Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Nebula finalists 2010 Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 07:49:27 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:49:26 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="eba173125751a057e1219d33197d9d86"; logging-data="179766"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/OzPsby2kd4UVhtI96o4xV" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:KiiR0XAxlxUJmUX1gDLpeZLmCc0= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2285 On 11/19/2024 11:18 AM, William Hyde wrote: > Titus G wrote: >> On 19/11/24 03:42, James Nicoll wrote: >> >>> Which 2010 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read? >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> I read the Bacigalupi (which I hated and which kept its publisher >>> afloat for years), the Priest and the Mieville >>> >> >> Both the Bacigalupi and the Mieville novels were a solid four stars >> for me. >> Bacigalupi's "Ship Breaker" was less than mediocre and I just discovered >> that I have "The Water Knife" so began reading it today. So far it is a >> dark but a brilliant corrupt dystopia of a future of dust storms and >> water shortage where Nevada controls the water from the Colorado and >> Arizona is turning into a deserted desert like Texas already is. > > > I'm not likely to read the book any time soon so, how does Texas turn > into a desert? > Much of Texas already is a desert. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.