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

Incidentally, there was nothing wrong with what I put in the box - somehow extra spaces got added when it was posted that weren't in the text box

 

Possibly a sign of too many markups - it's in the second post of the thread, too.

 

Not any more than I had in the baseball version of this... or the football version...

Oh well. Next round up shortly!

 

Second round!

Science Fiction League

J.R.R. Tolkien Division

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan vs The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke vs The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien

Robert Jordan Division

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch vs Heroics for Beginners by John Moore

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson vs The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov

 

Well thanks Rogue, the Tolkien division is impossible, and the Jordan division I haven't read any of them!

Tolkien Division

Eye of the World - starts slow, but is a great start to my favorite fantasy series of all time. The Dark Knight Returns is very well done, but not on the level of EOTW.

Childhood's End - on a short list of some of the very best science fiction ever written, in my opinion. The Two Towers is incredible, but it's also my least favorite of the trilogy, so I'm going to ever so slightly vote in favor of Clarke. I'm sure I'll lose this one though.

Jordan Division

Abstain
Abstain

 

Abstain
The Two Towers
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Abstain

 

Awesome - I've read one book out of each pair


The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien


The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

 

Forgive my ignorance here but what exactly do you mean when you say Robert Jordan DIVISION, Tolkein DIVISION?

 

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

 

Forgive my ignorance here but what exactly do you mean when you say Robert Jordan DIVISION, Tolkein DIVISION?

See first post - its a way to group the books to make it easier to run a tournament like this. To quote myself..."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."


Eye of the World
Two Towers
Lies of Locke Lamora (by reputation - I'll be starting it tomorrow)
Naked Sun - very tough one for me; Well of Ascension is an excellent book. But this vote is omitted to prevent a tie.

 

Second round!

Science Fiction League

J.R.R. Tolkien Division

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan 4, The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller 0

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke 1, The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien 5

Robert Jordan Division

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch 3, Heroics for Beginners by John Moore 0

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson 2, The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov 1

 

Isaac Asimov Division

Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien vs Heroes Die by Matthew Stover

The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien vs Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson


Frank Herbert Division

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan vs Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien vs Talion: Revenant by Michael A. Stackpole

Yikes. This is gonna be a tough round for me, as I've read and love 7 out of these 8

 

Definitely Return of the King and The Silmarillion. I'm gonna have to abstain from the other two matchups for now, just too close to call. I may come back to them later after some thinking.

You weren't kidding about this being a tough round! I sure picked quite a time to get back into the tournament

 

Heroes Die
Children of Hurin
Abstain
The Silmarillion

 

Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien - haven't read the other

Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson - awesome book


The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

Abstain - haven't read either

 

Heros Die
Mist Born
TSR
TS

 

Isaac Asimov Division

Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien


Frank Herbert Division

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

 

Return of the King - only easy one here for me. Though I'd like to read Heroes Die.
Hero of Ages, though Children of Hurin is quite good as well. Vote omitted to prevent tie, though

My love for WoT on here is well known, and Shadow Rising is an awesome, awesome book. But Asimov's Robot-Foundations novels are right up there with them for me and Robots and Empire is one of the best in that series, IMO. So I'll have to go with Robots and Empire.
Talion: Revenent. Tough one again, because the Silmarillion is an excellent work. Slow reading, sure... but wow, it's good. Talion: Revenent, though, edges it out.

 

Isaac Asimov Division

Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien 6, Heroes Die by Matthew Stover 2

The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien 3, Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 2


Frank Herbert Division

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan 4, Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov 2

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien 6, Talion: Revenant by Michael A. Stackpole 1

 

Neil Gaiman Division

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling vs Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan vs Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch


Terry Pratchett Division

Princeps' Fury by Jim Butcher vs Homeland by R.A Salvatore

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett vs The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

 

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling - I think this is probably my favorite HP book

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch - I don't remember Crossroads of Twilight being particularly special, and I really enjoyed Red Seas Under Red Skies

Homeland by R.A Salvatore - the first Drizzt book I read, and one of the best (so far)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - freaking hilarious

 

Potter
RSURS
Princep's Fury(my favortie of the 6 I think)
Abstain