FMK: "F EVERYTHING" Special edition

[melannen]

So part of the original point of FMK (other than "having an excuse to chat about old SF with my reading list") was to reduce choice paralysis when I was trying to decide what to read by narrowing it down a little. And, of course, I'm now far enough behind that I'm getting choice paralysis just with unread FMK books.

Last week's F winner was tied between the Lee and the Huff, so I'm picking "Tales From The Flat Earth" because a) it had fewer M votes and b) I've already read the rest of the series, so I'm not going to end up with a bunch more on my to-read list either way.

The K winner was the "Free Lancers" collection ft. Drake and Card (and also a Bujold novella, which I think is why I bought that one, but I've already read the Bujold one and I think I've picked it up in another collection since then. So yeah, probably time to K that one.)

Anyway, this week we're doing a special poll where instead of giving you a new list of books, I'm re-listing the F books that I haven't read yet and you get to vote on which one I should read next! Yay! I'll rank them by number of votes and read them in that STRICT order, that should solve the choice problem. (And if I get to one and just don't want to, I guess that answers the "do I need to keep it" question.)

Poll #19435 FMK Special: F Everything

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 79

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Which F winner should I read next?

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11: Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
24 (30.4%)

14: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
14 (17.7%)

17: The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson
6 (7.6%)

20: The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
18 (22.8%)

21: Omnitopia Dawn by Diane Duane
14 (17.7%)

22: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
8 (10.1%)

24: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
24 (30.4%)

25: Brave New Girls: Tales of Girls and Gadgets (anthology)
9 (11.4%)

26:: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
3 (3.8%)

27: Aventures of Sally by P. G. Wodehouse
3 (3.8%)

28: Sly Mongoose by Tobias Buckell
6 (7.6%)

29: Dr. Strangelove by Peter George
3 (3.8%)

31: Black Ships by Jo Graham
15 (19.0%)

32: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
20 (25.3%)

33: Nightfall and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov
14 (17.7%)

34: We Didn't Mean to Go To Sea
16 (20.3%)

35: The Seven Towers by Patricia Wrede
13 (16.5%)

36: Tales from the Flat Earth by Tanith Lee
12 (15.2%)

Bonus Round:

Poll #19436 F Everything Bonus Round

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Which of my current library holds should I read next?

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Tao Te Ching: A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way translated by Ursula Le Guin
12 (17.4%)

1177 B. C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric Cline
2 (2.9%)

Murder in July by Barbara Hambly
8 (11.6%)

Black Panther Complete Book 1 by Christopher Priest
6 (8.7%)

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
9 (13.0%)

Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe
3 (4.3%)

Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View (the one with the lesbian dianoga priestess)
6 (8.7%)

your CANON REVIEW for your EXCHANGE FIC that is DUE SOON aauuuGHH
23 (33.3%)

Comments

[sylleptic]

On the second question, I voted Thing Explainer because it's short and I think you'll like it. It's also the kind of book you can read bits of out of order as you feel like it, though I guess that's less useful with a library book.

[melannen]

I actually pulled it off the library shelf thinking it would be fast and easy, but it's actually pretty text-dense to sit down and read through! It took me a couple minutes of my full attention to get through a two-page spread, which is a lot more than usual for a book with that many pictures.

[sylleptic]

Oh yeah, I can see that. I got it as a gift, so I think I poked through it repeatedly over time rather than reading all the text at any one point.

[sheliak]

Well, I voted F on... nearly everything... so I'm not sure how helpful that's going to be. Still!

I was tempted to vote for Black Panther, but Le Guin won out in the end.

[melannen]

I have been backreading Black Panther comics as they come in at the library, and so far they're all really good! But also so far they all have avenging lesbian African warrior women in them, so that may be skewing my results.

The Le Guin has to go back to the library soonest though, so just as well.

[conuly]

Sugar Sky is a novella, so it's short and fast. Also, literally nobody as of this comment has voted for Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold and I think you should read it now so it doesn't feel bad.

[espresso_addict]

It's a very quick read, but you'll get sucked into part 2; they are essentially one divided volume.

[melannen]

Beguilment has a few more votes! Now it's the Wodehouse that's the lonely one.

Yeah, I went ahead and put myself on the list for Sugar Sky because I figured it was short and fast. I underestimated how many "short and fast" I would have on the pile by then.

[lannamichaels]

I freely admit I voted for "Omnitopia Dawn" because that's a really cool name ;)

[melannen]

It is!

[dhampyresa]

YOU SHOULD READ THE JULES VERNE

[brownbetty]

Dragon and the George was really a favourite when I was... ~14 years old? I cannot imagine it has aged well, but maybe?