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eslaine
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posted December 17, 2003 12:22 PM
(round seven)
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rivka
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posted December 17, 2003 12:25 PM
Dang! Thought I had weeded out all the redundancies.
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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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posted December 17, 2003 12:37 PM
He must've stayed stuck in the buffer of my brain. When we're done with authors, can we do illustrators? There aren't nearly as many well-known ones, but perhaps there are enough to make it interesting?
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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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posted December 17, 2003 10:00 PM
Winner of Round One: H.G. Wells Round Two Day Seven FINAL RESULT Arthur C. Clarke 4% [ 1 ] Robert A. Heinlein 4% [ 1 ] Isaac Asimov 52% [ 11 ] Frank Herbert 28% [ 6 ] Frederick Pohl 9% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 21 Winner of Round Two: Isaac Asimov Round Three Day Six Ray Bradbury 75% [ 15 ] Andre Norton 10% [ 2 ] Brian Aldiss 5% [ 1 ] Ben Bova 0% [ 0 ] Harry Harrison 10% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 20 Bradbury continues to crush all opposition. Round Four Day Five Philip K. Dick 42% [ 8 ] John Brunner 0% [ 0 ] Michael Moorcock 0% [ 0 ] Kurt Vonnegut 36% [ 7 ] George Orwell 21% [ 4 ] Total Votes : 19 I love this round! Round Five Day Four Ursula K. Leguin 21% [ 4 ] Harlan Ellison 0% [ 0 ] Jerry Pournelle 0% [ 0 ] Spider Robinson 5% [ 1 ] Orson Scott Card 73% [ 14 ] Total Votes : 19 That Ursula K. Leguin could pull 21% of the vote at this stage on sakeriver is a testiment to her great skill as a writer. Round Six Day Three Larry Niven 15% [ 2 ] Robert Silverberg 15% [ 2 ] Anne McCaffrey 30% [ 4 ] Bruce Sterling 7% [ 1 ] David Brin 30% [ 4 ] Total Votes : 13 Another great round! What a squeaker! Round Seven Day Two Kim Stanley Robinson 20% [ 2 ] Charles Sheffield 0% [ 0 ] Roger Zelzany 50% [ 5 ] Greg Bear 20% [ 2 ] Gregory Benford 10% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 10 Well, Noemon voted for KSR too! (At least KSR is losing to Zelzany though. It was a tough choice for me as well this round, as it is with most of the rounds.) Round Eight Day One C. J. Cherryh William Gibson Vernor Vinge Stanislaw Lem Poul Anderson Enjoy.
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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. All I can say is that if Gene Wolfe doesn't make it into the contest I'm going to have to withdraw my official endorsement.
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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? I wasn't suggesting him because of Xanth!
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posted December 18, 2003 04:26 PM
Let's see, what have I read of Anthony's? Standalones: 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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posted December 18, 2003 04:50 PM
I'm pretty sure that means you've more of his stuff than I have! Are there more than 4 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. I guess we'll just have to disagree about his merits as a writer.
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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. Anyway, I think I may have read more Piers Anthony novels than any other single author. And I think that many of them are fun, or have an intriguing premise, or whatever. I just don't put him in the same category as authors like OSC, Asimov, Herbert, KSR, Vonnegut, Zelazny or Wolfe. He doesn't even make it into the group with Brin, Bova, or McCaffrey. Don't get me wrong, his books have a special place in my heart and always will, but I don't think that he's got as much skill with writing technique or has been as influential in the field as these other writers. As you said, I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
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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 ] Andre Norton 10% [ 2 ] Brian Aldiss 5% [ 1 ] Ben Bova 0% [ 0 ] Harry Harrison 10% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 20 Winner of Round Three: Ray Bradbury Was there a doubt? Round Four Day Six Philip K. Dick 42% [ 8 ] John Brunner 0% [ 0 ] Michael Moorcock 0% [ 0 ] Kurt Vonnegut 36% [ 7 ] George Orwell 21% [ 4 ] Total Votes : 19 This round continues to squeak! Hard choices make fun polls, no? Round Five Day Five Ursula K. Leguin 20% [ 4 ] Harlan Ellison 0% [ 0 ] Jerry Pournelle 0% [ 0 ] Spider Robinson 10% [ 2 ] Orson Scott Card 70% [ 14 ] Total Votes : 20 OSC certainly is dominating. (Spider actually gained another vote!) Round Six Day Four Larry Niven 14% [ 2 ] Robert Silverberg 14% [ 2 ] Anne McCaffrey 35% [ 5 ] Bruce Sterling 7% [ 1 ] David Brin 28% [ 4 ] Total Votes : 14 A BREAK! Anne surges into the lead! Round Seven Day Three Kim Stanley Robinson 25% [ 3 ] Charles Sheffield 0% [ 0 ] Roger Zelazny 41% [ 5 ] Greg Bear 16% [ 2 ] Gregory Benford 16% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 12 A great day for single votes for authors named "Robinson". Zelazny is even spelled correctly now.... Well.... Here anyway.... Round Eight Day Two C. J. Cherryh 10% [ 1 ] William Gibson 50% [ 5 ] Vernor Vinge 0% [ 0 ] Stanislaw Lem 30% [ 3 ] Poul Anderson 10% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 10 Lem is great, but the Cyberpunk Master is in control. Round Nine Day One Gene Wolfe Neal Stephenson Piers Anthony Vernor Vinge Joe Haldeman Enjoy!
