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ok, here's my vote:
-MOI 5
-RG 4
-BH 3
-DG 2
-GotM 1
this is really hard...I knew MOI was my fav, but beyond that it was a struggle!!! still feel i should've put MT...
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Posted 25 May 2009 - 10:03 PM
When a man lies he murders
Some part of the world
These are the pale deaths which
Men miscall their lives
All this I cannot bear
To witness any longer
Cannot the kingdom of salvation
Take me home
'James
Some part of the world
These are the pale deaths which
Men miscall their lives
All this I cannot bear
To witness any longer
Cannot the kingdom of salvation
Take me home
'James
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Posted 25 May 2009 - 11:49 PM
House of Chains - 5
Midnight Tides - 4
Memories of Ice - 3
Deadhouse Gates - 2
Reaper's Gale - 1
Midnight Tides - 4
Memories of Ice - 3
Deadhouse Gates - 2
Reaper's Gale - 1
The leader, his audience still,
considered their scholarly will.
He lowered his head
and with anguish he said,
"But how will we teach them to kill?"
-some poet on reddit
considered their scholarly will.
He lowered his head
and with anguish he said,
"But how will we teach them to kill?"
-some poet on reddit
#84
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Posted 26 May 2009 - 05:34 PM
And RG overtakes TtH:
1. Memories of Ice - 159 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 96 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 87 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 73 pts
5. Reaper's Gale - 59 pts
6. Toll the Hounds - 55 pts
7. Gardens of the Moon - 47 pts
8. House of Chains - 34 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 pts
10. Night of Knives - 4 pts
11. Blood Follows - 0 pts
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 pts
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 pts
MoI continues its streak of appearing on everyone's Top 5, and now has as many first-place votes as the next two books combined.
1. Memories of Ice - 159 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 96 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 87 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 73 pts
5. Reaper's Gale - 59 pts
6. Toll the Hounds - 55 pts
7. Gardens of the Moon - 47 pts
8. House of Chains - 34 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 pts
10. Night of Knives - 4 pts
11. Blood Follows - 0 pts
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 pts
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 pts
MoI continues its streak of appearing on everyone's Top 5, and now has as many first-place votes as the next two books combined.
This post has been edited by Salt-Man Z: 26 May 2009 - 05:36 PM
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
#85
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Posted 27 May 2009 - 01:30 PM
MOI: 5 points
RG: 4
MT: 3
DG: 2
GotM: 1
RG: 4
MT: 3
DG: 2
GotM: 1
Things and stuffs...and other important objects.
#87
Salt-Man Z
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Posted 27 May 2009 - 04:48 PM
Eep! DG's hold on position #2 is threatened! 
1. Memories of Ice - 164 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 99 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 95 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 75 pts
5. Reaper's Gale - 67 pts
6. Toll the Hounds - 55 pts
7. Gardens of the Moon - 48 pts
8. House of Chains - 37 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 pts
10. Night of Knives - 4 pts
11. Blood Follows - 0 pts
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 pts
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 pts
1. Memories of Ice - 164 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 99 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 95 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 75 pts
5. Reaper's Gale - 67 pts
6. Toll the Hounds - 55 pts
7. Gardens of the Moon - 48 pts
8. House of Chains - 37 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 pts
10. Night of Knives - 4 pts
11. Blood Follows - 0 pts
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 pts
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 pts
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
#88
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Posted 27 May 2009 - 04:49 PM
Well it seems this breaks MoI record. Although I'm frankly surprised to see that someone actually didn't think of MoI if not as the best, then as one of the best in the MBotF.
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I greet you as guests and so will not crush the life from you and devour your soul with peals of laughter. No, instead, I will make tea-Gothos
I greet you as guests and so will not crush the life from you and devour your soul with peals of laughter. No, instead, I will make tea-Gothos
#90
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Posted 27 May 2009 - 09:57 PM
Something well worthy of making a post!!!
Memories of Ice - 5
Toll the Hounds - 4
Deadhouse Gates -3
The Bonehunters - 2
Gardens of the Moon - 1
Memories of Ice - 5
Toll the Hounds - 4
Deadhouse Gates -3
The Bonehunters - 2
Gardens of the Moon - 1
#91
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Posted 28 May 2009 - 01:06 AM
1. Midnight Tides - 5
2. Deadhouse Gates - 4
3. Toll the Hounds - 3
4. The Bonehunters - 2
5. House of Chains - 1
I can't decide which of HoC and MoI I like the most, but as HoC is last in the list it deserves one point from me. Come on, give Toll the Hounds and House of Chains more points, they deserve it!
2. Deadhouse Gates - 4
3. Toll the Hounds - 3
4. The Bonehunters - 2
5. House of Chains - 1
I can't decide which of HoC and MoI I like the most, but as HoC is last in the list it deserves one point from me. Come on, give Toll the Hounds and House of Chains more points, they deserve it!
