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From: "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Nebula finalists 1983
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 19:33:41 -0500
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On 13/05/2024 09.17, James Nicoll wrote:
> Another week, another round of Nebula finalists. This set is from the
> 1983 Nebula Awards, a year in which most people were blissfully unaware
> how badly the Soviets misjudged Able Archer.
> 
> Which 1983 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
> 
> No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
> Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
> Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
> Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss
> The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
> The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick

I bounced hard off of the Aldiss, and struggled through the Wolfe.
On the other hand, I've read the Asimov and the Heinlein repeatedly,
but only picked them up several years after their issue.

-- 
Michael F. Stemper
Economists have correctly predicted seven of the last three recessions.