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On 9/23/24 13:55, William Hyde wrote:
> James Nicoll wrote:
>> 2002: People across the interweb tubes embraced blogging, WorldCom's
>> earning report was inexplicably snubbed by the World Fantasy Award,
>> and the SARS pandemic taught the world a valuable lesson about disease
>> control it would surely never forget.
>>
>> Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
>>
>> The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
>> A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
>> Eternity's End by Jeffrey A. Carver
>> Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis
>> Passage by Connie Willis
>> The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy
>> The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip
>>
>> I have a decent hit rate for this category: the Asaro, the Landis,
>> the Willis, and the McCarthy. Avoided the Martin as the series was
>> not at that time finished, I've never been able to finish a Carver
>> (no idea why) and I will probably track down the McKillip. I might
>> own it.
> 
> I've read  the Martin, the Willis and (thanks for the recommendation) 
> the  McCarthy.
>>
>> My hit rate plummets after novels.
>>
>>
>> Which 2002 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
>>
>> The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson
> 
> Has anyone considered  the possibility that Williamson was a member of 
> the Howard families?
> 
> William Hyde
	
	I doubt it as he passed in 2006.
  	bliss


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