Nebula Finalists 2004

[James Nicoll]

2004! Mark Zuckerberg's "Facemash" is rebranded to provide a global
audience the security, copyright and individual privacy concerns once
the monopoly of the Harvard network, American voters rebuke George W.
Bush for his ineptitude by forcing him to remain in office for another
four years, and humanity gets its first close-up view of the moon
Titan's surface.


Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Chindi by Jack McDevitt
Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Mount by Carol Emshwiller
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson

The Moon, the McDevitt, and the Bujold.


Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Breathmoss by Ian R. MacLeod
Stories for Men by John Kessel
The Empress of Mars by Kage Baker
The Potter of Bones by Eleanor Arnason

Just the MacLeod and the Baker.


Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford
0wnz0red by Cory Doctorow
Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs by Adam-Troy Castro
The Mask of the Rex by Richard Bowes
The Wages of Syntax by Ray Vukcevich

Just the Doctorow and the Bowes.


Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

What I Didn't See by Karen Joy Fowler
Goodbye to All That by Harlan Ellison
Grandma by Carol Emshwiller
Knapsack Poems by Eleanor Arnason
Lambing Season by Molly Gloss
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
The Last of the O-Forms by James Van Pelt

Just the Emshwiller, Gloss and the Van Pelt.


Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens,
Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson
Finding Nemo by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds
Futurama: "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" by David A. Goodman
Minority Report by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen
Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt

All of them.

Geez, was I even reading SFF this year?

[Robert Woodward]

Post by James Nicoll
2004! Mark Zuckerberg's "Facemash" is rebranded to provide a global
audience the security, copyright and individual privacy concerns once
the monopoly of the Harvard network, American voters rebuke George W.
Bush for his ineptitude by forcing him to remain in office for another
four years, and humanity gets its first close-up view of the moon
Titan's surface.
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Chindi by Jack McDevitt
Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Mount by Carol Emshwiller
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
The Moon, the McDevitt, and the Bujold.

Only the Bujold

Post by James Nicoll
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Breathmoss by Ian R. MacLeod
Stories for Men by John Kessel
The Empress of Mars by Kage Baker
The Potter of Bones by Eleanor Arnason
Just the MacLeod and the Baker.

None

Post by James Nicoll
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford
0wnz0red by Cory Doctorow
Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs by Adam-Troy Castro
The Mask of the Rex by Richard Bowes
The Wages of Syntax by Ray Vukcevich
Just the Doctorow and the Bowes.

None

Post by James Nicoll
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
What I Didn't See by Karen Joy Fowler
Goodbye to All That by Harlan Ellison
Grandma by Carol Emshwiller
Knapsack Poems by Eleanor Arnason
Lambing Season by Molly Gloss
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
The Last of the O-Forms by James Van Pelt
Just the Emshwiller, Gloss and the Van Pelt.

None

Post by James Nicoll
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?

None of course.

Post by James Nicoll
Geez, was I even reading SFF this year?

I was not reading the SF that was being nominated for Nebulas.

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by James Nicoll
2004! Mark Zuckerberg's "Facemash" is rebranded to provide a global
audience the security, copyright and individual privacy concerns once
the monopoly of the Harvard network, American voters rebuke George W.
Bush for his ineptitude by forcing him to remain in office for another
four years, and humanity gets its first close-up view of the moon
Titan's surface.
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Chindi by Jack McDevitt
Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Mount by Carol Emshwiller
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
The Moon, the McDevitt, and the Bujold.
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Breathmoss by Ian R. MacLeod
Stories for Men by John Kessel
The Empress of Mars by Kage Baker
The Potter of Bones by Eleanor Arnason
Just the MacLeod and the Baker.
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford
0wnz0red by Cory Doctorow
Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs by Adam-Troy Castro
The Mask of the Rex by Richard Bowes
The Wages of Syntax by Ray Vukcevich
Just the Doctorow and the Bowes.
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
What I Didn't See by Karen Joy Fowler
Goodbye to All That by Harlan Ellison
Grandma by Carol Emshwiller
Knapsack Poems by Eleanor Arnason
Lambing Season by Molly Gloss
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
The Last of the O-Forms by James Van Pelt
Just the Emshwiller, Gloss and the Van Pelt.
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens,
Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson
Finding Nemo by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds
Futurama: "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" by David A. Goodman
Minority Report by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen
Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt
All of them.
Geez, was I even reading SFF this year?

I read Chindi, Diplomatic Immunity, and The Speed of Dark.

I saw The Two Towers, Finding Nemo, and Minority Report.

Lynn

[Bice]

Post by James Nicoll
Which 2004 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens,
Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson
Finding Nemo by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds
Futurama: "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" by David A. Goodman
Minority Report by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen
Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt

Wow, I actually saw all of those, despite Tom Cruise being in one of
them.

I think that's a first for me for any category of one of these lists.

-- Bob