20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley
The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo
A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin
Round 5: Positions 31 to 36
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have voted everything except ASoIaF
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Les Miserables --the unabridged version-- was hard work. There were blocks of pages just describing the history of places and people the main characters come across. The main narrative was amazing, and the characters themselves were incredibly fleshed out. When I got done with the book, I felt like I had accomplished something.
that sounds very true to bears! Luckily, I read it first when I was very young (about 9, maybe 10 years old), and at that time one takes literature, especially style, for granted; if the first time had been later, I don't know if I could have made it through this whale. The same with Notre-Dame de Paris. And when I re-read them, it was in French, and again, the fascination of reading in a foreign language I didn't know 100% well at that time overweighed the horrible effort the reading took at places
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just Andromeda and Les Mis for me.
special thanks for Andromeda!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Verne captured my imagination when I was a young boy...he has yet to return it.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
doh! missed the fact I could vote for more than one
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
I see that you have voted for Frankenstein
I can add your other votes manually. I don't know how it will appear in this type of poll, but I can at least try if you tell me what they are
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Jean.
All but ASoIaF and Les Mis. I haven't read the first (yet) and much as I love the musical, I found Les Miserables very heavy going. The overall story is great but the books prose is a little too much 'picture painting' for my tastes.
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
I have added your votes, but can't make your name appear under them (except Frankenstein); we'll just have to remember that you voted for those.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ASOIAF is treated as one entry?
In Digitized Remorse
yes!! the long discussion is 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have read none of these.
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I am happy to see Crichton doing so well here!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
20 people have voted
I am thinking of closing this poll tomorrow, if there are no objections
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
grrr the situation has just got worse
we don't really want a 3-option tiebreaker
I'll leave the post for a few hours, hoping someone else will vote and make it easier
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok, the poll is closed with one tiebreaker!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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