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The Official Be-All-End-All 'Favorite Book' thread Because Forum Polls Just Aren't Good Enough!

#41 Sparkimus

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Posted 30 December 2008 - 08:25 PM

^ that can't be right Dragnipurake. TTH had 17 before I gave it a 5 and you gave it a 4...that doesn't add up to 20.

QUOTE (Stalker @ Jan 23 2009, 01:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So last night I was walking downtown for some pizza at like 1am with some friends of mine,
and someone said, "I'm so hungry I could eat a whole pizza."

I said, "I bet I could eat 100 pizzas," and no one understood me. I was sad.

#42 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 30 December 2008 - 08:39 PM

Current totals are:

1. Memories of Ice - 64 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 49 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 28 pts
4. Toll the Hounds - 26 pts
5. Gardens of the Moon - 23 pts
6. Reaper's Gale - 21 pts
7. The Bonehunters - 20 pts
8. House of Chains - 10 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 3 pts
10. Night of Knives - 1 pts
11. Blood Follows - 0 pts
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 pts
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 pts

Also, I updated my spreadsheet from my previous post with some interesting stats.

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―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch

#43 teholbeddict

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Posted 30 December 2008 - 09:19 PM

Gardens of the Moon - 5
Memories of Ice - 4
Midnight Tides - 3
Reaper's Gale - 2
The Bonehunters - 1

Latest standings:

1. Memories of Ice - 68 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 49 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 31 pts
4. Gardens of the Moon - 28 pts
5. Toll of the Hounds - 26 pts
6. Reaper's Gale - 23 pts
7. The Bonehunters - 21 pts
8. House of Chains - 10 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 3 pts
10. Night of Knives - 1 pts
11. Blood Follows - 0 pts
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 pts
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 pts

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#44 BlindSwordsman

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Posted 30 December 2008 - 10:35 PM

Memories of Ice - 5
House of Chains - 4
Deadhouse Gates - 3
Toll The Hounds - 2
Reapers Gale - 1

Latest standings:

1. Memories of Ice - 73 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 52 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 31 pts
4. Gardens of the Moon - 28 pts
5. Toll of the Hounds - 28 pts
6. Reaper's Gale - 24 pts
7. The Bonehunters - 21 pts
8. House of Chains - 14 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 3 pts
10. Night of Knives - 1 pts
11. Blood Follows - 0 pts
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 pts
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 pts

This post has been edited by BlindSwordsman: 30 December 2008 - 10:38 PM

#45 Ain't_It_Just_

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Posted 31 December 2008 - 08:23 AM

I woulda thought BH would have gotten more...

I'd probably pick MoI after DG, but the ending is too sad for me...

Suck it Errant!

"It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I'm all out of gum."

QUOTE (KeithF @ Jun 30 2009, 09:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It has been proven beyond all reasonable doubt that the most powerful force on Wu is a bunch of messed-up Malazans with Moranth munitions.

#46 Apocalypse Now

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Posted 01 January 2009 - 12:50 AM

What a difference a day and a half makes! Kinda sad to see RG and TBH fall off the list, :|

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#47 MTS

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Posted 01 January 2009 - 05:48 AM

My favourites:
Memories Of Ice - 5 points
Deadhouse Gates - 4 points
Toll The Hounds - 3 points
Return Of The Crimson Guard - 2 points
Midnight Tides - 1 point

So overall rankings are:
1. Memories of Ice - 78 points
2. Deadhouse Gates - 56 points
3. Midnight Tides - 32 points
4. Toll of the Hounds - 31 points
5. Gardens of the Moon - 28 points

6. Reaper's Gale - 24 points
7. The Bonehunters - 21 points
8. House of Chains - 14 points
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 5 points
10. Night of Knives - 1 point
11. Blood Follows - 0 points
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 points
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 points

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Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades.

#48 Bauchelain the Evil

Greatest necromancer ever

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Not much

Posted 02 January 2009 - 03:23 PM

Here's my list

Memories of Ice-5
The Bonehunters-4
Midnight Tides-3
Reaper's Gale-2
Deathouse Gates-1

Adept of Team Quick Ben

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

#49 Blend

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Posted 02 January 2009 - 04:10 PM

DG - 5
RTCG - 4
MOI - 3
TtH - 2
MT - 1

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#50 Apocalypse Now

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Posted 02 January 2009 - 11:30 PM

What does everyone have against House of Chains? I liked it more than Midnight Tides.

