Nebula Finalists 2009

2009: Minecraft is released, the Treaty of Lisbon comes into force, and
the common vernacular now includes the term "alt-right".

Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
Superpowers by David J. Schwartz

The McDonald, the McDevitt, the Pratchett, and the Schwartz.


Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

The Spacetime Pool by Catherine Asaro
Dangerous Space by Kelley Eskridge
Dark Heaven by Gregory Benford
The Duke in His Castle by Vera Nazarian
The Political Prisoner by Charles Coleman Finlay

Just the Benford and the Finlay.


Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel
Baby Doll (translation of Baby Doll) by Johanna Sinisalo
Dark Rooms by Lisa Goldstein
If Angels Fight by Richard Bowes
Kaleidoscope by K. D. Wentworth
Night Wind by Mary Rosenblum
The Ray-Gun: A Love Story by James Alan Gardner

Just the Kessel, the Bowes, and the Gardner.


Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Trophy Wives by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss by Kij Johnson
Don't Stop by James Patrick Kelly
Mars: A Traveler's Guide by Ruth Nestvold
The Button Bin by Mike Allen
The Dreaming Wind by Jeffrey Ford
The Tomb Wife by Gwyneth Jones

None.

Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?
WALL-E by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, and Peter Docter
Stargate Atlantis: The Shrine by Brad Wright
The Dark Knight by Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer

WALL-E and The Dark Knight.


I am struck by how poorly reprinted some of these stories are. Also, appalled at my low hit rate, given that the SFBC, RT, and PW were all funnelling books to me by the wheelbarrow load.
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