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.

Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window by Rachel Swirsky Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance by Paul Park
Iron Shoes by J. Kathleen Cheney
The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
The Sultan of the Clouds by Geoffrey A. Landis

Only the Swirsky, the Park, and the Chiang.


Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made by Eric James Stone
Map of Seventeen by Christopher Barzak
Pishaach by Shweta Narayan
Plus or Minus by James Patrick Kelly
Stone Wall Truth by Caroline M. Yoachim
The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard Van Oost and Oludara by Christopher Kastensmidt
The Jaguar House, in Shadow by Aliette de Bodard

Only the Stone and the de Bodard. The Stone is the space whale rape
story and I am inclined to name it the worst on this list... except Blackout/All Clear is so very long...


Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
How Interesting: A Tiny Man by Harlan Ellison
Ponies by Kij Johnson
Arvies by Adam-Troy Castro
Conditional Love by Felicity Shoulders
Ghosts of New York by Jennifer Pelland
I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno by Vylar Kaftan
The Green Book by Amal El-Mohtar

I have read only the Johnson and the El-Mohtar.
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In article <vi22vk$oac$[email protected]>,
[email protected] (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.

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.

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

Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window by Rachel Swirsky Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance by Paul Park
Iron Shoes by J. Kathleen Cheney
The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
The Sultan of the Clouds by Geoffrey A. Landis

Only the Swirsky, the Park, and the Chiang.

Only the Landis

Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made by Eric James Stone
Map of Seventeen by Christopher Barzak
Pishaach by Shweta Narayan
Plus or Minus by James Patrick Kelly
Stone Wall Truth by Caroline M. Yoachim
The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard Van Oost and Oludara by Christopher Kastensmidt
The Jaguar House, in Shadow by Aliette de Bodard

Only the Stone and the de Bodard. The Stone is the space whale rape
story and I am inclined to name it the worst on this list... except Blackout/All Clear is so very long...

I must have read the Stone (because it was in Analog), but I don't
remember anything about it.

Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
How Interesting: A Tiny Man by Harlan Ellison
Ponies by Kij Johnson
Arvies by Adam-Troy Castro
Conditional Love by Felicity Shoulders
Ghosts of New York by Jennifer Pelland
I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno by Vylar Kaftan
The Green Book by Amal El-Mohtar

I have read only the Johnson and the El-Mohtar.

None.

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In article <[email protected]>,
Robert Woodward <[email protected]> wrote:

In article <vi22vk$oac$[email protected]>,
[email protected] (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.

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.

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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On 11/25/24 14:35, 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.

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

...

I have read "Blackout" and "Echo".

Lynn

And your opinion of those works?


bliss

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On 11/25/24 16:44, Lynn McGuire wrote:

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.

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

...

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

I am quite sure that I too have read the "Blackout" story
and yes I too found it interesting.

bliss

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