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Topic: Who is the Greatest Science Fiction Author?
rivka
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posted December 17, 2003 12:29 PM
Well, I guess you can tell who I didn't vote for in round seven! Funny thing is that I almost did . . . but still managed to stick him on the list.
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rivka
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posted December 17, 2003 12:37 PM
He must've stayed stuck in the buffer of my brain.
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eslaine
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posted December 17, 2003 02:38 PM
Kelly Freas.
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rivka
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posted December 17, 2003 03:07 PM
Michael Whelan, Don Maitz, Bob Eggleton, Boris Valejo, Rick Sternbach, Ed Emshwiller . . .. . . and a whole bunch more. [ December 18, 2003, 12:30 AM: Message edited by: rivka ]
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eslaine
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posted December 17, 2003 10:00 PM
Winner of Round One: H.G. Wells Round Two Day Seven FINAL RESULT Isaac Asimov 52% [ 11 ] Total Votes : 21 Winner of Round Two: Isaac Asimov Round Three Day Six Ray Bradbury 75% [ 15 ] Total Votes : 20 Round Four Day Five Philip K. Dick 42% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 19 love this round! Round Five Day Four Orson Scott Card 73% [ 14 ] Total Votes : 19 sakeriver is a testiment to her great skill as a writer. Round Six Day Three Anne McCaffrey 30% [ 4 ] David Brin 30% [ 4 ] Total Votes : 13 Round Seven Day Two Roger Zelzany 50% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 10 Round Eight Day One
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saxon75
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posted December 18, 2003 03:21 PM
You know, I enjoyed Piers Anthony and Terry Brooks immensely as a young'un, but I would have a really hard time calling either of them great writers. Same with Zahn.
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eslaine
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posted December 18, 2003 03:39 PM
As it was said, so shall it be done...
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rivka
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posted December 18, 2003 03:52 PM
Out of curiosity, saxon, have you read Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality books? Or his Phaze books?
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saxon75
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posted December 18, 2003 04:26 PM
Let's see, what have I read of Anthony's? Anthonology Macroscope Prostho Plus Rings of Ice Ghost Bio of an Ogre Total Recall Hard Sell MerCycle Tatham Mound Killobyte If I Pay Thee Not In Gold (with Mercedes Lackey) Series (and portions thereof): The first 18 Xanth books Battle Circle Series (all 3 books in one volume) Of Man and Manta (just the third one, strangely enough) Cluster Series (first 5 books) Apprentice Adept Series (all 7 books) Incarnations of Immortality Series (all 7 books) Bio of a Space Tyrant (first 5 books) Mode Series (first 2 books) Geodyssey Series (first book) Dragon's Gold Series (first 4 books) So that makes... 65 books of his that I've read, most of which I enjoyed, and many of which I'd read again even now. But I still wouldn't call him a great writer.
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rivka
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posted December 18, 2003 04:50 PM
I'm pretty sure that means you've more of his stuff than I have! Dragon's Gold books? And didn't he co-author those? *checks* Yeah, with Margoff -- oh, and there are 5, yeah I read all of those.
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saxon75
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posted December 18, 2003 05:07 PM
I had to go to hipiers.com to jog my memory a bit as to which I'd read (there were so many and it's been a while [and actually, many of them sounded familiar but I didn't know for sure whether I'd read them]). To my surprise, several of the series that I thought had been completed had an additional book tacked on afterwards (e.g. Bio of a Space Tyrant and Cluster ). Weird.
