From: IOR@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Thomas Hyer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: P. K. Dick poll, and results to date
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:19:06 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Welcome to the author polls.  This week's author is Philip K. Dick.
If you voted in the earlier PKD poll, please resend your vote, as
I have lost those results.

INTRO to AUTHOR POLLS  (skip if you've participated before):

   Since no two readers can generally be expected to agree
   about the quality of a given author, an overall poll
   like that used in rec.arts.movies would be useless
   except as an incendiary.  However, there is often good
   agreement about which books by a given author are most
   worthy: thus this poll.

   If you missed an earlier poll and want to contribute,
   feel free to do so.  There is also on ongoing meta-poll,
   which guides my choice of authors; ballot format differs
   only in that negative votes are not allowed.

BALLOT FORMAT  (read this once):

   You have four votes, one each at +3, +2, +1, and (except
   in the meta-poll) -1.  You may vote for a work of any
   length, though you may wish to restrict yourself to the
   form in which the author was most prolific.

   Remember that the use, if any, of this poll is to aid
   readers who are not familiar with an author in making
   an informed choice of one of his works.  Try to choose
   the works you would recommend to a friend.

SAMPLE BALLOT (just a reminder):

   + 3 Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
   + 2 Second Variety
   + 1 The Man in the High Castle
   - 1 The Zap Gun

SEND BALLOTS TO THIS ADDRESS.

RESULTS TO DATE:

Robert A. Heinlein
------------------
 Moon Is a Harsh Mistress          +  38
 Stranger in a Strange Land        +  20
 Starship Troopers                 +  12
 Double Star                       +   5
 Job: a Comedy of Justice          +   5
 Puppet Masters                    +   5
 Past Through Tomorrow             +   4
 Friday                            +   3
 Rolling Stones                    +   3
 Time Enough for Love              +   3
 Number of the Beast               +   3
 Have Spacesuit, Will Travel       +   2
 Star Beast                        +   1
 Beyond This Horizon               +   1
 Space Cadet                       +   1
 Glory Road                        +   1
 Door into Summer                  +   1
 Citizen of the Galaxy             +   1
 Waldo and Magic, Inc.             +   1
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Cat Who Walks Through Walls       -   0
 Day After Tomorrow / Sixth Column -   1
 Revolt in 2100 / If This Goes On  -   2
 Farnham's Freehold                -   2
 I Will Fear No Evil               -   2


Larry Niven
-----------
 Mote in God's Eye                 +  21
 Ringworld                         +  17
 Protector                         +  11
 Legacy of Heorot                  +   8
 All the Myriad Ways               +   7
 Footfall                          +   6
 World of Ptaavs                   +   4
 Oath of Fealty                    +   4
 Inferno                           +   4
 Neutron Star                      +   3
 Flight of the Horse               +   3
 Inconstant Moon                   +   3
 Long Arm of Gil Hamilton          +   3
 World out of Time                 +   3
 Gift from Earth                   +   2
 Dream Park                        +   2
 N-Space                           +   1
 Lucifer's Hammer                  +   1
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -     - - - -
 Ringworld Engineers               -   0
 Smoke Ring                        -   0
 Patchwork Girl                    -   1
 Integral Trees                    -   1
 Man-Kzin Wars IV                  -   1
 Fallen Angels                     -   1