Well, here goes. After soul searching and hair pulling and fingernail gnawing, the publication crew at good ol' anotherealm set up the brackets for this poll. We've started with 4 divisions--16 authors/series in each division. They'll appear in the Polls section of this BBS--one division at a time--and await your votes. First appearing: the Aesop division. Voting opens today and closes for this Division on 4 July. We'll post results and the next Division (the Grimm Division) on or near July 5th.

Vote early, but please don't vote often. One vote per person, please. Post your votes like this:

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Here's the Aesop Division:


1. Roger Zelazny: Chronicles of Amber
16. Walter  Jon  Williams'   Hardwired series

2. Orson Scott  Card:  Ender novels
15. Lois McMaster Bujold's Barrayar

3. Robert E. Howard: Conan
14. Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

4. Piers Anthony: Incarnations of Immortality
13. Samuel R. Delany  Return to Nevčr˙on

5. Steven King: Dark Tower
12. Paul  McAuley's  Four Hundred Billion Stars

6. A E van Vogt: The Weapon Makers
11. L. Sprague De Camp Viagens Interplanetarias series

7. Arthur C. Clarke: Space Odyssey
10. Lahaye and Jenkins Left Behind series

8. EE Doc Smith: Lensman
9. Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time epic

Good luck to your choices.

1. Roger Zelazny: Chronicles of Amber

2. Orson Scott  Card:  Ender novels

3. Robert E. Howard: Conan

4. Piers Anthony: Incarnations of Immortality

5. Steven King: Dark Tower

11. L. Sprague De Camp Viagens Interplanetarias series

7. Arthur C. Clarke: Space Odyssey

8. EE Doc Smith: Lensman

Here  they  are:

16. Walter  Jon  Williams'   Hardwired series

2. Orson Scott  Card:  Ender novels

3. Robert E. Howard: Conan

13. Samuel R. Delany  Return to Nevčr˙on

12. Paul  McAuley's  Four Hundred Billion Stars

6. A E van Vogt: The Weapon Makers

7. Arthur C. Clarke: Space Odyssey

9. Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time epic