1989! Tim Berners-Lee lays the foundations for the World Wide Web,
Communism has an unshakable grasp on the Warsaw Bloc, and Pons and
Fleischmann free the world from energy shortages forever.

Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner
Drowning Towers by George Turner
Great Sky River by Gregory Benford
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

I have read all of them. Note that Drowning Towers also appeared as The
Sea and Summer (which is the version I have).


Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

The Last of the Winnebagos by Connie Willis
Journals of the Plague Years by Norman Spinrad
Surfacing by Walter Jon Williams
The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians by Bradley Denton
The Devil's Arithmetic (Excerpt) by Jane Yolen
The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter by Lucius Shepard

All but the Denton and the Yolen.


Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Schroedinger's Kitten by George Alec Effinger
Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? by Howard Waldrop
Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus by Neal Barrett, Jr.
Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick
Peaches for Mad Molly by Steven Gould
The Hob by Judith Moffett
Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh by Ian McDonald

All but the McDonald.


Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge by James Morrow
Dead Men on TV by Pat Murphy
Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner by John Kessel
The Color Winter by Steven Popkes
The Fort Moxie Branch by Jack McDevitt
Voices of the Kill by Thomas M. Disch

All but the Morrow (!) aand the Popkes. As far as I can tell, the
Popkes was never reprinted.
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jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

1989! Tim Berners-Lee lays the foundations for the World Wide Web,
Communism has an unshakable grasp on the Warsaw Bloc, and Pons and Fleischmann free the world from energy shortages forever.

Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner
Drowning Towers by George Turner
Great Sky River by Gregory Benford
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

I have read all of them. Note that Drowning Towers also appeared as The
Sea and Summer (which is the version I have).

Bujold, Card, and Wolfe

Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

The Last of the Winnebagos by Connie Willis
Journals of the Plague Years by Norman Spinrad
Surfacing by Walter Jon Williams
The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians by Bradley Denton
The Devil's Arithmetic (Excerpt) by Jane Yolen
The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter by Lucius Shepard

All but the Denton and the Yolen.

Maybe the Shepard.

Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Schroedinger's Kitten by George Alec Effinger
Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? by Howard Waldrop
Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus by Neal Barrett, Jr.
Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick
Peaches for Mad Molly by Steven Gould
The Hob by Judith Moffett
Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh by Ian McDonald

All but the McDonald.

None (which will be repeated in many of the subsequent years in more
than one category)

Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge by James Morrow
Dead Men on TV by Pat Murphy
Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner by John Kessel
The Color Winter by Steven Popkes
The Fort Moxie Branch by Jack McDevitt
Voices of the Kill by Thomas M. Disch

All but the Morrow (!) aand the Popkes. As far as I can tell, the
Popkes was never reprinted.

None.

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On 2024-06-24, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

1989! Tim Berners-Lee lays the foundations for the World Wide Web,
Communism has an unshakable grasp on the Warsaw Bloc, and Pons and Fleischmann free the world from energy shortages forever.

Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner
Drowning Towers by George Turner
Great Sky River by Gregory Benford
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

I have read all of them. Note that Drowning Towers also appeared as The
Sea and Summer (which is the version I have).

Read all. All are good, but no Favorites. (Probably the Card is closest; the first couple in that series were very good before it tailed off).

Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

The Last of the Winnebagos by Connie Willis
Journals of the Plague Years by Norman Spinrad
Surfacing by Walter Jon Williams
The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians by Bradley Denton
The Devil's Arithmetic (Excerpt) by Jane Yolen
The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter by Lucius Shepard

All but the Denton and the Yolen.

The Willis, Spinrad, and Williams.

Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Schroedinger's Kitten by George Alec Effinger
Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? by Howard Waldrop
Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus by Neal Barrett, Jr.
Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick
Peaches for Mad Molly by Steven Gould
The Hob by Judith Moffett
Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh by Ian McDonald

All but the McDonald.

None.

Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge by James Morrow
Dead Men on TV by Pat Murphy
Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner by John Kessel
The Color Winter by Steven Popkes
The Fort Moxie Branch by Jack McDevitt
Voices of the Kill by Thomas M. Disch

All but the Morrow (!) aand the Popkes. As far as I can tell, the
Popkes was never reprinted.

The Morrow, Murphy, Mcdevitt, and Disch. I made a rare (in this time
frame) anthology purchase that year, and all 4 (plus the novella
Spinrad) appeared in _Full Spectrum_. A good anthology!

Chris

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In article <v5bu65$5bt$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Which 1989 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner
Drowning Towers by George Turner
Great Sky River by Gregory Benford
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

I started a project maybe ten years ago to read all of the
Vorkosiverse as then existed, and FALLING FREE was the only one of the
early titles that I just couldn't get into and didn't finish.
(Checking my database, it appears that I bought all of the NESFA Press
editions back in 2015, so I guess that was nine years ago.) At some
point I should resume that project (I think I stopped with MIRROR
DANCE).

Of the other nominees, the Wolfe is the only title I've even heard of,
and I haven't read it.

-GAWollman

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