Congratulations to
Congratulations also to
Commiserations to
Among voters,
Given my own interests, I know a disproportionately high number of medievalists and science fiction/fantasy fans, all of whom are likely to have read Tolkien's most popular works. This is also why The Canterbury Tales (
Teamwork seems somewhat self-defeating in a game like this. By choosing a book that someone else has already chosen, you're sacrificing one of your potential votes before the game has even begun. That said, I was expecting Pride and Prejudice to do somewhat better than it did.
If I were to run another edition of this game, I would
- Wait at least a month before doing so.
- Would disqualify the top three books from this time around.
- Might do a more focused thematic one - speculative fiction, maybe.
It'd be interesting to see a movie version of this game too - but I'm not going to run it. I have seen a rather small percentage of classic movies.