Nebula Finalists 1997

[James Nicoll]

1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State
of the United States, signalling the end of sexism in that nation,
Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, signalling
the beginning of an era of British domination of Eurovision that would
last until 1998, and the Kyoto Protocol is signed, signalling the end
of global warming.

Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip

All but the McKillip.


Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Da Vinci Rising by Jack Dann
A Woman's Liberation by Ursula K. Le Guin
Blood of the Dragon by George R. R. Martin
The Cost to Be Wise by Maureen F. McHugh
The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt

All but the Dann.


Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Lifeboat on a Burning Sea by Bruce Holland Rogers
After a Lean Winter by Dave Wolverton
Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print by John M. Ford
Mirror of Lop Nor by George Guthridge
Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove
Chronology Protection Case by Paul Levinson
The Perseids by Robert Charles Wilson

All but the Rogers and the Guthridge. Both Rogers and Guthridge are
new to me.


Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

A Birthday by Esther M. Friesner
Five Fucks by Jonathan Lethem
In the Pound, Near Breaktime by Kent Brewster
In the Shade of the Slowboat Man by Dean Wesley Smith
The String by Kathleen Ann Goonan
These Shoes Strangers Have Died Of by Bruce Holland Rogers

None of them.

[Robert Woodward]

Post by James Nicoll
1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State
of the United States, signalling the end of sexism in that nation,
Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, signalling
the beginning of an era of British domination of Eurovision that would
last until 1998, and the Kyoto Protocol is signed, signalling the end
of global warming.
Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
All but the McKillip.

Only the McKillip

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
Da Vinci Rising by Jack Dann
A Woman's Liberation by Ursula K. Le Guin
Blood of the Dragon by George R. R. Martin
The Cost to Be Wise by Maureen F. McHugh
The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt
All but the Dann.

Maybe the Steele

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
Lifeboat on a Burning Sea by Bruce Holland Rogers
After a Lean Winter by Dave Wolverton
Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print by John M. Ford
Mirror of Lop Nor by George Guthridge
Must and Shall by Harry Turtledove
Chronology Protection Case by Paul Levinson
The Perseids by Robert Charles Wilson
All but the Rogers and the Guthridge. Both Rogers and Guthridge are
new to me.

IIRC, only the Turtledove

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
A Birthday by Esther M. Friesner
Five Fucks by Jonathan Lethem
In the Pound, Near Breaktime by Kent Brewster
In the Shade of the Slowboat Man by Dean Wesley Smith
The String by Kathleen Ann Goonan
These Shoes Strangers Have Died Of by Bruce Holland Rogers
None of them.

None

[Chris Buckley]

Post by James Nicoll
1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State
of the United States, signalling the end of sexism in that nation,
Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, signalling
the beginning of an era of British domination of Eurovision that would
last until 1998, and the Kyoto Protocol is signed, signalling the end
of global warming.
Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
All but the McKillip.

All but the Griffith. A reasonably strong year; I regard all but the Sawyer
as being strongly above average, though only the Stephenson is a Favorite.
The McKillip would probably be my second choice but that may be because
I really like her work as a whole.

I read none of the shorter works.

Chris

[William Hyde]

Post by James Nicoll
1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State
of the United States, signalling the end of sexism in that nation,
Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, signalling
the beginning of an era of British domination of Eurovision that would
last until 1998, and the Kyoto Protocol is signed, signalling the end
of global warming.
Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip

Badly as I have fallen behind in reading the SF novels of the past
generation, it seems I have done even worse at shorter lengths.

Could people suggest some of their favourite anthologies of short
fiction written since 1990?

Or any time, really, but post-1990 is the era I am least familiar with.

William Hyde

[Tony Nance]

Post by William Hyde

Post by James Nicoll
1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State
of the United States, signalling the end of sexism in that nation,
Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, signalling
the beginning of an era of British domination of Eurovision that would
last until 1998, and the Kyoto Protocol is signed, signalling the end
of global warming.
Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip

Badly as I have fallen behind in reading the SF novels of the past
generation, it seems I have done even worse at shorter lengths.
Could people suggest some of their favourite anthologies of short
fiction written since 1990?
Or any time, really, but post-1990 is the era I am least familiar with.

I have read very few multi-author anthologies that are (mostly)
populated by post-1990 short stories. Of the few I have read, here are
two that were pretty good:

1) The Good New Stuff (ed. Dozois), second half of the awesome SFBC
volume The Good Stuff. Note that only 11 of the 17 stories in TGNS are
from the 1990s.

The full SFBC volume: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?165311
Just TGNS: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?305276


2) Songs of the Dying Earth (a tribute to Jack Vance)
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?332735


Note: 3 of the 4 entries in "The New Hugo Winners" series were published
in 1992 or later. (And the first was published in 1989.)


If single-author collections might work, I would also recommend:
Axiomatic - Greg Egan
Side Jobs - Jim Butcher (all Dresden universe)
The Robot's Twilight Companion - Tony Daniel
Crosstime Traffic - Lawrence Watt-Evans (11 out of 19)
Tales of Ethshar - Lawrence Watt-Evans


And one that technically doesn't count:
State of the Art - Banks (half Culture, half not; published in 1991, but
the stories are from 1987-1989, unless you find an edition with the
essay "A Few Notes on the Culture", which he had Ken MacLeod post here
in rasfw)

Tony

[William Hyde]

Post by Tony Nance

Post by William Hyde

Post by James Nicoll
1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State
of the United States, signalling the end of sexism in that nation,
Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, signalling
the beginning of an era of British domination of Eurovision that would
last until 1998, and the Kyoto Protocol is signed, signalling the end
of global warming.
Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip

Badly as I have fallen behind in reading the SF novels of the past
generation, it seems I have done even worse at shorter lengths.
Could people suggest some of their favourite anthologies of short
fiction written since 1990?
Or any time, really, but post-1990 is the era I am least familiar with.

I have read very few multi-author anthologies that are (mostly)
populated by post-1990 short stories. Of the few I have read, here are
1) The Good New Stuff (ed. Dozois), second half of the awesome SFBC
volume The Good Stuff. Note that only 11 of the 17 stories in TGNS are
from the 1990s.
The full SFBC volume:  https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?165311
Just TGNS:   https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?305276
2) Songs of the Dying Earth (a tribute to Jack Vance)
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?332735
Note: 3 of the 4 entries in "The New Hugo Winners" series were published
in 1992 or later. (And the first was published in 1989.)
Axiomatic - Greg Egan
Side Jobs - Jim Butcher (all Dresden universe)
The Robot's Twilight Companion - Tony Daniel
Crosstime Traffic - Lawrence Watt-Evans (11 out of 19)
Tales of Ethshar - Lawrence Watt-Evans
State of the Art - Banks (half Culture, half not; published in 1991, but
the stories are from 1987-1989, unless you find an edition with the
essay "A Few Notes on the Culture", which he had Ken MacLeod post here
in rasfw)

Thanks! I'll pick up a few on my next spree, which is overdue.


William Hyde