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FMK #23: Long Book Is Long
The comics bonus round winner was Asterix le Galois. Of course the bonus round I threw in because "comics are fast and easy!" gets won by one where I'm going to have to review a whole other language first... There was no K majority for the comics round, although I'm curious about the fact that Maison Ikkoku nearly got it, because I had not idea there was active dislike for Maison Ikkoku out there.
I am going to spend two days of next week trapped in a car with a couple of cats and almost no luggage space, so it's time to finally roll out the LONG BOOKS ARE LONG poll. That way I can only pack one and be reading it all week. :P
I don't know if I'll have internet next Tuesday but likely not (we are helping sister move) so there may be another break in fmk next week.
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)
Enemy Glory by Karen Michalson, 564 pages (2001)
The Kingdom of Gods by N. K. Jemisin, 582 pages (2011)
The Ruby Dice by Cathrine Asaro, 592 pages (2008)
The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt, 599 pages (2007)
The Last Hunt by Bruce Coville, 624 pages (2010)
Better to Beg Forgiveness... by Michael Z. Williamson, 640 pages (2007)
Moby-Dick, or, the Whale by Herman Melville, 624 pages (1851)
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, 736 pages (2006)
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, 760 pages (1973)
Otherland: City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams, 780 pages (1996)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke, 800 pages (2004)
Mad Ship by Robin Hobb, 850 pages (1999)
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany, 879 pages (1975)
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson, 917 pages (2003)
Maia by Richard Adams, 1062 pages (1984)