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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 ] John Brunner 0% [ 0 ] Michael Moorcock 0% [ 0 ] Kurt Vonnegut 36% [ 7 ] George Orwell 21% [ 4 ] Total Votes : 19 Winner of Round Three: Philip K. Dick It felt good typing that. What a round! Round Five Day Six Ursula K. Leguin 20% [ 4 ] Harlan Ellison 0% [ 0 ] Jerry Pournelle 0% [ 0 ] Spider Robinson 10% [ 2 ] Orson Scott Card 70% [ 14 ] Total Votes : 20 Card is unapproachable. Round Six Day Five Larry Niven 14% [ 2 ] Robert Silverberg 14% [ 2 ] Anne McCaffrey 35% [ 5 ] Bruce Sterling 7% [ 1 ] David Brin 28% [ 4 ] Total Votes : 14 McCaffrey edges out Brin. Very close. Round Seven Day Four Kim Stanley Robinson 25% [ 3 ] Charles Sheffield 0% [ 0 ] Roger Zelazny 41% [ 5 ] Greg Bear 16% [ 2 ] Gregory Benford 16% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 12 Zelazny maintains a comfortable lead. Round Eight Day Three C. J. Cherryh 10% [ 1 ] William Gibson 50% [ 5 ] Vernor Vinge 0% [ 0 ] Stanislaw Lem 30% [ 3 ] Poul Anderson 10% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 10 Choosy Moms chose Gibson. Round Nine Day Two Gene Wolfe 50% [ 5 ] Neal Stephenson 0% [ 0 ] Piers Anthony 30% [ 3 ] Vernor Vinge 0% [ 0 ] Joe Haldeman 20% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 10 Really, I have got to read this guy... Round Ten Day One Octavia Butler Douglas Adams L. Sprague de Camp Harry Turtledove Gordon R. Dickson The pool is complete. After this round is over, semi-finals will begin. Go. Vote. [ December 20, 2003, 10:01 AM: Message edited by: 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 Ursula K. Leguin 20% [ 4 ] Harlan Ellison 0% [ 0 ] Jerry Pournelle 0% [ 0 ] Spider Robinson 10% [ 2 ] Orson Scott Card 70% [ 14 ] Total Votes : 20 Winner of Round Five: Orson Scott Card Round Six Day Six Larry Niven 14% [ 2 ] Robert Silverberg 14% [ 2 ] Anne McCaffrey 35% [ 5 ] Bruce Sterling 7% [ 1 ] David Brin 28% [ 4 ] Total Votes : 14 Unchanged. Low turnout. Round Seven Day Five Kim Stanley Robinson 25% [ 3 ] Charles Sheffield 0% [ 0 ] Roger Zelazny 41% [ 5 ] Greg Bear 16% [ 2 ] Gregory Benford 16% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 12 Unchanged as well. Round Eight Day Four C. J. Cherryh 10% [ 1 ] William Gibson 50% [ 5 ] Vernor Vinge 0% [ 0 ] Stanislaw Lem 30% [ 3 ] Poul Anderson 10% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 10 Unchanged. No one around to vote this weekend. Round Nine Day Three Gene Wolfe 54% [ 6 ] Neal Stephenson 0% [ 0 ] Piers Anthony 27% [ 3 ] Vernor Vinge 0% [ 0 ] Joe Haldeman 18% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 11 Wolfe picks up another vote. Round Ten Day Two Octavia Butler 14% [ 1 ] Douglas Adams 71% [ 5 ] L. Sprague de Camp 0% [ 0 ] Harry Turtledove 0% [ 0 ] Gordon R. Dickson 14% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 7 Adams looks to be another Bradbury, with a good first day turnout! The semifinals will begin after the regular rounds are over.... Enjoy!
