SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion
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August Fantasy Nominations
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Kathy, since Mistborn has been seconded, it will already be on the poll. If you'd like to use your 'second' for another book, go ahead.
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(K-tice, we did A Game of Thrones earlier, and also it was published in the 90s)
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I'm sorry, I didn't noticed it was already nominated
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P.S. How many nominations do we need? Is there a limit? Should there be?
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Ive already read and loved this book, so I didn't second it. But I wouldn't mind if it's the pick. I have read the second one as well so I just need to read the last book that just came out.
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Right now, 9 have been both nominated and seconded. Should I let this run through my original cutoff date, or should I cap it at the first X # of seconded nominations?
I'm open to any opinions.
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Brooke wrote: "Jakub wrote: P.S. How many nominations do we need? Is there a limit? Should there be?"
Right now, 9 have been both nominated and seconded. Should I let this run through my original cutoff date, ..."
I think some reasonable upper limit would be good idea, otherwise votes will be spread thin. Something like 15 or 20 books... limit we probably wouldn't need with the requirement of seconded nomination, and limit to one ack per member.
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I'll keep an eye on the final list and possibly put the kibosh on this if it gets too large despite the limits I've already imposed. I'm just making this up as I go, hoping that most people who want to have a say get a chance.
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If I use the book tag for this, it goes to the wrong book, how can one differentiate books with the same title using the book tag?
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I always use ISBNs.
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Since this has the potential to produce a lot of nominations, I'm going to keep the nomination period short and have a few rules:
1) One nomination per person. I'd like you to nominate the very best fantasy book published since 2000 that you can think of.
2) A nomination must be seconded in order to make it to the poll for voting.
3) One 'second' per person.
4) Books must have been published starting January 1, 2000. If it's not so clear cut, for example, if it was published in the UK in 1999 and in the US in 2000, bring it up and I'll make a decision.
5) Please stick to fantasy. I will veto anything that seems more appropriate for our SF months.
I know that's a lot of rules, but since so many books have been published in the last 9.5 years, I want to make sure we don't have a poll with 50 choices! If the restrictions end up restricting us TOO much, I'll determine if we need to alter them.
Please list books as Title, Author.
Nominations will run through the end of Saturday, July 18, with the cut-off being midnight US Eastern Time. Again, if this ends up being too restricting I'll alter it.