• Nebula Finalists 1976

    From James Nicoll@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 26 00:47:41 2024

    Some finalist lists were very long this year. Not sure why.

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
    The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
    Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
    The Female Man by Joanna Russ
    A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
    A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
    Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
    Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
    Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg
    Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
    Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
    Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
    The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
    The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
    The Embedding by Ian Watson
    The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
    The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
    The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg

    I have read the Haldeman, the N&P, the Delany, the Bishop, the Anderson,
    the Zelazny (my favourite RZ), the MacLean, the Lee, the Bester (how
    did it get nominated for an award?), the Watson, the McIntyre, the
    Bradley, and the Silverberg.

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Home Is the Hangman by Roger Zelazny
    The Storms of Windhaven by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
    A Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree, Jr.
    Sunrise West by William K. Carlson

    All but the Carlson, which I've never heard of.

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    San Diego Lightfoot Sue by Tom Reamy
    The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhaill by Randall Garrett
    Retrograde Summer by John Varley
    A Galaxy Called Rome by Barry N. Malzberg
    The Custodians by Richard Cowper
    Blooded on Arachne by Michael Bishop
    Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman by Avram Davidson
    The Bleeding Man by Craig Strete
    The Dybbuk Dolls by Jack Dann
    The New Atlantis by Ursula K. Le Guin
    The Warlord of Saturn's Moons by Eleanor Arnason

    I have read the Reamy, the Varley, the Bishop, the Le Guin, and the Arnason.

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    Catch That Zeppelin! by Fritz Leiber
    Child of All Ages by P. J. Plauger
    Shatterday by Harlan Ellison
    Sail the Tide of Mourning by Richard A. Lupoff
    Time Deer by Craig Strete
    Utopia of a Tired Man by Jorge Luis Borges
    A Scraping at the Bones by Algis Budrys
    Doing Lennon by Gregory Benford
    Attachment by Phyllis Eisenstein
    Find the Lady by Nicholas Fisk
    Growing Up in Edge City by Frederik Pohl
    White Creatures by Gregory Benford
    White Wolf Calling by Charles L. Grant

    I have read the Leiber, the Plauger, the Lupoff, the Strete, the
    Budrys, and the Benford.

    Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?

    Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley and Gene Wilder
    A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones
    Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
    Rollerball by William Harrison, Norman Jewison and Martin Julien

    All but A Boy and His Dog.
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  • From Chris Buckley@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 26 02:52:37 2024
    On 2024-03-25, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

    Some finalist lists were very long this year. Not sure why.

    Yes. I got lots of exercise today - my office is in the basement
    but the books are throughout the house and I made many trips to the
    second floor to remind myself of whether I had that novel or collection.
    (Next time I'll just take a couple of pictures on my phone and do it
    in one trip.)

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
    The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
    Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
    The Female Man by Joanna Russ
    A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
    A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
    Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
    Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
    Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg
    Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
    Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
    Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
    The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
    The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
    The Embedding by Ian Watson
    The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
    The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
    The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg

    I have read the Haldeman, the N&P, the Delany, the Bishop, the Anderson,
    the Zelazny (my favourite RZ), the MacLean, the Lee, the Bester (how
    did it get nominated for an award?), the Watson, the McIntyre, the
    Bradley, and the Silverberg.

    Same read list except I read the Russ and not the Watson.
    _The Forever War, _The Mote in Gods Eye_ and _Doorways in the Sand_ are on
    my Favorite bookcase and several others have been occasionally reread
    (_A Midsummer Tempest_, _The Birthgrave_, _The Heritage of Hastur_).
    A strong year.

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

    Home Is the Hangman by Roger Zelazny
    The Storms of Windhaven by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
    A Momentary Taste of Being by James Tiptree, Jr.
    Sunrise West by William K. Carlson

    All but the Carlson, which I've never heard of.

