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Q&A “ The doctor spirit 'Dr. Tom' ” - possible book title? [closed]

I have written a book about a medical doctor who died. This doctor's spirit however comes back and takes control of normal, random people to continue his medical profession. Hence, the spirit is a ...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by johann_ka‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:03:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/30425
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar johann_ka‭ · 2019-12-08T07:03:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have written a book about a medical doctor who died. This doctor's spirit however comes back and takes control of normal, random people to continue his medical profession. Hence, the spirit is a medical doctor.

**The problem**

I would like to call the book `The doctor spirit 'Dr. Tom'`. I'm aware that the noun compound 'doctor spirit' sounds somewhat awkward but 'spirit doctor' would convey the wrong meaning. I'm also aware that the word 'doctor' is in there twice but I believe that through the quotes, the second half of the title is differentiated from the first half.

**Question 1**

On a scale from 0 (not awkward at all) to 10 (extremely awkward), how awkward does 'doctor spirit' sound to you?

**Question 2**

Do you think one of these title options is better:

" The medical spirit 'Dr. Tom' " or "Dr. Tom - the medical spirit" or simply "The Doctor Spirit"?

In the title, I want to keep the information that the doctor is a spirit. Simply "The spirit of Dr. Tom" doesn't do the trick for me.

What would you recommend and can you post one or two title suggestions?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-09-26T19:13:27Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: -2