• Nebula Finalists 1995

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 5 13:45:00 2024
    1995: America Online ushered in a new age of internet access and free
    coasters, Parizeau showed the world how to lose graciously, and Pioneer
    11 bid its final farewell.

    Which 1995 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Moving Mars by Greg Bear
    A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
    Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
    Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
    Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
    Temporary Agency by Rachel Pollack
    Towing Jehovah by James Morrow

    I read all of the novels. As I wasn't following magazines, my hit rate
    gets much worse the farther down this list we get.


    Which 1995 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick
    Cold Iron by Michael Swanwick
    Fan by Geoff Ryman
    Forgiveness Day by Ursula K. Le Guin
    Haunted Humans by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
    Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison

    The Resnick (blame Dozois for including in his annual Best SF), the Ryman,
    the Le Guin and the Ellison (entirely due to the SFBC paying me to
    read it).


    Which 1995 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    The Martian Child by David Gerrold
    Necronauts by Terry Bisson
    Nekropolis by Maureen F. McHugh
    The Matter of Seggri by Ursula K. Le Guin
    The Singular Habits of Wasps by Geoffrey A. Landis
    The Skeleton Key by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

    The Bisson, the McHugh, the Le Guin, and the Landis. Good year to
    have "nek" sound in one's title.


    Which 1995 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    A Defense of the Social Contracts by Martha Soukup
    I Know What You're Thinking by Kate Wilhelm
    Inspiration by Ben Bova
    None So Blind by Joe Haldeman
    Understanding Entropy by Barry N. Malzberg
    Virtual Love by Maureen F. McHugh

    Just the Bova (why is it on this list?) and the Haldeman.
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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Aug 5 09:51:13 2024
    In article <v8ql0s$etr$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    1995: America Online ushered in a new age of internet access and free coasters, Parizeau showed the world how to lose graciously, and Pioneer
    11 bid its final farewell.

    Which 1995 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?


    <snip of list>


    I read all of the novels. As I wasn't following magazines, my hit rate
    gets much worse the farther down this list we get.


    None


    Which 1995 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?


    <snip of list>


    The Resnick (blame Dozois for including in his annual Best SF), the Ryman, the Le Guin and the Ellison (entirely due to the SFBC paying me to
    read it).


    Maybe the Resnick


    Which 1995 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?


    <snip of list>


    The Bisson, the McHugh, the Le Guin, and the Landis. Good year to
    have "nek" sound in one's title.


    Maybe the Gerrold or the Landis


    Which 1995 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?


    <snip of list>


    Just the Bova (why is it on this list?) and the Haldeman.

    None?

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    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. ï-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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  • From Chris Buckley@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Aug 5 17:46:02 2024
    On 2024-08-05, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    1995: America Online ushered in a new age of internet access and free coasters, Parizeau showed the world how to lose graciously, and Pioneer
    11 bid its final farewell.

    Which 1995 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Moving Mars by Greg Bear
    A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
    Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
    Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
    Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
    Temporary Agency by Rachel Pollack
    Towing Jehovah by James Morrow

    I read all of the novels. As I wasn't following magazines, my hit rate
    gets much worse the farther down this list we get.

    Read all but the Morrow (I really thought I had read the Morrow, but I
    don't see it.) No Favorites.

    Didn't read any of the shorter works again.

    Chris

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