Re: Nebula Finalists 2005

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:01:12 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

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2005: The discovery of the TNO Eris inspires a definition of the term
planet that vexes Pluto fans to this day, Paul Martin managed to keep
his Liberal government stumbling along despite the bag of dead cats
he'd been handed by his predecessor, and a re-elected George W.
Bush wows the world with his adroit management of the Katrina crisis.
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Which 2005 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
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Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
Omega by Jack McDevitt
Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
The Knight by Gene Wolfe
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Just the Bujold, Doctorow, and the Wolfe.
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Which 2005 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
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The Green Leopard Plague by Walter Jon Williams
Just Like the Ones We Used to Know by Connie Willis
The Cookie Monster by Vernor Vinge
The Tangled Strings of the Marionettes by Adam-Troy Castro
Walk in Silence by Catherine Asaro
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The Williams, the Willis, and the Vinge.
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Which 2005 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
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Basement Magic by Ellen Klages
Dry Bones by William Sanders
The Gladiator's War: A Dialog by Lois Tilton
The Voluntary State by Christopher Rowe
Zora and the Zombie by Andy Duncan
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Just the Rowe and the Duncan.
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Which 2005 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
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Coming to Terms by Eileen Gunn
Aloha by Ken Wharton
Embracing-the-New by Benjamin Rosenbaum
In the Late December by Greg van Eekhout
The Strange Redemption of Sister Mary Ann by Mike Moscoe
Travels with My Cats by Mike Resnick
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None, which I think is a first.
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Which 2005 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry
The Butterfly Effect by J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress
The Incredibles by Brad Bird
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Just the LOTR film and (despite the insistence of theatre staff that
I exit their burning theatre) the Bird.

It /is/ a good (dare I say "incredible"?) movie, but really ...
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"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"