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  • Nebula Finalists 1997

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 19 13:39:13 2024
    1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State
    of the United States, signalling the end of sexism in that nation,
    Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, signalling
    the beginning of an era of British domination of Eurovision that would
    last until 1998, and the Kyoto Protocol is signed, signalling the end
    of global warming.

    Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Slow River by Nicola Griffith
    Expiration Date by Tim Powers
    Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
    The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
    The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
    Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip

    All but the McKillip.


    Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Da Vinci Rising by Jack Dann
    A Woman's Liberation by Ursula K. Le Guin
    Blood of the Dragon by George R. R. Martin
    The Cost to Be Wise by Maureen F. McHugh
    The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
    Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt

    All but the Dann.


    Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Lifeboat on a Burning Sea by Bruce Holland Rogers
    After a Lean Winter by Dave Wolverton
    Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print by John M. Ford
    Mirror of Lop Nor by George Guthridge
    Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove
    Chronology Protection Case by Paul Levinson
    The Perseids by Robert Charles Wilson

    All but the Rogers and the Guthridge. Both Rogers and Guthridge are
    new to me.


    Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    A Birthday by Esther M. Friesner
    Five Fucks by Jonathan Lethem
    In the Pound, Near Breaktime by Kent Brewster
    In the Shade of the Slowboat Man by Dean Wesley Smith
    The String by Kathleen Ann Goonan
    These Shoes Strangers Have Died Of by Bruce Holland Rogers

    None of them.
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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Aug 19 09:40:42 2024
    In article <v9vhu1$l6$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State
    of the United States, signalling the end of sexism in that nation,
    Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, signalling
    the beginning of an era of British domination of Eurovision that would
    last until 1998, and the Kyoto Protocol is signed, signalling the end
    of global warming.

    Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Slow River by Nicola Griffith
    Expiration Date by Tim Powers
    Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
    The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
    The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
    Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip

    All but the McKillip.


    Only the McKillip


    Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Da Vinci Rising by Jack Dann
    A Woman's Liberation by Ursula K. Le Guin
    Blood of the Dragon by George R. R. Martin
    The Cost to Be Wise by Maureen F. McHugh
    The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
    Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt

    All but the Dann.


    Maybe the Steele


    Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Lifeboat on a Burning Sea by Bruce Holland Rogers
    After a Lean Winter by Dave Wolverton
    Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print by John M. Ford
    Mirror of Lop Nor by George Guthridge
    Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove
    Chronology Protection Case by Paul Levinson
    The Perseids by Robert Charles Wilson

    All but the Rogers and the Guthridge. Both Rogers and Guthridge are
    new to me.


    IIRC, only the Turtledove


    Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    A Birthday by Esther M. Friesner
    Five Fucks by Jonathan Lethem
    In the Pound, Near Breaktime by Kent Brewster
    In the Shade of the Slowboat Man by Dean Wesley Smith
    The String by Kathleen Ann Goonan
    These Shoes Strangers Have Died Of by Bruce Holland Rogers

    None of them.

    None

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  • From Chris Buckley@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Aug 19 18:47:49 2024
    On 2024-08-19, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State
    of the United States, signalling the end of sexism in that nation,
    Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, signalling
    the beginning of an era of British domination of Eurovision that would
    last until 1998, and the Kyoto Protocol is signed, signalling the end
    of global warming.

    Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Slow River by Nicola Griffith
    Expiration Date by Tim Powers
    Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
    The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
    The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
    Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip

    All but the McKillip.

    All but the Griffith. A reasonably strong year; I regard all but the Sawyer
    as being strongly above average, though only the Stephenson is a Favorite.
    The McKillip would probably be my second choice but that may be because
    I really like her work as a whole.

    I read none of the shorter works.

    Chris

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