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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: Nebula finalists 2011
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:19:21 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <robertaw-52B34B.10133825112024@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
>In article <vi22vk$oac$1@reader2.panix.com>,
> jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
>
>> 2011! Revolutions across the Middle signal the inevitable rise of democracy,
>> the American space shuttle makes its final landing, and some really quite 
>> fuck-awful SF won awards in this, the annus horriblis of speculative 
>> fiction.
>> 
>> Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
>> 
>> Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis
>> Echo by Jack McDevitt
>> Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
>> The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
>> The Native Star by M. K. Hobson
>> Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
>> 
>> I have read all of them. The Willis would be the worst piece on this
>> list if not for another work.
>
>None. BTW, what is your opinion of the other 5?

McDevitt is basically mac and cheese. Nothing revelatory but you 
know what you are getting. Like the Kowal but I was surprised magic
didn't have a larger effect on the setting. Like the Jemisin so much
I nominated it for a Hugo, forgetting that because I read an arc, it 
would not be eligible for another year. Don't remember much about
the Hobson or for that matter the Okorafor. 
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