• Nebula Finalists 1996

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 12 13:37:44 2024
    1996! Dolly the Sheep was cloned, NASA reported that the Allan
    Hills 84001 meteorite (origin Mars) might contain fossils, and Ariane
    flight V88 demonstrated the virtue of upgrading one's software.

    Which 1996 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
    Beggars & Choosers by Nancy Kress
    Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
    Coelestis by Paul Park
    Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
    Mother of Storms by John Barnes

    Only the Sawyer, the Williams, and the Barnes. I have no idea why
    anyone would vote for the Sawyer over the Williams.


    Which 1996 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Last Summer at Mars Hill by Elizabeth Hand
    Bibi by Mike Resnick and Susan Shwartz
    Mortimer Gray's "History of Death" by Brian Stableford
    Soon Comes Night by Gregory Benford
    Yaguara by Nicola Griffith

    Only the Stableford and only in the sense I read the novel it was
    incorporated into.


    Which 1996 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Solitude by Ursula K. Le Guin
    Home for Christmas by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
    Jesus at the Bat by Esther M. Friesner
    Tea and Hamsters by Michael G. Coney
    The Resurrection Man's Legacy by Dale Bailey
    Think Like a Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly
    When the Old Gods Die by Mike Resnick

    Only the Kelly.


    Which 1996 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    Death and the Librarian by Esther M. Friesner
    Alien Jane by Kelley Eskridge
    Grass Dancer by Owl Goingback
    Short Timer by Dave Smeds
    The Kingdom of Cats & Birds by Geoffrey A. Landis
    The Lincoln Train by Maureen F. McHugh
    The Narcissus Plague by Lisa Goldstein

    Only McHugh's delightful comedy.
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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Aug 12 10:27:31 2024
    In article <v9d378$q4o$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    1996! Dolly the Sheep was cloned, NASA reported that the Allan
    Hills 84001 meteorite (origin Mars) might contain fossils, and Ariane
    flight V88 demonstrated the virtue of upgrading one's software.

    Which 1996 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
    Beggars & Choosers by Nancy Kress
    Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
    Coelestis by Paul Park
    Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
    Mother of Storms by John Barnes

    Only the Sawyer, the Williams, and the Barnes. I have no idea why
    anyone would vote for the Sawyer over the Williams.


    Wolfe and Sawyer



    As for the shorter works, I don't remember reading any. While I have the magazines that most appeared in, I wasn't reading all of them cover to
    cover.

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  • From Chris Buckley@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Aug 12 17:35:48 2024
    On 2024-08-12, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

    1996! Dolly the Sheep was cloned, NASA reported that the Allan
    Hills 84001 meteorite (origin Mars) might contain fossils, and Ariane
    flight V88 demonstrated the virtue of upgrading one's software.

    Which 1996 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
    Beggars & Choosers by Nancy Kress
    Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
    Coelestis by Paul Park
    Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
    Mother of Storms by John Barnes

    Only the Sawyer, the Williams, and the Barnes. I have no idea why
    anyone would vote for the Sawyer over the Williams.

    Read all but the Park. No Favorites, but the Williams was clearly
    better than the rest for me. I have 5 Favorites among Williams' other
    books; I haven't read any Sawyers that are better than solid B-list.

    Once again, I haven't read anything shorter, not even the Stableford.

    Chris

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