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mae
06-07-2010, 07:22 AM
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/The_Shining_face.jpgvs.http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/Salem_slot_trade_face.jpg


This is the third and final round of our 2010 Constant Reader Awards. Please vote for the book you would rather re-read. The winner receives 0.1 points added to its score previously acquired in the first two rounds.

If you haven't yet read either book or both of them, please vote Never read one or both titles. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

Jean
06-07-2010, 07:23 AM
'Salem's Lot

Daghain
06-07-2010, 08:58 AM
What bears said. :wub:

mae
06-07-2010, 09:21 AM
The Shining. Both are outright classics, but I feel I'd rather pick up The Shining if I were to choose between re-reading either of these two.

Sam
06-07-2010, 09:45 AM
Both are really good reads, but I think I would probably read Salem's Lot first.

Ruthful
06-07-2010, 09:50 AM
Close call, but I picked The Shining.

Tito_Villa
06-07-2010, 09:51 AM
As everyone else has said - 2 great books .... but i went for Salem's Lot!

mae
06-08-2010, 07:15 PM
This is one classic matchup, isn't it? :)

BROWNINGS CHILDE
06-09-2010, 05:37 PM
The Lot.

divemaster
06-09-2010, 05:44 PM
'Salem's Lot by a nose.

CyberGhostface
06-11-2010, 08:42 PM
The Shining by far for me.

mae
06-14-2010, 07:39 AM
The poll has closed. The winner with 46.88% of the vote was The Shining. It receives 0.1 points in addition to its current FAS (Final Average Score), making it 7.518167267.

The Shining is 1 for 1 (0.1, 100%).
'Salem's Lot is 0 for 1 (0.0, 0%).

Ben Mears
06-15-2010, 12:32 PM
Two of the most influential books in in horror history published back to back. What a feat.