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    The Apolyton Science Fiction Book Club: November Votes

    Wow!!! 21 nominations!!!

    Er... because there are so many noms, I won't have the time to read and quote the "best" Amazon review of the book, so links will just have to suffice.

    The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, nominated by Drake Tungsten

    Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, nominated by Starchild

    The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, nominated by Ramo

    Tits-Out Teenager Terror Totty by Steven Wells, nominated by Lazarus and the Gimp - DUE TO NON-AVAILABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES, THIS BOOK IS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE. Sorry.

    A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, nominated by Ajbera

    Rendevous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, nominated by Imran Siddiqui

    Glory Season by David Brin, nominated by GePap

    Schilds Ladder by Greg Egan, nominated by St. Leo

    In Conquest Born by C. S. Friedman, nominated by Boshko

    Firestar by Michael Flynn, nominated by JohnT

    The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, nominated by Harry Seldon

    Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams, nominated by Wraith

    The Mote in Gods Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, nominated by Mordoch

    Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, nominated by Lonestar

    Barefoot in the Head by Brian Aldiss, nominated by Immortal Wombat

    Armor by John Steakley, nominated by Tuberski

    Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh, nominated by jon miller

    The Proteus Operation by James P. Hogan, nominated by dv8ed

    The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! by Harry Harrison, nominated by monolith94

    The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, nominated by pchang

    The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson, nominated by Stefu
    102
    The Forever War
    4.90%
    5
    Lord of Light
    6.86%
    7
    The Left Hand of Darkness
    5.88%
    6
    Tits-Out Teenager Terror Totty
    6.86%
    7
    A Fire Upon the Deep
    2.94%
    3
    Rendevous with Rama
    2.94%
    3
    Glory Season
    1.96%
    2
    Schild's Ladder
    2.94%
    3
    In Conquest Born
    4.90%
    5
    Firestar
    0.98%
    1
    The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
    10.78%
    11
    Voice of the Whirlwind
    0.98%
    1
    The Mote in Gods Eye
    8.82%
    9
    Starship Troopers
    5.88%
    6
    Barefoot in the Head
    1.96%
    2
    Armor
    2.94%
    3
    Cyteen
    3.92%
    4
    The Proteus Operation
    0.98%
    1
    The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!
    4.90%
    5
    The Diamond Age
    2.94%
    3
    The Years of Rice and Salt
    14.71%
    15

    The poll is expired.

    Last edited by JohnT; September 18, 2003, 08:47.
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  • #2
    By the way, bumping the thread by telling us what y'all voted for would be considerate.

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    • #3
      bump.
      B♭3

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      • #4
        My votes:

        Schild's Ladder
        The Mote in Gods Eye
        The Years of Rice and Salt

        Yes, once again I didn't vote for the book I nominated. Two of the above books I haven't read before, while the third (Mote) is a personal favorite of mine.

        Books that I hated to not vote for:

        Firestar
        In Conquest Born
        A Fire Upon the Deep
        Armor
        Cyteen

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        • #5
          oops, didn't see the limit to three. new to this whole book club thing.
          B♭3

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          • #6
            ARRRGGGHHHH! YOU RUINED THE INTEGRITY OF THIS CLUB, YOU BALLOT BOX STUFFER YOU!!!!!!!



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            • #7
              By the way, for future consumption: Since the poll allows a max of 24 entries, if I get more than 24 nominations in future threads I'll just select the first 24 books nominated.

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              • #8
                Rama!!

                Oh, and also The Forever War and Starship Troopers.
                “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                • #9
                  The Forever War and Tits-Out Teenager Terror Totty. Just can't resist a book with a bigger bodycount than the Bible.
                  KH FOR OWNER!
                  ASHER FOR CEO!!
                  GUYNEMER FOR OT MOD!!!

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                  • #10
                    Glore Season, of course...

                    MOte, and Guide.
                    If you don't like reality, change it! me
                    "Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
                    "it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
                    "Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard Shaw

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                    • #11
                      Lord of Light
                      Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
                      Years of Rice and Salt

                      Mainly cause I already own them so I won't have to stretch my budget.
                      Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
                      -Richard Dawkins

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                      • #12
                        Schild's Ladder
                        THHGTTG
                        The Years of Rice and Salt

                        One of the latter two will win.
                        Blog | Civ2 Scenario League | leo.petr at gmail.com

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                        • #13
                          cyteen
                          lord of light
                          fire in the deep

                          wished to vote for a bunch fo others

                          JHon Miller
                          Jon Miller-
                          I AM.CANADIAN
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                          • #14
                            BTW, I refuse to read Mote if it wins. Pournelle completely suckifies Niven's fiction. I've read Footfall, Beowulf's Children, and Burning City. All of them are inexcusable trash.
                            Blog | Civ2 Scenario League | leo.petr at gmail.com

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                            • #15
                              Mote is the exception that proves the rule, St. Leo. If it wins, give it a hundred pages and if you don't like it, return it to the library.

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