Here are the voting results for the next series of LAVA discussion books.  The vote was based on this list of candidates.  The average vote for each book is at the right, with higher scores indicating increasing preference on a scale of 1 to 10.  The first eight books will go into the LAVA schedule and the most popular of the remaining books will be eligible for next year’s vote.  8 people participated in the voting. 

Candidate	Average Rating
Orbital	8.00
Hang the Moon	7.88
Animal Farm	7.75
The Possibility of Life	7.50
Tom Lake	7.38
Heaven & Earth Grocery Store	7.25
It Can't Happen Here	7.25
Lessons in Chemistry	7.25
Banyan Moon	6.88
Confederacy of Dunces	6.75
Wide, Wide Sea	6.63
Night Watch	6.50
North Woods	6.00
1000 Years	6.00
How Far the Light Reaches	6.00
Birnam Wood	5.75
Covered with Night	5.63
Whalebone Theatre	5.38
Act of Oblivion	5.25