1994: At least four MPs die from unrelated causes, Tony Blair uses his
new position as leader of the Labour Party to make bold economic
statements unbounded by reality, and in a bold rebuke of a half million
years of effort to isolate Britain from the continent, the Chunnel opens.

Which 1994 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Vurt by Jeff Noon
A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Broken God by David Zindell
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:42:27 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

1994: At least four MPs die from unrelated causes, Tony Blair uses his
new position as leader of the Labour Party to make bold economic
statements unbounded by reality, and in a bold rebuke of a half million >years of effort to isolate Britain from the continent, the Chunnel opens.

I expect your summaries of 2025 and 2026 will be ... very interesting.

Oh, wait: some of that could apply to Current Events. Is history
repeating itself again?
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In article <lhqc0kd45ms3069f8tcus5t5b43fp0uioj@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:42:27 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

1994: At least four MPs die from unrelated causes, Tony Blair uses his
new position as leader of the Labour Party to make bold economic
statements unbounded by reality, and in a bold rebuke of a half million >>years of effort to isolate Britain from the continent, the Chunnel opens.

I expect your summaries of 2025 and 2026 will be ... very interesting.

Oh, wait: some of that could apply to Current Events. Is history
repeating itself again?

I feel like the Onion was too fast in using the title Our Stupid Century.

The first and second item above are directly connected. One of the
fatalities was Labour leader Smith, which is gave Blair the chance to
lead Labour to victory.

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In article <vu5i03$opk$1@reader1.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

1994: At least four MPs die from unrelated causes, Tony Blair uses his
new position as leader of the Labour Party to make bold economic
statements unbounded by reality, and in a bold rebuke of a half million
years of effort to isolate Britain from the continent, the Chunnel opens.

Which 1994 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Vurt by Jeff Noon
A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Broken God by David Zindell
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick

I have read the Barnes (one of the very few Clarke Award Finalists I
have read over the decades).

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jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) writes:

1994: At least four MPs die from unrelated causes, Tony Blair uses his
new position as leader of the Labour Party to make bold economic
statements unbounded by reality, and in a bold rebuke of a half million
years of effort to isolate Britain from the continent, the Chunnel opens.

Which 1994 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Vurt by Jeff Noon
A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Broken God by David Zindell
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick

I have read:
A Million Open Doors (and the subsequent books in the series)
Snow Crash
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On 4/21/25 06:42, James Nicoll wrote:

1994: At least four MPs die from unrelated causes, Tony Blair uses his
new position as leader of the Labour Party to make bold economic
statements unbounded by reality, and in a bold rebuke of a half million
years of effort to isolate Britain from the continent, the Chunnel opens.

Which 1994 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Vurt by Jeff Noon
A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Broken God by David Zindell
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick

A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick

All good.
Bliss

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In article <vu5i03$opk$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

1994: At least four MPs die from unrelated causes, Tony Blair uses his
new position as leader of the Labour Party to make bold economic
statements unbounded by reality, and in a bold rebuke of a half million
years of effort to isolate Britain from the continent, the Chunnel opens.

Which 1994 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Vurt by Jeff Noon
A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Broken God by David Zindell
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick

I knew I forgot something: I have read all of these and own all but the
Noon.
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On 22/04/25 01:42, James Nicoll wrote:

1994: At least four MPs die from unrelated causes, Tony Blair uses his
new position as leader of the Labour Party to make bold economic
statements unbounded by reality, and in a bold rebuke of a half million
years of effort to isolate Britain from the continent, the Chunnel opens.

Which 1994 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Vurt by Jeff Noon
A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Broken God by David Zindell
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick

Vurt and Snow Crash, both 5 stars.

I have reread Snow Crash and it has been discussed here previously.
Vurt was the first Jeff Noon book that I read and it was so long ago
that I only retain a vague outline of the story but remember with
horror, the future with advertising flies, and with wonder, the novelty
of his writing style which probably transformed a 4 star book into 5.
The second book I tried had a similar style and disappointed me though
my expectations may have been too high. I have a copy of the Body
Library but don't remember if that is the one I read or not because Vurt
was from the local library so the second probably was as well.

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