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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 Larry Niven 14% [ 2 ] Robert Silverberg 14% [ 2 ] Anne McCaffrey 35% [ 5 ] Bruce Sterling 7% [ 1 ] David Brin 28% [ 4 ] Total Votes : 14 Winner of Round Six: Anne McCaffrey Round Seven Day Six Kim Stanley Robinson 23% [ 3 ] Charles Sheffield 0% [ 0 ] Roger Zelazny 46% [ 6 ] Greg Bear 15% [ 2 ] Gregory Benford 15% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 13 Zelazny stretches out his lead. Round Eight Day Five C. J. Cherryh 9% [ 1 ] William Gibson 54% [ 6 ] Vernor Vinge 0% [ 0 ] Stanislaw Lem 27% [ 3 ] Poul Anderson 9% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 11 Cyberpunk seems to be winning here.... Round Nine Day Four Gene Wolfe 54% [ 6 ] Unchanged. 11 votes. Round Ten Day Three Octavia Butler 11% [ 1 ] Douglas Adams 77% [ 7 ] L. Sprague de Camp 0% [ 0 ] Harry Turtledove 0% [ 0 ] Gordon R. Dickson 11% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 9 The King of SF Comedy? Semifinals in five days. The list is shaping up! Thanks to all who contributed and voted. And to those who lurked as well!
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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 Kim Stanley Robinson 23% [ 3 ] Charles Sheffield 0% [ 0 ] Roger Zelazny 46% [ 6 ] Greg Bear 15% [ 2 ] Gregory Benford 15% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 13 Winner of Round Seven: Roger Zelazny Round Eight Day Six William Gibson 54% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 11 Unchanged. Round Nine Day Four Gene Wolfe 54% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 11 Unchanged. Round Ten Day Four Octavia Butler 18% [ 2 ] Douglas Adams 72% [ 8 ] L. Sprague de Camp 0% [ 0 ] Harry Turtledove 0% [ 0 ] Gordon R. Dickson 9% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 11 Semifinals Friday.
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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 C. J. Cherryh 8% [ 1 ] William Gibson 58% [ 7 ] Vernor Vinge 0% [ 0 ] Stanislaw Lem 25% [ 3 ] Poul Anderson 8% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 12 Winner of Round Eight: William Gibson Yes. I'm satisfied that he at least made it to the semifinals. Round Nine Day Six Gene Wolfe 54% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 11 Unchanged. Round Ten Day Five Octavia Butler 16% [ 2 ] Douglas Adams 75% [ 9 ] L. Sprague de Camp 0% [ 0 ] Harry Turtledove 0% [ 0 ] Gordon R. Dickson 8% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 12 Mr. Adams seems to be one of the more popular participants. Perhaps he'll win Miss Congeniality. Semifinals were set to be Friday. Shall I wait till the new year? Let. Me. Know.
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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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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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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? Do it this Friday.
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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. Happy Holidays!
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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 ] Neal Stephenson 0% [ 0 ] Piers Anthony 27% [ 3 ] Vernor Vinge 0% [ 0 ] Joe Haldeman 18% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 11 Winner of Round Nine: Gene Wolfe Saxon75 will be pleased. Round Ten Day Six Douglas Adams 75% [ 9 ] Total Votes : 12 Unchanged. Semifinals: January 5th, 2004! [ December 24, 2003, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: 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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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 Octavia Butler 16% [ 2 ] Douglas Adams 75% [ 9 ] L. Sprague de Camp 0% [ 0 ] Harry Turtledove 0% [ 0 ] Gordon R. Dickson 8% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 12 Adams is the final ingredient. Semifinals: January 5th, 2004! I will have spotty connection with the internet, a monitor is down! Back up by next Monday!
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posted January 05, 2004 10:52 PM
Semifinal Round One Roger Zelazny 0% [ 0 ] Anne McCaffrey 14% [ 1 ] Gene Wolfe 42% [ 3 ] H.G. Wells 0% [ 0 ] Ray Bradbury 42% [ 3 ] Total Votes : 7 A split decision!Semifinal Round Two Orson Scott Card 33% [ 2 ] William Gibson 0% [ 0 ] Philip K. Dick 16% [ 1 ] Douglas Adams 0% [ 0 ] Isaac Asimov 50% [ 3 ] Total Votes : 6 Asimov is firmly entrenched. As before, polls will run for seven days. The victors will face-off in a greased-up duel to the finish. Enjoy!
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posted January 06, 2004 09:20 PM
Semifinal Round One Day Two Roger Zelazny 0% [ 0 ] Anne McCaffrey 7% [ 1 ] Gene Wolfe 38% [ 5 ] H.G. Wells 0% [ 0 ] Ray Bradbury 53% [ 7 ] Total Votes : 13 Bradbury stretches to a clear lead for the first time. As evidenced on sakeriver, I will be keeping my eyes open for Gene Wolfe books!Semifinal Round Two Day Two Orson Scott Card 41% [ 5 ] William Gibson 0% [ 0 ] Philip K. Dick 8% [ 1 ] Douglas Adams 0% [ 0 ] Isaac Asimov 50% [ 6 ] Total Votes : 12 Yeah, I was the oddball PKD vote. What can I say? I've got to vote my conscious, not to say that Asimov isn't impressive as well. As I predicted, any author to have made it this far has got to be pretty good! Someone else out there is having a hard time deciding, though. The other poll has a turnout of 13 votes.... Enjoy!
