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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: Nebula Finalists 1992
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:18:44 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <v743kq$sc36$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>James Nicoll 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
>
>
>
>It took me years to get around to reading these two.  Could the rest be 
>as rewarding?
>
>> Bone Dance by Emma Bull
>> Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
>> Synners by Pat Cadigan
>> The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling

I remember liking the Bull but nothing else. The Barnes was interesting
enough I tracked down his early work. Pity he seems to have left the 
field. Synner is slow to start but worth it in the end. I don't remember
much about the Gibson & Sterling but I've never reread it. 



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