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Checkout the full BracketRound 2 will be March 4th-10th 11:59PM EST
Sword Bracket
Sword Match 1:
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
vs.
Rivers of London / Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
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Sword Match 2:
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
vs.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Vote Here
Laser Bracket
Laser Match 1:
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
vs.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Laser Match 2:
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
vs.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
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Results from Round 1:View the full bracket here
Round 1 Statistics
Total Votes Cast: 2,534
Average Votes Cast: 317
Book With Most Votes: The City of Brass (256 Votes)
Match-up With Most Votes: The Neverending Story vs. The Bear and the Nightingale (327Votes)
Largest Win: The City of Brass (201 Votes)
Smallest Win: The Bear and the Nightingale (53 Votes)
Average Win: 117 votes
Sword Bracket
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Sword Match 1:
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (137 Votes)
vs.
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (190 Votes)
Winner: The Bear and the Nightingale
Total Votes: 327
Margin of Victory: 53
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Sword Match 2:
The Land: Founding by Aleron Kong (82Votes)
vs.
Rivers of London / Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch (237 Votes)
Winner: Rivers of London / Midnight Riot
Total Votes: 319
Margin of Victory: 155
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Sword Match 3:
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (256 Votes)
vs.
The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan (55 Votes)
Winner: The City of Brass
Total Votes: 311
Margin of Victory: 201
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Sword Match 4:
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter (129 Votes)
vs.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (183 Votes)
Winner: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Total Votes: 312
Margin of Victory: 54
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Laser Match 1:
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor (112 Votes)
vs.
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (202 Votes)
Winner: A Memory Called Empire
Total Votes: 314
Margin of Victory: 90
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Laser Match 2:
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson (102 Votes)
vs.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (219 Votes)
Winner: Children of Time
Total Votes: 321
Margin of Victory: 117
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Laser Match 3:
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz (106 Votes)
vs.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (202 Votes)
Winner: This Is How You Lose the Time War
Total Votes: 308
Margin of Victory: 96
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Laser Match 4:
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (245 Votes)
vs.
The Female Man by Joanna Russ (77 Votes)
Winner: All Systems Red
Total Votes: 322
Margin of Victory: 168
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I thought it was a fantastic episode. I didn't watch it until last night because I was waiting to watch both episodes 9 and 10 together. Only I started way too late on Sunday to do that, so I just watched 9 on Sunday.The imdb rating for the episode is pretty low. I'd be curious to know if that's because Doctor Who fans are upset at what happens, or just more haters of the female doctor or because of (view spoiler)
I'm really excited for the next season now.
Last day to get your votes in!Voting ends in less than 19 hours.
I meant to lock this thread. Instead I stickied it. Doh.Month has begun. Go forth and make discussion threads!
For my own personal challenges, I'm finished with:Personal: 15/50 (32% complete)
Sword: 3/15 (20% complete, 4% ahead of schedule)
Laser: 6/10 (60% complete, 44% ahead of schedule)
Comics: 4/5 (80% complete, 64% ahead of schedule)
This month I've added 2 Sword, 3 Laser, 2 Graphic novels.
I finished up the Expanse novellas in February and padded out my Sci-Fi stats a bit as a result. I will probably finish my Laser and Comics challenge pretty early, but I'm not going to increase my goals. I'll help compensate for the overambitious participants instead.
I just picked up a bunch of non-genre stuff (and a bunch of genre stuff) that I plan to read later this month so that will probably slow my momentum a bit.
I'll likely add 1-2 sword and 1 laser in March.
February Results:Sword Challenge
Total Participants: 238 (+28)
Total Read: 746 (+426)
Average Books Read: 3 (+1)
Total Committed: 4,311 (+382)
Average Books pledged: 18 (-1)
Laser Challenge
Total Participants: 242 (+27)
Total Read: 652 (+354)
Average Books Read: 3 (+1)
Total Committed: 4,016 (+426)
Average Books pledged: 17 (0)
Our bonus day of February has ended so here we are in March. What are you reading this month?
Welcome Scott.
Anne wrote: "WE DID IT! *does a silly happy dance*"Good luck!
A few of these were no-brainers. The others I had to look up. I'm not sure who I'm rooting for to win it all this year.As someone who was pushing for the Theft of Swords for several years to finally see it win last year, I feel comradary with Anne's crusade to get us to read The Neverending Story.
On the other hand the Sci-fi bracket is looking pretty strong.
The bracket is set and Round 1 voting starts in just over 2 hours: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Bracket is set!Voting is starting a little later than planned but will still end as planned.
So round 1 will be February 27th 12:01AM EST - March 3rd11:59PM EST
The polls are live, but won't unlock until midnight.
Sword Bracket
Sword Match 1:
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
vs.
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Vote Here
Sword Match 2:
The Land: Founding by Aleron Kong
vs.
Rivers of London / Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
Vote Here
Sword Match 3:
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
vs.
The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Vote Here
Sword Match 4:
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
vs.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Vote Here
Laser Match 1:
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
vs.
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Vote Here
Laser Match 2:
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson
vs.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Vote Here
Laser Match 3:
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
vs.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Vote Here
Laser Match 4:
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
vs.
The Female Man by Joanna Russ
Vote Here
I did a few Rebels comics. In particular the 2 Kanan backstory ones.They were OK.
What I really want is a post-rebels: (view spoiler)
I know this is a book club, but I don't really want to have to read Star Wars books for the answers. There are just too many Star Wars books to keep up/read them all.I have liked some of Christie Golden's wow books, so maybe I'll consider that book.
And I did read/like Ahsoka, mostly because the voice actress doubled as the audio book narrator.
Welcome Jessy.
Thanks Mark. I saw that article in my feed yesterday, but skipped it. The title didn't make it apparent it was an interview. I just thought it was an opinion piece.Kind of disappointed no closure for Ventress, but not surprised given he only got 12 episodes.
Welcome Richard
Thanks Mark