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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? Apparently. Who in their right mind would vote for the Terminator? I wanted to see Gary Coleman up there, for entertainment purposes!
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posted January 07, 2004 11:12 PM
Semifinal Round One Day Three Roger Zelazny 0% [ 0 ] Anne McCaffrey 14% [ 2 ] Gene Wolfe 35% [ 5 ] H.G. Wells 0% [ 0 ] Ray Bradbury 50% [ 7 ] Total Votes : 14 I just had a long discussion of Bradbury's short stories with my sister. What an amazing writer!Semifinal Round Two Day Three Orson Scott Card 38% [ 5 ] William Gibson 0% [ 0 ] Philip K. Dick 7% [ 1 ] Douglas Adams 0% [ 0 ] Isaac Asimov 53% [ 7 ] Total Votes : 13 Wasn't Asimov also the most prolific writer ever too? It's been great so far, thanks to all who have voted! Enjoy!
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posted January 08, 2004 09:49 PM
Semifinal Round One Day Four Roger Zelazny 6% [ 1 ] Anne McCaffrey 12% [ 2 ] Gene Wolfe 31% [ 5 ] H.G. Wells 0% [ 0 ] Ray Bradbury 50% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 16 Semifinal Round Two Day Four Orson Scott Card 31% [ 5 ] William Gibson 0% [ 0 ] Philip K. Dick 12% [ 2 ] Douglas Adams 0% [ 0 ] Isaac Asimov 56% [ 9 ] Total Votes : 16 It's really starting to look like a battle between Bradbury and Asimov. Thanks for voting both sides of the ballot.
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posted January 09, 2004 10:23 PM
Semifinal Round One Day Five Roger Zelazny 6% [ 1 ] Anne McCaffrey 12% [ 2 ] Gene Wolfe 31% [ 5 ] H.G. Wells 0% [ 0 ] Ray Bradbury 50% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 16 Unchanged.Semifinal Round Two Day Five Orson Scott Card 31% [ 5 ] William Gibson 0% [ 0 ] Philip K. Dick 12% [ 2 ] Douglas Adams 0% [ 0 ] Isaac Asimov 56% [ 9 ] Total Votes : 16 Unchanged. Two Days Left.The final round begins Monday night.
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posted January 12, 2004 11:26 AM
Last Day to vote! Results and a new poll tonight!
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posted January 12, 2004 08:32 PM
Semifinals: Final Result Roger Zelazny 6% [ 1 ] Anne McCaffrey 12% [ 2 ] Gene Wolfe 31% [ 5 ] H.G. Wells 0% [ 0 ] Ray Bradbury 50% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 16 Orson Scott Card 31% [ 5 ] William Gibson 0% [ 0 ] Philip K. Dick 12% [ 2 ] Douglas Adams 0% [ 0 ] Isaac Asimov 56% [ 9 ] Total Votes : 16 And you know what that means....
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posted January 12, 2004 08:46 PM
Who is the Greatest Science Fiction Author? The Final Round Has Begun. Asimov vs. Bradbury. Gotta love it! Vote.
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posted January 15, 2004 08:38 PM
Who is the Greatest Science Fiction Author? Day Four Isaac Asimov 46% [ 7 ] Ray Bradbury 53% [ 8 ] Total Votes : 15 The majority of the votes are in, but one of the rounds had a turnout of nineteen votes. Surely the others must have an opinion on this. Or perhaps they're just waiting for Bradbury to get into trouble....
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posted January 18, 2004 01:02 PM
If anyone has been waiting for the last minute to vote: This is the last minute. The poll is even for both. Do we truely have two equal adversaries here?
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posted January 18, 2004 10:21 PM
TomDavidson posted that he would like to vote for Bradbury. Although Tom isn't a resident of sakeriver, I'm inclined to allow this. Making the score: Isaac Asimov 50% [9] Ray Bradbury 50% [9] So the score stands at that for now. Any further votes from non-citizens of sakeriver may be submitted here until Hatrack's Clock shows midnight tonight. Any posts or posts edited after that time will not be considered. So vote. Right Here. Right Now.
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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. I would definitely vote for Asimov now.
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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. Bradbury all the way. And someday soon, like he said, we'll come to realize that We are the new Martians. [ January 19, 2004, 07:28 AM: Message edited by: Sopwith ]
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posted January 19, 2004 09:00 AM
Icarus put it over the top.Isaac Asimov is the Greatest SF Author. With 10 votes. Ray Bradbury--9 votes. Turnout: 19 votes. At least according to our poll! I'm happy. Both were great authors, I love thier works. Thanks all for participating!
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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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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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