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Synchronicity
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9th Jan, 2021 10:15:19 PM
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Scorpion451
Since: Jan, 2013
10th Jan, 2021 02:18:02 PM
^ Seconded
See also Operation: [Blank] for names like "Project Eaglefire" or "Operation Rising Winds", and Terminology Title for things like "The Omicron Conjecture"
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I feel like there's a Naming Convention trope in spy / espionage / thriller novels, but don't know how to find examples of it.
In the video game Hitman (2016) there are special missions called Escalations that have this convention: The Eccleston Illumination, The Gladwyn Simulacrum, The Scarlatti Covenant, The Scorpio Directive, The Zunino Disintegration, etc.
There's a Bourne series on USA called Treadstone whose episodes have the same naming convention: The Cicada Protocol, The Kwon Conspiracy, The Berlin Proposal, The Kentucky Contract, The Hades Awakening, etc.
Where does this come from?
I know of British spy novelist named Len Deighton who's first novel—a hugely successful novel, at that—was titled The Ipcress File....
But it's not like the rest of his books have that convention.
The Ipcress File (1962)
Horse Under Water (1962)
Funeral in Berlin (1964) ...and so on.
Edit: It's Robert Ludlum! His books are all named like this: The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971) The Osterman Weekend (1972) The Matlock Paper (1973) The Rhinemann Exchange (1974) The Gemini Contenders (1976) The Chancellor Manuscript (1977) The Holcroft Covenant (1978) The Matarese Circle (1979) The Bourne Identity (1980)
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