Re: Nebula Finalists 1993

On 2024-07-22, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
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Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
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I've read all of them.

All but the Barnes.  The Vinge is a very strong Favorite.

I just now thought to buy the Barnes since I have liked other Barnes
but haven't read any of this series. However, there's no e-book on Amazon,
only used actual books!  Is it worth spending physical book space on
this book/series?

Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
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City of Truth by James Morrow
Barnacle Bill the Spacer by Lucius Shepard
Contact by Lee Goodloe and Jerry Oltion
Griffin's Egg by Michael Swanwick
Protection by Maureen F. McHugh
Silver or Gold by Emma Bull
The Territory by Bradley Denton
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Just the Morrow (which I thought was a novel), the Swanwick, the McHugh,
and the Denton.
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Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
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Danny Goes to Mars by Pamela Sargent
Matter's End by Gregory Benford
Prayers on the Wind by Walter Jon Williams
Suppose They Gave a Peace ... by Susan Shwartz
The Honeycrafters by Carolyn Ives Gilman
The July Ward by Sharon N. Farber
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The Benford, the Williams, the Shwartz, and the Gilman. I know
_of_ Danny Goes to Mars, which dates from the era when Republicans
were ludricrous, not people with a keen interest in certain logistical
details of the Third Reich.
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Which 1993 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
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Even the Queen by Connie Willis
Lennon Spex by Paul Di Filippo
Life Regarded As a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats by Michael Bishop
The Arbitrary Placement of Walls by Martha Soukup
The Mountain to Mohammed by Nancy Kress
Vinland the Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson
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The Willis (it was hard to avoid), the Bishop, the Kress, and the
Robinson.

None of the shorter works again, managing to avoid even the Willis -
it really won an impressive number of awards/recognitions both then
and in following years, didn't it? I should find a copy.

Chris