Another week, another round of which Nebula finalists have you read?
This week, for 1972.

Check marks don't work here so I will list all of the finalists, then
the subset I have read. Kate Wilhelm was on fire this year, thus she's
present in every category save one.

1972 Nebula Finalist Novels

A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Devil Is Dead by R. A. Lafferty
Margaret and I by Kate Wilhelm
The Byworlder by Poul Anderson
Half Past Human by T. J. Bass


1972 Nebula Finalist Novellas

The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
The Infinity Box by Kate Wilhelm
Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
The God House by Keith Roberts
The Plastic Abyss by Kate Wilhelm


1972 Nebula Finalist Novelettes

The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson
Mount Charity by Edgar Pangborn
Poor Man, Beggar Man by Joanna Russ
A Special Kind of Morning by Gardner Dozois
The Encounter by Kate Wilhelm


1972 Nebula Finalist Short Stories

Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg
The Last Ghost by Stephen Goldin
Horse of Air by Gardner Dozois
Heathen God by George Zebrowski

Of which I have read

1972 Nebula Finalist Novels

A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Margaret and I by Kate Wilhelm
The Byworlder by Poul Anderson
Half Past Human by T. J. Bass


1972 Nebula Finalist Novellas

The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
The Infinity Box by Kate Wilhelm
The God House by Keith Roberts


1972 Nebula Finalist Novelettes

The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson
A Special Kind of Morning by Gardner Dozois
The Encounter by Kate Wilhelm


1972 Nebula Finalist Short Stories

Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg
The Last Ghost by Stephen Goldin
Horse of Air by Gardner Dozois
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On 2024-02-26, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Another week, another round of which Nebula finalists have you read?
This week, for 1972....

1972 Nebula Finalist Novels
A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Devil Is Dead by R. A. Lafferty
Margaret and I by Kate Wilhelm
The Byworlder by Poul Anderson
Half Past Human by T. J. Bass

Read all. A poor year for novels, IMO. Among the 9 novels in Hugo and
Nebula nominations, only _Jack of Shadows_ is on my Favorites' bookcase
(one of two Zelazny's that I regard as minor but maintained enjoyment
through multiple re-readings.)

(_Dragonquest_ is on my bookcase as part of an omnibus, but I don't
regard it as a Favorite in itself.)

1972 Nebula Finalist Novellas

The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
The Infinity Box by Kate Wilhelm
Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
The God House by Keith Roberts
The Plastic Abyss by Kate Wilhelm

Read all but the Kosinski (never heard of it!) and _The Plastic Abyss_.

1972 Nebula Finalist Novelettes
The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson
Mount Charity by Edgar Pangborn
Poor Man, Beggar Man by Joanna Russ
A Special Kind of Morning by Gardner Dozois
The Encounter by Kate Wilhelm

1972 Nebula Finalist Short Stories
Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg
The Last Ghost by Stephen Goldin
Horse of Air by Gardner Dozois
Heathen God by George Zebrowski

Read all. _Nebula Award Stories Seven_ is a much larger anthology
than the older Nebula anthologies that I have and includes (with
biographies) all the Novelettes, Short Stories, the winning Novella,
several other non-finalist nominated stories, and several essays.

I hadn't realized before reading the Knight essay what an
upheaval 1971 was in science fiction publishing. John W. Campbell
died (at age 61(What?!!!)) and Carr and Wollheim left Ace, ending
Carr's Ace Science Fiction Special series (very good) and with Wollheim
forming DAW.

Chris

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Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> wrote:

On 2024-02-26, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Another week, another round of which Nebula finalists have you read?
This week, for 1972....

1972 Nebula Finalist Novels
A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Devil Is Dead by R. A. Lafferty
Margaret and I by Kate Wilhelm
The Byworlder by Poul Anderson
Half Past Human by T. J. Bass

Read all. A poor year for novels, IMO. Among the 9 novels in Hugo and
Nebula nominations, only _Jack of Shadows_ is on my Favorites' bookcase
(one of two Zelazny's that I regard as minor but maintained enjoyment
through multiple re-readings.)

(_Dragonquest_ is on my bookcase as part of an omnibus, but I don't
regard it as a Favorite in itself.)

1972 Nebula Finalist Novellas

The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
The Infinity Box by Kate Wilhelm
Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
The God House by Keith Roberts
The Plastic Abyss by Kate Wilhelm

Read all but the Kosinski (never heard of it!) and _The Plastic Abyss_.

I recommend the film based on Being There. It would have been a great
film for Peter Sellers to go out on. Alas, he made one more film,
the dire The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu.

1972 Nebula Finalist Novelettes
The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson
Mount Charity by Edgar Pangborn
Poor Man, Beggar Man by Joanna Russ
A Special Kind of Morning by Gardner Dozois
The Encounter by Kate Wilhelm

1972 Nebula Finalist Short Stories
Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg
The Last Ghost by Stephen Goldin
Horse of Air by Gardner Dozois
Heathen God by George Zebrowski

Read all. _Nebula Award Stories Seven_ is a much larger anthology
than the older Nebula anthologies that I have and includes (with
biographies) all the Novelettes, Short Stories, the winning Novella,
several other non-finalist nominated stories, and several essays.

I really need to read those anthologies....

I hadn't realized before reading the Knight essay what an
upheaval 1971 was in science fiction publishing. John W. Campbell
died (at age 61(What?!!!)) and Carr and Wollheim left Ace, ending
Carr's Ace Science Fiction Special series (very good) and with Wollheim >forming DAW.

Chris

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