Re: Nebula Finalists 1985

On 27/05/2024 09.04, James Nicoll wrote:

In article <v323cl$2c0t$1@dont-email.me>,
Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

On 27/05/2024 07.59, James Nicoll wrote:

This week's Nebula finalists reaches the finalists of 1985! 1985 was
a golden age of Wham! songs, the Coen Brothers' first film debuted,
and a plucky David Miller transformed Ontario government. What of
1985's science fiction?
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Which 1985 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
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Neuromancer by William Gibson
Frontera by Lewis Shiner
Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein
The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
The Man Who Melted by Jack Dann
The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson

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By cosmic coincidence, I read both _Neuromancer_ and _Job_ in May
of 1993. Gibson no longer darkens my shelves, but I've reread the
Heinlein and may do so again.

 What's wrong with Gibson?

For me, he's all but unreadable. I struggled through _Neuromancer_ in
1993. Feeling that I should give such a significant author another chance,
the following year I survived _Mona Lisa Overdrive_.
After more than thirty years, I'm a bit short on details. However, I
think that reading should be enjoyable. I prefer perky, upbeat authors
like Ken MacLeod and Alastair Reynolds.
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Michael F. Stemper
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