Re: Nebula Finalists 1992

On 2024-07-15, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

1992: The Imperial Family of Russia faced a succession crisis following
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich's death, the Maastricht Treaty brought
Europe closer to the utopian unity it enjoys today, and having
successfully defeated Iraq and brought the Cold War with the Soviet
Union to a close, George H. W. Bush faces an easy campaign against
scandal-plagued challenger, Bill Clinton.
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Which 1992 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
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Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Bone Dance by Emma Bull
Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
Synners by Pat Cadigan
The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
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All of them! Which will be the high water mark for this entry. I
was not reading magazines and I seem to have been reading the
wrong anthologies.

All of them.  The Cadigan is the only Favorite, though marginally and
probably won't survive another rereading (was still reasonably fresh ideas
when it came out.)

Bujold is an author who I feel should have a spot on my Favorite
bookcase, but no single book quite made it. I should reread them all
again and pick one or two!

Novels were definitely my high water mark.  I didn't read any of
the shorter works, at least as shorter works.  I did read
_Beggars in Spain_ by Kress in its novel form.

Chris