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Jan - Anything Goes Feb - Romance Mar - Science Fiction Apr - Humor May - Nonfiction Jun - Modern Fiction Jul - Classic Aug - Historical Fiction Sep - Fantasy Oct - Mystery Nov - Thriller/Suspense Dec - Second Chance (the year's second place titles) |
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08-15-2014, 09:11 AM | #47 | |
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The only thing I'd like to add is that the second chance has traditionally been in January, but that isn't written in stone.
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I would only move around a couple of categories to avoid the Mystery then Thriller dual and the Classic and Historical Fiction dual.
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08-15-2014, 10:57 AM | #52 | |
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Can you clarify what "previous categories" you want? We already have the yes answer which re-uses the current ones.
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This list seems to have more support, so I would include it instead of the original in the poll thread. My comments on this list are that I agree with WT Sharpe that 2nd chance should be in January, so that we don't have to go through nominations during the holidays. I am also concerned with the romance and humor categories, they don't generally seem very popular. I would like to replace them with more open categories, but that may be just me. |
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08-15-2014, 11:34 AM | #54 |
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Thanks for doing this Dazrin!
I'd like to propose a poll option being this list: January - Second Chance February - Romance March - Adventure/Travel April - Classics May - Mystery/Thriller June - Award Winners July - Non-Fiction August - Science-Fiction/Fantasy September - Banned/Challenged October - Free-For-All November - Foreign December - Short Stories It's almost exactly the same as our current categories, except I've added Fantasy to Science-Fiction since there was no Fantasy, and I've replaced the MR Library with Free-For-All. |
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I will add it to the poll, but I suspect we will hear some gnashing of teeth about combining SF/F. |
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I’d also like to propose another option being added:
A single category poll run by Dazrin. Multiple choice, visible votes, all votes are final so consider everything carefully beforehand, you can vote for as many or as few as you like. Voting open say two weeks to give everyone a chance to pass by here and vote. The top twelve become our categories. Any relevant ties and we have a run-off, single choice. Everyone can vote but if there’s a tie again then whatever Dazrin (or Tom) voted for breaks the tie. Polls only allow thirty options, so here is the list I propose using as they seem to be the thirty most popular options (most often used, repeated, talked about, nominated or supported) when looking back at previous years and previous category nominations and polls: Adventure/Travel Award Winners Banned/Challenged Books Classics Contemporary Fantasy* First in a Series Foreign (Originally Non-English) Free-For-All Historical Fiction History (Non-Fiction) Horror Humour Indie Mystery* Mystery/Thriller* Non-Fiction Not Classic or Contemporary Patricia Clark Memorial Library Planes, Trains and Automobiles (and Boats) Philosophy Pulp Adventure Romance Science (Non-Fiction) Science-Fiction* Science-Fiction/Fantasy* Second Chance Short Stories Thriller* Young Adult The apostrophe indicates similar categories that can’t all be voted into the top twelve. If a combined category (Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller) has more votes than either of its two single categories, then its two single categories are disqualified. If either single category has more votes than its combined category, then its combined category is disqualified. Once we have our twelve categories then Dazrin (or Tom) will sort them into appropriate months and that’s that. Last edited by sun surfer; 08-15-2014 at 12:52 PM. |
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Just kidding. I just thought that if the previous categories were to win again then it'd be better to have them include Fantasy and Free For All. |
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Regarding length of polls, I will be gone for some time coming up, so I was planning on having the first poll run till at least the 26th. The second set of polls (if required) would probably start later that week and run for at least 2 weeks. It is right at the start of the school year chaos, so more time seems to be warranted. Quote:
My definition of historical fiction is "stories that take place in the past and in our world." Generally I think of it as more than 100 years ago, but that is somewhat flexible. A novel in the 1980's doesn't seem "historical" to me since I lived it, but a WW2 novel might count. So that would include stories set in the American Civil War, Robin Hood, or King Arthur legends, etc. It would not include fantasy or science fiction things that weren't contemporary to the times, that is, "Abe Lincoln, Vampyre Hunter" wouldn't count, but the Greek epics w/ their gods would. I am sure others have their own definitions, and that is a good thing. |
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