    The Zelazny and the Martin/Tuttle

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

    San Diego Lightfoot Sue by Tom Reamy
    The Final Fighting of Fion Mac Cumhaill by Randall Garrett
    Retrograde Summer by John Varley
    A Galaxy Called Rome by Barry N. Malzberg
    The Custodians by Richard Cowper
    Blooded on Arachne by Michael Bishop
    Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman by Avram Davidson
    The Bleeding Man by Craig Strete
    The Dybbuk Dolls by Jack Dann
    The New Atlantis by Ursula K. Le Guin
    The Warlord of Saturn's Moons by Eleanor Arnason

    I have read the Reamy, the Varley, the Bishop, the Le Guin, and the Arnason.

    Reamy, Varley, Malzberg, and LeGuin.

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

    Catch That Zeppelin! by Fritz Leiber
    Child of All Ages by P. J. Plauger
    Shatterday by Harlan Ellison
    Sail the Tide of Mourning by Richard A. Lupoff
    Time Deer by Craig Strete
    Utopia of a Tired Man by Jorge Luis Borges
    A Scraping at the Bones by Algis Budrys
    Doing Lennon by Gregory Benford
    Attachment by Phyllis Eisenstein
    Find the Lady by Nicholas Fisk
    Growing Up in Edge City by Frederik Pohl
    White Creatures by Gregory Benford
    White Wolf Calling by Charles L. Grant

    I have read the Leiber, the Plauger, the Lupoff, the Strete, the
    Budrys, and the Benford.

    As far as I can tell, just the Benford. We've reached the years where I am almost out of my general anthologies and the only short stories I have are
    in collections from favorite authors.

    Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?

    Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley and Gene Wilder
    A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones
    Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
    Rollerball by William Harrison, Norman Jewison and Martin Julien

    All but A Boy and His Dog.

    I think I've seen all which is very unusual (I don't see many movies),
    but this was undergrad years and I was a Cinema Club volunteer to see
    movies for free.

    For "A Boy and His Dog", the campus newspaper posted an opinion
    piece that it shouldn't be shown (anti-women). Ellison was incensed
    and came out in person to give an anti-censorship talk!

    Chris

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  • From Don@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 26 03:51:07 2024
    Chris Buckley wrote:
    James Nicoll wrote:

    Some finalist lists were very long this year. Not sure why.

    Yes. I got lots of exercise today - my office is in the basement
    but the books are throughout the house and I made many trips to the
    second floor to remind myself of whether I had that novel or collection. (Next time I'll just take a couple of pictures on my phone and do it
    in one trip.)

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
    The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
    Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
    The Female Man by Joanna Russ
    A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
    A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
    Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
    Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
    Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg
    Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
    Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
    Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
    The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
    The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
    The Embedding by Ian Watson
    The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
    The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
    The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg

    I have read the Haldeman, the N&P, the Delany, the Bishop, the Anderson,
    the Zelazny (my favourite RZ), the MacLean, the Lee, the Bester (how
    did it get nominated for an award?), the Watson, the McIntyre, the
    Bradley, and the Silverberg.

    Same read list except I read the Russ and not the Watson.
    _The Forever War, _The Mote in Gods Eye_ and _Doorways in the Sand_ are on
    my Favorite bookcase and several others have been occasionally reread
    (_A Midsummer Tempest_, _The Birthgrave_, _The Heritage of Hastur_).
    A strong year.

    Your favorite trio are the only novels on this list read by me. And
    _Doorways_ is also my favorite RZ. Here's what others say:

    Review by Walton <https://www.tor.com/2009/08/27/beautiful-poetic-and-experimental-roger-zelaznys-doorways-in-the-sand/>

    Review by Ola G <https://reenchantmentoftheworld.blog/2018/04/01/roger-zelazny-doorways-in-the-sand-1976/>

    Review by Jugularjosh <https://where-there-had-been-darkness.blogspot.com/2013/02/roger-zelazny-book-review-doorways-in.html>

    Technology and Ideas <http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/AuthorSpecAlphaList.asp?BkNum=7>

    # # #

    As of late, it's come to my attention how much skill it takes for an
    author to write in a manner suitable for an audio book. Zelazny is such
    an author. And so is PKD.
    It probably explains why so many PKD stories are adapted into
    screenplays. Some say Lem ranks higher than PKD in adaptation
    quantity.

