Amph The SFF Favorite Book Tournament - THIRD Round Underway - Gaiman, Pratchett Divisions!

Welcome to the Science Fiction/Fantasy Favorite Book tournament. A few notes before we begin:

This is a favorite book tournament, not best book tournament. So don't vote based on which is considered better, but just vote for the one you like more

Each round will last at least 24 hours, and possibly more depending on the number of votes received and my schedule. Later rounds (I will announce when this takes effect) will last at least 48 hours. Be sure to look at my most recent post for who is being voted upon currently. Votes for previous (or future) rounds will be ignored. You do not have to vote for every pairing in a round, however; you may abstain from some if you wish.

Each book title will link to either a wikipedia article or some other page, such as amazon.com, to help you decide if you have trouble deciding which to vote for

Feel free to discuss why you voted for a particular book, that is a large part of what makes these fun.

Voting with socks is prohibited. Such votes will be discounted and the user barred from future voting. Obviously, if you're game-banned and using a sock, you can vote with the sock as long as you do not vote with your regular name as well.

The bracket is divided into the Science Fiction League and Fantasy League brackets, each of which has 8 divisions named after various SFF authors. Most divisions have 9 teams in them, but the first five have 10. Each division will be narrowed down to 8 teams via opening round matchups (randomly selected and marked with a dash) and then the regular first round will commence. The ordering of the books in the list, which includes the selection for who is in the opening round, was done at random. Please note that no actual correlation is intended between League name, Division name, and books in that division. There may be a Science Fiction Author's Division in the Fantasy League, with books by other authors, both science fiction and fantasy - this will be the case many times over, in fact. Since the League/Division names are merely for reference, they hold no actual relevance.

For most of the tournament, there will be 4 pairs of books to vote on at a time. As the field narrows, this will drop to two and eventually only one pair. One opening round set, however, will have 5 pairs

I will post the updated bracket on occasion, though not every time the round changes. The bracket will be kept in the second post of this thread, and will be updated more frequently, though again, not every time.

 

Science Fiction League

J.R.R. Tolkien Division

Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
-Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
-The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
-Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
-The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien

Robert Jordan Division

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
-Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson
-Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist
Heroics for Beginners by John Moore
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
-The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
-Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
Test of the Twins by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Isaac Asimov Division

-The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
- A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E. Feist
Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn
Heroes Die by Matthew Stover
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
- Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
-The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Sebastian by Anne Bishop

Frank Herbert Division

Magic of Recluce by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov
-The Hero strikes Back by Moira J. Moore
-The Wizard Lord by Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Opening Round:

J.R.R. Tolkien Division

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke vs The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson vs The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

Robert Jordan Division

Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson vs Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury vs Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice

 

Childhood's End
Elantris
Silverthorn
The Martian Chronicles

Evil.

 

Abstain
Elantris
Idylls of the King
The Martian Chronicles

 

(will close this round soon, so get your votes in!)

 

Childhood's End
The Stars My Destination
Idylls of the King
The Martian Chronicles

 

J.R.R. Tolkien Division

Childhood's End

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

Robert Jordan Division

Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

 

J.R.R. Tolkien Division: Abstain / Elantris by Sanderson

Robert Jordan Division: Idylls of the King by Tennyson / Memnoch the Devil by Rice

 

The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
Abstain from the rest.

 

J.R.R. Tolkien Division

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke 3, The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold 1

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson 4, The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester 1

Robert Jordan Division

Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson 3, Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist 2

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 4, Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice 1

 

Isaac Asimov Division

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander vs A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E. Feist

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder vs The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien

Frank Herbert Division

The Hero strikes Back by Moira J. Moore vs The Wizard Lord, by Lawrence Watt-Evans

The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn vs Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier

 

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander - I love this book I need to reread these; it's been a while. But I think this series was really my introduction to fantasy and I loved it Gave me chills.

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - This too I was absolutely captivated the first time I read this - I think I started rereading right away

The Hero strikes Back by Moira J. Moore - really funny, witty, sarcastic - all things embodied by the narrator. Desoite what the funny cover suggests, her style isn't like John Moore's, but it's worth a read (this is the second i the series).

Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier - very hard since I love both, but I've loved this longer (and The Thirteenth House is my least favorite of the first 4 books in its series). It's the sequel to a book that's a take on the story about the girl whose brothers get turned into swans. Very lovely.

 

Children of Hurin; abstain from the rest.

 

this.

Evil.

 

Asimov Division: The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander (though IMO the entire Chronicles of Prydain series should be grouped together as one full "novel", since printed in mainstream-size print it comes out to about 500 pages, the average sci-fi/fantasy book length).

Abstain from the rest.

 

A Darkness at Sethanon, by Raymond E. Feist
The Children of Hurin, by JRR Tolkien

Abstain on the others.

 

The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien

Abstain on the rest

 

Isaac Asimov Division

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander 2, A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E. Feist 1

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder 1, The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien 4

Frank Herbert Division

The Hero strikes Back by Moira J. Moore 1, The Wizard Lord, by Lawrence Watt-Evans 0

The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn 0, Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier 1

 

Neil Gaiman Division

Night Mare by Piers Anthony vs Sojourn by R.A. Salvatore

Magician by Raymond Feist vs Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

Terry Pratchett Division

The Eyes of Heisenberg by Frank Herbert vs Another Fine Myth by Robert Aspirin

Terry Brooks Division

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard vs Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

 

Sojourn by RASalvatore
Red Seas by Scott Lynch
Another Fine Myth by Robert Aspirin
Dirk Gently by Douglas Adams

 

Night Mare by Anthony
Red Seas by Scott Lynch
Another Fine Myth by Robert Aspirin
Dirk Gently by Douglas Adams

 

Sojourn by R.A. Salvatore
Magician by Raymond Feist
Abstain
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

 

Abstain
RSURS
Abstain
Dirk Gently

 

Neil Gaiman Division

Night Mare by Anthony (the best Xanth book by far, IMO)
Abstain on Feist vs. Lynch

Terry Pratchett Division

Another Fine Myth by Aspirin

Terry Brooks Division

Coming of Conan by Howard (though Dirk Gently is a great book; this is a rather odd pairing!)