Re: Nebula Finalists 1997

On 2024-08-19, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State
of the United States, signalling the end of sexism in that nation,
Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, signalling
the beginning of an era of British domination of Eurovision that would
last until 1998, and the Kyoto Protocol is signed, signalling the end
of global warming.
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Which 1997 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
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Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
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All but the McKillip.

All but the Griffith. A reasonably strong year; I regard all but the Sawyer
as being strongly above average, though only the Stephenson is a Favorite.
The McKillip would probably be my second choice but that may be because
I really like her work as a whole.

I read none of the shorter works.

Chris