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From: wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman)
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Subject: Re: Nebula finalists 2024
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:14:10 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vpi0u9$chc$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

>Which 2024 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
>The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
>Shigidi, the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi
>The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
>The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang
>Translation State by Ann Leckie
>Witch King by Martha Wells

Once again only 50% overlap with the Hugo shortlist.  I have tried to
start the Wells a couple of times (I own it it hardcover) but haven't
succeeded yet.

>Which 2024 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
>Tantie Merle, the Farmhand 4200 by R. S. A. Garcia
>Bad Doors by John Wiswell
>Better Living Through Algorithms by Naomi Kritzer
>Once Upon a Time at the Oakmont by P. A. Cornell
>The Sound of Children Screaming by Rachael K. Jones
>Window Boy by Thomas Ha

I bounced off the Kritzer, one of only two stories overlapping with
the Hugos (the Jones was the other one).

>Which 2024 Norton Finalist Middle Grade/Young Adult Works Have You Read?
>To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
>Liberty's Daughter by Naomi Kritzer
>The Ghost Job by Greg van Eekhout
>The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern by J. Dianne Dotson

Haven't read any of these.  YA publishers tend to supply only excerpts
for the Lodestar voter's packet so I tend to make that an even lower
priority than the adult categories.  (It seems that authors and
publishers with experience in the adult categories are more likely to
supply complete works, whereas those that specialize in YA tend to
provide only excerpts and/or "e-galleys".  The Kritzer was complete in
both EPUB and PDF formats, but the Blackgoose was just an excerpt.)

-GAWollman

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