In recent years, the Nebula awards have seemed a little random: good things get passed over, and some of the nominees are a bit odd. Everyone laments it -- last year Locus called one of the nominees unreadable.
I suspect that (part of) the issue is that most SFWA members are in a condition similar to my own: I subscribe to F&SF, Analog, and Asimovs, and am about 18 months behind in my reading of them. So, it's very hit and miss; I nominate things I like as soon as I read them, but I don't do anything like a broad reading of what was published -- especially novels! I wonder if members in RSpec could post recommendations for things that they read, published in the last year, that deserve consideration for a Nebula nomination. I'd be grateful, and would try to read it, and would both vote and lobby for it if I agreed. Maybe others among us would do the same. (There are enough SFWA members in Rochester that we could get something neglected noticed if not nominated -- 10 SFWA member votes are needed to get something on the ballot.) And maybe we can as a group kick around pros and cons, share impressions, engage in lofty criticism, etc. So, anybody read anything good that was published this last year? cd ________ FYI, to see what (little) I've done so far: my recommendations have been.... NOVELS DiChario, Nick: Valley of Day-Glo Doctorow, Cory: Little Brother Gibson, William: Spook Country Harrison, M. John: Nova Swing Stross, Charles: Halting State [Sample bias: these are in fact all the eligible novels that I have read this year! I should stretch a bit and read something that is not just exactly what I expect to want to read. (Three of these are both no longer eligible and didn't make the ballot, which I consider bad: Gibson, Harrison, Stross.)] NOVELLAS Kress, Nancy: The Erdmann Nexus [I thought the idea was really original -- reminding me of Sturgeon or Kornbluth -- with characterization that somehow pulls off many narrators in a short space.] NOVELETTES Kosmatka, Ted: Divining Light Kosmatka, Ted: The Prophet of Flores [The Prophet has made it on the ballot.] SHORTS Bacigalupi, Paolo: The Gambler [Woah.] SCRIPTS Groening, Matt; Cohen, David X. and Keeler, Ken: Bender's Big Score Stanton, Andrew: WALL-E --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
