning. Unnecessary clutter.)
Apikoros says
“The Unapologetic Atheist.”
gould1865 says
palfreyed
(on the dinosaur, (saddled triceratops))
Apikoros says
“The Unrepentant Atheist”.
John Tinmouth says
I thought someone else would have suggested this (or maybe I just missed it):
“The Belligerent Atheist”
SallyStrange says
I like “unruly” and “forthright.”
Horse-Pheathers says
Outright Atheist
Dac says
The Adamant Atheist
Trey says
Why not just “The Atheist.” ?
Nice and clean and simple.
IndyM says
@PX
Re #108
Sorry for spelling your last name wrong! Duh! (I told you I was braindead this evening…)
IndyM says
@PZ
Re #122
@PZ
Arghhhhh!
federica says
Hello, I am new to the comments but not to the blog.
I couldn’t resist contributing my suggestion for the title:
The Natural Born Atheist
Jim Mauch says
The Good News Without God
Purpose without God
Atheism: Living the Life Driven Purpose.
———————–
The Atheist
A Life with Purpose
———————
The Inconvenient Atheist
machintelligence says
The Intransigent Atheist hasn’t been proposed yet, and it is quite appropriate.
MaryF says
The Crotchedy Atheist
alopiasmag says
I think “The ____________ Atheist” is perfect, actually…
Leave it to the reader to interpret or call it what they want. After they read it, they will name it with the adjective they want.
“The ____________ Atheist”… Perfect.
Jett Perrobone says
How about:
The Groin-Grabbingly Transcendent Atheist :P
(from The Simpsons)
or
The Acerbic Atheist
(from The Angry Beavers)
Apikoros says
I also like “The Ornery Atheist”. Isn’t there some word that means “cheerfully bellicose”, suggesting the Happy Warrior?
Bob says
How about “The god Damned Atheist”. Lower caps on god is intentional :)
Emily Willingham says
This one’s based on your avatar and oh, also because you’re such an angel…
The Winged Atheist
timmosocal says
The Well-Tempered Atheist
Or perhaps,
The Ill-Tempered Atheist
Darth Marmalade says
I’m quite persuaded by the arguments in favor of “The _____ Atheist”, but if an adjective is required, I think it should be a superlative (actually, that’s not bad, “The Superlative Atheist”). But I was really thinking:
Happiest
Jolliest
Angriest
Ultimate
Whatever the title, congratulations on the book!
SuckPoppet says
The evolving atheist
or
The evolved atheist
or
The fully evolved atheist
Circe says
How about
The Strident Atheist? :D
That could actually work, couldn’t it? Reverse Psychology, anyone?
Matt Griffith says
Why don’t you use the name you created? The Gnu Atheist?
Lauren Elisse says
de-lurk/
The cupcake-devouring Athiest?
Sal Bro says
I missed the first 800, but has anyone suggested The PolariZing Atheist? I like the potential for the play on your name, and it captures a bit of the effect that you sometimes have (for better or worse).
Susan Van says
The surprisingly gentle, yet stringently logical atheist.
Ray, rude-ass yankee says: says
Oh, oh, oh… how about “The Way of the Master Atheist”
Cheers & Happy Monkey,
Ray, rude-ass yankee
Juicyheart says
Has “The Suckered Atheist” been suggested yet?
Me says
Notorious nullotheist
The Saint Paul of Atheists, Primate of the Holy Church of Nullotheism, on the Road to Pus, er, Octopus, er, against Pus,
er, he’s the Antibiotic for Mental Pus
The Antibiotic Atheist: for all the mental pus that ails you
David says
“The Atheist Who Wouldn’t Shut Up”
(along the lines of “The Unaccommodating Atheist”).
Josh’s suggestion, “The Terrible, Horrible, No-good Very Bad Atheist”, is my favorite.
Katkinkate says
The Blasphemous Atheist
The Scientific Atheist
The Unassuming Atheist
The Cephelophilic Athiest Manifesto
The Teddybear Atheist
;()
Steve says
What about: Professor Atheist!
Because you know, he’s a professor and an atheist.
arctic says
The Enamored Atheist.
