Re: Nebula Finalists 1984

On 20/05/2024 09.14, James Nicoll wrote:

This week in Which Nebula Finalists Have You Read?: 1984! The year in
which Brian Mulroney won a 211-seat majority, the Americans presumably
held some sort of federal election, and the UK was organizing funds for
overseas famine relief rather than doing their best to ensure famines
at home!

Which 1984 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
 Startide Rising by David Brin
Against Infinity by Gregory Benford
Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance
Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy
The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad

Brin, Wolfe, and Spinrad. I've reread the Brin several times, along
with the other two Uplift books. I found the long/short/borrowed/blue
sun stuff impenetrable, and remember nothing about the Spinrad.

Which 1984 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
 Blood Music by Greg Bear
Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson
Blind Shemmy by Jack Dann
Cicada Queen by Bruce Sterling
Slow Birds by Ian Watson
The Monkey Treatment by George R. R. Martin
The Sidon in the Mirror by Connie Willis

The Bear
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Michael F. Stemper
Galatians 3:28