FMK #32: A Diversity of Writers

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Last week's RF winner was Black Ships by Jo Graham! I am legitimately excited to read this one, although the F pile is getting really high. :/ I have been writing this month for November/Yuletide and that always makes me less likely to pick up a fiction book.

The K winner was Old Man's War, but that was also 3rd place for F with a majority of F votes, so I'm reprieving it. 2nd place was a four-way tie between Illuminatus!, Homeland, The Thirteenth Child, and the Lovecraft anthology. I guess the internet had opinions on Books The Internet Has Opinions On! The Lovecraft had by far the fewest non-K votes, so it gets to go.

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 week's theme: Culturally Diverse Authors, non-SF edition.

Poll #19107 FMK #32: Diverse Authors

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 28

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The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe (Japanese, 1962)

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F
7 (63.6%)

M
1 (9.1%)

K
3 (27.3%)

Mine Boy by Peter Abraham (South African, 1946)

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F
3 (42.9%)

M
2 (28.6%)

K
2 (28.6%)

Changes, a Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo (1991, Ghanaian)

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F
7 (58.3%)

M
4 (33.3%)

K
1 (8.3%)

The Best of Sholom Aleichem (late 19th-early 20th century, Yiddish)

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F
11 (61.1%)

M
5 (27.8%)

K
2 (11.1%)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2007, Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-American)

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F
13 (54.2%)

M
11 (45.8%)

K
0 (0.0%)

So Long A Letter by Mariamna Ba (1980, Senegalese)

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F
3 (27.3%)

M
5 (45.5%)

K
3 (27.3%)

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (1988, Zimbabwean)

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F
6 (54.5%)

M
5 (45.5%)

K
0 (0.0%)

Kehinde by Buchi Emecheta (1994, Nigerian)

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F
5 (55.6%)

M
4 (44.4%)

K
0 (0.0%)

Six Feet of the Country by Nadine Gordimer (1956, South African)

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F
2 (25.0%)

M
3 (37.5%)

K
3 (37.5%)

Passing by Nella Larsen (1929, American)

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F
6 (50.0%)

M
4 (33.3%)

K
2 (16.7%)

The Tale of Genji Part 1 by Lady Murasaki (early 11th century, Japan)

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F
8 (53.3%)

M
7 (46.7%)

K
0 (0.0%)

A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1967, Kenyan)

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F
6 (54.5%)

M
2 (18.2%)

K
3 (27.3%)

The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park (2000, American)

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F
6 (60.0%)

M
0 (0.0%)

K
4 (40.0%)

Becoming Naomi León by Pam Munoz Ryan (2004, American)

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F
4 (44.4%)

M
1 (11.1%)

K
4 (44.4%)

Two Old Women by Velma Wallis (1993, Gwich'in Athabascan)

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F
3 (25.0%)

M
7 (58.3%)

K
2 (16.7%)

A Land Apart edited by J. M. Coetzee (anthologized 1987, South African)

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F
3 (37.5%)

M
1 (12.5%)

K
4 (50.0%)

Voice of the turtle : American Indian literature, 1900-1970 edited by Paula Gunn Allen

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F
5 (45.5%)

M
6 (54.5%)

K
0 (0.0%)