Best trilogies and series ever.

[M.T.]

I noticed this https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
And couldn't help thinking indies were under represented so I added lots of series from our authors here... Except I just realised I've forgotten Stuart and Will. It looked as if there were lots of single votes and as If it would only take a few votes to get some of 'our' authors onto page one... Where the normals will see them.

Apologies if this is in poor taste/the wrong place....

Damn I forgot Jim's too. As it's just series and trilogies I've assumed that recommending one book from each is enough.

Anyway... Here it is.

Cheers

MTM

PS edited to add. We're mostly on pages 1 and 2 with 2-4 votes... Others may be at the back if they've only one vote so far. And I've added the ones I mentioned forgetting. :-)

[Jim]

Thanks MTM.
Now let's hope folk all run out and vote for them.
Mind you something needs doing to tidy it up, there's a lot of duplication

[M.T.]

Agreed and they should probably just put the first book in each series in to represent the whole.

Cheers

MTM

[David]

This list is worth a look too:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

[Rosen]

I would love to support these guys but I haven't yet finished reading an indie trilogy (I know, I'm rubbish) so I'll give the first one a miss.

David's link however...

[M.T.]

Rosen, if it helps I haven't finished writing mine! Have downloaded your latest though. Looking forward to reading it ;-)

Cheers

MTM

[M.T.]

David I couldn't find your books on that list... Found Stuart's and a splendid salmagundi and voted for them.

[Darren]

David's link is for 'unknown but should be known books'. George RR Martin's Song of Fire and Ice is represented!

[David]

Yes, I think quite a few have heard of that one.

[M.T.]

Yeh, that's not exactly unknown is it? Phnark.

Also, i notice the Americans have got busy over night and David's list has disappeared under about 6,000 sex books with one nomination each. I couldn't find any of ours and tried to vote by using the lists of books people from this forum had voted on to find the books I wanted to vote for but I'm not sure it's worked very well.

I'm also not sure that having a buff male torso on the cover of your book and calling it "Flaming Balls" is the best marketing tactic... Unless it's a comedy. Phnark.

Cheers

MTM

[David]

Haha, "Alloria" has plummeted from 58 to 513. Rapidly back in the pits of anonymity.

[David]

Scratch that. I got confused; too many lists. 513 is as high as it climbed. Lack of exposure is a heavy burden to drag :~)

[Tim]

Can you add you own book to these lists? (since no other bugger seems to want to... ;))

[M.T.]

Sorry Tim yes of course. If you can find it on there I'll vote.

[M.T.]

David, Darren and my books are on the first page with three votes each. I'm the only voter for Terry Pratchett. Phnark.

Jim's must be on the first page somewhere, too...

[Tim]

Ok, as far as I can tell it's 1999th on David's list, and 231st on Mary's...

[Victoria]

David wrote: "Scratch that. I got confused; too many lists. 513 is as high as it climbed. Lack of exposure is a heavy burden to drag :~)"

Ah well hun, at least your books are on there ;~)

[Victoria]

M.T. wrote: "David, Darren and my books are on the first page with three votes each. I'm the only voter for Terry Pratchett. Phnark.

Jim's must be on the first page somewhere, too..."

I voted for a few Terry Pratchett books too. Not sure anyone would thank me for adding all 35+ of his discworld books though ;~)

[Tim]

Here's another list for the YA bods (I'm 3320th!)

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

[Victoria]

Quite a few folk on this thread might find this interesting: http://storyawards.org.uk/

[M.T.]

Victoria wrote: "Quite a few folk on this thread might find this interesting: http://storyawards.org.uk/"
Coo yeh. I'll have to remember that one for next year too.

[M.T.]

It's a pity the series one doesn't have the first book representing each series.... It would clean up the list and make that vote fairer.

[Jim]

Few Are Chosenis currently 79
Swords for a Dead Ladyis 104 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[M.T.]

Ooooo!

[Jim]

gods alone knows how the voting system works. Yes I've pressed the button, but how a book with four votes scores more than a book with 5 is beyond me

[Rosen]

Could it be to do with how you order your selections when you choose more than one?

[Jim]

That's the only thing I could come up with, but for three votes to be worth from 221 to 299 there's an awful lot of weighting going on in the votes. But then I noticed some people had voted an awful lot of times so perhaps there is

[David]

I voted for yours Jim, but your below a clutch of Goodkind books in my vote. With this new information I'll push you up my list. Goodkind needs no extra exposure!

[Jim]

cheers David
It gets awfully complicated

[Karen]

I did vote for some of my faves, but I've read hardly any on that list. It does seem rather complicated.

[Jim]

good lord, I'm at 82!

[M.T.]

I think the weighting is to do with the reviews and ratings. So a book with one vote and a score of 4.58 stars comes higher up than a book with one book and a score of 4.37 stars.

Jim nice job getting to 82.

Cheers

MTM

[M.T.]

We've got Stuart at 46 and David at 60! We're all doing quite well I'd say.

Cheers

MTM

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Is it Jim's 82nd birthday today?? Where's the cake?

[M.T.]

Phnark. Gumbee.

[Jim]

It just feels as if it's my 82nd birthday.
Been a busy week

[Simon (Highwayman)]

Ummm.. Best trilogies. Asimov foundation trilogy by a country mile.

[Jim]

I don't think he's even mentioned is he? Anyway he'd get nowhere because he's got no 'friends' to vote for him.

But yes, he certainly deserves to be one of the top two, fighting it out with Lord of the Rings

[Patti (baconater)]

OIY.

Hitchhikers!

[Simon (Highwayman)]

Of course hitch hikers as well... I might read some asimov again actually....