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FMK #36: Omnibi

Last week's F winner - in a close-fought battle with Hambly - was Patricia Wrede's The Seven Towers. The K winner was the Stasheff. Y'all really hate Stasheff!

The bad news is, I still haven't finished reading anything. The good news is, it's the end of January and I'm only seven books behind on my Goodreads challenge!

In the interest of getting even farther behind, this week's theme is Omnibi.

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 #19391 FMK #36: Omnibi

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 39

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There Will Be Time/The Dancer From Atlantis by Poul Anderson (Signet Double)

F
8 (66.7%)

M
1 (8.3%)

K
3 (25.0%)

W3: Women in Deep Time by Greg Bear (Three novellas)

F
8 (61.5%)

M
0 (0.0%)

K
5 (38.5%)

Cities in Flight by James Blish (Cities in Flight 1-4)

F
4 (30.8%)

M
3 (23.1%)

K
6 (46.2%)

The Exiles Trilogy by Ben Bova (Exiles Trilogy 1-3)

F
4 (33.3%)

M
1 (8.3%)

K
7 (58.3%)

The Book of Skaith by Leigh Brackett (Eric John Stark 3-5)

F
10 (76.9%)

M
0 (0.0%)

K
3 (23.1%)

The Book of Jhereg by Steven Brust (Dragaera 1-3 pub order)

F
13 (59.1%)

M
6 (27.3%)

K
3 (13.6%)

Rissa Kerguelen by F. M. Busby (Rissa Kerguelen 1-2)

F
8 (57.1%)

M
1 (7.1%)

K
5 (35.7%)

Devil to the Belt by C. J. Cherryh (Company Wars 1-2)

F
11 (55.0%)

M
6 (30.0%)

K
3 (15.0%)

Deathworld Trilogy by Harry Harrison (Deathworld 1-3)

F
6 (46.2%)

M
1 (7.7%)

K
6 (46.2%)

A Confederation of Valor by Tanya Huff (Confederation 1-2)

F
14 (73.7%)

M
5 (26.3%)

K
0 (0.0%)

Tales from the Flat Earth by Tanith Lee (Flat Earth 4-5)

F
14 (82.4%)

M
2 (11.8%)

K
1 (5.9%)

Three of Swords by Fritz Leiber (Fahfrd and the Gray Mouser 1-3)

F
13 (72.2%)

M
4 (22.2%)

K
1 (5.6%)

Moon-Flash by Patricia McKillip (Kyreol 1-2)

F
12 (66.7%)

M
5 (27.8%)

K
1 (5.6%)

In the Pocket and Other Stories/Gather in the Hall of Planets by K. M. O'Donnell (Ace Double)

F
4 (36.4%)

M
1 (9.1%)

K
6 (54.5%)

The Blind Geometer/The Return from Rainbow Bridge by Kim Stanley Robinson (Ace Double)

F
9 (69.2%)

M
2 (15.4%)

K
2 (15.4%)

Songs from the Seashell Archive vol. II by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Argonia 3-4)

F
7 (53.8%)

M
2 (15.4%)

K
4 (30.8%)

The Sunspacers Trilogy by George Zebrowski (Sunspacer 1-3)

F
6 (54.5%)

M
1 (9.1%)

K
4 (36.4%)

Free Lancers (West by Orson Scott Card/Liberty Port by David Drake)

F
2 (9.1%)

M
0 (0.0%)

K
20 (90.9%)

The Crystal Ship (The Crystal Ship by Joan D. Vinge/Megan's World by Marta Randall/Screwtop by Vonda N. McIntyre)

F
11 (78.6%)

M
2 (14.3%)

K
1 (7.1%)

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If you're going to read one Scarborough, I'd go with THE HEALER'S WAR. The rest of hers I enjoyed but found mostly forgettable.

I used to ADORE Leiber when I was in middle school, but have no idea how those books would stand up to a re-read. Maybe I should dig them out.

I liked the first two Argonia ones a lot, but it's been awhile. I've never found a copy of Healer's War, sadly. I do have Nothing Sacred, which will turn up in one of these polls eventually probably.

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