The Greatest Novel Tournament

[Spark Of Spirit]

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
The Big Sleep
The Long Goodbye
Bloodstone
Vampire Hunter D

Taran Wanderer
Rumble Fish
Speaker for the Dead
Anna Karenina
Gormenghast

[Pharass]

Well, no point in procrastinating any longer. Here are the results:

Vampire Hunter D: Mysterious Journey To the North Sea Parts 1 & 2: 3 pts
The Long Goodbye: 12 pts
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: 11 pts
The Big Sleep: 13 pts
Bloodstone: 6 pts

Speaker For the Dead: 7 pts
Anna Karenina: 11 pts
Gormenghast: 10 pts
Taran Wanderer: 10 pts
Rumble Fish: 7 pts

Tie between Gormenghast and Taran Wanderer. I'm going to need one more vote for either of them before we can proceed.

[gunswordfist]

Ok, just to do a tiebreaker, same as Spark

[Pharass]

Thank you.
The Long Goodbye, The Big Sleep, Anna Karenina and Taran Wanderer move on to Round 2.

Round 1, Match 29:

The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Rudolph Wyss



Vs

Mort by Terry Pratchett



Vs

Beloved by Toni Morrison



Vs

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen



Vs

Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett



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My votes:

Pawn in Frankincense - The fourth and best book in Dorothy Dunnett's The Lymond Chronicles. In Pawn in Frankincense, hero (or anti-hero) Francis Crawford and his allies journey into the heart of the Ottoman Empire in order to track down the villain from the previous novel. As usual, Dunnett's writing is impeccable and the confrontations between Lymond and the villain are among the most intense I've read, particularly the final one.
Beloved
Pride and Prejudice
Mort - A good Pratchett, but not one of my absolute favorites
The Swiss Family Robinson

[LumRanmaYasha]

Beloved
Pride and Prejudice
The Swiss Family Robinson
Pawn in Frankincense
Mort

[Spark Of Spirit]

The Swiss Family Robinson
Pride and Prejudice
Pawn in Frankincense
Beloved
Mort

[Pharass]

Apologies to those who haven't voted yet, but I've decided to wrap this one up. Here are the results:

The Swiss Family Robinson: 9 pts
Mort: 4 pts
Beloved: 11 pts
Pride and Prejudice: 11 pts
Pawn in Frankincense: 10 pts

Beloved and Pride and Prejudice move on to Round 2.
This concludes the first round of the tournament, the second will be up soon.

[Pharass]

Sorry for the wait, guys. I've been looking over the second round and I've decided that this time, each match will be a one-on-one thing: Two novels enter, one novel leave, that sort of thing. Oh, yes, each vote will be worth five points (same as whichever novel you ranked at the top in round 1). With that said, I hereby open round 2.

Round 2, Match 1:

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe



Vs

Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin




Round 2, Match 2:

Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov



Vs

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones



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My votes:

Game of Thrones
Foundation and Empire

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

A Game of Thrones

Howl's Moving Castle

[Avaitor]

Same as Pharass on both.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Robinson Crusoe
Howl's Moving Castle

[LumRanmaYasha]

Robinson Crusoe
Foundation and Empire

[Pharass]

Results:

Robinson Crusoe: 10 pts
Game of Thrones: 15 pts
Foundation and Empire: 15 pts
Howl's Moving Castle: 10 pts

Game of Thrones and Foundation and Empire move on to the next round.


Round 2, Match 3:

And Then There Were None (or Ten Little Indians) by Agatha Christie



Vs

Animal Farm by George Orwell




Round 2, Match 4:

Dracula by Bram Stoker



Vs

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies



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My votes:

And Then There Were None
Fifth Business

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Same as Pharass.

[Avaitor]

And Then There Were None and Dracula