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clash_bowley
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I haven't been scared by a book. I have been squicked out, creeped out, startled, and shocked, but not scared.
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(Quote) <3
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Yes! Welcome back @MARCC! Good to see you!
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My heart always leans to SF, no matter the season... :D
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I started reading very late, and it did not hold my interest, so I stopped after a bit.
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Ugh! My three were the last three. Nothing from Heinlein, Cherryh, or Vance. Got it! :D
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I'm set!
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7) The Lost World 6) Showboat World 5) Erewhon 4) Downbelow Station 3) Ancient Sorceries 2) Podkayne 1) Mythago Wood I could see this being a very different list were I in a different mood!
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(Quote) Number each of the choices 1-7, with 7 being most wanted.
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I have read all but two of these, but not for decades. I seriously don't see how we could go wrong with any of them! This is going to takes some thinking...
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Does that mean someone might have to run a book they didn't vote for?
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I was not advocating for one or the other - either would work, though they would work differently. I just thought it had already been decided. Sorry I wasn't clear!
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I thought we would be voting for each person's choices for the month they are presenting? I.e. before the month I am presenting, we allocate our votes among the three books I have put forward for that month.
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(Quote) I forgot to mention that! Thank you! I have read both, and Heinlein's preferred ending is far better, so that is the version I would be nominating.
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So that would be "The Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River, Lune XXIII South Big Planet" AKA "Showboat World" by Jack Vance, "Downbelow Station" by C. J. Cherryh, and "Podkayne of Mars" by Robert He…
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(Quote) I meant Showboat World anyway, and it too is available in Kindle Format: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1619471205?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback so I will change my nomination to that!
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Then make that Downbelow Station by Cherryh. This is available in Kindle.
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(Quote) Then Big Planet by Vance
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(Quote) Moi aussi!
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I'm thinking Titan by John Varley, Rimrunners by C. J. Cherryh, and Podkayne of Mars.
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I'm open! Set it up!
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Ummmm... September flew by in a blur. I just bought it! Don't wait up for me!
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I couldn't tell you, @kcaryths! I find myself becoming fascinated by this or that area or time - usually for game purposes because I'm a game designer, but not always - and read in depth about it or, as I call it, 'go down the rabbit hole' and find …
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Well, then you should be happy! Or... is that me doing that 'logic thing' again? :D
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Weighted voting is simply voting ordinally - i.e. nominate 3 books, each voter ranks them first, second, and third. First gets three points, second gets two points, and third gets one point. Most points is the one selected. What it tends to do is ma…
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I'd be up for nomination-and-election thing. Maybe using a weighted vote.
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By the way Magitechnology is the subject of one of the games I released last month. I approach it differently.
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I'm right now playing in a game set along the Silk Road in Central Asia, so this is excellent grist for the setting mill! I could definitely see someone using the village as a setting there!
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Central Asia is an interest of mine, and from what I could see, the author did their homework. Since Central Asia is invisible to the USA - even after Afghanistan - we have little grasp of it. I thought the author tried hard to set this in a realist…
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I really liked the buried ethnicity - that felt so true. There should have been far more about it. Otherwise, again, I agree too much with both Richard and Chris above to bother repeating them. Again! :D