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  • Nebula Finalists 1994

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 29 13:51:18 2024
    This starts off strong but alas, I was definitely not following
    short fiction at this time.

    Which 1994 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
    Assemblers of Infinity by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason
    Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
    Hard Landing by Algis Budrys
    Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe

    All of them, willingly, even the Anderson.


    Which 1994 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    The Night We Buried Road Dog by Jack Cady
    Dancing on Air by Nancy Kress
    Into the Miranda Rift by G. David Nordley
    Naming the Flowers by Kate Wilhelm
    The Beauty Addict by Ray Aldridge
    Wall, Stone, Craft by Walter Jon Williams

    All but the Aldridge.


    Which 1994 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Georgia on My Mind by Charles Sheffield
    Death on the Nile by Connie Willis
    England Underway by Terry Bisson
    The Franchise by John Kessel
    The Nutcracker Coup by Janet Kagan
    Things Not Seen by Martha Soukup

    Only the Sheffield and the Willis.


    Which 1994 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    Graves by Joe Haldeman
    Alfred by Lisa Goldstein
    All Vows by Esther M. Friesner
    The Beggar in the Living Room by William John Watkins
    The Good Pup by Bridget McKenna
    The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore by Harlan Ellison

    Just the Haldeman.
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  • From Chris Buckley@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jul 29 14:46:31 2024
    On 2024-07-29, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    This starts off strong but alas, I was definitely not following
    short fiction at this time.

    Which 1994 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
    Assemblers of Infinity by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason
    Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
    Hard Landing by Algis Budrys
    Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe

    All of them, willingly, even the Anderson.

    I missed the Budrys but read the rest. None are Favorites, or particularly close but none were terrible (that I remember).

    I again have read none of the shorter works.

    Chris

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jul 29 09:45:11 2024
    In article <v886om$5qg$1@panix2.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    This starts off strong but alas, I was definitely not following
    short fiction at this time.

    Which 1994 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
    Assemblers of Infinity by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason
    Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
    Hard Landing by Algis Budrys
    Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe

    All of them, willingly, even the Anderson.


    Budrys and Wolfe only.

    Which 1994 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?


    One novella, the Nordley

    IIRC, one novelette, the Sheffield

    IIRC, none of the short stories.

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