• Nebula Finalists 2002

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 23 14:31:29 2024
    2002: People across the interweb tubes embraced blogging, WorldCom's
    earning report was inexplicably snubbed by the World Fantasy Award,
    and the SARS pandemic taught the world a valuable lesson about disease
    control it would surely never forget.

    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
    A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
    Eternity's End by Jeffrey A. Carver
    Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis
    Passage by Connie Willis
    The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy
    The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip

    I have a decent hit rate for this category: the Asaro, the Landis,
    the Willis, and the McCarthy. Avoided the Martin as the series was
    not at that time finished, I've never been able to finish a Carver
    (no idea why) and I will probably track down the McKillip. I might
    own it.

    My hit rate plummets after novels.


    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson
    A Roll of the Dice by Catherine Asaro
    May Be Some Time by Brenda W. Clough
    Radiant Green Star by Lucius Shepard
    The Diamond Pit by Jack Dann

    Just the Shepard.


    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Louise's Ghost by Kelly Link
    Auspicious Eggs by James Morrow
    Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites by William Shunn
    The Pottawatomie Giant by Andy Duncan
    To Kiss the Star by Amy Sterling Casil
    Undone by James Patrick Kelly

    Only the Kelly.


    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    The Cure for Everything by Severna Park
    Kaddish for the Last Survivor by Michael A. Burstein
    Mom and Dad at the Home Front by Sherwood Smith
    The Elephants on Neptune by Mike Resnick
    Wound the Wind by George Zebrowski

    Only the Smith. I should do a piece on PNH anthologies.


    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai,
    and Hui-Ling Wang
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Body by Joss Whedon
    O Brother, Where Art Thou? by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
    X-Men by Tom Desanto, Bryan Singer, and David Hayter

    All of them.
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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Sep 23 10:04:23 2024
    In article <vcru41$ouh$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    2002: People across the interweb tubes embraced blogging, WorldCom's
    earning report was inexplicably snubbed by the World Fantasy Award,
    and the SARS pandemic taught the world a valuable lesson about disease control it would surely never forget.

    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
    A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
    Eternity's End by Jeffrey A. Carver
    Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis
    Passage by Connie Willis
    The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy
    The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip

    I have a decent hit rate for this category: the Asaro, the Landis,
    the Willis, and the McCarthy. Avoided the Martin as the series was
    not at that time finished, I've never been able to finish a Carver
    (no idea why) and I will probably track down the McKillip. I might
    own it.


    The Landis (read in 2012) and the McKillip (read in 2009).

    My hit rate plummets after novels.


    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson
    A Roll of the Dice by Catherine Asaro
    May Be Some Time by Brenda W. Clough
    Radiant Green Star by Lucius Shepard
    The Diamond Pit by Jack Dann

    Just the Shepard.


    The Williamson and the Clough (both were in Analog)


    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    Louise's Ghost by Kelly Link
    Auspicious Eggs by James Morrow
    Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites by William Shunn
    The Pottawatomie Giant by Andy Duncan
    To Kiss the Star by Amy Sterling Casil
    Undone by James Patrick Kelly

    Only the Kelly.


    None?

    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    The Cure for Everything by Severna Park
    Kaddish for the Last Survivor by Michael A. Burstein
    Mom and Dad at the Home Front by Sherwood Smith
    The Elephants on Neptune by Mike Resnick
    Wound the Wind by George Zebrowski

    Only the Smith. I should do a piece on PNH anthologies.

    I think the Burstein.


    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?

    None of course

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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to William Hyde on Mon Sep 23 16:46:59 2024
    On 9/23/24 13:55, William Hyde wrote:
    James Nicoll wrote:
    2002: People across the interweb tubes embraced blogging, WorldCom's
    earning report was inexplicably snubbed by the World Fantasy Award,
    and the SARS pandemic taught the world a valuable lesson about disease
    control it would surely never forget.

    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
    A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
    Eternity's End by Jeffrey A. Carver
    Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis
    Passage by Connie Willis
    The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy
    The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip

    I have a decent hit rate for this category: the Asaro, the Landis,
    the Willis, and the McCarthy. Avoided the Martin as the series was
    not at that time finished, I've never been able to finish a Carver
    (no idea why) and I will probably track down the McKillip. I might
    own it.

    I've readĀ  the Martin, the Willis and (thanks for the recommendation)
    theĀ  McCarthy.

    My hit rate plummets after novels.


    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson

    Has anyone consideredĀ  the possibility that Williamson was a member of
    the Howard families?

    William Hyde

    I doubt it as he passed in 2006.
    bliss


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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Sep 23 23:16:39 2024
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    2002: People across the interweb tubes embraced blogging, WorldCom's
    earning report was inexplicably snubbed by the World Fantasy Award,
    and the SARS pandemic taught the world a valuable lesson about disease control it would surely never forget.

    Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    I have not read any of the Nebula novels but I did read Worldcom's
    annual report and it was... quite a thing. Didn't mention massive
    reputation losses due to email spam once.
    --scott

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