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eslaine
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posted December 18, 2003 10:36 PM
Winner of Round One: H.G. Wells Winner of Round Two: Isaac Asimov Round Three Day Seven FINAL RESULT Ray Bradbury 75% [ 15 ] Total Votes : 20 Winner of Round Three: Ray Bradbury Round Four Day Six Philip K. Dick 42% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 19 Round Five Day Five Orson Scott Card 70% [ 14 ] Total Votes : 20 Round Six Day Four Anne McCaffrey 35% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 14 Round Seven Day Three Roger Zelazny 41% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 12 Round Eight Day Two William Gibson 50% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 10 Round Nine Day One
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eslaine
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posted December 19, 2003 10:47 PM
Winner of Round One: H.G. Wells Winner of Round Two: Isaac Asimov Winner of Round Three: Ray Bradbury Round Four Day Seven FINAL RESULT Philip K. Dick 42% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 19 Winner of Round Three: Philip K. Dick Round Five Day Six Orson Scott Card 70% [ 14 ] Total Votes : 20 Round Six Day Five Anne McCaffrey 35% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 14 Round Seven Day Four Roger Zelazny 41% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 12 Round Eight Day Three William Gibson 50% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 10 Round Nine Day Two Gene Wolfe 50% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 10 Round Ten Day One [ December 20, 2003, 10:01 AM: Message edited by: eslaine ]
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eslaine
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posted December 20, 2003 06:45 PM
Winner of Round One: H.G. Wells Winner of Round Two: Isaac Asimov Winner of Round Three: Ray Bradbury Winner of Round Four: Philip K. Dick Round Five Day Seven FINAL RESULT Orson Scott Card 70% [ 14 ] Total Votes : 20 Winner of Round Five: Orson Scott Card Round Six Day Six Anne McCaffrey 35% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 14 Round Seven Day Five Roger Zelazny 41% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 12 Round Eight Day Four William Gibson 50% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 10 Round Nine Day Three Gene Wolfe 54% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 11 Round Ten Day Two Douglas Adams 71% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 7
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eslaine
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posted December 21, 2003 10:45 AM
Winner of Round One: H.G. Wells Winner of Round Two: Isaac Asimov Winner of Round Three: Ray Bradbury Winner of Round Four: Philip K. Dick Winner of Round Five: Orson Scott Card Round Six Day Seven FINAL RESULT Anne McCaffrey 35% [ 5 ] Total Votes : 14 Winner of Round Six: Anne McCaffrey Round Seven Day Six Roger Zelazny 46% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 13 Round Eight Day Five William Gibson 54% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 11 Round Nine Day Four Gene Wolfe 54% [ 6 ] Round Ten Day Three Douglas Adams 77% [ 7 ] Total Votes : 9
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eslaine
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posted December 22, 2003 10:48 PM
Winner of Round One: H.G. Wells Winner of Round Two: Isaac Asimov Winner of Round Three: Ray Bradbury Winner of Round Four: Philip K. Dick Winner of Round Five: Orson Scott Card Winner of Round Six: Anne McCaffrey Round Seven Day Seven FINAL RESULT Roger Zelazny 46% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 13 Winner of Round Seven: Roger Zelazny Round Eight Day Six William Gibson 54% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 11 Round Nine Day Four Gene Wolfe 54% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 11 Round Ten Day Four Douglas Adams 72% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 11
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eslaine
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posted December 23, 2003 09:37 PM
Winner of Round One: H.G. Wells Winner of Round Two: Isaac Asimov Winner of Round Three: Ray Bradbury Winner of Round Four: Philip K. Dick Winner of Round Five: Orson Scott Card Winner of Round Six: Anne McCaffrey Winner of Round Seven: Roger Zelazny Round Eight Day Seven FINAL RESULT William Gibson 58% [ 7 ] Total Votes : 12 Winner of Round Eight: William Gibson Round Nine Day Six Gene Wolfe 54% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 11 Round Ten Day Five Douglas Adams 75% [ 9 ] Total Votes : 12
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eslaine
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posted December 24, 2003 09:05 AM
Well? Should we wait for the new year to finish this or not?
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Noemon
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posted December 24, 2003 10:05 AM
Yeah, don't do it now; there aren't enough people posting on either site to make it work at the moment.
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rivka
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posted December 24, 2003 03:30 PM
Well, let's see. I'll vote either way; and fewer people voting mean my vote counts more, neh?
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eslaine
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posted December 24, 2003 04:14 PM
Friday I will announce the final winner of the first series. Semifinals will begin January 5th.
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eslaine
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posted December 24, 2003 04:20 PM
Winner of Round One: H.G. Wells Winner of Round Two: Isaac Asimov Winner of Round Three: Ray Bradbury Winner of Round Four: Philip K. Dick Winner of Round Five: Orson Scott Card Winner of Round Six: Anne McCaffrey Winner of Round Seven: Roger Zelazny Winner of Round Eight: William Gibson Round Nine Day Seven FINAL RESULT Gene Wolfe 54% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 11 Winner of Round Nine: Gene Wolfe Round Ten Day Six Douglas Adams 75% [ 9 ] Total Votes : 12 [ December 24, 2003, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: eslaine ]
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eslaine
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posted December 25, 2003 09:52 AM
Merry Xmas to all of the sakeriver socially responsible voters!
