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

The Two Towers, accompanied by a broad abstention.

 

-abstain
-haven't read
-Childhood's End
-The Two Towers

 

-The Eye of the World
-The Dark Knight Returns
-abstain
-The Two Towers

 

Eye of the World
abstain
abstain
Two Towers

 

Science Fiction League

J.R.R. Tolkien Division

Animal Farm by George Orwell 0, The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan 3

The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller 1, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 0

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke 1, The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick 0

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson 0, The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien 5

 

Robert Jordan Division

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch vs Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Heroics for Beginners by John Moore vs Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury vs The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov vs Test of the Twins by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

 

Lies of Locke Lamora.
Abstain for the rest.

 

Lies of Locke Lamora by SLynch
Heroics for Beginners by JMoore

Abstain on the rest.

 

Idylls is great, but since I haven't read the other, and you say it's so good...now I don't know!!

abstain from all but the Martian Chronicles. since it's one of my all-time faves.

 

Well of Ascension
Naked Sun, because its awesome.

at the lack of love for this great work.

EDIT: correcting for Martian Chronicles appearing twice in the list

 

Robert Jordan Division

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch 3, Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson 0

Heroics for Beginners by John Moore 2, Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 0

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 1, The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson 2

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov 1, Test of the Twins by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman 0

 

Isaac Asimov Division

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander vs Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn vs Heroes Die by Matthew Stover

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams vs The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien

Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson vs Sebastian by Anne Bishop

 

Return of the King by Tolkien
Long Dark Tea-Time by DAdams

Abstain on the rest, although I'm so tempted to vote for BSanderson just because I loved the first Mistborn so much...

 

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander

Abstain

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams

Sebastian by Anne Bishop

 

Return of the King
Heroes Die
Children of Hurin
Abstain

 

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

abstain

The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien

abstain


nope, I don't like Tolkien much at all.

 

The Return of the King
Heroes Die
The Children of Hurin
The Hero of Ages

Evil.

 

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

abstain

The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien

abstain

 

Return of the King
Heroes Die
Children of Hurin
Abstain

 

Return of the King
Icarus Hunt
Children of Hurin
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages (have to break the tie..)

 

Isaac Asimov Division

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander 1, Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien 8

The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn 1, Heroes Die by Matthew Stover 4

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams 3, The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien 6

Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 2, Sebastian by Anne Bishop 1

 

Frank Herbert Division

Magic of Recluce by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. vs The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov vs The Hero strikes Back by Moira J. Moore

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien vs The Unhandsome Prince by John Moore

Talion: Revenant by Michael A. Stackpole vs Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier

 

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

Abstain

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

Talion: Revenant by Michael A. Stackpole