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Nebula finalists 1991
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James Nicoll
2024-07-08 14:03:23 UTC
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1991: The abrupt collapse of one of the two military alliances dominating
Europe promised eternal peace on that troubled continent, after some delay
Otzi the Iceman completed his journey, and the world's supply of both
Soviet Unions and Yugoslavias fell to zero.

Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
White Jenna by Jane Yolen

All but the Martin, which despite it being turned in a movie I've
never heard of.


Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman
Bones by Pat Murphy
Fool to Believe by Pat Cadigan
Mr. Boy by James Patrick Kelly
Weatherman by Lois McMaster Bujold

All but the Cadigan. To this day, I don't understand the fuss over
the Haldeman.


Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
1/72nd Scale by Ian R. MacLeod
A Time for Every Purpose by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Loose Cannon by Susan Shwartz
Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick
The Shobies' Story by Ursula K. Le Guin

No, I don't know why the number of finalists is so variable. Didn't
read the MacLeod or the Rusch. Otherwise, I have read them all.
The ab Hugh crammed a lot of right-wing tropes into a fairly
short story so it's no surprise he later became a far right
pundit.


Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson
Before I Wake by Kim Stanley Robinson
Lieserl by Karen Joy Fowler
Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates by Pat Murphy
Story Child by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Power and the Passion by Pat Cadigan

Missed the Rusch--no surprise as I am poorly read in Rusch--but
also the Fowler, somehow. Otherwise, read them all.
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Robert Woodward
2024-07-08 16:55:54 UTC
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Post by James Nicoll
1991: The abrupt collapse of one of the two military alliances dominating
Europe promised eternal peace on that troubled continent, after some delay
Otzi the Iceman completed his journey, and the world's supply of both
Soviet Unions and Yugoslavias fell to zero.
Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
White Jenna by Jane Yolen
All but the Martin, which despite it being turned in a movie I've
never heard of.
Le Guin, Stith, and Yolen
Post by James Nicoll
Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman
Bones by Pat Murphy
Fool to Believe by Pat Cadigan
Mr. Boy by James Patrick Kelly
Weatherman by Lois McMaster Bujold
All but the Cadigan. To this day, I don't understand the fuss over
the Haldeman.
Only the Bujold
Post by James Nicoll
Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
1/72nd Scale by Ian R. MacLeod
A Time for Every Purpose by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Loose Cannon by Susan Shwartz
Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk
by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick
The Shobies' Story by Ursula K. Le Guin
No, I don't know why the number of finalists is so variable. Didn't
read the MacLeod or the Rusch. Otherwise, I have read them all.
The ab Hugh crammed a lot of right-wing tropes into a fairly
short story so it's no surprise he later became a far right
pundit.
None? BTW, ab Hugh being a far right pundit, the wikipedia article on
him doesn't mention that; are you confusing him with the David Friedman
who is the son of Milton Friedman (and is 15 years older than "ab Hugh").
Post by James Nicoll
Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson
Before I Wake by Kim Stanley Robinson
Lieserl by Karen Joy Fowler
Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates by Pat Murphy
Story Child by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Power and the Passion by Pat Cadigan
Missed the Rusch--no surprise as I am poorly read in Rusch--but
also the Fowler, somehow. Otherwise, read them all.
None?
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James Nicoll
2024-07-08 17:07:22 UTC
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Post by James Nicoll
Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
1/72nd Scale by Ian R. MacLeod
A Time for Every Purpose by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Loose Cannon by Susan Shwartz
Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk
by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick
The Shobies' Story by Ursula K. Le Guin
No, I don't know why the number of finalists is so variable. Didn't
read the MacLeod or the Rusch. Otherwise, I have read them all.
The ab Hugh crammed a lot of right-wing tropes into a fairly
short story so it's no surprise he later became a far right
pundit.
None? BTW, ab Hugh being a far right pundit, the wikipedia article on
him doesn't mention that; are you confusing him with the David Friedman
who is the son of Milton Friedman (and is 15 years older than "ab Hugh").
Nope!

