Re: Nebula finalists 2010

On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:11:00 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

In article <lq13cmFou0iU1@mid.individual.net>,
Chris Buckley  <alan@sabir.com> wrote:

On 2024-11-18, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

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2010! Travellers learn how to pronounce "Eyjafjallajokull", Britain's
Liberal Democrats secure their position in history by forming a
coalition with the Conservatives, and the International Space Station
sets a record for the longest continuous human occupation of space.
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Which 2010 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
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The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Finch by Jeff VanderMeer
Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman
The City & The City by China Mieville
The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak
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I read the Bacigalupi (which I hated and which kept its publisher
afloat for years), the Priest and the Mieville

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I read the Mieville (quite good) and the Bacigalupi, which is a
Favorite!  Different strokes for different folks (I regard it as
excellent magic realism and James regards it as bad hard sf - both
are at least somewhat true, IMO).
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Nothing shorter once again.
Chris

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Bad, racist, and sexist SF.

I think the only thing I have read in the "magic realism" category is
/Terra Nostra/, which I found amazing.

But then I also liked /Gravity's Rainbow/.
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