Duma Key
The Waste Lands
Never read one or both titles
Wave 1C: Duma Key vs. The Waste Lands
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This is the third and final round of our 2012 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.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
these polls are killing me
I admit that TWL is the better book of the two. Voted Duma Key, as a personal favorite.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same here. With the difference being that The Waste Lands is not a favorite of mine, so an easy vote.
Duma Key! I just love that book
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
What weakness does tWL have that DK doesn't?Originally Posted by pablo
TWL doesn't have any weaknesses... it's all full blood, robustness and large-as-lifeness, fullness of existence and infinity of possibilities... while Duma Key is all sadness, sweetness, nostalgia, fading away, ending, dying.
it's like voting the sun vs. the moon... you know that the sun is the important one, and you need it, and there's no life without it, but some are just influenced by the moon (otherwise called lunatics)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is perfectly stated, and explains a lot, but I asked more because of pablo's "not a favorite of mine, so an easy vote."
yes, I know you were asking pablo - and I would love to hear his explanation too - but I was, you know, in one of these ursine lyrical moods
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Waste Lands dragged for me somewhat necessitating starts and stops while Duma Key was a relentless non-stop read.
Mind-boggling. Really? If anything, for me it's precisely the other way around.
Jean:Rock on.
Voted Duma Key, finished it a couple of days ago so now I understand why it is loved
Wish List:
Any of the following flatsigned or inscribed-
It, Shining, Salem’s Lot, Mr. Mercedes, The Stand
Brother ARC, Seed ARC
Good man.Voted Duma Key, finished it a couple of days ago so now I understand why it is loved
Agreed!Good man.Voted Duma Key, finished it a couple of days ago so now I understand why it is loved
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Wish I read Duma Key so I could (possibly) throw a vote towards The Waste Lands. Love that book.
I voted, but as soon as I clicked I realized I voted for the wrong one.
I can edit your post - what was it you clicked?
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Waste Lands
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The Wastelands by a significant margin.
and now they are tied
I am very impressed that my personal favorite manages to stand so well against (arguably) the best DT book!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm really hoping it can pull out a few more votes and win.
For any DT book? What would you rank above them?
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Duma just never caught my imagination fully.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
I really enjoyed DUMA KEY, so this was a hard one. Ultimately THE WASTELANDS just kicks my ass and takes my vote.
Last chance to vote! The poll is closing!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can we get a few more Duma Key fans?
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