View Poll Results: Please votefor the book you would like to read by December 31st.

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  • Boy in Darkness

    0 0%
  • Colour of Magic

    0 0%
  • Grendel

    1 5.26%
  • The Once and Future King

    4 21.05%
  • Kafka on the Shore

    4 21.05%
  • Stardust

    2 10.53%
  • Cosmicomics

    0 0%
  • The City and the City

    6 31.58%
  • Haroun and the Sea of Stories

    0 0%
  • Winter's Tale

    2 10.53%
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Thread: January '11 - Fantasy Reading Poll

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    Haha I loved the Sword in the Stone cartoon when I was a kid. I use to watch every year this time of year.

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Yes. I was really into the Arthurian legends when I was a mere kiddie.

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    Oh I am still a fanatic about Arthurian legend. As you can tell being that Once and Future King was my nomination *grins*

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    I'm rooting hard for City and the City, I asked my mum to buy it for me for Chirstmas, haha.

    If Kafka wins I'll be ok with that, I've read it recently so I could participate in the discussion.

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    Oh that's ok Scher. Maybe some other time we can read it.
    "It's so mysterious, the land of tears."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulclem View Post
    I liked the Once and Future King. I read it as a kid and then found Disney had ripped it off in The Sword in the Stone. (I did like that too though).
    I read it only 3-4 years ago and I bored to tears. Fantasy is not genre I am particularly keen on anyway but this book really did nothing for me.
    Quote Originally Posted by OrphanPip View Post
    If Kafka wins I'll be ok with that, I've read it recently so I could participate in the discussion.
    I won't mind reading that one either... I think.
    Quote Originally Posted by Janine View Post
    Oh that's ok Scher. Maybe some other time we can read it.
    That'd be great but voting rarely goes the way I wish it to!
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    The Once and Future King is one of my favorite books, although I haven't reread it in years.
    "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
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    Argh annoying how I can't vote -__-. Wanted to vote for Kafka on the shore xP. Easily one of the greatest novels of the 21st century.
    Last edited by julian94; 12-19-2010 at 06:19 AM.

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    I'm going to order The City and The City from Amazon as I couldn't find it today. I'm looking forward to it.

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    Greetings All!

    Greetings All! I am new to the forum and excited about the opportunity to share the experience of discovering books with a community. I'm a big fan of fantasy/science fiction literature and would have to give a big negative to the city and the city. It seemed pretty formulaic and was a weak attempt at a non-futuristic philip dick novel. Just my opinon though.
    My vote, if i had one, would go for kafka on the beach, have not had a chance to read that one yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by observatory8 View Post
    Greetings All! I am new to the forum and excited about the opportunity to share the experience of discovering books with a community. I'm a big fan of fantasy/science fiction literature and would have to give a big negative to the city and the city. It seemed pretty formulaic and was a weak attempt at a non-futuristic philip dick novel. Just my opinon though.
    My vote, if i had one, would go for kafka on the beach, have not had a chance to read that one yet.
    Welcome Observatory8

    Perhaps you could come in with your observations as we read it through. (No pun intended).

    My copy is winging its way here as we...type...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulclem View Post
    Welcome Observatory8

    Perhaps you could come in with your observations as we read it through. (No pun intended).

    My copy is winging its way here as we...type...
    .
    I went to a bookstore to get it, they said they had it in stock, but of course they didn't. So, I'm going to get 15% off the book when the book store actually does get a copy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OrphanPip View Post
    I went to a bookstore to get it, they said they had it in stock, but of course they didn't. So, I'm going to get 15% off the book when the book store actually does get a copy.
    Excellent.

    I tried our Waterstones Bookstore and the two libraries I frequent, but I've ordered it quite cheaply from Amazon. I'm tempted to buy quite a few books at the moment as they are having a sale.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulclem View Post
    Excellent.

    I tried our Waterstones Bookstore and the two libraries I frequent, but I've ordered it quite cheaply from Amazon. I'm tempted to buy quite a few books at the moment as they are having a sale.
    Ya, there are a lot of decent Boxing Day sales around this time.

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    Cosmicomics arrived last week. I would have voted for it, but I want to finish Winter's Tale which I started reading this summer.
    This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't.

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