So, more couple of days are in front of you. Post your votes!
So, more couple of days are in front of you. Post your votes!
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During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
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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.
"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours." -Aldous Huxley
"Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires." -William Blake
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
Last edited by bazarov; 02-16-2009 at 11:22 AM.
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
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.
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"This ain't over."- Charles Bronson
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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?
Last edited by bazarov; 02-15-2009 at 08:37 AM.
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
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.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
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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?
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
Dostoevsky
I know I'm supposed to pick five, but he's my whole top 5
"Books don't offer real escape but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw." David Mitchell
Excellent!
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
1)A.S.Pushkin
2)Jane Austen
3)E.M. Remarque
4)Charlotte Bronte
5)J.R.R. Tolkien
Oh, it was difficult choice
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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?
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Is this mean the voting is not yet close?Originally Posted by bazarov
I wrote only writers, not poets) (Pushkin I wrote as writer)
Don't know, why...
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