Nebula Finalists 1976

[James Nicoll]

Some finalist lists were very long this year. Not sure why.

Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
The Female Man by Joanna Russ
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
The Embedding by Ian Watson
The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg

I have read the Haldeman, the N&P, the Delany, the Bishop, the Anderson,
the Zelazny (my favourite RZ), the MacLean, the Lee, the Bester (how
did it get nominated for an award?), the Watson, the McIntyre, the
Bradley, and the Silverberg.

Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Home Is the Hangman by Roger Zelazny
The Storms of Windhaven by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
A Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree, Jr.
Sunrise West by William K. Carlson

All but the Carlson, which I've never heard of.

Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

San Diego Lightfoot Sue by Tom Reamy
The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhaill by Randall Garrett
Retrograde Summer by John Varley
A Galaxy Called Rome by Barry N. Malzberg
The Custodians by Richard Cowper
Blooded on Arachne by Michael Bishop
Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman by Avram Davidson
The Bleeding Man by Craig Strete
The Dybbuk Dolls by Jack Dann
The New Atlantis by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Warlord of Saturn's Moons by Eleanor Arnason

I have read the Reamy, the Varley, the Bishop, the Le Guin, and the Arnason.

Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Catch That Zeppelin! by Fritz Leiber
Child of All Ages by P. J. Plauger
Shatterday by Harlan Ellison
Sail the Tide of Mourning by Richard A. Lupoff
Time Deer by Craig Strete
Utopia of a Tired Man by Jorge Luis Borges
A Scraping at the Bones by Algis Budrys
Doing Lennon by Gregory Benford
Attachment by Phyllis Eisenstein
Find the Lady by Nicholas Fisk
Growing Up in Edge City by Frederik Pohl
White Creatures by Gregory Benford
White Wolf Calling by Charles L. Grant

I have read the Leiber, the Plauger, the Lupoff, the Strete, the
Budrys, and the Benford.

Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?

Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley and Gene Wilder
A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones
Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
Rollerball by William Harrison, Norman Jewison and Martin Julien

All but A Boy and His Dog.

[Chris Buckley]

Post by James Nicoll
Some finalist lists were very long this year. Not sure why.

Yes. I got lots of exercise today - my office is in the basement
but the books are throughout the house and I made many trips to the
second floor to remind myself of whether I had that novel or collection.
(Next time I'll just take a couple of pictures on my phone and do it
in one trip.)

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
The Female Man by Joanna Russ
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
The Embedding by Ian Watson
The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg
I have read the Haldeman, the N&P, the Delany, the Bishop, the Anderson,
the Zelazny (my favourite RZ), the MacLean, the Lee, the Bester (how
did it get nominated for an award?), the Watson, the McIntyre, the
Bradley, and the Silverberg.

Same read list except I read the Russ and not the Watson.
_The Forever War, _The Mote in Gods Eye_ and _Doorways in the Sand_ are on
my Favorite bookcase and several others have been occasionally reread
(_A Midsummer Tempest_, _The Birthgrave_, _The Heritage of Hastur_).
A strong year.

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
Home Is the Hangman by Roger Zelazny
The Storms of Windhaven by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
A Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree, Jr.
Sunrise West by William K. Carlson
All but the Carlson, which I've never heard of.

The Zelazny and the Martin/Tuttle

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
San Diego Lightfoot Sue by Tom Reamy
The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhaill by Randall Garrett
Retrograde Summer by John Varley
A Galaxy Called Rome by Barry N. Malzberg
The Custodians by Richard Cowper
Blooded on Arachne by Michael Bishop
Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman by Avram Davidson
The Bleeding Man by Craig Strete
The Dybbuk Dolls by Jack Dann
The New Atlantis by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Warlord of Saturn's Moons by Eleanor Arnason
I have read the Reamy, the Varley, the Bishop, the Le Guin, and the Arnason.

Reamy, Varley, Malzberg, and LeGuin.

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
Catch That Zeppelin! by Fritz Leiber
Child of All Ages by P. J. Plauger
Shatterday by Harlan Ellison
Sail the Tide of Mourning by Richard A. Lupoff
Time Deer by Craig Strete
Utopia of a Tired Man by Jorge Luis Borges
A Scraping at the Bones by Algis Budrys
Doing Lennon by Gregory Benford
Attachment by Phyllis Eisenstein
Find the Lady by Nicholas Fisk
Growing Up in Edge City by Frederik Pohl
White Creatures by Gregory Benford
White Wolf Calling by Charles L. Grant
I have read the Leiber, the Plauger, the Lupoff, the Strete, the
Budrys, and the Benford.

As far as I can tell, just the Benford. We've reached the years where I am
almost out of my general anthologies and the only short stories I have are
in collections from favorite authors.

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Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?
Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley and Gene Wilder
A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones
Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
Rollerball by William Harrison, Norman Jewison and Martin Julien
All but A Boy and His Dog.

I think I've seen all which is very unusual (I don't see many movies),
but this was undergrad years and I was a Cinema Club volunteer to see
movies for free.