#92
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Posted 28 May 2009 - 05:28 AM
1. Midnight Tides - 5 (best dialogues from tehol and bugg. oh and brys. what a way to go...)
2. Toll of the Hounds - 4 (favourite ending, deepest book yet I think)
3. Memories of ice - 3 (Seguleh thread did it for me I think...and everything fit so well together too...)
4. Deadhouse Gates- 2 (secretly my first lol. This book I loved. First pust scene, first icarium scene and COLTAINE. not to mention D'ivers gallore!)
5. Reapers gale - (for some reason that weird Mage with a candle warren analogy hits me as most memorable character I ever read...what was his name?)
Ofcourse I loved them all to be honest...maybe liked GotM the least...not sure...
2. Toll of the Hounds - 4 (favourite ending, deepest book yet I think)
3. Memories of ice - 3 (Seguleh thread did it for me I think...and everything fit so well together too...)
4. Deadhouse Gates- 2 (secretly my first lol. This book I loved. First pust scene, first icarium scene and COLTAINE. not to mention D'ivers gallore!)
5. Reapers gale - (for some reason that weird Mage with a candle warren analogy hits me as most memorable character I ever read...what was his name?
)Ofcourse I loved them all to be honest...maybe liked GotM the least...not sure...
“Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof Gas-Fireproof.”
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Posted 28 May 2009 - 09:48 PM
1. Toll the Hounds - 5
2. Memories of Ice - 4
3. Reaper’s Gale– 3
4. Deadhouse Gates – 2
5. Midnight Tides – 1
B.... oh! Beak.
Read Deadhouse Gates first since I got it for christmas and didn't even know there were any others. Was really difficult to understand. Re-reading now.
Difficult to decide between Midnight Tides and House of Chains...
2. Memories of Ice - 4
3. Reaper’s Gale– 3
4. Deadhouse Gates – 2
5. Midnight Tides – 1
B.... oh! Beak.
Read Deadhouse Gates first since I got it for christmas and didn't even know there were any others. Was really difficult to understand. Re-reading now.
Difficult to decide between Midnight Tides and House of Chains...
This post has been edited by Leo: 28 May 2009 - 09:49 PM
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Posted 28 May 2009 - 10:14 PM
1. Memories of Ice - 176 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 110 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 106 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 79 pts
5. Reaper's Gale - 71 pts
5. Toll the Hounds - 71 pts
7. Gardens of the Moon - 49 pts
8. House of Chains - 38 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 pts
10. Night of Knives - 4 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 110 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 106 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 79 pts
5. Reaper's Gale - 71 pts
5. Toll the Hounds - 71 pts
7. Gardens of the Moon - 49 pts
8. House of Chains - 38 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 pts
10. Night of Knives - 4 pts
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Posted 30 May 2009 - 02:18 PM
Leo, on May 28 2009, 11:48 PM, said:
1. Toll the Hounds - 5
2. Memories of Ice - 4
3. Reaper’s Gale– 3
4. Deadhouse Gates – 2
5. Midnight Tides – 1
B.... oh! Beak.
Read Deadhouse Gates first since I got it for christmas and didn't even know there were any others. Was really difficult to understand. Re-reading now.
Difficult to decide between Midnight Tides and House of Chains...
2. Memories of Ice - 4
3. Reaper’s Gale– 3
4. Deadhouse Gates – 2
5. Midnight Tides – 1
B.... oh! Beak.
Read Deadhouse Gates first since I got it for christmas and didn't even know there were any others. Was really difficult to understand. Re-reading now.
Difficult to decide between Midnight Tides and House of Chains...
Yeah thats the one! awesome character that one.
Funny enough read deadhouse gates first too. read it three times after just to make sense of the best parts really.
“Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof Gas-Fireproof.”
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 04:15 AM
Midnight tides 5
Toll the hounds 4
The bone hunters 3
House of chains 2
Reapers gale 1
Id put MoI up there but its the one book in the series I do not feel as though I need to reread at this time.
Toll the hounds 4
The bone hunters 3
House of chains 2
Reapers gale 1
Id put MoI up there but its the one book in the series I do not feel as though I need to reread at this time.
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 10:48 AM
Memories of Ice - 5 points (no contest)
Midnight Tides - 4 points
Toll The Hounds - 3 points
Deadhouse Gates - 2 points
House of Chains - 1 point
Midnight Tides - 4 points
Toll The Hounds - 3 points
Deadhouse Gates - 2 points
House of Chains - 1 point
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
-- Oscar Wilde
-- Oscar Wilde
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Posted 01 June 2009 - 05:05 PM
NOOOoooooo!!