https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008683.html

I also can distinguish between Joel Rosenbergs.
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Robert Woodward
2024-07-09 16:48:09 UTC
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snippity do dah snippity ay
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Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
1/72nd Scale by Ian R. MacLeod
A Time for Every Purpose by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Loose Cannon by Susan Shwartz
Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk
by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick
The Shobies' Story by Ursula K. Le Guin
No, I don't know why the number of finalists is so variable. Didn't
read the MacLeod or the Rusch. Otherwise, I have read them all.
The ab Hugh crammed a lot of right-wing tropes into a fairly
short story so it's no surprise he later became a far right
pundit.
None? BTW, ab Hugh being a far right pundit, the wikipedia article on
him doesn't mention that; are you confusing him with the David Friedman
who is the son of Milton Friedman (and is 15 years older than "ab Hugh").
Nope!
https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008683.html
I wonder how long he was a pundit; I searched for his name on Google and
found many mentions of books of his, but nothing else before I gave up.
Post by James Nicoll
I also can distinguish between Joel Rosenbergs.
Two Joel Rosenbergs? ... I had never heard of Joel C. Rosenberg; thank
you very much destroying my innocence.
--
"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.
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James Nicoll
2024-07-09 17:53:14 UTC
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Post by James Nicoll
snippity do dah snippity ay
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Post by James Nicoll
Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
1/72nd Scale by Ian R. MacLeod
A Time for Every Purpose by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Loose Cannon by Susan Shwartz
Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk
by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick
The Shobies' Story by Ursula K. Le Guin
No, I don't know why the number of finalists is so variable. Didn't
read the MacLeod or the Rusch. Otherwise, I have read them all.
The ab Hugh crammed a lot of right-wing tropes into a fairly
short story so it's no surprise he later became a far right
pundit.
None? BTW, ab Hugh being a far right pundit, the wikipedia article on
him doesn't mention that; are you confusing him with the David Friedman
who is the son of Milton Friedman (and is 15 years older than "ab Hugh").
Nope!
https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008683.html
I wonder how long he was a pundit; I searched for his name on Google and
found many mentions of books of his, but nothing else before I gave up.
Post by James Nicoll
I also can distinguish between Joel Rosenbergs.
Two Joel Rosenbergs? ... I had never heard of Joel C. Rosenberg; thank
you very much destroying my innocence.
Joel is a common name and Rosenberg isn't exactly unique so I expect
there are a lot of Joel Rosenbergs out there.

Once during a tabletop roleplaying game campaign, I named a Surete du
Quebec character by adding the most common male given name in Quebec
to the most common surname in Quebec. If I'd bothered to drop the
result into a search engine, I would have seen that that was the
name of the current head of the Surete du Quebec.
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Chris Buckley
2024-07-10 00:48:23 UTC
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Post by James Nicoll
1991: The abrupt collapse of one of the two military alliances dominating
Europe promised eternal peace on that troubled continent, after some delay
Otzi the Iceman completed his journey, and the world's supply of both
Soviet Unions and Yugoslavias fell to zero.
Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
White Jenna by Jane Yolen
All but the Martin, which despite it being turned in a movie I've
never heard of.
I also only missed the Martin. No Favorites, though the Simmons
is close (_Hyperion_ itself is a Favorite).

James, you read the second book of the Yolen trilogy, but not the first
(nominated for 1990)???
Post by James Nicoll
Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman
Bones by Pat Murphy
Fool to Believe by Pat Cadigan
Mr. Boy by James Patrick Kelly
Weatherman by Lois McMaster Bujold
All but the Cadigan. To this day, I don't understand the fuss over
the Haldeman.
None
Post by James Nicoll
Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang
1/72nd Scale by Ian R. MacLeod
A Time for Every Purpose by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Loose Cannon by Susan Shwartz
Over the Long Haul by Martha Soukup
The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Manamouki by Mike Resnick
The Shobies' Story by Ursula K. Le Guin
No, I don't know why the number of finalists is so variable. Didn't
read the MacLeod or the Rusch. Otherwise, I have read them all.
The ab Hugh crammed a lot of right-wing tropes into a fairly
short story so it's no surprise he later became a far right
pundit.
None
Post by James Nicoll
Which 1991 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson
Before I Wake by Kim Stanley Robinson
Lieserl by Karen Joy Fowler
Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates by Pat Murphy
Story Child by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Power and the Passion by Pat Cadigan
Missed the Rusch--no surprise as I am poorly read in Rusch--but
also the Fowler, somehow. Otherwise, read them all.
The Bisson.

Chris

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