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View Poll Results: Which ψ-φ book will we read in November? | |||
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell | 18 | 35.29% | |
Ubik by Philip K. Dick | 6 | 11.76% | |
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress | 6 | 11.76% | |
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham | 11 | 21.57% | |
Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan | 10 | 19.61% | |
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10-30-2012, 06:38 PM | #1 |
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November 2012 Run-Off Vote
November 2012 Mobile Read Book Club Run-Off Vote
Help us choose a book as the November 2012 eBook for the Mobile Read Book Club by voting in this run-off poll. It will be open for 3 days, and all MobileRead members are invited to participate. The vote this month will be hidden. We will start the discussion thread for this book on November 20th. Select from the following Five* Choices: (1) Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Amazon (UK) / Amazon (US) / Barnes & Noble / Kobo Spoiler:
(2) Ubik by Philip K. Dick Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Google / Kobo Books Spoiler:
(3) Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress Amazon / BooksOnBoard Spoiler:
(4) The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Fictionwise / Google eBook Spoiler:
(5) Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan Feedbooks (Kindle) / Patricia Clark Memorial Library: ePub / LRF Spoiler:
* Since the first vote produced a 4-way tie for second , this poll has more than the normal two choices. |
10-30-2012, 06:52 PM | #2 |
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Voted for Armageddon 2419 AD, just like in the initial vote. Go go free books!
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10-31-2012, 12:45 AM | #3 |
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As much as I want to read Cloud Atlas, I think it might be a timing issue for me, so I've voted for The Day of the Triffids as I wanted to read that this year anyway.
But I'll happily read Armageddon 2419 AD if it wins. I didn't even realise Buck Rogers was based on a book, so it looks like something I would be interested in reading anyway. |
10-31-2012, 05:35 AM | #4 |
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I went with the 'Buck Rogers' book. Given how far out in front Cloud Atlas was in the initial vote though, mine may be a wasted vote.
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10-31-2012, 07:01 AM | #5 |
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10-31-2012, 07:49 AM | #6 |
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I'm going with Triffids.
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10-31-2012, 10:15 AM | #7 |
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FWIW, I'm pulling for Triffids or Buck Rogers. Triffids has been in my to-be-read list too long, and it would be nice to have some folks to discuss it with. And the first Buck Rogers novel would be interesting as well. While it's probably a great book, I just don't know if I'm up for all 528 pages of Cloud Atlas. I hope everyone that votes for it reads all of it in time for the discussion.
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10-31-2012, 07:25 PM | #8 |
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When WT opened the selection process for November and I saw the category I tuned-out, so I was surprised when I saw the choices for this month on the home page.
I finished Cloud Atlas in record time but that is because I pretty much 'scrolled' two lengthy chapters (two chapters per plot) cutting down considerably on the length. Now I realize why: they were science fiction. I must have misread the reviews because I would not have bought it had it been described as such. If I counted correctly it can be read as five independent sections, so you could skip a chapter—well, two—without losing continuity. I very much liked it...much better than Black Swan Green and can't imagine how it was made into a movie! If it wins, I'll be curious to follow the discussion. |
10-31-2012, 07:34 PM | #9 |
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Sounds like there's quite a bit of vote splitting between Buck Rogers and Triffids. Problem with a run-off vote with so many options is that it can suffer from the same issue as the first vote.
I'm like you. Not up to 528 pages at the moment and there's no way I'll get to it in time to discuss. |
10-31-2012, 07:47 PM | #10 | |
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I put it on hold at the library last month and I'm near the top of the list now, so I voted for it. |
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10-31-2012, 07:48 PM | #11 |
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Jeez, are the people who are shy of Cloud Atlas waiting for the Readers Digest condensed version to come out? I mean 528 pages is not by any means a lengthy tome. David Copperfield 974 pages. Ivanhoe (the June selection) 544 pages. It's a less than two average books lengths for my experience. Anyway as the only book that I would want to read anyway that's my choice still.
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10-31-2012, 08:20 PM | #12 |
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I too voted for Armageddon.
I nominated it, and was pleasantly surprised that it made the runoff because there was no vocal support for it in the first vote's thread. |
10-31-2012, 09:38 PM | #13 | |
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Hopefully me using these inappropriate measures to exclude a book from my vote doesn't somehow make me ineligible. I can probably cope with ridicule if that is deemed necessary. |
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10-31-2012, 09:38 PM | #14 |
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To be honest, I didn't even look at it until it got into the runoff vote and I'd already voted for Triffids.
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11-01-2012, 06:52 AM | #15 | |
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