Nebula finalists 2013

2013: Poor practices on the part of train company MMA led to the obliteration
of Lac-Magantic as well as 47 deaths (something for which the legal
consequences were "surprisingly" minor), the US Supreme Court made a
decision that wasn't egregiously stupid and socially regressive
(presumably by mistake), and emergency alert systems in five states
are hacked to warn people of a zombie outbreak (braaaaaaains).


Which 2013 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal
Ironskin by Tina Connolly
The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan
The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisin
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

All but the Kiernan, whose horror novels I'd found too silly for words,
as the two I read involved evil but immobile entities that could be
eluded simply by not walking up to them to poke them with a stick.


Which 2013 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
All the Flavors by Ken Liu
Barry's Tale by Lawrence M. Schoen
Katabasis by Robert Reed
On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard
The Stars Do Not Lie by Jay Lake

The Kress, the Reed, the de Bodard, and the Lake.


Which 2013 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
Close Encounters by Andy Duncan
Fade to White by Catherynne M. Valente
Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia by Rachel Swirsky
Swift, Brutal Retaliation by Meghan McCarron
The Finite Canvas by Brit Mandelo
The Pyre of New Day by Catherine Asaro
The Waves by Ken Liu

The Duncan, the Valente, and the Mandelo.


Which 2013 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
Immersion by Aliette de Bodard
Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain by Cat Rambo
Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes by Tom Crosshill
Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream by Maria Dahvana Headley
Nanny's Day by Leah Cypess
Robot by Helena Bell
The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species by Ken Liu

Only the de Bodard.
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