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#51 Ain't_It_Just_

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Posted 03 January 2009 - 12:42 AM

Perhaps because HoC was seen as an interval sort of book, and MT started the new storyline.

Suck it Errant!

"It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I'm all out of gum."

QUOTE (KeithF @ Jun 30 2009, 09:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It has been proven beyond all reasonable doubt that the most powerful force on Wu is a bunch of messed-up Malazans with Moranth munitions.

#52 D'rek

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Posted 03 January 2009 - 05:46 AM

The plight of HoC has forced me to participate in this.

Bonehunters - 5
House of Chains - 4
Reaper's Gale - 3
Night of Knives - 2
Memories of Ice - 1

Overall
1. Memories of Ice - 87 points
2. Deadhouse Gates - 62 points
3. Midnight Tides - 36 points
4. Toll of the Hounds - 33 points
5. The Bonehunters - 30 points

6. Reaper's Gale - 29 points
7. Gardens of the Moon - 28 points
8. House of Chains - 18 points
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 9 points
10. Night of Knives - 3 point
11. Blood Follows - 0 points
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 points
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 points

worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.

#53 Apocalypse Now

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Posted 04 January 2009 - 12:05 AM

Sweet, thanks for voting. Also bump.

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#54 Illuyankas

Retro Classic

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Will cluck you up

Posted 04 January 2009 - 12:13 AM

The main reason I don't like HOC very much is that it is mostly a long boring chase that ends in a massive anticlimax, even though Karsa kicking ass makes up for a lot of it. Even though it has Torvald Nom in it.

MOI - 5
MT - 4
TTH - 3
DG - 3
TBH - 3

I literally couldn't decide between those last three.

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#55 tejko

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Posted 04 January 2009 - 12:55 PM

1) Midnight tides
2)House of ch.
3)MoI
4)Bonehunters
5)Gotm
6)Deadhouse
7) Reapers
8)Tool

Blood Follows -
The Healthy Dead -
The Lees of Laughter's End (sowhere around 4 place but want enclude)
Posted Yesterday, 01:42 AM

#56 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 05 January 2009 - 12:49 AM

Illy: 3-way ties aren't allowed.

Even so, the totals are now:

1. Memories of Ice - 95 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 65 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 47 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 35 pts
4. Toll the Hounds - 35 pts
6. Gardens of the Moon - 30 pts
7. Reaper's Gale - 29 pts
8. House of Chains - 22 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 7 pts
10. Night of Knives - 3 pts
11. Blood Follows - 0 pts
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 pts
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 pts

#57 Apocalypse Now

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Posted 05 January 2009 - 09:28 PM

Yeah, Illy, ties in general aren't allowed so I just assigned point value by the order you put it in, so TBH got 1 point. So if anyone does ties, since they are illegal, I will just determine points by how they are listed and act as if there wasn't a tie. Also, thanks for helping with the totals Saltman.

This post has been edited by Apocalypse Now: 05 January 2009 - 09:30 PM

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#58 Khellendros

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Posted 26 January 2009 - 11:04 PM

If we're still going, my votes go to:

The Bonehunters - 5
Midnight Tides - 4
Memories of Ice - 3
Deadhouse Gates - 2
Reaper's Gale - 1

Making the total votes....

1. Memories of Ice - 98 pts
2. Deadhouse Gates - 67 pts
3. Midnight Tides - 51 pts
4. The Bonehunters - 40 pts
5. Toll the Hounds - 35 pts
6. Gardens of the Moon - 30 pts
6. Reaper's Gale - 30 pts
8. House of Chains - 22 pts
9. Return of the Crimson Guard - 7 pts
10. Night of Knives - 3 pts
11. Blood Follows - 0 pts
11. The Healthy Dead - 0 pts
11. The Lees of Laughter's End - 0 pts

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#59 Benji

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Posted 27 January 2009 - 12:35 PM

The Bonehunters - 5
Reapers Gale - 4
House of Chains - 3
Memories of Ice - 2
Deadhouse Gates - 1

#60 Puck

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Posted 27 January 2009 - 01:03 PM

MT - 5
MoI - 4
BH - 3
TtH - 2
RG - 1

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