1. Memories of Ice - 181 pts
2. Midnight Tides - 115 pts
3. Deadhouse Gates - 112 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 82 pts
5. Toll the Hounds - 78 pts
6. Reaper's Gale - 72 pts
7. Gardens of the Moon - 49 pts
8. House of Chains - 41 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 pts
10. Night of Knives - 4 pts
1. Memories of Ice - 181 pts
2. Midnight Tides - 115 pts
3. Deadhouse Gates - 112 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 82 pts
5. Toll the Hounds - 78 pts
6. Reaper's Gale - 72 pts
7. Gardens of the Moon - 49 pts
8. House of Chains - 41 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 pts
10. Night of Knives - 4 pts
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Posted 05 June 2009 - 11:11 PM
1. Memories of Ice - 5
2. Toll the Hounds - 4
3. Midnight Tides - 3
4. Deadhouse Gates - 2
5. Reaper's Gale -1
Leading to a cumulative total of (based on Salt-Man Z's addition):
1. Memories of Ice - 186 pts
2. Midnight Tides - 118 pts
3. Deadhouse Gates - 114 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 82 pts
(Tie) 4. Toll the Hounds - 82 pts
6. Reaper's Gale - 73 pts
7. Gardens of the Moon - 49 pts
8. House of Chains - 41 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 pts
10. Night of Knives - 4 pts
which gives 758 points, which can't be right because there should be 15 points per person... I went back and tried to find the last time the total was actually divisible by 15... and it was Post 37 (Saltman's)... and then realized that there were ties before that that completely screwed things up. Not to mention some bad addition here and there. With that in mind, I put everything into a new spreadsheet (Saltman's link wasn't working), giving:
New Cumulative Totals
1. Memories of Ice: 184
2. Midnight Tides - 116
3. Deadhouse Gates - 112
4. Toll the Hounds - 83
5. The Bonehunters - 79
6. Reaper's Gale - 72
7. Gardens of the Moon - 49
8. House of Chains - 41
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 10
10. Night of Knives - 4
The Memories of Ice streak mentioned earlier is no longer. However, some stats:
Highest Standard Deviation: Reaper's Gale and Midnight Tides (both ~1.48)
Lowest Standard Deviation: NoK, RotCG (thanks to very few ratings), otherwise GoTM.
If we did it by number of 1sts, then the order would be:
1. Memories of Ice: 18
2. Midnight Tides - 11
3. Deadhouse Gates - 7
6. Toll the Hounds - 4
6. The Bonehunters - 4
6. Reaper's Gale - 4
8. Gardens of the Moon - 1
8. House of Chains - 1
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 0
10. Night of Knives - 0
If we did it by number of rankings:
1. Memories of Ice - 47
2. Deadhouse Gates - 39
3. Midnight Tides - 33
4. The Bonehunters - 32
5. Reaper's Gale - 27
6. Toll the Hounds - 26
8. Gardens of the Moon - 21
8. House of Chains - 17
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 5
10. Night of Knives - 3
I'd attach the .xlsx if I could but I can't. It says I can't upload that file type... and when I change the extension, it says the Administrator would have to enable it. *sighs* PM if you want it.
2. Toll the Hounds - 4
3. Midnight Tides - 3
4. Deadhouse Gates - 2
5. Reaper's Gale -1
Leading to a cumulative total of (based on Salt-Man Z's addition):
1. Memories of Ice - 186 pts
2. Midnight Tides - 118 pts
3. Deadhouse Gates - 114 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 82 pts
(Tie) 4. Toll the Hounds - 82 pts
6. Reaper's Gale - 73 pts
7. Gardens of the Moon - 49 pts
8. House of Chains - 41 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 pts
10. Night of Knives - 4 pts
which gives 758 points, which can't be right because there should be 15 points per person... I went back and tried to find the last time the total was actually divisible by 15... and it was Post 37 (Saltman's)... and then realized that there were ties before that that completely screwed things up. Not to mention some bad addition here and there. With that in mind, I put everything into a new spreadsheet (Saltman's link wasn't working), giving:
New Cumulative Totals
1. Memories of Ice: 184
2. Midnight Tides - 116
3. Deadhouse Gates - 112
4. Toll the Hounds - 83
5. The Bonehunters - 79
6. Reaper's Gale - 72
7. Gardens of the Moon - 49
8. House of Chains - 41
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 10
10. Night of Knives - 4
The Memories of Ice streak mentioned earlier is no longer. However, some stats:
Highest Standard Deviation: Reaper's Gale and Midnight Tides (both ~1.48)
Lowest Standard Deviation: NoK, RotCG (thanks to very few ratings), otherwise GoTM.
If we did it by number of 1sts, then the order would be:
1. Memories of Ice: 18
2. Midnight Tides - 11
3. Deadhouse Gates - 7
6. Toll the Hounds - 4
6. The Bonehunters - 4
6. Reaper's Gale - 4
8. Gardens of the Moon - 1
8. House of Chains - 1
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 0
10. Night of Knives - 0
If we did it by number of rankings:
1. Memories of Ice - 47
2. Deadhouse Gates - 39
3. Midnight Tides - 33
4. The Bonehunters - 32
5. Reaper's Gale - 27
6. Toll the Hounds - 26
8. Gardens of the Moon - 21
8. House of Chains - 17
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 5
10. Night of Knives - 3
I'd attach the .xlsx if I could but I can't. It says I can't upload that file type... and when I change the extension, it says the Administrator would have to enable it. *sighs* PM if you want it.
