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dethwing
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 Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject: 161 |
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18.5/63 for me, not counting the Dictionary and only counting the Bible for a half, since I know I definately haven't read all of it.
I feel a little better now, that's more than I thought I had read. |
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject: 162 |
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| 26 total... |
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wordcross
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject: 163 |
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36 total here, and brushes with at least 10 more.
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Coron
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject: 164 |
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| 29 but 8 are partial. so really more like 25. |
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mith
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:10 am Post subject: 165 |
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| Will have to wait about updating until after lunch and meeting with supervisors. I've already noted who's winning. |
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mith
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mith
Pitbull of Truth
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:54 am Post subject: 167 |
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| I'll put together some first round stats this afternoon sometime. |
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L'lanmal
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:23 pm Post subject: 168 |
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I've read over half of the 64 books and over two-thirds of the books that made the second round.
I project that I will have read at least seven-eighths of the winning book. (Maybe I skipped some appendices or something.) |
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wordcross
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject: 169 |
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Dune:)
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mith
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:49 am Post subject: 170 |
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I've read (at least pasts of) 21 (7, 5, 4, 5) of the second round books. I think the only matchup where I haven't read either book is All Quiet vs. Catch-22.
Round 1 wrapup:
Most popular match, Most votes for a loser: The Catcher in the Rye vs. Sideways Stories from Wayside School (18-15)
Least popular match, least votes by a winner: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich vs. A Civil Campaign (2-3)
Biggest margin of victory (votes), Most votes for a winner: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vs. The Oxford English Dictionary (26-5)
Biggest margin of victory (percentage), Least votes for a loser: Cat's Cradle vs. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (1-11)
Closest match: The Golden Compass/Northern Lights vs. Wizard and Glass (14-15, 4OT)
Upsets (by number of nominations): 7 out of 22 possible.
Charlotte's Web d. The Bible (2 vs. 6)
I, Robot d. Dune, Fahrenheit 451 d. The Da Vinci Code (2 vs. 5)
Life, the Universe, and Everything d. Choke, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland d. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (2 vs. 4)
Watership Down d. Good Omens, Small Gods d. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (3 vs. 4)
I'm not sure what this says, exactly, but...
Most nominees in first round: mith (17)
Most nominees in second round: mith (12)
(Though 3 of my top 6 went out)
Last edited by mith on Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:08 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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DMTsurel
The Other Israeli
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject: 171 |
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| I read 20 of the books in round 2, and some bits of a couple more. |
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mithy
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:51 am Post subject: 172 |
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| Looks like we're going to have Adams vs. Adams and Orwell vs. Orwell next round. We'll see about Tolkien vs. Tolkien next week. The final 8 should have plenty of variety, as the only author who could have two books left at that point is DNA, and Restaurant is looking at a couple of tough matchups. |
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Lauritz Melchior
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:25 am Post subject: 173 |
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Well, phooey. I joined this forum just a tad too late to nominate any books.  However, I'd just like to say that Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarqe are definitely among my top five. Also, Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon was a really fun read, but I have no idea what went on in it.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I'd have lost my way (on the road of life, or something) a long time ago if it weren't for the OED.
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Courk
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject: 174 |
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| Out of Ender's Division, I've read one book. |
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L'lanmal
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject: 175 |
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I've read all remaining books in Ender's Division. What do you want to know? 
Seeing how often people vote when they've only read one of the two books, and seeing as there were only five votes in the match, I'm beginning to wonder if I'm the only one to have read both books in the A Civil Campaign vs. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich match-up.
I thought Ender's division was, bottom to top, the strongest bracket with Hitchhiker's as the runner up. Do you suppose this just comes from having read the most books out of there? (I like to think it comes more from being less impressed with some of the books I have read in other divisions, such as I'd vote Huck Finn over Tom Saywer, but I suppose I could just be deluding myself.) |
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*casinopete
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:53 am Post subject: 176 |
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L'lanmal:
I have read both A Civil Campaign and One Day in the Life. One Day in the Life was much better, but I stopped voting after the first round 1 bracket, because getting involved, even minimally, might transform my mere disappointment into frustration.  fnord. |
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Courk
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:10 am Post subject: 177 |
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| I try not to vote when I've only read one book, but if I strictly followed that, I think I would have been able to vote maybe twice. |
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L'lanmal
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:25 am Post subject: 178 |
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| casinopete wrote: |
| because getting involved, even minimally, might transform my mere disappointment into frustration. |
I understand that sentiment completely. That's why I didn't nominate any movies for the movie tournament.
**Drinks to casinopete's health.** |
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Scurra
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:12 am Post subject: 179 |
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I think the key here is in the term "prefer".
Not "which book is better?", but "which do you prefer?"
