The Greatest Novel Tournament

[LumRanmaYasha]

Animal Farm
Dracula

[Spark Of Spirit]

Same as Avaitor.

[Pharass]

Results:

And Then There Were None: 20 pts
Animal Farm: 5 pts
Dracula: 15 pts
Fifth Business: 10 pts

And Then There Were None and Dracula advance to round 3.

The next set of matches will be up tomorrow.

[Pharass]

Round 2, Match 5:

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco



Vs

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky




Round 2, Match 6:

The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton



Vs

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas



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My votes:

The Name of the Rose
The Count of Monte Cristo

[Spark Of Spirit]

The Idiot
The Man Who Was Thursday

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Same as Pharass.

[Avaitor]

I'll pass on the first for right now, since I actually picked up a copy of The Name of the Rose the other day, and want to read it first.

But I'll vote for The Count of Monte Cristo for the other.

[Pharass]

Since its been over two weeks since the last post and no more votes seem to be coming in, I think its about time we wrapped these matches up. I'm going to leave them open for one more day (just in case), but that's it.
Also, I'll try not to keep the next ones running for quite this long.

[Avaitor]

I'll just leave my other match unvoted for. I don't want to cause a tie, and while I'm still not done with The Name of the Rose, I'm not against it winning at all.

[Pharass]

Results:

The Name of the Rose: 10 pts
The Idiot: 5 pts
The Man Who Was Thursday: 5 pts
The Count of Monte Cristo: 15 pts

The Name of the Rose and The Count of Monte Cristo move on to round 3.

Round 2, Match 7:

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez



Vs

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley




Round 2, Match 8:

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien



Vs

A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin



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My votes:

One Hundred Years of Solitude
A Storm of Swords

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Pass on the first.

I have such a deep nostalgic attachment to The Hobbit, and the kid in me wants to vote for it, but the adult part of me also adores A Storm of Swords as one of the best pieces of fantasy literature that I've ever read. For me it's truly a tough decision, but I have to go with A Storm of Swords on this one.

Speaking of The Hobbit, GRRM's Tales of Dunk and Egg really strikes me, tonally, as his spin on the more light-hearted adventure story that takes place many years before the much darker main story (much like The Hobbit compared to The Lord of the Rings).

[Spark Of Spirit]

Frankenstein
The Hobbit

[Avaitor]

Frankenstein
A Storm of Swords

[Pharass]

Hello, guys.
I hope you all had a good time during the holidays, I know I did.
Well, its a new year and with that comes two new matches in this tournament, but first, the results:

One Hundred Years of Solitude: 5 pts
Frankenstein: 10 pts
The Hobbit: 5 pts
A Storm of Swords: 15 pts

Frankenstein and A Storm of Swords move on to the next round.

Round 2, Match 9:

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky



Vs

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald




Round 2, Match 10:

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells



Vs

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson



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My votes:

The Brothers Karamazov
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

[Spark Of Spirit]

Gatsby
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde