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FMK #10: Age of Sail
Last week's winner was Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones which I really hope is good. K winner was Tales from Watership Down, which I may actually accidentally have two copies of, so that will help.
This is FMK #10! I kept it up for almost ten weeks! 115 out of 860 unread have already been FMK'd, whoo. In celebration, today we have a non-SF poll theme: Age of Sail.
How FMK works, short version: I am trying to clear out my unreads. So there is a poll, in which you get to pick F, M, or K. F means I should spend a night of wild passion with the book ASAP, and then decide whether to keep it or not. M means I should continue to commit to a long-term relationship of sharing my bedroom with it. K means it should go away immediately. Anyone can vote, you don't have to actually know anything about the books.
I pick a winner on Friday night (although won't actually close the poll, people can still vote,) and report results/ post the new poll on the following Tuesday, and write a response to the F winner sometime in the next week.
Link to long version of explanation (on first poll)
This is FMK #10! I kept it up for almost ten weeks! 115 out of 860 unread have already been FMK'd, whoo. In celebration, today we have a non-SF poll theme: Age of Sail.
How FMK works, short version: I am trying to clear out my unreads. So there is a poll, in which you get to pick F, M, or K. F means I should spend a night of wild passion with the book ASAP, and then decide whether to keep it or not. M means I should continue to commit to a long-term relationship of sharing my bedroom with it. K means it should go away immediately. Anyone can vote, you don't have to actually know anything about the books.
I pick a winner on Friday night (although won't actually close the poll, people can still vote,) and report results/ post the new poll on the following Tuesday, and write a response to the F winner sometime in the next week.
Link to long version of explanation (on first poll)
Poll #18311 FMK #10: Age of Sail
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 20
Modern Chivalry by Hugh Henry Breckenridge (1792)
Voyage to the First of December by Henry Carlisle (1972)
The Pirates Own Book by Charles Elmms (1837)
The Captain from Connecticut by C. S. Forester (1941)
The Sweet Trade by Elizabeth Garrett (2001)
Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo (1866)
The Blooding of Jack Absolute by C. C. Humphreys (2004)
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham (1955)
Mr. Midshipman Easy by Capt. Frederick Marryat (1836)
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini (1912)
Deep Water Days by Oliver G. Swan (1929)
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And, I mean, my dim memories of Bowditch indicate that he was very much the absent-minded professor type, which these days isn't that interesting for me to read about, and I totally would buy that the book hasn't aged well. But still! math problems! :)