Nobody says
The Fightin’ Atheist
The Ragin’ Atheist
The Tentacular Atheist
Hideki says
The testicular atheist?
He does have balls after all…
Juicyheart says
You know, “The Suckered Atheist: Because Reality is Fast Talking and Convincing”.
Ibis3, féministe avec un titre française de fantaisie says
I’d go with Gnu. All of the descriptive suggestions (like unrepentant or unapologetic or irascible) are okay, but utterly boring (how many Friendly and Amazing and on and on are out there online?) and not very memorable. Same with “The _____ Atheist” –it’s kind of a 5 second gimmick. “Gnu” is intriguing and provides a good jumping off point for interviewers. You can then explain how New Atheism isn’t really new at all, thus the coinage of the term. Plus you can talk about how dictionary atheism just doesn’t cut it. Gnu Atheism as a progressive, godless, liberal, feminist, humanitarian movement/mentality etc.
Cream o'the crop says
The Biggest Small-town Atheist in America
necropickle says
The Unabashed Atheist
Taint Hammer says
The Unaccommodating Atheist, for obvious reasons.
Don’t know if this was suggested before, but who has time to read all of these comments?
Vx says
The eukaryotic atheist.
Definitely. For some reason I’m almost certain this book will contain biology (perhaps even that thing you once said about the evolutionary history of cooperation [I really liked that] and the eukaryotic revolution) and I think the title should reflect that.
exodus737 says
The Common Atheist
Wayside says
No fill-in. No Blank. Just “The Atheist”.
rez_imotoboleht says
The obvious title that represents everyone in the “movement” is:
The __________ Atheist
Ron Sullivan says
Clearly, you’re the Indescribable Atheist.
Molloch says
Another vote for Skeptical. It works on a number of levels.
iknklast says
The Gentleman Atheist
anchor says
That would be “Easy”. It’s not hard. Everyone can at least understand it, and must admit it makes sense. (Or they’re being willfully contrary).
Since I’ve been reading PZ from his earliest incarnation of Pharyngula, the one thing I’ve admired is how EASY he makes it.
Pull up a comfortable chair, grab your favorite beverage, and read…
“The Easy Atheist”
jt512 says
unconditional
Thorfinn says
Hardcore
Ragutis says
Actually, I can see a cover with a large selection of positive and negative adjectives as background with The ______ Atheist bold and big in black. Anyone want to mock up something like that? Gray text on white background with title in black, or maybe gray or white on black with red or yellow title.
Also kind of liked “Atheism: from A to PZ Myers” that someone suggested.
Margaret says
Out
Loud & Proud
Greta Christina says
I feel like I should say something totally original… but I’m really just here to give my thumbs-up to The Irreverent Atheist. I like the play on the words “reverent” and “reverend.” I like that it implies both an irreverence towards religion and an irreverence towards atheism. And it says up front that the book will be funny, which will make it more appealing and marketable.
Donna says
The Pharyngulated Atheist would be instantly recognizable
Bill Dauphin, avec fromage says
I’ve just realized we’ve spent damn near 1,000 comments kicking around the wrong question: Who cares what the title is? What I want to know is when the audiobook version will be available, and who’s gonna read it. (And if nobody’s signed up yet, well… I’ve been thinking about a career change!)
Chan Bae says
The Atheist Overlord of course!
Wowbagger, Madman of Insleyfarne says
Blancmange.
Dave says
I like unabashed; The Unabashed Atheist.
potsandowls says
The Whole Atheist. Or just “Wholly Atheist!”
A Reasonable Atheist
The Wuthering Atheist? Oblique!
The Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z Atheist? Wordy, pop-culture ref.
The Thinking Primates’ Atheist
Michael S says
Keep the underscore!
“The _____ Atheist” is all of those things you wanted. Readers can fill in what they want. Most will already have personal adjectives in mind for you anyway. They can fill it in, and the rest can wait and ponder further.
Scott Maxwell says
The Unassimilated Atheist
The Uncompromised Atheist
The Natural Atheist
Aratina Cage says
Two I haven’t seen:
“The Worn Atheist”
(Suggests a kind of hardened persona from battling theists, but also reminiscent of a worn book. It might also bring to mind clothing–the opposite of the Emperor’s New Clothes.)
