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This Perfect Day by Ira Levin 6 8.45%
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi 6 8.45%
Heaven by Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart 3 4.23%
Hyperion by Dan Simmons 11 15.49%
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 6 8.45%
Dune by Frank Herbert 6 8.45%
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 9 12.68%
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card 8 11.27%
A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller 12 16.90%
Halting State by Charles Stross 4 5.63%
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Old 10-26-2011, 01:00 PM   #121
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I'm not sure why I feel this way, but I think it's great that so many books got so many votes!
It's due to the holiday season....your feelings that is...
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It's due to the holiday season....your feelings that is...
I had completely forgotten Halloween! Thanks for the reminder!
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Although both books have their own appeal, I choose A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller.

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Even though I voted for Hyperion, I like this choice as well.
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Glad to see 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' as November's book club choice. First read it *many* years ago, re-read it at the beginning of this year and listened to the NPR radio adaptation this past summer. I may read it again, just so I can comment.
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Glad to see 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' as November's book club choice. First read it *many* years ago, re-read it at the beginning of this year and listened to the NPR radio adaptation this past summer. I may read it again, just so I can comment.
Thanks for that link Jerry!
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I'm not sure why I feel this way, but I think it's great that so many books got so many votes!
I'm happy with the vote distribution as well. It does seem like more people voted their first choice.

Unfortunately for me, voting my 2nd choice would have been better...
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I'm not sure why I feel this way, but I think it's great that so many books got so many votes!
It was actually a fair vote for a change and it actually shows. No more of "this will never win so I won't vote for it even though it is my choice" and no more of "so & so voted to X so I will too". Not a single book wasn't voted for.

This is the way to do it from now on (IMHO).
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It was actually a fair vote for a change and it actually shows.
There was nothing remotely unfair about the prior system. You may prefer this one, but it's no fairer. Can we grow up and avoid playground terminology? Especially when "fair" can be deconstructed to mean, "my choices never seem to win, so I want to try something else."
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I missed the discussion about the books we voted on. I don't care if the votes are hidden or not, but I don't want us to stop discussing the books. I thought it was a lot less fun following this topic this time (even though there were some fun and entertaining posts about NOT discussing the books).
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I'll say this for the Extra-Large Print edition of A Canticle For Leibowitz: They weren't kidding! Every time I switch from what else I'm reading to the Canticle, I have to re-size my font to the smallest possible size, and it's still huge—and I'm reading it with a pair of 61-year-old eyes!
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Did everyone like the hidden vote? I kind of missed the campaigning, but the results were much closer!
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Did everyone like the hidden vote? I kind of missed the campaigning, but the results were much closer!
Hidden vote I can live with. The lack of campaigning is big loss. That said, I'll deal with whatever the group decides.

Finally finding time to rejoin both clubs, so I hope to become an active member again.
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Did everyone like the hidden vote? I kind of missed the campaigning, but the results were much closer!
I loved it. The anticipation was exciting. I also enjoyed those who were hinting around what they had chosen. Plus, like you said, the votes were much closer.

All that in mind, I wouldn't do a blind vote every month.

I would suggest using it a couple times during the year. Specifically January: Wild Card and August: Free For All (any genre), due to the random, surprise nature of those months anyway, as well as one of the two Classic months so that we can have one with and one without.
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There was nothing remotely unfair about the prior system. You may prefer this one, but it's no fairer. Can we grow up and avoid playground terminology? Especially when "fair" can be deconstructed to mean, "my choices never seem to win, so I want to try something else."
Exactly!
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I missed the discussion about the books we voted on. I don't care if the votes are hidden or not, but I don't want us to stop discussing the books. I thought it was a lot less fun following this topic this time (even though there were some fun and entertaining posts about NOT discussing the books).
I agree completely. The whole point of a book club is to socialize discuss etc. If I want to just choose a book I can do that at Amazon.
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