View Full Version : 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.
these polls are killing me
I admit that TWL is the better book of the two. Voted Duma Key, as a personal favorite.
Same here. With the difference being that The Waste Lands is not a favorite of mine, so an easy vote.
Heather19
04-01-2012, 11:06 AM
Duma Key! I just love that book :)
pathoftheturtle
04-01-2012, 11:07 AM
Same here. With the difference being that The Waste Lands is not a favorite of mine, so an easy vote.What weakness does tWL have that DK doesn't?
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)
pathoftheturtle
04-01-2012, 11:26 AM
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 http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif
The Waste Lands dragged for me somewhat necessitating starts and stops while Duma Key was a relentless non-stop read.
pathoftheturtle
04-01-2012, 11:48 AM
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: :thumbsup: Rock on.
Garrell
04-01-2012, 12:08 PM
Voted Duma Key, finished it a couple of days ago so now I understand why it is loved:)
Voted Duma Key, finished it a couple of days ago so now I understand why it is loved:)
Good man.
Heather19
04-01-2012, 12:45 PM
Voted Duma Key, finished it a couple of days ago so now I understand why it is loved:)
Good man.
Agreed! :D
Shannon
04-01-2012, 01:41 PM
Wish I read Duma Key so I could (possibly) throw a vote towards The Waste Lands. Love that book.
divemaster
04-01-2012, 05:03 PM
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?
Brice
04-02-2012, 12:21 AM
A DT book is gonna' almost always win for me.
fernandito
04-02-2012, 04:28 AM
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!
Heather19
04-02-2012, 11:28 AM
and now they are tied
I am very impressed that my personal favorite manages to stand so well against (arguably) the best DT book!
I'm really hoping it can pull out a few more votes and win.
A DT book is gonna' almost always win for me.
For any DT book? What would you rank above them?
Duma just never caught my imagination fully.
Patrick
04-03-2012, 11:56 PM
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!
Can we get a few more Duma Key fans? :panic:
I don't think there can be more than 12 people in the whole universe to vote DK over TWL. Hell, in the whole multiverse. We're the only freaky dozen.
Just three more votes for Duma Key and justice will be served here.
Heather19
04-07-2012, 01:26 PM
Just three more votes for Duma Key and justice will be served here.
Yes. We only need a few more.
Garrell
04-07-2012, 03:32 PM
I don't think there can be more than 12 people in the whole universe to vote DK over TWL. Hell, in the whole multiverse. We're the only freaky dozen.
One of them here, would not have said that 2 months ago:)...or even thought it!
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fernandito
04-09-2012, 07:53 AM
I'm wondering if I should give Duma Key another chance ...
ELazansky
04-09-2012, 07:58 AM
I voted for Duma Key. I'm probably one of the few people on this message board who has never read The Dark Tower. I read The Gunslinger and just couldn't get into it.
I'm wondering if I should give Duma Key another chance ...oh please, please!!
I voted for Duma Key. I'm probably one of the few people on this message board who has never read The Dark Tower. I read The Gunslinger and just couldn't get into it.
1. The rest of the Dark Tower is, mercifully, nothing like The Gunslinger. If it was, I would have never read the other six volumes. You totally should start The Drawing of the Three - you'll see how different it is.
2. I am afraid your vote for Duma Key doesn't count... it makes me very very sad, but you should have voted "Never read one or both titles". Did you actually vote Duma Key without reading TWL? If so, I'll have to edit your vote...
: sad bear :
Heather19
04-09-2012, 10:23 AM
I'm wondering if I should give Duma Key another chance ...
A definite yes! :D
The poll has closed. The winner with 43.75% of the vote was The Waste Lands. It receives 0.1 points in addition to its current FAS (Final Average Score), making it 7.755128205.
ELazansky
04-09-2012, 12:34 PM
I'm wondering if I should give Duma Key another chance ...oh please, please!!
I voted for Duma Key. I'm probably one of the few people on this message board who has never read The Dark Tower. I read The Gunslinger and just couldn't get into it.
1. The rest of the Dark Tower is, mercifully, nothing like The Gunslinger. If it was, I would have never read the other six volumes. You totally should start The Drawing of the Three - you'll see how different it is.
2. I am afraid your vote for Duma Key doesn't count... it makes me very very sad, but you should have voted "Never read one or both titles". Did you actually vote Duma Key without reading TWL? If so, I'll have to edit your vote...
: sad bear :
I did read Duma Key - it is one of my favorites. I guess I should have looked at the choices and picked option 3 :-(. But, we need to be fair and adjust my vote accordingly.
And thanks for the tip on TDT - I may have to start with Drawing of the Three and give it another try
Heather19
04-09-2012, 05:33 PM
The poll has closed. The winner with 43.75% of the vote was The Waste Lands. It receives 0.1 points in addition to its current FAS (Final Average Score), making it 7.755128205.
So close. We only needed 2 more votes :(
And thanks for the tip on TDT - I may have to start with Drawing of the Three and give it another try
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