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Topic: 2011 Fantasy Challenge -- LISTS ONLY THREAD
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There are four options to complete this challenge.
Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles) The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) For each extra credit point you earn, you may choose to substitute a category of your own devising for one of the challenge categories. For instance, if you have zero interest in reading a Fantasy Mystery title, you may substitute another subgenre you would rather read -- Wikipedia has an extensive list of fantasy subgenres you can use as a reference. However, you may only substitute one category in each part, so if you earn all three extra credit points you may substitute one category each from Parts A, B, and C, but you may not substitute two categories in Part B and one in Part C. |
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Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges Last Edited on: 1/1/12 2:35 AM ET - Total times edited: 76 |
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There are four options to complete this challenge.
Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles) The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) For each extra credit point you earn, you may choose to substitute a category of your own devising for one of the challenge categories. For instance, if you have zero interest in reading a Fantasy Mystery title, you may substitute another subgenre you would rather read -- Wikipedia has an extensive list of fantasy subgenres you can use as a reference. However, you may only substitute one category in each part, so if you earn all three extra credit points you may substitute one category each from Parts A, B, and C, but you may not substitute two categories in Part B and one in Part C. Last Edited on: 4/19/11 10:44 PM ET - Total times edited: 14 |
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Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles) The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) For each extra credit point you earn, you may choose to substitute a category of your own devising for one of the challenge categories. For instance, if you have zero interest in reading a Fantasy Mystery title, you may substitute another subgenre you would rather read -- Wikipedia has an extensive list of fantasy subgenres you can use as a reference. However, you may only substitute one category in each part, so if you earn all three extra credit points you may substitute one category each from Parts A, B, and C, but you may not substitute two categories in Part B and one in Part C. |
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There are four options to complete this challenge.
Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles) The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) For each extra credit point you earn, you may choose to substitute a category of your own devising for one of the challenge categories. For instance, if you have zero interest in reading a Fantasy Mystery title, you may substitute another subgenre you would rather read -- Wikipedia has an extensive list of fantasy subgenres you can use as a reference. However, you may only substitute one category in each part, so if you earn all three extra credit points you may substitute one category each from Parts A, B, and C, but you may not substitute two categories in Part B and one in Part C. Last Edited on: 2/4/11 8:51 PM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) Last Edited on: 12/29/11 12:28 AM ET - Total times edited: 8 |
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There are four options to complete this challenge.
Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles) PLANNED READ The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
4. Read a novel concerned with middle-class characters Magic Street by Orson Scott Card
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) For each extra credit point you earn, you may choose to substitute a category of your own devising for one of the challenge categories. For instance, if you have zero interest in reading a Fantasy Mystery title, you may substitute another subgenre you would rather read -- Wikipedia has an extensive list of fantasy subgenres you can use as a reference. However, you may only substitute one category in each part, so if you earn all three extra credit points you may substitute one category each from Parts A, B, and C, but you may not substitute two categories in Part B and one in Part C. Last Edited on: 1/1/12 1:33 AM ET - Total times edited: 37 |
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I'm trying for the light challenge for now!
Part A: Subgenre Challenges (2/5)
Part B: Topic Challenges (1/5)
Part C: Award Challenges (2/5)
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges (1/3) There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) Last Edited on: 2/18/11 5:35 AM ET - Total times edited: 8 |
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I'm going to go for the Expanded Super Challenge. I've Finished. I own this. Do not own or notes. Finished but counting it for a different category currently. The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) House of Spirits by Allende, A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabrial Garcia Marquez
Regular Challenge: Finished 7/1ish Last Edited on: 12/2/11 6:18 PM ET - Total times edited: 67 |
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Rating
5 stars: well written with unique elements
4 stars: well written, but nothing special
3 stars: average, still a decent read
2 stars: poorly written or the author has done much better work
1 star: waste of time
The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
1. Read a modern-day retelling of a fairy tale
2. Read a novel dealing with the Matter of 3. Read a novel dealing with the Matter of France Song of Roland 4. Read a novel concerned with middle-class characters 5. Read a novel set in or dealing with the myths of a Southern Hemisphere culture The Falling Woman, Pat Murphy 6. Read a novel with a non-heterosexual main character 7. Read a novel dealing with race The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden, Catherynne M. Valente
