Re: Nebula finalists 2024

In article <vpi0u9$chc$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Which 2024 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Shigidi, the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang
Translation State by Ann Leckie
Witch King by Martha Wells

Once again only 50% overlap with the Hugo shortlist.  I have tried to
start the Wells a couple of times (I own it it hardcover) but haven't
succeeded yet.

Which 2024 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
Tantie Merle, the Farmhand 4200 by R. S. A. Garcia
Bad Doors by John Wiswell
Better Living Through Algorithms by Naomi Kritzer
Once Upon a Time at the Oakmont by P. A. Cornell
The Sound of Children Screaming by Rachael K. Jones
Window Boy by Thomas Ha

I bounced off the Kritzer, one of only two stories overlapping with
the Hugos (the Jones was the other one).

Which 2024 Norton Finalist Middle Grade/Young Adult Works Have You Read?
To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
Liberty's Daughter by Naomi Kritzer
The Ghost Job by Greg van Eekhout
The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern by J. Dianne Dotson

Haven't read any of these.  YA publishers tend to supply only excerpts
for the Lodestar voter's packet so I tend to make that an even lower
priority than the adult categories.  (It seems that authors and
publishers with experience in the adult categories are more likely to
supply complete works, whereas those that specialize in YA tend to
provide only excerpts and/or "e-galleys".  The Kritzer was complete in
both EPUB and PDF formats, but the Blackgoose was just an excerpt.)

-GAWollman

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