Last week we started a brand new debate asking you to submit your votes for the top Starship Captains in a book/series of all time.
Hundreds of you voted on over 50 captains that were submitted to the debate.
Want to see the full list you guys put up to the vote? Click here to check it out and see who didn't make the cut.
*The results were decided by you based on votes tallied up between our Facebook group and on our blog.
Who's your pick for the top Starship Captain in a sci-fi book/series?
Honor Harrington from the Honorverse series by David Weber 26%, 48 votes
48 votes26%
48 votes - 26% of all votes
Jean-Luc Picard from the "Star Trek Next Generation" book series by various authors 24%, 44 votes
44 votes24%
44 votes - 24% of all votes
Malcolm Reynolds from the Firefly series by James Lovegrove 20%, 36 votes
36 votes20%
36 votes - 20% of all votes
Lazarus Long (Woodrow Wilson Smith) from various novels by Robert A. Heinlein 11%, 20 votes
20 votes11%
20 votes - 11% of all votes
Tyler Barron from the Blood and the Stars series by Jay Allan 6%, 11 votes
11 votes6%
11 votes - 6% of all votes
"Black" Jack Geary from the Lost Fleet books by Jack Campbell 4%, 8 votes
8 votes4%
8 votes - 4% of all votes
Jim Holden from The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey 4%, 8 votes
8 votes4%
8 votes - 4% of all votes
Col Joe Bishop from the ExForce series by Craig Alanson 2%, 3 votes
3 votes2%
3 votes - 2% of all votes
Cal Carver from the Space Team series by Barry J. Hutchison 2%, 3 votes
3 votes2%
3 votes - 2% of all votes
Wraith/Aeson Keel/Ford from the Galaxy's Edge series by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole 1%, 2 votes
2 votes1%
2 votes - 1% of all votes
Total Votes: 183
May 16, 2019
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Simon Sobo says:
I don’t understand how you could have left out Capt. James T. Kirk or Capt. Jonathan Archer.
Both fantastic starship captains! Our poll was attempting to focus on literary starship captains. We gave a bit of wiggle room to Jean-Luc Picard and Malcolm Reynolds because there’s pretty notable book series written about both – and you guys voted them well up in the list on the previous poll.
I don’t understand how you could have left out Capt. James T. Kirk or Capt. Jonathan Archer.
Both fantastic starship captains! Our poll was attempting to focus on literary starship captains. We gave a bit of wiggle room to Jean-Luc Picard and Malcolm Reynolds because there’s pretty notable book series written about both – and you guys voted them well up in the list on the previous poll.
You could also ask where Wolf is from Black fleet, Maddox’s from Lost starship or Jason Burk from Omega force.