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03/14/2005 Entry: "Quick Poll: Your choice for RT Best Science Fiction Novel?"

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We recently reported the nominees for The Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards. What would be your pick for Best Science Fiction Novel?

----- A LUNATIC FEAR by Barbara Chepaitis (Wildside) 1 2% THE CHILD GODDESS by Louise Marley (Ace) 1 2% APOCALYPSE ARRAY by Lyda Morehouse (Roc) 6 12% CALIFIA'S DAUGHTERS by Leigh Richards (Bantam Spectra) 2 4% ANGEL-SEEKER by Sharon Shinn (Ace) 41 80%

----- Total votes: 51

Start date: 03/14/05

End date: 03/18/05

Replies: 4 Comments

I think you should have another poll in conjunction with this one: "How many of these books have you read?". That would put the results in perspective. I only read two of the five and so am really only voting for which one of the two was better. But I'll be hunting up the other three :-).

By the way, when you've previewed your comment, it says "click the back button on your browser to re-edit it." But when you click "back", you come to a blank comment page (i.e. you lose everything you've typed!).

Posted by Ita @ 03/15/2005 03:17 PM ET

That's a great idea, i'll put up a follow-up poll right now.

Posted by Rebekah @ 03/16/2005 05:34 PM ET

I haven't read any of these except CALIFIA'S DAUGHTERS, which I'm boggled to see on the list - I didn't consider the "romance" plot to be an important element at all.

Posted by Danielle @ 03/18/2005 10:46 AM ET

The romance in CALIFIA'S DAUGHTERS wasn't an important plot element, but I thought it was rather sweet. I have to admit I'm one of the whopping two who voted for it. I found the characters more emotionally engaging then in Angel-Seeker, the only other book I'd read.

Posted by Ita @ 03/18/2005 07:06 PM ET