    Danke,

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  • From Michael F. Stemper@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 26 05:43:15 2024
    On 25/03/2024 08.47, James Nicoll wrote:
    Some finalist lists were very long this year. Not sure why.

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
    Read in 1995, might read again some day.

    The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
    Read at least five times, and will certainly read again.

    Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
    Read three or four times, and will certainly read again.

    A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
    Read twice, and a third time is likely.

    The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
    Read in 1997, might read again.

    The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
    Tried once, bounced hard, sold.

    The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg
    On my shelves, but I appear to have not read it.

    Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?

    A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones
    Not only did I see the film, but before that, I read it in the pulps.

    Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
    Humorous, right? If so, I've seen it.


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    What happens if you play John Cage's "4'33" at a slower tempo?


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  • From Tony Nance@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 26 07:09:27 2024
    On 3/25/24 9:47 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Some finalist lists were very long this year. Not sure why.

    Which 1976 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
    The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
    Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
    The Female Man by Joanna Russ
    A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
    A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
    Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
    Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
    Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg
    Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
    Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
    Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
    The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
    The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
    The Embedding by Ian Watson
    The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
    The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
    The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg


    Holy cow, that's a lot of nominees. Does anyone know why there are so
    many nominees for this year as opposed to the ones before it?

    What happened?
    Tony
    P.S. I've read the Haldeman, Niven&Pournelle, Anderson, Zelazny, and Bester.



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  • From William Hyde@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 26 08:26:51 2024
    James Nicoll wrote:
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    Budrys, and the Benford.

    Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?

    Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley and Gene Wilder
    A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones
    Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
    Rollerball by William Harrison, Norman Jewison and Martin Julien

    All but A Boy and His Dog.

    I saw that in a theatre towards the end of its brief run, one of nine
    people at the beginning of the film, the only one there at the end.

    I didn't dislike it, but was hoping for better.

    I remember better the short film showed before the movie. It was
    a profile of a skier and I arrived home just after the radio
    announced that he had been shot, fatally. By someone who had
    been in a movie I saw earlier that week. No fiction writer would
    think that plausible.

    YF I've seen many times, but only fragments of the others.


    William Hyde


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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Mar 27 03:04:57 2024
    On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:47:41 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
    Nicoll) wrote:

    <snippo>

    Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?

    Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley and Gene Wilder
    A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones
    Dark Star by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
    Rollerball by William Harrison, Norman Jewison and Martin Julien

    All but A Boy and His Dog.=20

    Not only have I /seen/ all four, I have each and every one of them on
    it's very own well-manufactured and packaged DVD.

    And you really should see /A Boy and His Dog/.=20
    --=20
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Titus G@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Mar 29 15:58:32 2024
    On 26/03/24 10:26, William Hyde wrote:
    James Nicoll wrote: e
    Budrys, and the Benford.

    Which 1976 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?

    Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley and Gene Wilder A
    Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison and L. Q. Jones Dark Star by John
    Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon Rollerball by William Harrison, Norman
    Jewison and Martin Julien

    All but A Boy and His Dog.

    I saw that in a theatre towards the end of its brief run, one of
    nine people at the beginning of the film, the only one there at the
    end.

    I didn't dislike it, but was hoping for better.


    I haven't seen it and will avoid it because the short story by Ellison
    alone, is a favourite. I have close female platonic friends and
    don't consider myself sexist but was floored by the punch line.
    Just guessing, because I haven't read many short stories in recent
    years, that mostly short stories from the 60s and 70s did end with a
    punchline, a feature which is now not so common.


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