Sujet : Re: Nebula finalists 2011
De : lynnmcguire5 (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Lynn McGuire)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 26. Nov 2024, 01:44:59
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On 11/25/2024 4:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 11/25/2024 8:52 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
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.
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Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
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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
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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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I have read "Blackout" and "Echo".
Lynn
Both quite good. "Blackout" is about people traveling back in time to WWII and the risks thereof. "Echo" is another chapter in the Alex Benedict story of looking for alien artifacts in a post diaspora time where space travel via high FTL space ships is quite common.
Lynn