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  • Nebula Finalists 2000

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 9 14:20:48 2024
    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
    A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
    A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
    Mission Child by Maureen F. McHugh
    Mockingbird by Sean Stewart
    The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod

    All but the Martin. I stand by my decision not to voluntarily pick up
    GOT novels unless the series is finished or I am paid to do so.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
    Living Trust by L. Timmel Duchamp
    Reality Check by Michael A. Burstein
    The Astronaut from Wyoming by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion
    The Executioners' Guild by Andy Duncan
    The Wedding Album by David Marusek

    Only the Chiang and rather counter-intuitively, thw Marusek.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Mars Is No Place for Children by Mary A. Turzillo
    Five Days in April by Brian A. Hopkins
    Good Intentions by Jack McDevitt and Stanley Schmidt
    How to Make Unicorn Pie by Esther M. Friesner
    Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling
    The Island in the Lake by Phyllis Eisenstein

    Only the Sterling and the Eisenstein.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    The Cost of Doing Business by Leslie What
    Ancient Engines by Michael Swanwick
    Basil the Dog by Frances Sherwood
    Flower Kiss by Constance Ash
    Radiant Doors by Michael Swanwick
    The Dead Boy at Your Window by Bruce Holland Rogers

    Only the two Swanwicks.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?
    The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan
    The Devil's Arithmetic by Robert J. Avrech
    The Iron Giant by Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies
    The Matrix by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski
    The Uranus Experiment: Part 2 by John Millerman

    The Sixth Sense, The Iron Giant, and The Matrix. Do people need to
    know how a porn movie got onto the finalist list?
    --
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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Sep 9 15:39:40 2024
    In article <vbn07v$8qp$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
    A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
    A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
    Mission Child by Maureen F. McHugh
    Mockingbird by Sean Stewart
    The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod

    All but the Martin. I stand by my decision not to voluntarily pick up
    GOT novels unless the series is finished or I am paid to do so.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
    Living Trust by L. Timmel Duchamp
    Reality Check by Michael A. Burstein
    The Astronaut from Wyoming by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion
    The Executioners' Guild by Andy Duncan
    The Wedding Album by David Marusek

    Only the Chiang and rather counter-intuitively, thw Marusek.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Mars Is No Place for Children by Mary A. Turzillo
    Five Days in April by Brian A. Hopkins
    Good Intentions by Jack McDevitt and Stanley Schmidt
    How to Make Unicorn Pie by Esther M. Friesner
    Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling
    The Island in the Lake by Phyllis Eisenstein

    Only the Sterling and the Eisenstein.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    The Cost of Doing Business by Leslie What
    Ancient Engines by Michael Swanwick
    Basil the Dog by Frances Sherwood
    Flower Kiss by Constance Ash
    Radiant Doors by Michael Swanwick
    The Dead Boy at Your Window by Bruce Holland Rogers

    Only the two Swanwicks.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?
    The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan
    The Devil's Arithmetic by Robert J. Avrech
    The Iron Giant by Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies
    The Matrix by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski
    The Uranus Experiment: Part 2 by John Millerman

    The Sixth Sense, The Iron Giant, and The Matrix. Do people need to
    know how a porn movie got onto the finalist list?

    Well, crap. I forgot the ISFDB deadnames people. That should be
    Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski.
    --
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    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Sep 9 10:04:08 2024
    In article <vbn07v$8qp$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
    A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
    A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
    Mission Child by Maureen F. McHugh
    Mockingbird by Sean Stewart
    The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod

    All but the Martin. I stand by my decision not to voluntarily pick up
    GOT novels unless the series is finished or I am paid to do so.


    Only the Vinge, but years later.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
    Living Trust by L. Timmel Duchamp
    Reality Check by Michael A. Burstein
    The Astronaut from Wyoming by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion
    The Executioners' Guild by Andy Duncan
    The Wedding Album by David Marusek

    Only the Chiang and rather counter-intuitively, thw Marusek.