“The Bare Atheist”
(Kind of the opposite of above. Like someone else suggested, it would work for atheism laid bare and if the book is rather personal, and it also suggests the Emperor’s New Clothes.)
Have to say that I like “The Sniny Atheist”, “The Irreducible Atheist” and “The Forthright Atheist” though. Sniny would definitely fit if the book is humorous, and I imagine it would get people to look at it a little longer when browsing titles.
Jafafa Hots says
OK, I’m getting paranoid.
I responded hours ago, it was there, now it’s not.
WTF?
BCskeptic says
“Straight-Up”
“Deliberate”
“Unrepentant”
“Undeterred”
“Courageous”
Or, my favourite:
“Fuck the sanctimonious idiotic religionists”
Or, how about, the entire title of the book is: “PZ” in big bold capital red letters? That might get even the religionists curious to read the first few pages, who might not otherwise touch the book with “Atheist” in the title.
TxSkeptic says
VINDICATED,
hopefully sooner than later
Jason says
“Frumpy”
cag says
Jafafa Hots # 177, look just above the “Leave a Reply” for “Older Comments”.
Jeff says
Has to be Skeptical.
Pulls in us scientific skeptics and maybe some who think it’s skeptical about atheism. Then we’ve got ’em…
ryan says
How about
An Atheist.
The irascible Atheist.
The quietly loud atheist.
chigau () says
I just Pfftt’d “goiter”.
I don’t think “superfluous” is the best adjective to describe it.
(see comment 737 on page 1 of this thread)
and neither work with “Atheist” in this context.
Patrick says
Jerry Coyn might not like the idea, but I like the idea of “Why Religion Is False” :P
Rike says
I don’t know if it has been mentioned already:
The Positive Atheist.
It describes PZ as the positive individual that he is, while at the same time making a “positive” statement about being an atheist. I am putting in my order for The Positive Atheist.
Selim says
The Uppity Atheist, of course
Steve Schlosnagle says
The Sacrilegious Atheist
and I would add a vote to:
The Irreverent Atheist
But I do like the ring of “Sacrilegious”. And it harkens back to “Cracker-gate” better.
mtskeptic says
My 2 cents/suggestions:
The Uncompromising Atheist
The gNu(with a funny accent on the u) Atheist
or there’s always
The Tentacular Atheist
JOsh says
The Sexy Atheist
M. Schlussler says
The FLAMING Atheist.
Juicyheart says
Variation on a theme. “The Suckered Atheist: Reality is a Persistent Devil.”
davesmith says
The Blogging Atheist seems strangely appropriate.
MFHeadcase, not frothing, its just toothpaste. says
Cheerfully Grumpy
shawnthesheep says
The Skeptical Atheist
The Evolved Atheist
The God-Fearing Atheist (not exactly positive)
Sam Salerno says
The Incomparable Atheist
cag says
Thirty minutes to a tithe free life
Ediacaran says
The Expelled Atheist
thurston blodgett says
The You’ve Got To Be Kidding Atheist
The You Don’t Actually Believe That? Atheist
The 6000 year old Atheist
The You May Think That’s Right, But You’re Wrong Atheist
The You May Want to Rethink That Atheist
The That Train of Thought Has Expired Atheist
The 21st Century Atheist
The Where’s your Deity Now? Atheist
The DNA Was Here Before “God” Atheist
The Truculent Atheist
The Alarmed Atheist
The Follow the DNA Atheist
The Après-le-Déluge Atheist
The In Medias Res Atheist
The Jouissant Atheist
The Tendentious Atheist
The WTF? Atheist
The God: Awful Atheist
The Your-Intelligent-Design-Argument-Is-So-Bad-That-It’s-Not-Even-Wrong, There Is-no-God-So-Your-Arguments-Are-Invalid-and-Your-Disavowal-of-Evolutionary-Theory-Perpetuates-Ignorance Atheist
Richard Hart says
I can’t believe no one has thought of this:
The Erect Atheist
outaworkee says
A guy named PZ wrote this in an blog a few months ago:
The Affirmative Atheist.
Therrin says
I really hope you’ve directed your publisher to this thread.