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Nebula finalists 2019
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James Nicoll
2025-01-20 15:19:12 UTC
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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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Robert Woodward
2025-01-20 17:58:33 UTC
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Post by James Nicoll
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
Post by James Nicoll
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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2025-01-22 08:29:01 UTC
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Post by James Nicoll
Which 2019 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
I generally enjoy the Lady Astronaut books.
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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.
Post by James Nicoll
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
My response to Murderbot is always YES!


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