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From: Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com>
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Subject: Re: Nebula Finalists 2008
Date: 4 Nov 2024 14:54:39 GMT
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On 2024-11-04, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
> 2008! Canadian PM Harper feigns official regret for the residential 
> school system, billions around the world are heart-broken when the 
> Large Hadron Collider does not create a mini-black hole and instantly 
> destroy the Earth, and in the US, the election of the very first Black 
> President drives tens of millions of white voters completely bat-shit 
> insane.
>
>
> Which 2008 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
>
> The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
> Odyssey by Jack McDevitt
> Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell
> The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
> The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson
>
> Only the McDevitt and the Buckell.

Only the Chabon and the Buckell. The Buckell was quite good (second in
a series that trailed off I thought.)  The Chabon was a more typical
Nebula Award winner - more mainstream and I admired it (or parts of
it) but didn't like it.

Nothing shorter, nor any of the films.

Chris