• Nebula finalists 2019

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 20 15:19:12 2025
    2019: Jeannette Ng uses her Campbell Award win to underline some
    notable accomplishments of the man for which the award was named,
    the Tiptree Award community pondered whether shooting a sleeping man
    in the head really counts as murder if you really really like the
    fiction of the killer, and a plucky little corona virus first stepped
    onto the world stage.

    Which 2019 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
    The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
    Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
    Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
    The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
    Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
    Witchmark by C. L. Polk

    All but the Miller.

    Which 2019 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
    The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
    Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield
    Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
    Fire Ant by Colonel Jonathan P. Brazee
    Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
    The Black God's Drums by P. Djeli Clark

    All but the Brazee (and yes, the original publication included
    his rank as part of his name).

    Which 2019 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
    The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander
    An Agent of Utopia by Andy Duncan
    Messenger by R.R. Virdi and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
    The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly
    The Rule of Three by Lawrence M. Schoen
    The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births
    by Jose Pablo Iriarte

    Only the Bolander and the Duncan.

    Which 2019 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
    The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington
    by Phenderson Djeli Clark
    A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies
    by Alix E. Harrow
    And Yet by A. T. Greenblatt
    Going Dark by Richard Fox
    Interview for the End of the World by Rhett C. Bruno
    The Court Magician by Sarah Pinsker

    Only the Clark. I did check and he did use different versions of
    his name for first publication of his nominated stories.

    Which 2019 Nebula Finalist Games Have You Played?
    Black Mirror: Bandersnatch by Charlie Brooker
    God of War by Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, Cory Barlog,
    Orion Walker, and Adam Dolin
    Rent-A-Vice by Natalia Theodoridou
    The Martian Job by M. Darusha Wehm
    The Road to Canterbury by Kate Heartfield

    None! To give you an idea out of touch I am re computer games, the
    most recent computer game I play is Portal 2.
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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jan 20 09:58:33 2025
    In article <vmlphg$54$1@reader2.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    2019: Jeannette Ng uses her Campbell Award win to underline some
    notable accomplishments of the man for which the award was named,
    the Tiptree Award community pondered whether shooting a sleeping man
    in the head really counts as murder if you really really like the
    fiction of the killer, and a plucky little corona virus first stepped
    onto the world stage.

    Which 2019 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
    The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
    Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
    Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
    The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
    Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
    Witchmark by C. L. Polk

    All but the Miller.


    Only the Novik

    Which 2019 Nebula Finalist

    None of the shorter work, though one is in a collection in my unread
    mountain. No computer games as well.

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  • From Default User@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Wed Jan 22 08:29:01 2025
    James Nicoll wrote:


    Which 2019 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

    I generally enjoy the Lady Astronaut books.


    Which 2019 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

    I have not, but I like the sound of it so I will look into getting it.

    Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

    My response to Murderbot is always YES!


    Brian

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