Round 9-C: The Shining vs. The Long Walk

[Jean]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Shiningnovel.jpg/200px-Shiningnovel.jpg VS. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/Bachman%2C_Long_Walk.jpg/200px-Bachman%2C_Long_Walk.jpg

[stroppygoblin]

That was a hard one but TLW is one of my all time favourites. I have lost count of the number of times I have read this story.

[Jean]

bears voted TLW without any hesitation

[Heather19]

Same here. I'm surprised it's behind right now.

[mae]

For a second there I thought we were doing the CRAs already :)

[Garrell]

TLW

[Dan]

I chose The Shining, but it was not an easy decision. I made my final decision based on my initial reactions to the first time I read these books. Both are stellar books, in my opinion.

[Jean]

this poll closes tomorrow

seeing TLW losing makes bears sad

[stroppygoblin]

goblins too. In the unlikely event that you have voted and have not read The Long Walk, try and do so in 2014, you wont regret it!

[T-Dogz_AK47]

The Shining is easily the winner, it has more depth.

Even though both stories are great, I think comparing a 500 page novel to a much shorter novella is a bit unfair and rather one sided.

[Jean]

The Shining is easily the winner, it has more depth. I can't quite see how. It has more width, sure, but TWL is an unexhaustibly deep parable.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

I enjoyed both, but the Shining more.

[Jean]

The poll is closed.