    IIRC, only the Castro/Olton


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Mars Is No Place for Children by Mary A. Turzillo
    Five Days in April by Brian A. Hopkins
    Good Intentions by Jack McDevitt and Stanley Schmidt
    How to Make Unicorn Pie by Esther M. Friesner
    Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling
    The Island in the Lake by Phyllis Eisenstein

    Only the Sterling and the Eisenstein.


    Only the Eisenstein.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    The Cost of Doing Business by Leslie What
    Ancient Engines by Michael Swanwick
    Basil the Dog by Frances Sherwood
    Flower Kiss by Constance Ash
    Radiant Doors by Michael Swanwick
    The Dead Boy at Your Window by Bruce Holland Rogers

    Only the two Swanwicks.


    None


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?

    I have not watched a movie for decades. This whole category is NONE for
    me for all occurrences.

    --
    "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 Ahasuerus@21:1/5 to Christian Weisgerber on Mon Sep 9 14:42:22 2024
    On 9/9/2024 1:42 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2024-09-09, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

    The Matrix by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski

    Well, crap. I forgot the ISFDB deadnames people.

    So do the credits of the movie.

    That should be Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski.

    Was Vladimir Putin born in Leningrad or Saint Petersburg?

    The fact that authors, editors and artists may have multiple
    professional used names, legal names and socially used names -- either simultaneously or consecutively -- creates a number of challenges for bibliographers. The ISFDB FAQ discusses how the ISFDB project handles
    this issue (https://isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/ISFDB:FAQ#How_does_the_ISFDB_deal_with_author_name_changes.3F)
    :

    A title's author name(s) are entered into the ISFDB database the way
    they appear on the publication's title page -- see Template:PublicationFields:Author for details. If another version of a publication credits the author(s) differently, then we create a separate publication record for it.

    Once it has been confirmed that two or more author names refer to the
    same person and that the connections are publicly known, one name is
    selected as the author's "canonical" name and the rest are designated "alternate names". The name chosen to be the canonical name is the most recognized name for the author within the SF genre.

    Note that the canonical name need not be the same as any of the author's
    legal names or socially used names. For example, Alice Bradley Sheldon's
    most recognized in-genre name is James Tiptree, Jr. and Paul Myron
    Anthony Linebarger's most recognized in-genre name is Cordwainer Smith
    -- see Template:AuthorFields:CanonicalName for details. All of the
    author's names are then linked within the ISFDB software to display the author's bibliography on the canonical name page -- see Help:How to
    record an alternate name for details. If the most recognized in-genre
    name changes, the software connection is changed to use the new name as
    the canonical name.

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  • From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Sep 9 17:42:14 2024
    On 2024-09-09, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

    The Matrix by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski

    Well, crap. I forgot the ISFDB deadnames people.

    So do the credits of the movie.

    That should be Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski.

    Was Vladimir Putin born in Leningrad or Saint Petersburg?

    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

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  • From Chris Buckley@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Tue Sep 10 21:16:47 2024
    On 2024-09-09, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
    A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
    A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
    Mission Child by Maureen F. McHugh
    Mockingbird by Sean Stewart
    The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod

    All but the Martin. I stand by my decision not to voluntarily pick up
    GOT novels unless the series is finished or I am paid to do so.

    I missed the Stewart. The Vinge is the only Favorite (a strong one).

    I bought the Martins just as a matter of course as they come out. The
    only non-duplicate SF books I've ever sold as I couldn't resist the
    price. (I see it would have been even better to wait to sell; they're
    now at $1200 for the unsigned first printing set. The signed sets seem
    to be approaching $6000. Rather ridiculous.)

    I read none of the shorter works.


    Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?
    The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan
    The Devil's Arithmetic by Robert J. Avrech
    The Iron Giant by Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies
    The Matrix by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski
    The Uranus Experiment: Part 2 by John Millerman

    The Sixth Sense, The Iron Giant, and The Matrix. Do people need to
    know how a porn movie got onto the finalist list?

    I saw the same, which given the very few movies I watch is unexpected.

    Chris

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