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eslaine
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posted December 29, 2003 11:15 AM
Winner of Round One: H.G. Wells Winner of Round Two: Isaac Asimov Winner of Round Three: Ray Bradbury Winner of Round Four: Philip K. Dick Winner of Round Five: Orson Scott Card Winner of Round Six: Anne McCaffrey Winner of Round Seven: Roger Zelazny Winner of Round Eight: William Gibson Winner of Round Nine: Gene Wolfe Round Ten Day Seven FINAL RESULT Douglas Adams 75% [ 9 ] Total Votes : 12
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eslaine
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posted January 05, 2004 10:52 PM
Semifinal Round One Gene Wolfe 42% [ 3 ] Ray Bradbury 42% [ 3 ] Total Votes : 7 Semifinal Round Two Isaac Asimov 50% [ 3 ] Total Votes : 6
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eslaine
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posted January 06, 2004 09:20 PM
Semifinal Round One Day Two Ray Bradbury 53% [ 7 ] Total Votes : 13 Semifinal Round Two Day Two Isaac Asimov 50% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 12
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rivka
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posted January 06, 2004 09:42 PM
We're not supposed to vote in our sleep? Drat!
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eslaine
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posted January 07, 2004 11:22 AM
That became a requirement during the last California election, didn't it?
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eslaine
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posted January 07, 2004 11:12 PM
Semifinal Round One Day Three Ray Bradbury 50% [ 7 ] Total Votes : 14 Semifinal Round Two Day Three Isaac Asimov 53% [ 7 ] Total Votes : 13
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eslaine
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posted January 08, 2004 09:49 PM
Semifinal Round One Day Four Ray Bradbury 50% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 16 Semifinal Round Two Day Four Isaac Asimov 56% [ 9 ] Total Votes : 16
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eslaine
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posted January 09, 2004 10:23 PM
Semifinal Round One Day Five Ray Bradbury 50% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 16 Semifinal Round Two Day Five Isaac Asimov 56% [ 9 ] Total Votes : 16 The final round begins Monday night.
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eslaine
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posted January 12, 2004 11:26 AM
Last Day to vote!
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eslaine
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posted January 12, 2004 08:32 PM
Semifinals: Final Result Ray Bradbury 50% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 16 Isaac Asimov 56% [ 9 ] Total Votes : 16
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eslaine
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posted January 12, 2004 08:46 PM
Who is the Greatest Science Fiction Author? The Final Round Has Begun.
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eslaine
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posted January 15, 2004 08:38 PM
Who is the Greatest Science Fiction Author? Ray Bradbury 53% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 15
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eslaine
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posted January 18, 2004 01:02 PM
If anyone has been waiting for the last minute to vote:
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eslaine
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posted January 18, 2004 10:21 PM
TomDavidson posted that he would like to vote for Bradbury.non-citizens of sakeriver may be submitted here until Hatrack's Clock shows midnight tonight.
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lcarus
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posted January 18, 2004 10:54 PM
I would have voted for Sheffield in his heat. I'm surprised Nancy Kress was never mentioned. I would have voted for OSC in any heat in which he appeared.
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Sopwith
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posted January 19, 2004 07:27 AM
And I'd have to go with Bradbury. What a beautiful voice he has as a writer. Asimov is a great and his ideas form a cornerstone, but Bradbury's touch is too masterful.[ January 19, 2004, 07:28 AM: Message edited by: Sopwith ]
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eslaine
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posted January 19, 2004 09:00 AM
Icarus put it over the top.Isaac Asimov is the Greatest SF Author.
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Destineer
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posted January 19, 2004 10:10 AM
Man, this is illegit. I didn't see Dan Simmons anywhere on the ballot.
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lcarus
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posted January 19, 2004 11:14 AM
I could have sworn I saw him there. If not, I agree, that, like Kress, was an oversight. (One that either of us could probably have corrected by speaking up earlier, though.
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