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Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 12:54:55 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  6 12:54:55 1985
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< Line eater : I aint afriad of no mail : -> Munch , Munch >

   Now , the moment you have been waiting for , the results of the 
USENET poll to determine the best S.F film. Many thanks to all those 
people who sent in their votes. Sorry for the delay , but weve had 
some problems down here recently.

   Before the results , just a few words on how the votes were counted. In
my original posting I didnt specifly the form of the votes , ideally I     
wanted a single choice.

   If the posting deviated from this , I appiled the following criteria :-

   (1). If someone sent in a list of films in 1,2,3 order , I took the first
        choice.

   (2). If they sent in a list of films and 

        (a). they couldnt decide between them or

        (b). they said the selection of the best SF film depended on the
             definition of SF used.


        Then in both cases I split the vote equally between the films in 
        the list , that is why some films have fractional votes.

    So now without further ado , here are the results :-     

    [ From 32 mail repiles ]

    Position          Film Title                              Votes cast

        1.        2001 : A space odyssey                        9

        2.        Bladerunner                                   5

        3.        Forbidden Planet                              4

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        4.        Star wars                                     3

        5.        Solaris  (USSR)                               1 1/3

      = 6.        Alien                                         1
                  Barbarella                                    1
                  Dark Star                                     1
                  Liquid sky                                    1
                  Return of the Jedi                            1
                  Stalker  (USSR)                               1
                  The day the earth stood still                 1
                  The Lathe of heaven (TV movie)                1

      = 14.       Wargames                                        1/2
                  The man in the white suit                       1/2

      = 16.       Fahrenheit 451                                  1/3
                  Invasion of the body snatchers (original)       1/3

        =============================================================

  Once again many thanks to all whose who participated in the poll.

  Now *what* do you think of the results ?

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