The February 2011 Elections For The OLN Literary Hall of Fame!

[JuniperWoolf]

Why are we pretending that this even matters? It's just a litnet poll for fun, it doesn't personally affect Dante much, does it?

[Lord Macbeth]

Why are we pretending that this even matters? It's just a litnet poll for fun, it doesn't personally affect Dante much, does it?

True, but he might throw those who dare not vote for him into the Eleventh Circle!

Hey, 200th post--and on a post concerning damnation, no less...IS THIS A DAGGER I SEE BEFORE ME?!

No.

Just more posts to come.

[Whifflingpin]

How come no-ones asked "how come Mary Shelley's got more votes than Percy?"
Which leads to maybe another poll - which writer has contributed most to the cinema?

[OrphanPip]

How come no-ones asked "how come Mary Shelley's got more votes than Percy?"
Which leads to maybe another poll - which writer has contributed most to the cinema?

Because she has nicer legs.

Personally, I think even her mother and father are more important writers than she is. Her mother is pretty much the first major liberal feminist, and her father was one of the first anarchist philosophers. They were both huge influences on the development of Liberalism in the 19th century.

Mary Shelley on the other hand, wrote a decent story about a monster.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Why are we pretending that this even matters? It's just a litnet poll for fun, it doesn't personally affect Dante much, does it?

This.

[Lord Macbeth]

OK, so if no one objects, I'll try that Electory idea, so look out tomorrow for that, the Top 20 on this list, 5 choices per person from that crop, and let's see if we can't work this (and have some FUN, too...)

Also, look out for the nominations for the National and Regional Teams for the "International Literary League Tournament," where a team of 5--one poet, one playwright, one novelist, and then the other two are free to be dispersed as is seen fit--in the thread bearing that name.