Re: Nebula Finalists 1976

Chris Buckley wrote:

James Nicoll wrote:

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

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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.)
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Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
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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
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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.

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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,

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