So, more couple of days are in front of you. Post your votes!
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So, more couple of days are in front of you. Post your votes!
Oh this is way too difficult... I mean, Dostoevsky is one of my favorites... but is he the best? what constitutes best? Maybe Joyce, in his genre (stream of consciousness) is the best? Or Fitzgerald in his style and prose? Dostoevsky for his psychological realism... Shakespeare for sure is part of the great writers. And Milton, Steinbeck, Dreiser oh my! goodness, I can't make a choice.
Just going to stick with Dostoevsky because I have read all of his novels and most of his short stories, and as such feel like I have the best knowledge of his work. Ok. that's it. My vote is locked in.
1. Steinbeck
2. Dostoevsky
3. Salinger
4. Hemingway
Voting is closed; results today or tomorrow. Close at the top, as expected.
EDIT: IGNORE THIS POST
You can stop counting any time you choose, but I have to question the validity of the poll if you stop at 39 voters out of a possible 57,000. The top books list had at least twice as many votes cast before it got shut down, and I think it was a more representative sample. Two thirds of the posts here are just conversational.
I did say it will be closed on February 14th, check start of the thread (30 days ago). Also, check when did last 3 posters post. If you really want, you can still vote, but if there is no interest, I see no point. I would like more voters, of course.
P.S. Believe me, Shakespeare is 2 votes in front of Dostoevsky; do you really think I want to close it like that? :D
You should keep it open for a few months to give more people a chance to vote. LitNet book went on for a long time before it was comprised.
I disagree - you should close it - I would think most people who were here at the creation of the thread have already voted. The LitNet top authors should reflect LitNet top authors, not those of the random people who pop in here, leave their results, and leave. All the LitNetters who are frequenters, I would think, have already voted anyway.
I agree mostly with JBI, but the truth is also that some members with huge number of posts haven't voted. Don't know why...Maybe solution would be to make it sticky so everyone can see it?
April fool's day is OK for deadline?
Dostoevsky :thumbs_up
I know I'm supposed to pick five, but he's my whole top 5 :blush:
Excellent!
1)A.S.Pushkin
2)Jane Austen
3)E.M. Remarque
4)Charlotte Bronte
5)J.R.R. Tolkien
Oh, it was difficult choice
Jassica, agree, really diffucult)
Here is mine
1) Pushkin (no doubts)
2) Lermonov
3) Bradbury
4) Conan Doyle
5) Yesenin
P.S. Jess, why no Yesenin in your list?
Is this mean the voting is not yet close?Quote:
Originally Posted by bazarov
I wrote only writers, not poets) (Pushkin I wrote as writer)Quote:
Originally Posted by iCherry
Don't know, why...