MobileRead November 2012 Book Club 1st Vote

[WT Sharpe]

I can't believe we have a four-way tie for second place. The second poll will be half the size of the first. Cloud Atlas will probably win, but as much as I planned on eventually scheduling it to read, I was really hoping for something less massive. That book is 528 pages in the paperback edition. Oh well. 2nd poll coming up shortly.

[WT Sharpe]

The unusual 5 way run-off vote is up.

[Moe The Cat]

Originally Posted by jabberwock_11

I really wanted to like Ian Banks. I stumbled on the guy while researching another author. The universes that he creates sound well thought out and the novels he writes have spifftastic plot lines, but after reading through three of them I finally came to the conclusion that I would rather get dental work with dull rusty drills than read another Ian Banks novel. Seeing as only one of his novels was nominated (and did not even make the finals), I am guessing that not everyone holds him up all that high.

Don't forget, he writes his mainstream novels as "Iain Banks" and his Science Fiction novels as "Iain M. Banks". An interesting way of separating his two chosen genres.