Nebula Finalists 1987

[James Nicoll]

1987! Iran-Contra confirmed that Republicans can break the law without
serious consequence, Matthias Rust visited Moscow, and the impending
Meech Lake Accord was heralded by all as an inevitable constitutional
triumph that would establish Brian Mulroney as the greatest PM and
provide the Progressive Conservative Party with an unbreakable lock
on the federal government.

Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Count Zero by William Gibson
Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy
This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow

I have read all of them.


Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

R & R by Lucius Shepard
Dydeetown Girl by F. Paul Wilson
Escape from Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson
Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg
Newton Sleep by Gregory Benford

I have read all of them.


Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky by Kate Wilhelm
Aymara by Lucius Shepard
Hatrack River by Orson Scott Card
Listening to Brahms by Suzy McKee Charnas
Permafrost by Roger Zelazny
Surviving by Judith Moffett
The Winter Market by William Gibson

Only the last two.


Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Tangents by Greg Bear
Pretty Boy Crossover by Pat Cadigan
Rat by James Patrick Kelly
Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov
The Boy Who Plaited Manes by Nancy Springer
The Lions Are Asleep This Night by Howard Waldrop

All but the Springer.

[Robert Woodward]

Post by James Nicoll
1987! Iran-Contra confirmed that Republicans can break the law without
serious consequence, Matthias Rust visited Moscow, and the impending
Meech Lake Accord was heralded by all as an inevitable constitutional
triumph that would establish Brian Mulroney as the greatest PM and
provide the Progressive Conservative Party with an unbreakable lock
on the federal government.
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Count Zero by William Gibson
Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy
This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow
I have read all of them.

Only the Card

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
R & R by Lucius Shepard
Dydeetown Girl by F. Paul Wilson
Escape from Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson
Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg
Newton Sleep by Gregory Benford
I have read all of them.

The Wilson and the Silverberg

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky by Kate Wilhelm
Aymara by Lucius Shepard
Hatrack River by Orson Scott Card
Listening to Brahms by Suzy McKee Charnas
Permafrost by Roger Zelazny
Surviving by Judith Moffett
The Winter Market by William Gibson
Only the last two.

I think only the Card.

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
Tangents by Greg Bear
Pretty Boy Crossover by Pat Cadigan
Rat by James Patrick Kelly
Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov
The Boy Who Plaited Manes by Nancy Springer
The Lions Are Asleep This Night by Howard Waldrop
All but the Springer.

I should have read the Asimov and I might have read the Springer (I have
the collection it is in).

[Chris Buckley]

Post by James Nicoll
1987! Iran-Contra confirmed that Republicans can break the law without
serious consequence, Matthias Rust visited Moscow, and the impending
Meech Lake Accord was heralded by all as an inevitable constitutional
triumph that would establish Brian Mulroney as the greatest PM and
provide the Progressive Conservative Party with an unbreakable lock
on the federal government.
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Count Zero by William Gibson
Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy
This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow
I have read all of them.

All except the Kennedy. The Card is the only Favorite (strong).

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
R & R by Lucius Shepard
Dydeetown Girl by F. Paul Wilson
Escape from Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson
Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg
Newton Sleep by Gregory Benford
I have read all of them.

Only the Robinson.

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky by Kate Wilhelm
Aymara by Lucius Shepard
Hatrack River by Orson Scott Card
Listening to Brahms by Suzy McKee Charnas
Permafrost by Roger Zelazny
Surviving by Judith Moffett
The Winter Market by William Gibson
Only the last two.

Only the Zelazny

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
Tangents by Greg Bear
Pretty Boy Crossover by Pat Cadigan
Rat by James Patrick Kelly
Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov
The Boy Who Plaited Manes by Nancy Springer
The Lions Are Asleep This Night by Howard Waldrop
All but the Springer.

Only the Bear.

Chris

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by James Nicoll
1987! Iran-Contra confirmed that Republicans can break the law without
serious consequence, Matthias Rust visited Moscow, and the impending
Meech Lake Accord was heralded by all as an inevitable constitutional
triumph that would establish Brian Mulroney as the greatest PM and
provide the Progressive Conservative Party with an unbreakable lock
on the federal government.
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Count Zero by William Gibson
Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy
This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow
I have read all of them.
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
R & R by Lucius Shepard
Dydeetown Girl by F. Paul Wilson
Escape from Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson
Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg
Newton Sleep by Gregory Benford
I have read all of them.
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky by Kate Wilhelm
Aymara by Lucius Shepard
Hatrack River by Orson Scott Card
Listening to Brahms by Suzy McKee Charnas
Permafrost by Roger Zelazny
Surviving by Judith Moffett
The Winter Market by William Gibson
Only the last two.
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
Tangents by Greg Bear
Pretty Boy Crossover by Pat Cadigan
Rat by James Patrick Kelly
Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov
The Boy Who Plaited Manes by Nancy Springer
The Lions Are Asleep This Night by Howard Waldrop
All but the Springer.

"Speaker for the Dead" of course.

Maybe "Count Zero", not sure.

Lynn

[William Hyde]

Post by James Nicoll
1987! Iran-Contra confirmed that Republicans can break the law without
serious consequence, Matthias Rust visited Moscow, and the impending
Meech Lake Accord was heralded by all as an inevitable constitutional
triumph that would establish Brian Mulroney as the greatest PM and
provide the Progressive Conservative Party with an unbreakable lock
on the federal government.
Which 1987 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

The book that began my dislike of OSC. It read well enough at the time,
but a reread went badly.

Post by James Nicoll
Count Zero by William Gibson
Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe

Read in an airport lounge after 24 hours without sleep. Not ideal for
any work, particularly for Wolfe. Must give it another shot.

I don't think I've read anything else from this list. I moved to the US
(DC) that year, read a lot of American history, which may explain it.
History has an extra fascination when you are there.

I think my minimum SF reading will probably be 1988, as in 89 I
discovered this group.


William Hyde