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Stan4dSteph · 08-14-2006, 11:33 AM

I nominate Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner.

tracilicious · 08-15-2006, 12:46 PM

I'll add Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall. Some of the funniest, best writing I've read in a while. I'm only 70 pages in.

Not Afraid · 08-15-2006, 03:05 PM

OK, what's on our list? We can't have more than 10 on a poll - and I think even 10 choices is too many to select from. Can we get a short list?

Snowflake · 08-15-2006, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

OK, what's on our list? We can't have more than 10 on a poll - and I think even 10 choices is too many to select from. Can we get a short list?

A poll for the poll, very good!

Not Afraid · 08-15-2006, 03:10 PM

A Metapoll - as Chris would say.

Matterhorn Fan · 08-15-2006, 03:12 PM

The current nominees (lucky #13!):

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Crimson Petal and the White by M. Faber
A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
The Seducer (by Jan Kjaerstad ?)
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall

Not Afraid · 08-15-2006, 03:18 PM

That's three too many for a poll. What to do?

Matterhorn Fan · 08-15-2006, 03:18 PM

The only one on that list that I really know anything about is The Kite Runner, which, I'm sorry to say, I won't be trying to finish again.

So, once the metapoll gets going, I'll have to do some research before I make my vote.

Matterhorn Fan · 08-15-2006, 03:19 PM

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That's three too many for a poll. What to do?

How about splitting into two polls. 6 in each. Top 3 in each poll advance to the semifinals?

Not Afraid · 08-15-2006, 03:21 PM

THen how do we divide the selections up so as to not skew the polls?

08-14-2006, 11:33 AM	#31
Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	I nominate Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner.
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08-15-2006, 12:46 PM	#32
tracilicious avatar transition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in-between Posts: 2,487	I'll add Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall. Some of the funniest, best writing I've read in a while. I'm only 70 pages in. __________________ And now Harry, let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure! - Albus Dumbledore
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08-15-2006, 03:05 PM	#33
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	OK, what's on our list? We can't have more than 10 on a poll - and I think even 10 choices is too many to select from. Can we get a short list?
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08-15-2006, 03:10 PM	#35
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	A Metapoll - as Chris would say.
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08-15-2006, 03:12 PM	#36
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	The current nominees (lucky #13!): The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides The Crimson Petal and the White by M. Faber A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson The Seducer (by Jan Kjaerstad ?) Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall
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08-15-2006, 03:18 PM	#37
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	That's three too many for a poll. What to do?
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08-15-2006, 03:21 PM	#40
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	THen how do we divide the selections up so as to not skew the polls?
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