The BBC ran into similar problems with their poll a few years ago, which asked for "best-loved" books. I was startled to find books like "1984" making the top ten. Now I certainly consider 1984 to be a great book, but in no way is it a book I would read for pleasure.
I have read both "A Civil Campaign" and "One Day...", and although I know which one is better literature, it's also very clear to me which one I would read again and again - and therefore prefer.
Of the R2 books I have read all but 2 (and will now go out of my way to read them, since they obviously have support from a fair number of people.) But, as with the movie poll, I shall probably not be surprised that the final eight will not be books generally acclaimed for their longevity or contribution to the western literary canon.
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mith
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mith
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: 181 |
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Round 2 wrapup (will edit when the tiebreak is over):
Most popular match, Most votes for a loser: Watership Down vs. Animal Farm (13-17)
Least popular match, least votes by a winner: A Civil Campaign vs. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (5-8)
Most votes: Life, the Universe, and Everything (19)
Biggest margin of victory (votes): 1984 vs. Slaughterhouse-Five (18-3)
Biggest margin of victory (percentage): All Quiet on the Western Front vs. Catch-22 (2-14)
Closest match: The Catcher in the Rye vs. Wizard and Glass (12-9, OT), I, Robot vs. Small Gods (8-9)
Upsets (by number of nominations): 3 out of 16 possible.
Life, the Universe, and Everything d. Macbeth, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland d. The Odyssey (2 vs. 4)
Fahrenheit 451 d. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (2 vs. 3)
Last edited by mith on Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:17 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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mith
Pitbull of Truth
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:50 pm Post subject: 182 |
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I've read 12 of 15 for the next round; if Wizard and Glass wins the tiebreak, that'll be 13 of 16. And I'm in the middle of reading Catch-22.
Getting easier to vote. Though it'll get harder again when I have to decide between some of my favorites.  |
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dethwing
DeTheeThaw
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:14 pm Post subject: 183 |
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| I've read 7 of the remaining 16 (Regardless of who wins the Tiebreak, haven't read either). |
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Dmi
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject: 184 |
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mith
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:02 pm Post subject: 185 |
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| Oh, yeah, sorry. |
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L'lanmal
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: 186 |
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I've read over half of the books, over two-thirds of those that made the second round, over three-quarters of the ones that made the the third round, over four-fifths of the ones to make the forth round,
To guarantee that I've read five-sixths of the ones to make the fifth round, watching the movie would have to count as reading at least 1/3rd of the book. Or I could just do some reading before then.
Puzzle: Of the current 16 books, if I've made no assumptions about what is winning this round, what is the least number I could've read? |
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Jedo the Jedi
Paragon in Training
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject: 187 |
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| I like how the #1 & #2 books of each category are still in. Perhaps they will have a showdown? |
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mith
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dethwing
DeTheeThaw
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:45 pm Post subject: 189 |
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| Have read only 1 book in each match up...voted for that book 3 times and against it once. I bet you can guess which one |
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Chuck
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:58 pm Post subject: 190 |
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dethwing
DeTheeThaw
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: 191 |
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| Are you making fun of me? |
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mith
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| Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject: 192 |
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| I'll wait about putting the excel file up until next round (too much trouble at jeepfest, too tired now ). I've read 6.5 in this round, and a page of Fahrenheit. |
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arandomguy
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:57 pm Post subject: 193 |
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I dun like books.
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mith
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mith
Pitbull of Truth
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:13 am Post subject: 195 |
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| Spreadsheet updated. I'll mess with stats tomorrow if I remember to. |
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dethwing
DeTheeThaw
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:13 am Post subject: 196 |
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| Hmmm...maybe I should read Ender's game. |
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mith
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:00 pm Post subject: 197 |
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Round 3:
Most popular match, Most votes for a loser: The Lord of the Rings vs. The Hobbit (14-11)
Least popular match: The Catcher in the Rye vs. Catch-22 (3-14)
Most votes, Biggest margin of victory (votes and percentage): The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vs. Life, the Universe, and Everything (17-3)
Least votes (tie): Life, the Universe, and Everything, The Catcher in the Rye (3)
Closest match, Least votes by a winner: Small Gods vs. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (9-11)
Upsets (by number of nominations): 1 out of 8 possible.
Fahrenheit 451 d. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (2 vs. 6)
Round 4:
Most popular match, Most votes, Least Votes, Biggest Margin of Victory (votes and percentage): 1984 vs. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (15-5)
Closest match, Least popular match, Least votes by a winner: The Lord of the Rings vs. Catch-22 (10-7)
Most votes for a loser (tie): The Princess Bride, Catch-22 (7)
Upsets (by number of nominations): 0 out of 3 possible. |
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mith
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mith
Pitbull of Truth
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject: 199 |
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And Ender's Game wins...
I'll do the ranking thing sometime this weekend. |
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject: 200 |
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So what's next? Sitcoms?  |
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