Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Legend

Round	Eliminated	Winners
Round 1		A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (p688). Compared to a based on an true story version of The Sopranos, The Wire, or The Iliad, the book starts with an assassination attempt on Bob Marley followed by the drama of Jamaican gangsters in Kingston and in New York in the 70s and 80s.
Round 2	Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (p1079). An American classic of unconventional structure and set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives.

Candidate	What changed	Current total votes
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (p688). Compared to a based on an true story version of The Sopranos, The Wire, or The Iliad, the book starts with an assassination attempt on Bob Marley followed by the drama of Jamaican gangsters in Kingston and in New York in the 70s and 80s.	6 votes in the first round	60.0% 6 votes
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (p1089)The work recounts the life of Hikaru Genji, or "Shining Genji", the son of an ancient Japanese emperor, known to readers as Emperor Kiritsubo, and a low-ranking concubine called Kiritsubo Consort.	2 votes in the first round	20.0% 2 votes
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (p1079). An American classic of unconventional structure and set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives.	2 votes in the first round	20.0% 2 votes

Candidate	What changed	Current total votes
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (p688). Compared to a based on an true story version of The Sopranos, The Wire, or The Iliad, the book starts with an assassination attempt on Bob Marley followed by the drama of Jamaican gangsters in Kingston and in New York in the 70s and 80s.	No change (Elected in Round 1)	80.0% 8 votes
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (p1089)The work recounts the life of Hikaru Genji, or "Shining Genji", the son of an ancient Japanese emperor, known to readers as Emperor Kiritsubo, and a low-ranking concubine called Kiritsubo Consort.		20.0% 2 votes
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (p1079). An American classic of unconventional structure and set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives.	Eliminated: 2 votes redistributed to remaining candidates or became inactive

Round	What changed	Current total votes
Round 1	6.0 first-round votes.	60.0% 6 votes
Round 2	Gained 2 votes from Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (p1079). An American classic of unconventional structure and set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives..	80.0% 8 votes

Candidate name	Round 1	Round 2
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (p688). Compared to a based on an true story version of The Sopranos, The Wire, or The Iliad, the book starts with an assassination attempt on Bob Marley followed by the drama of Jamaican gangsters in Kingston and in New York in the 70s and 80s.	60.0% 6 votes	80.0% 8 votes
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (p1089)The work recounts the life of Hikaru Genji, or "Shining Genji", the son of an ancient Japanese emperor, known to readers as Emperor Kiritsubo, and a low-ranking concubine called Kiritsubo Consort.	20.0% 2 votes	20.0% 2 votes
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (p1079). An American classic of unconventional structure and set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives.	20.0% 2 votes