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

Ender's Game and The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.

 

Abstain
Abstain
MoI!!!!!!!!!!!
TNotW

 

Fantasy League

Arthur C. Clarke Division

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

R. A. Salvatore Division

Memories of Ice- Steven Erikson

Abstain

 

Like War of the Twins, but The Name of the Wind is the best fantasy novel I've read in years.

 

Memories of Ice
Name of the Wind (I'm almost more excited about the sequel to this than Dance with Dragons.)

 

Ender's Game
Memory of Earth - though its far from Card's best
Abstain

 

Fantasy League

Arthur C. Clarke Division

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 5, The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis 2

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis vs UNOPPOSED

R. A. Salvatore Division

Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson 4, The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card 1

War of the Twins by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman 1, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 3

 

Orson Scott Card Division

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis vs The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson vs The Pillars of the World by Anne Bishop

C.S. Lewis Division

Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn vs The Towers of the Sunset by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Time of the Twins by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman vs Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn

 

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - on principle

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson - sooooo hard. Anne Bishop is one of my favorite authors, and I love Pillars of the World. However, i also love Warbreaker, and I've been talking about it so much I really can't vote against it


Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn - another hard one. Towers is my favorite Recluse book, but Sharon Shinn is my favorite author, and this is my favorite series (book 3)

Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn - no contest. First book in my favorite series.

 

The Hobbit and a bunch of abstains.

 

Not a Sharon Shinn fan.

Lewis vs. Tolkien in a battle of the heavyweights. Prince Caspian is probably top 3 Narnia, but the Hobbit will be read to my kids when they are old enough....and when I actually have children.



EDIT: Has anyone read the Weis/Hickman Dragonlance stuff in the last 5 or even 10 years? I mean, this was epic fantasy when I was a kid, just haven't read it in probably 15 years or so.

 

Lewis vs Tolkien, that's tough...

I'll vote for Prince Caspian, it was my favorite book as a kid.

Abstain on the rest.

 

The Hobbit

Abstain on the rest. Although I'm really tempted to vote for Warbreaker, even though I haven't read it yet, because it's by Sanderson...

 

While I love the Hobbit, I'm going to have to vote for Prince Caspian, which is my favorite Narnia book.
Warbreaker, on the basis of it being Sanderson. I'll be reading it soon!
Towers of the Sunset - though its actually my least favorite Recluce book
Abstain

 

Orson Scott Card Division

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis 2, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 5

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson 2, The Pillars of the World by Anne Bishop 0

C.S. Lewis Division

Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn 2, The Towers of the Sunset by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. 1

Time of the Twins by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman 1, Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn 2

 

Brandon Sanderson Division

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson vs Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander vs 1984 by George Orwell

Timothy Zahn Division

Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn vs Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov

The Princess Bride by William Goldman vs Resenting the Hero by Moira J. Moore

 

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn, no question

1984 by George Orwell - usually I'd vote for Alexander, but I didn't like Taran Wanderer, and 1984 is good.



Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn - my favorite book

William Goldman vs Resenting the Hero by Moira J. Moore - The Princess Bride is funny, but I love Moore



PointGiven, you've read Sharon Shinn?

 

This might have been the easiest one yet. I like Foundation & Empire, and the other 3 are all probably in my top 20 novels of all time.

And obviously Nat I have completely different taste.

 

She's my favorite author

Dust, you just need to read Sharon Shin However, Princess Bride was pretty awesome.

 

Fellowship and a bunch of abstains.

 

I read some Sharon Shinn novel about angels or something and didn't really enjoy it.

 

Fellowship of the Ring and The Princess Bride. It's a shame that Mistborn had to go against Tolkien, otherwise I probably would have voted for it.