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Originally Posted by tompe
The vote is for best science fiction (or fantasy). So there is also the science fiction/fantasy component.
But I just cannot understand the opinion that if you compare two novels the best one is the one you enjoy the most. And what does "enjoy" mean here? Is it simply that the book was fun? Or how do you compare a "fun" book with a "intellectually stimulating" book? And to be a choose a better sf book an intellectually stimulating book always win over a fun book. A book that is just fun to read can never be the best sf book.
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...and in my opinion, a *novel* is worthless to me if it isn't fun to read. I read novels to be entertained. If a novel doesn't entertain me, I would never vote for it, or give it a good review, or recommend it to someone.
Now...that is not to say that an entertaining book can't also be insightful, and that might add to my enjoyment of the book, but in terms of votes, recommendation, etc, entertaining always wins over insightful. Always.
Shari