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Category Selection Nominations for June 2013
* This thread will be open for 7 days or 21 fully seconded and thirded nominations (we don't want a poll that's too large), whichever comes first. * The poll that follows will be up for 4 days. * Each member has three votes in this thread to use either as nominations or to second or third another members nominations. June category nominations are now closed. The story thus far: Quote:
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Thanx and a tip of the Hatlo Hat to Nyssa has kindly volunteered to help out with the nominations (see following post).
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Fully Nominated Categories:
(1) Science Fiction [Nyssa, sun surfer, JSWolf] (2) Fantasy [Nyssa, JSWolf, Dazrin] (3) Non-Fiction [Synamon, WT Sharpe, GA Russell] (4) Modern Literature (Written within past 10 years.) [JSWolf, orlok, Asawi] (5) Biography/Memoir [issybird, Asawi, Hamlet53] (6) Lottery (Version 2—winner provides selection to vote on.) [Dazrin, orlok, Synamon] (7) Free For All [sun surfer, John F, HomeInMyShoes] (8) Young Adult [sun surfer, Synamon, Elfwreck] (9) Humor [Asawi, issybird, Elfwreck] (10) Award Winners [John F, HomeInMyShoes, Elfwreck] (11) Classical Literature (Published at least 25 years ago.) [Hamlet53, issybird, fantasyfan] (12) Historical Fiction [Nyssa, Billi, fantasyfan] (13) MobileRead Authors [Billi, caleb72, fantasyfan] (14) Splatterpunk [orlok, caleb72, Bookatarian] (15) Indie [caleb72, Billi, Bookatarian] (16) Adventure which has nothing to do with travelling. [GA Russell, Bookpossum, Bookatarian] June category nominations are now closed.
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I would like to open up the nominations with Fantasy and Science Fiction.
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I'll second Science Fiction.
Nominate Young Adult. Nominate Free For All.
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I'll third Science Fiction and second Fantasy.
I'll also nominate Modern Literature using the following definition that the book nominated has to have been written in the past 10 years.
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I'll nominate Biography/Memoir.
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I'll second Modern Literature, and nominate Splatterpunk.
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Umm...What's Splatterpunk??
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It was originally a term originally coined to describe extreme horror stories, but has broadened out a bit to cover more visceral story-telling. You could perhaps call it throught-provoking horror that holds no punches. One of the best short stories I have ever read was a in a book of splatterpunk tales. Of course, some of it is awful (yes Mr Carlton Mellik III, I'm looking at you). Authors such as Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, Jack Ketchum, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Laymon, Richard Matheson, and many others have been considered to have produced works in this sub-genre. I've even had a go myself...
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I'll pass on the blood and guts.
I nominate Non-Fiction and second Young Adult. |
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I second Non-Fiction.
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Which Lottery, Dazrin?
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