March Madness SF&F Style Redux!

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Bryan wrote: "I guess we all knew who was going to win the fantasy bracket before the tournament even started :) but I find the final (LoTR vs. aSoIF) very interesting."

I thought maybe Harry Potter might dethrone The Lord of the Rings. Harry wasn't invited to the tournament last year, but I think that just as LotR was the big gateway fantasy novel for half a century, HP might prove the new gateway for the 21st century. And a lot of us long-time Tolkien fans are getting old.)

Alas, Harry seems to have lost to ASoIF by a free throw in OT.

(Despite its current popularity, I don't think ASoIF is going to prove to be a gateway book for new fen. I think most of the mundanes following HBO's Game of Thrones won't cross over into sword and sorcery readers.)

[Stefan]

The results are in and we have our Champions!

In the Fantasy Bracket, The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien posted a solid victory over George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire with a final score of 16-4.

Our winner in the Sci-Fi Bracket is The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov. Foundation beat out Frank Herbert's Dune Chronicles by a margin of 12-7.

I hope everyone enjoyed this year's version of March Madness. I had a great time running it and posting all of the results!

[Michele]

Hmm, no showdown between the two - UFC anything goes, no-holds-barred, for the speculative fiction Champion diamond encrusted bookmark?

[Vanessa]

Ah so proud of Foundation taking the sci-fi - well done mate, well done!

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I'm surprised how decisive the Fantasy final was.

Thanks for putting this together again this year, Stefan! Great job. Enjoyed it.

[Jonathan , Reader of the fantastic]

Glad both of them won. It's long been argued that those two novels are prospectively the best in their genres. I look forward to seeing next year and whatever rules and ideas you create for next year if we can do it!

[Bobby]

I enjoyed it until The Foundation Trilogy beat out Dune. And I had some heartbreaks before that, but that one really hurt my heart.

[Stefan]

Glad you all enjoyed it. I'll be happy to put something together again next year.

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The Good Doctor would have been proud of the Foundation win
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