8. Read a novel dealing with a secret history Soldier of the Mist, Gene Wolfe
9. Read a paranormal/supernatural noir novel NOT dealing with vampires, werewolves, or zombies Storm Front, Jim Butcher
10. Read a novel that ties in with some other medium (i.e. a movie, TV series, video game, etc.)
Part C: Award Challenges Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges
Themed anthology There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge. E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) E.C. #2: Read a runner-up to the Hugo or Nebula Award in the year of your birth. E.C. #3: Read a nonfiction work that directly relates to a fantasy novel you are reading for this challenge. For each extra credit point you earn, you may choose to substitute a category of your own devising for one of the challenge categories. For instance, if you have zero interest in reading a Fantasy Mystery title, you may substitute another subgenre you would rather read -- Wikipedia has an extensive list of fantasy subgenres you can use as a reference. However, you may only substitute one category in each part, so if you earn all three extra credit points you may substitute one category each from Parts A, B, and C, but you may not substitute two categories in Part B and one in Part C. Last Edited on: 12/19/11 6:30 PM ET - Total times edited: 39 |
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Have finished the light challenge! Not certain if I will do any more. Will just continue to read as time allows. I like to read a different book for each category rather than doubling up on books. Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles) Regular Challenge: Read one novel in all 35 categories in Parts A-D. A maximum of 5 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 30-35 titles)
Super Challenge: Read one novel in all 35 categories in Parts A-D; expand one category in each Part to five novels, each from a different decade. A Maximum of 6 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 45-51 titles) The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
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5. 6. Meta-Fantasy: Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (Borrowed from A) or The Habitation of the Blessed by 7. Military Fantasy: Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie or The Man-Kzin Wars created by Larry Niven with Poul Anderson and Dean Ing
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Part B: Topic Challenges
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10. Part C: Award Challenges 1. Work that resulted in its author winning the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award: The Hound and the Falcon by Judith Tarr
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5. 6. Work that was a runner-up for the Hugo or Nebula Award: Julian Comstock by Robert Charles Wilson
7. Work that was a runner-up for the Mythopoeic Award: The White Raven by Diana L. Paxson
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Part D: Mis. Challenges
Read a non-Fantasy novel by a genre author: Fever Season by Barbara Hambly There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: E.C. #2: Read a runner-up to the Hugo or Nebula Award in the year of your birth. (Born before they were given so choosing one I haven't read from my shelf.) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. E.C. #3: Read a nonfiction work that directly relates to a fantasy novel you are reading for this challenge. The Black Rose by Tananarive Due (based on the research and the writing of Al.ex Haley). This is the story of Madam C.J. Walker, America's first black female millionaire, who was born to former slaves on a Louisiana plantation in 1867. The book is a blend of documented history and fictionalized narrative. Hope this one is appropriate here. For each extra credit point you earn, you may choose to substitute a category of your own devising for one of the challenge categories. For instance, if you have zero interest in reading a Fantasy Mystery title, you may substitute another subgenre you would rather read -- Wikipedia has an extensive list of fantasy subgenres you can use as a reference. However, you may only substitute one category in each part, so if you earn all three extra credit points you may substitute one category each from Parts A, B, and C, but you may not substitute two categories in Part B and one in Part C. Last Edited on: 1/25/12 9:29 AM ET - Total times edited: 162 |
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Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) Last Edited on: 6/8/11 3:14 PM ET - Total times edited: 13 |
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There are four options to complete this challenge. -- I'll start at the light and work my way up from there... we'll see f my overachiever hits the super level... LOL
Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles) The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges 10. Weird Fiction/New Weird
Part B: Topic Challenges
5. Read a novel set in or dealing with the myths of a Southern Hemisphere culture
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) Last Edited on: 2/1/11 11:20 PM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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Ok, here's the deal. I'm participating in the "regular" 2011 reading challenge, but I would really like to get into a challenge this up my "genre alley" However, I'm a paranormal romance fan, generally speaking. So, I'm going to go with...
Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles) ...& see how many fantasy books I can find. Any suggestions can be PM'd to me :) I know I read some urban fantasy and certainly some fantasy romance. I'll be doing research to see what I find & of course stalking all of your wishlists teeheehee
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges
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There are four options to complete this challenge.
Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles) The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) For each extra credit point you earn, you may choose to substitute a category of your own devising for one of the challenge categories. For instance, if you have zero interest in reading a Fantasy Mystery title, you may substitute another subgenre you would rather read -- Wikipedia has an extensive list of fantasy subgenres you can use as a reference. However, you may only substitute one category in each part, so if you earn all three extra credit points you may substitute one category each from Parts A, B, and C, but you may not substitute two categories in Part B and one in Part C. |
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FINISHED LIGHT CHALLENGE 12/11/11 My Rating: 5 Stars – Ranked as a Top 10 on one of my Favs Lists / 4 Stars – Fabulous / 3 Stars – Neutral – neither fabulous nor a waste / 2 Stars – I finished it but it was almost a waste of reading hours / 1 Star – I didn’t even finish it Light Challenge:Read one novel in 5 of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles)
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Going to try:
Super Challenge: Read one novel in all 35 categories in Parts A-D; expand one category in each Part to five novels, each from a different decade. A maximum of 6 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 45-51 titles)
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge.
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) For each extra credit point you earn, you may choose to substitute a category of your own devising for one of the challenge categories. For instance, if you have zero interest in reading a Fantasy Mystery title, you may substitute another subgenre you would rather read -- Wikipedia has an extensive list of fantasy subgenres you can use as a reference. However, you may only substitute one category in each part, so if you earn all three extra credit points you may substitute one category each from Parts A, B, and C, but you may not substitute two categories in Part B and one in Part C. |
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Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (18/18 Read) Planned Read The categories are:
Part A: Subgenre Challenges (5+/5 complete)
Part B: Topic Challenges (5/5 complete)
Part C: Award Challenges (5/5 complete) Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges (3/3 complete)
1. Themed anthology: Dark and Stormy Knights - P.N. Elrod There is also the possibility of earning up to three extra credit points in this challenge. (0/3 complete)
E.C. #1: Read a Southern Hemisphere novel that was originally published in a Southern Hemisphere language (other than English) For each extra credit point you earn, you may choose to substitute a category of your own devising for one of the challenge categories. For instance, if you have zero interest in reading a Fantasy Mystery title, you may substitute another subgenre you would rather read -- Wikipedia has an extensive list of fantasy subgenres you can use as a reference. However, you may only substitute one category in each part, so if you earn all three extra credit points you may substitute one category each from Parts A, B, and C, but you may not substitute two categories in Part B and one in Part C Books that don't fit any category, but can possibly be subbed in later with extra Credit: 1) Graceling - Kristin Cashore (Andre Norton award finalist) 2) Bone and Jewel Creatures - Elizabeth Bear 3) The White City - Elizabeth Bear 4) Seven for a Secret - Elizabeth Bear 5) A Hard Day's Knight - Simon R. Green 6) Agatha H and the Airship City - Phil & Kaja Foglio 7) For Heaven's Eyes Only - Simon R. Green 8) The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson 9) Goblin Hero - Jim C. Hines 10) Aloha From Hell - Richard Kadrey 11) Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (actually science fiction, the magic takes place only in a virtual environment) Last Edited on: 12/31/11 1:16 AM ET - Total times edited: 69 |
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There are four options to complete this challenge.
Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles)
Part A: Subgenre Challenges
Part B: Topic Challenges
Part C: Award Challenges
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges Last Edited on: 1/18/11 1:44 PM ET - Total times edited: 3 |
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Alright this is going to be a rough plan of books to read. Yes, I listed some books others are reading but they are books I haven't read and I own. There are four options to complete this challenge.
Light Challenge: Read one novel in 5 out of the 10 categories in Parts A-C and read one novel in 3 out of the 5 categories in Part D. A maximum of 3 titles may double-qualify. (Total of 15-18 titles) The categories are: Part A: Subgenre Challenges (2/10) 1. Fantasy Mystery -
2. Fantasy Romance -
3. Gothic novel -
4. Fantasy Graphic Novel -
5. Interstitial
8. Steampunk
9. Urban Fantasy (original definition) -
10. Weird Fiction/New Weird
Part B: Topic Challenges (3/10)
2. Read a novel dealing with the Matter of Britain - The King's Peace by Jo Walton
3. Read a novel dealing with the Matter of France
10. Read a novel that ties in with some other medium -
Part C: Award Challenges (1/10)
2. Work that has won the Andre Norton Award, the Michael L. Printz Award or the Newberry Medal
Part D: Miscellaneous Challenges (1/5)
Read a collection of short stories by an author known for his/her novels -
Read a non-Fantasy novel by a genre author Last Edited on: 12/3/11 1:33 AM ET - Total times edited: 46 |
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Bumping to get it back on the first page! |
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