• Nebula Finalists 1998

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 26 13:34:49 2024
    Which 1998 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
    A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
    Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
    Bellwether by Connie Willis
    City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
    King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
    Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

    All of them. It gets grimmer from here.


    Which 1998 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Abandon in Place by Jerry Oltion
    "... Where Angels Fear to Tread" by Allen Steele
    Chrysalis by Robert Reed
    Loose Ends by Paul Levinson
    Primrose and Thorn by Bud Sparhawk
    The Funeral March of the Marionettes by Adam-Troy Castro

    A clean miss. In fact, although I am aware of him, I am not sure I've
    ever read anything by Oltion.


    Which 1998 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    The Flowers of Aulit Prison by Nancy Kress
    The Copyright Notice Case by Paul Levinson
    The Dog's Story by Eleanor Arnason
    The Miracle of Ivar Avenue by John Kessel
    The Undiscovered by William Sanders
    Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream by James Alan Gardner
    We Will Drink a Fish Together ... by Bill Johnson

    Just the Kessel, the Sanders, the Gardner.


    Which 1998 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    Sister Emily's Lightship by Jane Yolen
    Burning Bright by K. D. Wentworth
    Itsy Bitsy Spider by James Patrick Kelly
    The Crab Lice by Gregory Feeley
    The Dead by Michael Swanwick
    The Elizabeth Complex by Karen Joy Fowler

    Just the Yolen, the Kelly, the Swanwick, and the Fowler, which I think
    are also the stories that were in Starlight 1.
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  • From Chris Buckley@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Aug 26 14:34:42 2024
    On 2024-08-26, James Nicoll <[email protected]> wrote:
    Which 1998 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
    A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
    Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
    Bellwether by Connie Willis
    City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
    King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
    Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

    All of them. It gets grimmer from here.

    All but the Willis. I've never been as much of a fan of hers as
    others have. No Favorites; the Bujold might be the closest. The Elliot
    is probably the weakest, IMO - none of her characters ever really grabbed
    me.

    Nothing shorter once again.

    Chris

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Aug 26 09:53:19 2024
    In article <vai09o$fap$[email protected]>,
    [email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Which 1998 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
    A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
    Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
    Bellwether by Connie Willis
    City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
    King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
    Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

    All of them. It gets grimmer from here.


    Just the Bujold.


    Which 1998 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Abandon in Place by Jerry Oltion
    "... Where Angels Fear to Tread" by Allen Steele
    Chrysalis by Robert Reed
    Loose Ends by Paul Levinson
    Primrose and Thorn by Bud Sparhawk
    The Funeral March of the Marionettes by Adam-Troy Castro

    A clean miss. In fact, although I am aware of him, I am not sure I've
    ever read anything by Oltion.


    I think I have read the Levinsno and the Sparhawk (both were in Analog),
    the other 3 were in magazines which I have, but I don't recognize the
    titles.


    Which 1998 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    The Flowers of Aulit Prison by Nancy Kress
    The Copyright Notice Case by Paul Levinson
    The Dog's Story by Eleanor Arnason
    The Miracle of Ivar Avenue by John Kessel
    The Undiscovered by William Sanders
    Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream by James Alan Gardner
    We Will Drink a Fish Together ... by Bill Johnson

    Just the Kessel, the Sanders, the Gardner.


    Again, the Levinson (Analog again); not certain about the others.


    Which 1998 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    Sister Emily's Lightship by Jane Yolen
    Burning Bright by K. D. Wentworth
    Itsy Bitsy Spider by James Patrick Kelly
    The Crab Lice by Gregory Feeley
    The Dead by Michael Swanwick
    The Elizabeth Complex by Karen Joy Fowler

    Just the Yolen, the Kelly, the Swanwick, and the Fowler, which I think
    are also the stories that were in Starlight 1.

    None? (though the description of the Kelly story in the ISFDB looks
    familiar).

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