• Nebula Finalists 1993

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 22 13:34:53 2024
    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
    A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
    A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
    Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
    China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
    Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler

    I've read all of them.


    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    City of Truth by James Morrow
    Barnacle Bill the Spacer by Lucius Shepard
    Contact by Lee Goodloe and Jerry Oltion
    Griffin's Egg by Michael Swanwick
    Protection by Maureen F. McHugh
    Silver or Gold by Emma Bull
    The Territory by Bradley Denton

    Just the Morrow (which I thought was a novel), the Swanwick, the McHugh,
    and the Denton.


    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Danny Goes to Mars by Pamela Sargent
    Matter's End by Gregory Benford
    Prayers on the Wind by Walter Jon Williams
    Suppose They Gave a Peace ... by Susan Shwartz
    The Honeycrafters by Carolyn Ives Gilman
    The July Ward by Sharon N. Farber

    The Benford, the Williams, the Shwartz, and the Gilman. I know
    _of_ Danny Goes to Mars, which dates from the era when Republicans
    were ludricrous, not people with a keen interest in certain logistical
    details of the Third Reich.


    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    Even the Queen by Connie Willis
    Lennon Spex by Paul Di Filippo
    Life Regarded As a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats by Michael Bishop
    The Arbitrary Placement of Walls by Martha Soukup
    The Mountain to Mohammed by Nancy Kress
    Vinland the Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson

    The Willis (it was hard to avoid), the Bishop, the Kress, and the
    Robinson.
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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid on Mon Jul 22 15:53:52 2024
    In article <87r0bligwl.fsf@comcast.net.invalid>,
    Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) writes:

    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
    A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
    A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
    Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
    China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
    Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler

    I've read all of them.

    The Vinge, at least twice.
    Just finished a re-read of the Barnes, and plan to re-read the rest of
    his 'Thousand Cultures' series.

    It's weird how Barnes' career just kind to slammed to a sudden stop
    ten years ago.

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  • From Don_from_AZ@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jul 22 08:29:46 2024
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) writes:

    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
    A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
    A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
    Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
    China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
    Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler

    I've read all of them.

    The Vinge, at least twice.
    Just finished a re-read of the Barnes, and plan to re-read the rest of
    his 'Thousand Cultures' series.
    -Don-

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jul 22 09:46:57 2024
    In article <v7ln5t$2ru$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
    A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
    A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
    Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
    China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
    Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler

    I've read all of them.

    Vinge, Barnes, and Yolen


    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    City of Truth by James Morrow
    Barnacle Bill the Spacer by Lucius Shepard
    Contact by Lee Goodloe and Jerry Oltion
    Griffin's Egg by Michael Swanwick
    Protection by Maureen F. McHugh
    Silver or Gold by Emma Bull
    The Territory by Bradley Denton

    Just the Morrow (which I thought was a novel), the Swanwick, the McHugh,
    and the Denton.


    Maybe the Bull (I have the anthology the story is in, but "Silver or
    Gold" doesn't look familiar).

    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Danny Goes to Mars by Pamela Sargent
    Matter's End by Gregory Benford
    Prayers on the Wind by Walter Jon Williams
    Suppose They Gave a Peace ... by Susan Shwartz
    The Honeycrafters by Carolyn Ives Gilman
    The July Ward by Sharon N. Farber

    The Benford, the Williams, the Shwartz, and the Gilman. I know
    _of_ Danny Goes to Mars, which dates from the era when Republicans
    were ludricrous, not people with a keen interest in certain logistical details of the Third Reich.


    None?


    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    Even the Queen by Connie Willis
    Lennon Spex by Paul Di Filippo
    Life Regarded As a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats by Michael Bishop The Arbitrary Placement of Walls by Martha Soukup
    The Mountain to Mohammed by Nancy Kress
    Vinland the Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson

    The Willis (it was hard to avoid), the Bishop, the Kress, and the
    Robinson.

    None?

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. ‹-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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  • From Garrett Wollman@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jul 22 17:35:33 2024
    In article <v7ln5t$2ru$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
    A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
    A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
    Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
    China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
    Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler

    I've read all of them.

    I haven't read any of them, but I remember reading *about* three of
    them in this very newsgroup.

    -GAWollman
    (who would complain about being old but recognizes that on today's
    Usenet he's something of a young'un)

    --
    Garrett A. Wollman | "Act to avoid constraining the future; if you can, wollman@bimajority.org| act to remove constraint from the future. This is Opinions not shared by| a thing you can do, are able to do, to do together."
    my employers. | - Graydon Saunders, _A Succession of Bad Days_ (2015)

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  • From Chris Buckley@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jul 22 20:44:17 2024
    On 2024-07-22, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
    A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
    A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
    Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
    China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
    Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler

    I've read all of them.

    All but the Barnes. The Vinge is a very strong Favorite.

    I just now thought to buy the Barnes since I have liked other Barnes
    but haven't read any of this series. However, there's no e-book on Amazon,
    only used actual books! Is it worth spending physical book space on
    this book/series?

    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    City of Truth by James Morrow
    Barnacle Bill the Spacer by Lucius Shepard
    Contact by Lee Goodloe and Jerry Oltion
    Griffin's Egg by Michael Swanwick
    Protection by Maureen F. McHugh
    Silver or Gold by Emma Bull
    The Territory by Bradley Denton

    Just the Morrow (which I thought was a novel), the Swanwick, the McHugh,
    and the Denton.


    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Danny Goes to Mars by Pamela Sargent
    Matter's End by Gregory Benford
    Prayers on the Wind by Walter Jon Williams
    Suppose They Gave a Peace ... by Susan Shwartz
    The Honeycrafters by Carolyn Ives Gilman
    The July Ward by Sharon N. Farber

    The Benford, the Williams, the Shwartz, and the Gilman. I know
    _of_ Danny Goes to Mars, which dates from the era when Republicans
    were ludricrous, not people with a keen interest in certain logistical details of the Third Reich.


    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    Even the Queen by Connie Willis
    Lennon Spex by Paul Di Filippo
    Life Regarded As a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats by Michael Bishop The Arbitrary Placement of Walls by Martha Soukup
    The Mountain to Mohammed by Nancy Kress
    Vinland the Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson

    The Willis (it was hard to avoid), the Bishop, the Kress, and the
    Robinson.

    None of the shorter works again, managing to avoid even the Willis -
    it really won an impressive number of awards/recognitions both then
    and in following years, didn't it? I should find a copy.

    Chris

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Chris Buckley on Tue Jul 23 00:00:53 2024
    Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> writes:
    On 2024-07-22, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
    A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
    A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
    Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
    China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
    Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler

    I've read all of them.

    All but the Barnes. The Vinge is a very strong Favorite.

    I just now thought to buy the Barnes since I have liked other Barnes
    but haven't read any of this series. However, there's no e-book on Amazon, >only used actual books! Is it worth spending physical book space on
    this book/series?

    That's up to you, but it's worth checking the local public library, perhaps
    an interlibrary loan if they don't have it?

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