Oh no!
The Authors are winning!
Stop this heresy! It is binding and byrocratic! Random nominations or genre would be much, much better!
People, unite against Authors!
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Oh no!
The Authors are winning!
Stop this heresy! It is binding and byrocratic! Random nominations or genre would be much, much better!
People, unite against Authors!
I like the author of the month system.
Count me in, count me in! Go for Random Nominations, everybody!Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
Hahahaha, hehehehe. The evil authors of the month fanatics are winning. :p
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Originally Posted by Pensive
I agree. Don't let the author's win!!!! you see what a dismall year this has been!!!!
BOOO why are we being democratic about this??
cant we just say righ weve done authours and random before well do genre this year??
:bawling:
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Exactly!!!!!! And shouldn't long termers get more of a vote???? Some of these new people voting probably won't even stick around. How many yahoo's voted for Doestoevsky - gazillions. How many people are reading doestovesky - not gazillions.
Exactlty!!
:D
I am so glad you have brought this up... I was also beginning to think that being democratic does not always pay. And setting up all these polls and keeping a track of things... phew!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
Why don't I simply choose a book every month and we all read that one? That way there would be no worries about authors, genre, or trends and it would be quite exciting for everyone since no one would know which book I would pick! :banana:I have to admit this is a worry of mine too. Maybe we will give long term members more say in future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Papaya
It would make sense if every year we rotated to a different methodology. But unfortunately we've gone down this road now for this year, and for the sake of legitmacy we should stick to the results of this poll. Otherwise what is the point on voting on anything if some dictator will impulsively decide not to abide by the results.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
So I propose for the future we list the methods for book selection and set up an annual rotation system.
But we ALL know how to bribe you, it will just be a question of who has the deepest kit kat reserve.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
If authors wins can we exclude the authors we read this year?
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Originally Posted by Virgil
The problem is that we could vote for more then 1 option, so it's not really about what everybody wants most it's what everybody doesn't mind doing.
I think that's fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
I second and third that :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
I think that is unfair especially to those authors who have written more than one good book. I wouldn't mind reading other books by Hemingway or Faulkner, for example. Or I wouldn't mind reading Middlemarch by George Eliot even though we read The Mill on the Floss by her this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
We cannot exclude authors but, I think, we will exclude those works which have been read during this year (which I have been trying to do this year anyway) to make sure that the same works don't get voted again and again merely because they are more known/popular than the others.
If any of the authors whose works we have been reading gets nominated this year, you have the option not to vote for them, as always. :)
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Originally Posted by Scheherazade
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