Re: Nebula Finalists 2000

On 2024-09-09, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
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Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
Mission Child by Maureen F. McHugh
Mockingbird by Sean Stewart
The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod
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All but the Martin. I stand by my decision not to voluntarily pick up
GOT novels unless the series is finished or I am paid to do so.

I missed the Stewart. The Vinge is the only Favorite (a strong one).

I bought the Martins just as a matter of course as they come out.  The
only non-duplicate SF books I've ever sold as I couldn't resist the
price. (I see it would have been even better to wait to sell; they're
now at $1200 for the unsigned first printing set. The signed sets seem
to be approaching $6000. Rather ridiculous.)

I read none of the shorter works.

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Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?
The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan
The Devil's Arithmetic by Robert J. Avrech
The Iron Giant by Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies
The Matrix by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski
The Uranus Experiment: Part 2 by John Millerman
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The Sixth Sense, The Iron Giant, and The Matrix. Do people need to
know how a porn movie got onto the finalist list?

I saw the same, which given the very few movies I watch is unexpected.

Chris