For "A Boy and His Dog", the campus newspaper posted an opinion
piece that it shouldn't be shown (anti-women). Ellison was incensed
and came out in person to give an anti-censorship talk!

Chris

[Don]

Post by Chris Buckley

Post by James Nicoll
Some finalist lists were very long this year. Not sure why.

Yes. I got lots of exercise today - my office is in the basement
but the books are throughout the house and I made many trips to the
second floor to remind myself of whether I had that novel or collection.
(Next time I'll just take a couple of pictures on my phone and do it
in one trip.)

Post by James Nicoll
Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
The Female Man by Joanna Russ
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
The Embedding by Ian Watson
The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg
I have read the Haldeman, the N&P, the Delany, the Bishop, the Anderson,
the Zelazny (my favourite RZ), the MacLean, the Lee, the Bester (how
did it get nominated for an award?), the Watson, the McIntyre, the
Bradley, and the Silverberg.

Same read list except I read the Russ and not the Watson.
_The Forever War, _The Mote in Gods Eye_ and _Doorways in the Sand_ are on
my Favorite bookcase and several others have been occasionally reread
(_A Midsummer Tempest_, _The Birthgrave_, _The Heritage of Hastur_).
A strong year.

Your favorite trio are the only novels on this list read by me. And
_Doorways_ is also my favorite RZ. Here's what others say:

Review by Walton
<https://www.tor.com/2009/08/27/beautiful-poetic-and-experimental-roger-zelaznys-doorways-in-the-sand/>

Review by Ola G
<https://reenchantmentoftheworld.blog/2018/04/01/roger-zelazny-doorways-in-the-sand-1976/>

Review by Jugularjosh
<https://where-there-had-been-darkness.blogspot.com/2013/02/roger-zelazny-book-review-doorways-in.html>

Technology and Ideas
<http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/AuthorSpecAlphaList.asp?BkNum=7>

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As of late, it's come to my attention how much skill it takes for an
author to write in a manner suitable for an audio book. Zelazny is such
an author. And so is PKD.
It probably explains why so many PKD stories are adapted into
screenplays. Some say Lem ranks higher than PKD in adaptation
quantity.

Danke,

[Michael F. Stemper]

Post by James Nicoll
Some finalist lists were very long this year. Not sure why.
Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Read in 1995, might read again some day.

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The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Read at least five times, and will certainly read again.

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Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany

Read three or four times, and will certainly read again.

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A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson

Read twice, and a third time is likely.

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The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester

Read in 1997, might read again.

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The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Tried once, bounced hard, sold.

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The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg

On my shelves, but I appear to have not read it.

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Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?
A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones

Not only did I see the film, but before that, I read it in the pulps.

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Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon

Humorous, right? If so, I've seen it.

[Tony Nance]

Post by James Nicoll
Some finalist lists were very long this year. Not sure why.
Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
The Female Man by Joanna Russ
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
The Embedding by Ian Watson
The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg

Holy cow, that's a lot of nominees. Does anyone know why there are so
many nominees for this year as opposed to the ones before it?

What happened?
Tony
P.S. I've read the Haldeman, Niven&Pournelle, Anderson, Zelazny, and Bester.

[William Hyde]

James Nicoll wrote:
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Budrys, and the Benford.
Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?
Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley and Gene Wilder
A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones
Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
Rollerball by William Harrison, Norman Jewison and Martin Julien
All but A Boy and His Dog.

I saw that in a theatre towards the end of its brief run, one of nine
people at the beginning of the film, the only one there at the end.

I didn't dislike it, but was hoping for better.

I remember better the short film showed before the movie. It was
a profile of a skier and I arrived home just after the radio
announced that he had been shot, fatally. By someone who had
been in a movie I saw earlier that week. No fiction writer would
think that plausible.

YF I've seen many times, but only fragments of the others.


William Hyde

[Titus G]

James Nicoll wrote: e

Post by James Nicoll
Budrys, and the Benford.
Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?
Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley and Gene Wilder A
Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones Dark Star by John
Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon Rollerball by William Harrison, Norman
Jewison and Martin Julien
All but A Boy and His Dog.

I saw that in a theatre towards the end of its brief run, one of
nine people at the beginning of the film, the only one there at the
end.
I didn't dislike it, but was hoping for better.

I haven't seen it and will avoid it because the short story by Ellison
alone, is a favourite. I have close female platonic friends and
don't consider myself sexist but was floored by the punch line.
Just guessing, because I haven't read many short stories in recent
years, that mostly short stories from the 60s and 70s did end with a
punchline, a feature which is now not so common.

[Paul S Person]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:47:41 -0000 (UTC), ***@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

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Post by James Nicoll
Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?
Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley and Gene Wilder
A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones
Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
Rollerball by William Harrison, Norman Jewison and Martin Julien
All but A Boy and His Dog.

Not only have I /seen/ all four, I have each and every one of them on
it's very own well-manufactured and packaged DVD.

And you really should see /A Boy and His Dog/.