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Which book should we discuss in November? Please limit yourself to 3 votes.
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| The Forever War |
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5 |
12.20% |
| Lord of Light |
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7 |
17.07% |
| The Left Hand of Darkness |
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6 |
14.63% |
| Tits-Out Teenager Terror Totty |
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7 |
17.07% |
| A Fire Upon the Deep |
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3 |
7.32% |
| Rendevous with Rama |
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3 |
7.32% |
| Glory Season |
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2 |
4.88% |
| Schild's Ladder |
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3 |
7.32% |
| In Conquest Born |
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5 |
12.20% |
| Firestar |
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1 |
2.44% |
| The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy |
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11 |
26.83% |
| Voice of the Whirlwind |
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1 |
2.44% |
| The Mote in Gods Eye |
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9 |
21.95% |
| Starship Troopers |
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6 |
14.63% |
| Barefoot in the Head |
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2 |
4.88% |
| Armor |
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3 |
7.32% |
| Cyteen |
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4 |
9.76% |
| The Proteus Operation |
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1 |
2.44% |
| The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! |
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5 |
12.20% |
| The Diamond Age |
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3 |
7.32% |
| The Years of Rice and Salt |
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15 |
36.59% |
| Total: |
41 voters |
100% |
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JohnT
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Capitalist
Mar 1999
time: 00:30
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Wow!!! 21 nominations!!! 
Er... because there are so many noms, I won't have the time to read and quote the "best" Amazon review of the book, so links will just have to suffice.
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, nominated by Drake Tungsten
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, nominated by Starchild
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, nominated by Ramo
Tits-Out Teenager Terror Totty by Steven Wells, nominated by Lazarus and the Gimp - DUE TO NON-AVAILABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES, THIS BOOK IS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE. Sorry.
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, nominated by Ajbera
Rendevous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, nominated by Imran Siddiqui
Glory Season by David Brin, nominated by GePap
Schilds Ladder by Greg Egan, nominated by St. Leo
In Conquest Born by C. S. Friedman, nominated by Boshko
Firestar by Michael Flynn, nominated by JohnT
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, nominated by Harry Seldon
Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams, nominated by Wraith
The Mote in Gods Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, nominated by Mordoch
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, nominated by Lonestar
Barefoot in the Head by Brian Aldiss, nominated by Immortal Wombat
Armor by John Steakley, nominated by Tuberski
Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh, nominated by jon miller
The Proteus Operation by James P. Hogan, nominated by dv8ed
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! by Harry Harrison, nominated by monolith94
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, nominated by pchang
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson, nominated by Stefu
Last edited by JohnT on 18-09-2003 at 17:47
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Jon Miller
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cyteen
lord of light
fire in the deep
wished to vote for a bunch fo others
JHon Miller
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Mordoch
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Denver, Colorado
Jan 2002
time: 05:30
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I didn't happen to check this earlier, but it appears you can't get a copy of Tits-Out Teenage Terror Totty either used or new from Amazon or Barnes & Noble. I also looked through my local libary system and didn't come up with any copies of the book there. I believe that a precondition of the book being relatively readily available is supposed to be a preliminary requirement for being nominated, but regardless the book doesn't look like a good idea to be selected as the winner. If it did win, many of us would be unable to participate since we couldn't get ahold of the book, and some of us would probably be forced to spend an excessive sum of money to get ahold of a rare out of print book.
Last edited by Mordoch on 18-09-2003 at 09:34
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Mordoch
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Denver, Colorado
Jan 2002
time: 05:30
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To give potential voters an idea of the sort of points made in The Mote in Gods Eye that make the book so interesting and enjoyable for me, I'm going to quote a passage from the book. Since this quote is from the one page prologue for the book, quoting it will in no way spoil the book for potential readers.
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"Because of the Alderson Drive, we need never consider the space between the stars. Because we can shunt between stellar systems in zerotime, our ships and ships' drives need cover only interplanetary distances. We say that the Second Empire of Man rules three hunded worlds and all the space between, over fifteen million cubic parsecs...
Consider the true picture. Think of myriads of tiny bubbles, very sparsely scattered, rising through a vast black sea. We rule some of the bubbles. Of the waters we know nothing. |
This is the kind of thinking the book displays that makes it so interesting. FTL travel of this nature between planets would mean that a space empire would not be aware of or control all of the territory that it would appear to have on a map. The planets and the immediate area around them would be the only areas where the government would really know what was going on at any given moment. Space is an enourmous area which would hide all sorts of things that society would not be able to locate unless they showed up right next to one of their planets...
Last edited by Mordoch on 19-09-2003 at 10:59
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17-09-2003 18:59
Perhaps I should've looked up these books as usual, instead of just copying the links.
And people thought Florida voters were dumb. 
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