I am doing my homework, preparing for the February 22 benefit reading (JAWS: An Evening of Relentless Terror And Really Awkward Sex) and I stumbled on Peter Benchley’s early working titles for his novel. Think how different all of our lives would be if JAWS had been called:
The Grinning Fish
Letter on Mundus
Leviathan Rising
Throwback
The Coming
Horror
Haunt
The Fish
Phosphorescence
Looming
Clam Bay
Spectre
The Edge of Gloom
Maw
Endurance
Tumult
Shadow
The Survivor
The Unexplained
Penance
Hunger
Survival
Messenger
Dues
Ripple
HOOPER/CLASPER
What have we done?
Shark Dreams 
I actually knew Peter Benchley. He originally envisioned a novel about an insane mohel, not a shark….. It wasn’t a very commercial idea.
I love “Maw” and “The Grinning Fish”
Also, the big cat post was one of my new favorites! Dana
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Hey Thanks, Miss D! I hope to see you and V. at the JAWS shindig!