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1984 by George Orwell 22 24.72%
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4 4.49%
Call of the Wild by Jack London 6 6.74%
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 23 25.84%
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain 4 4.49%
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 7 7.87%
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 4 4.49%
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey 8 8.99%
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 7 7.87%
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith 4 4.49%
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Old 04-29-2011, 02:08 PM   #286
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bleeeh... you guys need to stop taking this so seriously and let a little fun in your lives.

Ties are why PilotBOb has a deciding vote.
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Old 04-29-2011, 02:10 PM   #287
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bleeeh... you guys need to stop taking this so seriously and let a little fun in your lives.

Ties are why PilotBOb has a deciding vote.
you'd probably end up with more ties using the blind vote method.
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Old 04-29-2011, 02:10 PM   #288
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I don't think any of this voting stuff matters. We can still read whichever book(s) we want to from the list, and can start a discussion thread on it too, if we feel strongly enough about it. I think it was fun this time
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Old 04-29-2011, 02:12 PM   #289
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Just wondering: Can the polling system handle ranked voting?
Nice idea but I think too complicated.

It seems the general consensus is that blind voting is a good idea, at least for a month trial. The only problem is that we'd either need Alex (?) to make blind polling possible or have Bob manually count votes private messaged to him which is more work for him.
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Old 04-29-2011, 02:12 PM   #290
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bleeeh... you guys need to stop taking this so seriously and let a little fun in your lives.

Ties are why PilotBOb has a deciding vote.
It's not a matter of serious vs fun. Some of us just like having a "true/honest" vote vs a "popularity" vote. Pioletbob will still have the tie-breaking vote, anyway.

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Just wondering: Can the polling system handle ranked voting?
What is "ranked voting"? NM I got it. That would be cool, if it were possible.
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I don't think any of this voting stuff matters. We can still read whichever book(s) we want to from the list, and can start a discussion thread on it too, if we feel strongly enough about it. I think it was fun this time
I disagree slightly. I agree with everything you say, but more people will read the winner, so if you're looking for discussion, you're going to get more with whichever book wins each month.
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I disagree slightly. I agree with everything you say, but more people will read the winner, so if you're looking for discussion, you're going to get more with whichever book wins each month.
Fair point, but if the winner is one you are not interested in anyway...
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I have the Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky Translation. So I guess I will be reading that
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I voted without looking at the interim results and I would definitely prefer a blind poll.
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I replaced my Amazon copy with the Manybooks copy, just in case.
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It's not a matter of serious vs fun. Some of us just like having a "true/honest" vote vs a "popularity" vote. Pioletbob will still have the tie-breaking vote, anyway.

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meeehhh...

I think the participation would be less.

And why not just have PilotBob or Opera pick a book for us?

I would hope people vote for what they want to read in any case, but there is no need for an open voting thread if the vote is hidden. Just put up a poll and don't allow comments once the nominations are in.
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meeehhh...

I think the participation would be less.

And why not just have PilotBob or Opera pick a book for us?

I would hope people vote for what they want to read in any case, but there is no need for an open voting thread if the vote is hidden. Just put up a poll and don't allow comments once the nominations are in.
There's an idea... Once a year (January or December) we take all the losing books and randomly pick the winner.
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On topic with the winner - can anyone recommend the best AK translation? I want to read the best and if someone already knows it'll save me the time of researching.
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There's an idea... Once a year (January or December) we take all the losing books and randomly pick the winner.
We have one grab-bag month and that's what usually happens.
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On topic with the winner - can anyone recommend the best AK translation? I want to read the best and if someone already knows it'll save me the time of researching.
From my research there seems to be a consensus that the Maude translation is the best, and this edition has really good reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Karenina-Trans...4103276&sr=1-4.
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