Re: Nebula finalists 2011

In article <robertaw-52B34B.10133825112024@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

In article <vi22vk$oac$1@reader2.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
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2011! Revolutions across the Middle signal the inevitable rise of democracy,
the American space shuttle makes its final landing, and some really quite
fuck-awful SF won awards in this, the annus horriblis of speculative
fiction.
 
Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
 
Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis
Echo by Jack McDevitt
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
The Native Star by M. K. Hobson
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
 
I have read all of them. The Willis would be the worst piece on this
list if not for another work.

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None. BTW, what is your opinion of the other 5?

McDevitt is basically mac and cheese. Nothing revelatory but you
know what you are getting. Like the Kowal but I was surprised magic
didn't have a larger effect on the setting. Like the Jemisin so much
I nominated it for a Hugo, forgetting that because I read an arc, it
would not be eligible for another year. Don't remember much about
the Hobson or for that matter the Okorafor.
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