| Pollpunk |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|01:11 pm] |
I am currently reading Witpunk, an anthology of "sardonic" stories edited by Claude Lalumiere and Marty Halpern. It isn't very good. So, to try and ring some worth out of it I thought we could play a guessing game:
Poll #1499305
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 16Whose name did they put on the cover? (Pick six.) |
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| SF TV question |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|01:19 pm] |
Has there been a good SF TV series that _didn't_ have ESP, souls, or any kind of spirituality or parapsychology-related stuff in it?
I'm sure there have been, but my brain is blanking right now... |
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| Who? |
[Nov. 17th, 2009|03:24 pm] |
Ah, the good old BBC, bringing the poll fodder morning and afternoon. This time your dubious list is of unsung heroes from Britain.
Poll #1486731
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 54Which of these "unsung heroes" have you heard of? What about this lot? |
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| Is This It? |
[Nov. 17th, 2009|11:30 am] |
Yes, you've already seen the lists starting, it is The Best X Of The Decade time. The NME reckon The Strokes had the best album of the ten years. What do you reckon?
Poll #1486650
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25Which of these albums do you own? Pick one: |
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| Millions |
[Sep. 25th, 2009|02:50 pm] |
The best fiction of the millenium so far, apparently.
Poll #1462398
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 40Which have you read? |
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| GUFF nominations open |
[Sep. 7th, 2009|12:12 pm] |
GUFF is the Going Under (or Get Up and Over) Fan Fund and transports Fans from Europe to Australasia (and vice versa). Nominations are now open for the Southbound race to transport an European fan (or fans) to Aussiecon 4 the 68th World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne, Australia.
If you wish to stand please contact me at the postal or email address below. You will need three European and two Australasian nominators, a 100 word platform as well as a bond of £15 (25 AUD). If you wish to stand and are unsure about how to go about getting any of these things, what the fund pays for or the duties of a GUFF delegate then feel free to contact me in confidence at the email address below.
Nominations are open until the Friday before Novacon 39 (13th November) and candidates will be announced on the Sunday (15th November). Voting will then run until the Monday of Eastercon 2010.
Please disseminate widely.
Ang Rosin
email: lister@liv.ac.uk
post: 26 Hermitage Grove, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6DR, UK.
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~lister/guff/ |
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| John Hughes |
[Aug. 7th, 2009|03:08 pm] |
Poll #1440957
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 53Which of his films have you seen?
I've counted films he either wrote or directed. I've not heard of half of them. |
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| Booker Booker Booker |
[Jul. 28th, 2009|04:44 pm] |
The longlist is out.
Poll #1436282
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12I have read ... I am interested in reading... I think the following six books will make the shortlist: |
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| Mercury Music Prize |
[Jul. 21st, 2009|02:00 pm] |
Poll #1432782
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 29Which of the following have you knowingly heard? |
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| The Hugos |
[Jul. 20th, 2009|01:43 pm] |
Poll #1432288
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 28Zoe’s Tale Saturn’s Children Little Brother The Graveyard Book Anathem |
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| Trend Spotting |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|04:53 pm] |
Poll #1421069
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25Have you knowingly heard any music by any of these lot? |
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| BSFA tomorrow |
[Feb. 24th, 2009|04:46 pm] |
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Anyone in the London area interested in SF and film, and in spending an entertaining evening, should try to get to this tomorrow. |
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| discussions about fandom |
[Feb. 22nd, 2009|08:49 am] |
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Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, freedom, etc.) is a term used to refer to a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of sympathy and camaraderie with others who share a common interest.
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) fanview is a place where we (fangirls and fanboys) can get together and discuss the joys of being in fandom.
Feel free to join and sign-up to host a discussion. |
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| The 81st Academy Awards |
[Feb. 20th, 2009|11:35 am] |
Oscar prediction time! You are voting for what you think will win, not what ought to win, and there are some extra categories beyond the big six so it's not as easy to predict.
( Predictive poll inside ) |
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