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      Well, here we are, the end of June (Start of July) and thus it's about time we had another Chronicle of the month competition. Anyway, the rules are the same as last time, but I won't be doing the pdf this month, as I've been having problems with Acrobat and need to fix them up. Anyway, on to the rules.

      Rule #1: Any member of the boards can vote, only one vote per member. This vote can be changed by editing your post, but not by posting again, if multiple posts are made with different votes, the first one will be used. Unregistered users can't vote, I'm afraid, but hey, why not register?

      Rule #2: Voting will take place by the member posting the title of the Chronicle, and it's author's username(s) in their post. Comments aren't necessary, but can be nice. Authors can vote too, for their own work if they wish, but only once.

      Rule #3: At the end of the competition, I will lock this topic, tally the votes and announce a winner. There are to be no complaints, my decision will be final (and even mathematical )

      Prizes: OK, the winner of the 'Chronicle of the Month' will first off, be announced to the world (OK, the board ) in a new topic celebrating their work. Additionally, they shall be rewarded by the bestowment of one (1) karma point. If there are multiple authors, they will receive one point each. Furthermore, the runner up (if any) will receive the Honourable Mention for the month. Just so as to make Honourable Mentions more interesting, if two are gained by a single member, then one karma point will be allocated to said member for each pair of Honourable Mentions won.

      And now, the candidates! Please note that this list is in order of release, and not indicative of preference, etc. 😉

      Happy voting!

      -Andiyar

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      (This message has been edited by Tarnćlion Andiyarus (edited 06-30-2002).)

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      I'm voting for Hyperspace. Why? Because Lungfish's cron is too short to get any real feel for the story or characters or even overall style, really. Sorry, man. No my preference for Hyperspace is that it exposes the conflicts and history better thqan the others, plus I like the surreal-fantasy element introduced there a lot.

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      Well, I've decided to go with Hyperspace this time round. Lungfish's tale is good, but not long enough yet, and Hyperspace is, IMHO, the best False Dawn one so far.

      -Andiyar

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      I really wanted to cast my vote for Lungfish's 'cause I'm an underdog kinda guy, but it was short and Hyperspace was much more interesting to me than the rest of the False Dawn cron has been thus far. So there ya go . . . my vote is:

      False Dawn: Hyperspace by Celchu

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      I cast my vote for Celchu's False Dawn, Hyperspace. I don't think the length of a story has anything to do with its value, but there is certainly more happening in False Dawn than in that other story. Plus it has a better title.

      (This message has been edited by Lungfish (edited 07-03-2002).)

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      Originally posted by Lungfish:
      **I don't think the length of a story has anything to do with its value,
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      Of course not. The only thing that matters is impact, which anything really short must have a lot of in order to be remembered a few days later. For some very good examples of this, check out (url="http://"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380507730/qid=1025872834/sr=1-23/ref=sr_1_23/104-9938391-4925520")Isaac Asimov's 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories.(/url) Most of these are only a couple of pages in length, or 500 words in author terms. There are some shorter, and some longer, but nearly all are good and memorable.

      Asimov also has a collection identical to this except dealing with fantasy, but I haven't read it, and it was a lot more expensive on Amazon. One guy is selling the SF for a dollar; very good opportunity to get a very good book.

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      OK people. It's been up long enough. iLock, and I'll do the rest later tonight. 🙂

      -Andiyar

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