Re: Nebula finalists 1983

On 2024-05-13, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

>
Another week, another round of Nebula finalists. This set is from the
1983 Nebula Awards, a year in which most people were blissfully unaware
how badly the Soviets misjudged Able Archer.
>
Which 1983 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
>
No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss
The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick
>
All but the PKD.

All.  Only the Wolfe is a Favorite (and that because of the rest of the series).
_Friday_ was good. The only poor novel (IMO) was the Aldiss; off the top
of my head, I can't think of any Aldiss books I like.

Which 1983 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
>
Another Orphan by John Kessel
Horrible Imaginings by Fritz Leiber
Moon of Ice by Brad Linaweaver
Souls by Joanna Russ
Unsound Variations by George R. R. Martin
>
Only the Linaweaver (which I don't recommend unless you're really
desperate for Nazis Win WWII stories) and the Martin.

None.  I thought I had read the Kessel, but that must have been when I stopped
buying the Tor doubles and I just remember the title.

>
Which 1983 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
>
Fire Watch by Connie Willis
Burning Chrome by William Gibson
Myths of the Near Future by J. G. Ballard
Swarm by Bruce Sterling
The Mystery of the Young Gentleman by Joanna Russ
Understanding Human Behavior by Thomas M. Disch
>
All but the Ballard and the Disch.

Just the Gibson.

>
Which 1983 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
>
A Letter from the Clearys by Connie Willis
Corridors by Barry N. Malzberg
God's Hooks! by Howard Waldrop
High Steel by Jack Dann and Jack C. Haldeman, II
Petra by Greg Bear
The Pope of the Chimps by Robert Silverberg
>
All but the Malzberg, unless fix-ups don't count in which case
technically I didn't read High Steel either. My understanding is
that the short story was an extract from the then unpublished
novel.

Again, none.

Chris