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From: Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com>
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Subject: Re: Nebula Finalists 1992
Date: 15 Jul 2024 17:46:00 GMT
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On 2024-07-15, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
> 1992: The Imperial Family of Russia faced a succession crisis following 
> Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich's death, the Maastricht Treaty brought 
> Europe closer to the utopian unity it enjoys today, and having 
> successfully defeated Iraq and brought the Cold War with the Soviet 
> Union to a close, George H. W. Bush faces an easy campaign against 
> scandal-plagued challenger, Bill Clinton. 
>
> Which 1992 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
>
> Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
> Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
> Bone Dance by Emma Bull
> Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
> Synners by Pat Cadigan
> The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
>
> All of them! Which will be the high water mark for this entry. I
> was not reading magazines and I seem to have been reading the
> wrong anthologies. 

All of them.  The Cadigan is the only Favorite, though marginally and
probably won't survive another rereading (was still reasonably fresh ideas
when it came out.)

Bujold is an author who I feel should have a spot on my Favorite
bookcase, but no single book quite made it. I should reread them all
again and pick one or two!

Novels were definitely my high water mark.  I didn't read any of
the shorter works, at least as shorter works.  I did read
_Beggars in Spain_ by Kress in its novel form.

Chris