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Old 08-05-2015, 05:34 PM   #121
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The proposed Short Stories category, is that a single short story or a collection? Related question. Anthology: a published collection of writings (such as poems or short stories) by different authors (Merriam-Webster). I'm going to go with the assumption that Short Stories as a category would be a book containing a number of short works by a single author and representative of that author's work. So I will third it.



Not exactly what category(ies) you are speaking of. Science Fiction vs Science to my mind are only related through both including the word science. Science Fiction is very much just fiction, the "science" is more "fantasy" than science, and the first is just telling a fictional tale while the other is educational. I'd say much the same about the Historical Fiction vs History category. How people will vote is another matter. I know that I will vote for Science, but not for Science Fiction.
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My idea of short story Anthologies was with different authors and short stories as multiple stories with same author. I won't mind if the tittle was changed to show that.
"[same author]" and "[various authors]" added for clarity, and Hamlet53's vote added to Short Stories.
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Old 08-05-2015, 05:46 PM   #122
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I am interested in reading short stories of both kinds and have no problem if categories are combined. I had kept them separate because I have not many people keen on reading anthologies with stories from different authors.
• Short Story Anthologies [various authors] was nominated by din155, WT Sharpe, and HomeInMyShoes.
• Short Stories [same author] was nominated by din155, kyteflyer, and Hamlet53.

If all five people are willing, I'll combine those into one category called Short Stories.

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Old 08-05-2015, 05:56 PM   #123
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Old 08-05-2015, 05:59 PM   #124
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• Short Story Anthologies [various authors] was nominated by din155, WT Sharpe, and HomeInMyShoes.
• Short Stories [same author] was nominated by din155, kyteflyer, and Hamlet53.

If all five people are willing, I'll combine those into one category called Short Stories.

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In case Hamlet53 doesn't see this soon, it looks like he has already agreed to the combined category.

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Actually in an effort to avoid dispersing the vote I'd like it if Short Story Collection by a single author or multiple author could be a category replacing of Short Story Anthologies
Also for bookkeeping, kyteflyer seconded Fan Fiction. The second is already noted but no name is listed for the second.
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Old 08-05-2015, 07:45 PM   #125
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In case Hamlet53 doesn't see this soon, it looks like he has already agreed to the combined category.
I saw that, but it seemed to have conditions attached. I'll wait to hear from him and kyteflyer. Combining the two without restrictions gives short stories in general a better chance in my opinion.

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Also for bookkeeping, kyteflyer seconded Fan Fiction. The second is already noted but no name is listed for the second.
Nice catch. Now fixed. I don't know how that happened, but as the thread grows and categories get combined, things get confusing.
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Old 08-05-2015, 08:15 PM   #126
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If Contemporary and Modern Fiction are basically the same, I'll third Contemporary.
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Old 08-05-2015, 08:35 PM   #127
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Done! I nominate-

Young Adult & Children's
For the kid in all of us. This includes anything from The Brothers Grimm fairy tales and The Secret Garden to Harry Potter and The Hunger Games.
Again two categories that do no mix. STOP THE MIXING OF INCOMPATIBLE CATEGORIES!

The Hunger Games is in no way the same or similar to The cat in the Hat.
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Point made, but many classic books don't fit into other genres or categories we have, even PCML. Something like a Drama category (not as in plays but as in book genre) could cover that gap but I'm now out of votes, and I like Classics anyway.
Please give us some examples of classics that would not fit into any other category that might stand a chance of winning.
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Old 08-05-2015, 08:41 PM   #129
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If Contemporary and Modern Fiction are basically the same, I'll third Contemporary.
I suggest we call it modern fiction as it has a more easy to understand meaning based on the name.
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Old 08-05-2015, 09:23 PM   #130
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Again two categories that do no mix. STOP THE MIXING OF INCOMPATIBLE CATEGORIES!

The Hunger Games is in no way the same or similar to The cat in the Hat.
However The Hunger Games (usually considered YA) is comparable to the Harry Potter series (considered both Childrens and YA)
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Old 08-05-2015, 09:24 PM   #131
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Please give us some examples of classics that would not fit into any other category that might stand a chance of winning.
All that matters are the categories that actually make it and an example is easy since the last Classics winner, Cannery Row, wouldn't fit any other category this year.
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Old 08-05-2015, 10:09 PM   #132
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I have no more votes left, but we have four more categories to fill and I sense we're are running out of ideas, so here are a few for consideration:

• Animals
• Disaster fiction
• Dystopian fiction
• Existentialist fiction
• Feminist Fiction (fiction with a strong female protagonist)
• Film
• Folklore/Legend
• Gay/Lesbian (fiction with a homosexual/bisexual/transgendered protagonist)
• History
• Music
• Mythology
• Philosophy
• Poetry
• Stage
• Tragedy
• War
• Western
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Old 08-05-2015, 10:46 PM   #133
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History is already nominated but here are some other options from last year's shindig:
  • Banned or Challenged Books
  • First in a Series
  • Indie Books
  • Not Classic or Contemporary
  • Pulp Adventure
  • New Releases (published in the last 12 months)
  • MobileRead Author
  • Apocalyptic

The categories I am most interested in are already nominated though, so I don't really want to dilute the field by making more nominations of my own.
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Old 08-05-2015, 10:51 PM   #134
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