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

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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%)