my votes are
1pet sematary
2the stand (uncut version)
3apt pupil
4the regulators
5Salems lot
6the green mile
7the long walk
8the tommyknockers
9Carrie
10the shining
my votes are
1pet sematary
2the stand (uncut version)
3apt pupil
4the regulators
5Salems lot
6the green mile
7the long walk
8the tommyknockers
9Carrie
10the shining
if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do
There is a subforum for voting--go ahead and post them right in there FWtL
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flaggwalkstheline, you must go to the Round 1 subforum here to vote. We're taking it five books at a time.
Hey flaggwalkstheline.
To vote please visit this forum. Votes put in here will not be counted. The books are all divided into brackets of five, and you rank each book on its individual merit. The high scoring books will progress to a second round in the competition where they will be graded on specific attributes. These grades will narrow the field further to a group of the top six King books of all time. Those six books will then vie against each other in a series of face-off polls which will determine their positioning overall, including the #1 Stephen King book of all time.
That's the Cliff's Notes version.
I think I am going to create an explanatory thread for this today, so that newcomers have a nice clear idea of how this is all going to work. Keep your eyes peeled for it.
Heng Dai
hey aaron? kudos on the explanatory post. makes things much clearer and i think it will generate more votes in the right way (*ahem, not naming any names here turtlesong*).
thanks!
Amazingly lucid description of the process, indeed, Aaron, thanks!
I wonder if we could have, as part of the miscellaneous competition, an award for Best Book Cover. I am so enamored with the cover for Just After Sunset, I'd nominate it this minuteI could also think of at least five more I could nominate.
That's a good idea. Let's do it!
I checked one of these polls that had a great turnout. 60 Votes so far!!
That's much more than we have gotten for most polls on the board. I hope we get a whole bunch for all of these.
I'm considering giving away an entry to our giveaway (on the honor system) to anyone who voted in all of these polls.
And remember: You get beam bucks for voting.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
Hopefully we could break 100 votes per.
GET OUT AND VOTE, PEOPLE!
Rock the vote, people!
The polls for the first bracket have closed and the results have been tabulated.
The winners of the bracket that will be moving on to Round 2 are:
The Shining: AVG Score - 4.353846153
'Salem's Lot: AVG Score - 4.292307692
I will be closing the threads and posting the official scores later today. Bracket 3 should go up later as well.
Yay! I've read both!Originally Posted by Aaron
Glad The Shining made it through for sure.
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No real surprise there, I thought that's exactly how they'd end up, one-two. It'd be interesting to see how the other three fared.
I'll post the numbers in a bit. Just a little swamped today.
Sure, Aaron. Take all the time you need. I was just wondering.
It'll be funny to see how people vote in rank 2 since these two are real marvels !
By the way, just looking slightly ahead here, but I can't believe how gut-wrenching Bracket 5 will be. It has my favorite collection (Skeleton Crew), my favorite Dark Tower novel (DT2), and it has two uber-classics in Misery and It. As an added bonus it also contains Eyes of the Dragon. Tough one, huh?
Wow, pablo - you're right! That one's gonna be a nail biter!!
This collecting stuff is a sickness! ~Patrick
Perhaps a five way tie?? It could happen!By the way, just looking slightly ahead here, but I can't believe how gut-wrenching Bracket 5 will be. It has my favorite collection (Skeleton Crew), my favorite Dark Tower novel (DT2), and it has two uber-classics in Misery and It. As an added bonus it also contains Eyes of the Dragon. Tough one, huh?
Donna
"What can I tell you, baby? I've always been bad."--Spike
Some fun demographic notes, now that Bracket 1 is over. I'm sure Aaron has more elaborate data, so this is just a quick and dirty list:
Carrie: 62 votes
'Salem's Lot: 68 votes
Rage: 62 votes
The Shining: 69 votes
Night Shift: 60 votes
That's 64 votes on average. Pretty good, I think. I would note that it's not really fair that people are still voting on some books and skipping others. Each poll says vote even if you didn't read the book, and each poll says to go vote for the other books, too. So, come on, peeps, don't skip!
This poll is making me realize how many King books I haven't read and I feel bad about it... I also wish I had about 10 more hours in each day.
I AM voting "never read" in the polls though, just to keep things even.
I had three Never Reads for the current bracket. I need to get my shit together.
Ha, I think I've only been able to vote for three books so far.
Ditto.
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