Another week, another year of Nebula finalists. For some reason,
1977 seems to have been my personal golden age, so I've read a lot
of them.

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg
Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Islands by Marta Randall
Triton by Samuel R. Delany

All of them.


Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree, Jr.
The Samurai and the Willows by Michael Bishop
Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Richard Cowper
The Eyeflash Miracles by Gene Wolfe

Also all of them, although in the case of the Cowper it was as part
of a novel.

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov
In the Bowl by John Varley
Custer's Last Jump by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop
His Hour Upon the Stage by Grant Carrington

All but the final, which is new to me. A new author to seek out!

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Crowd of Shadows by Charles L. Grant
Tricentennial by Joe Haldeman
Stone Circle by Lisa Tuttle
Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep by Thomas F. Monteleone
Mary Margaret Road-Grader by Howard Waldrop
Back to the Stone Age by Jake Saunders

Just the Haldeman and the Waldrop. For the most part, the oversights
were inadvertent. The exception is Laser-author Montelone. A day
without Montelone is like a day without papercuts.

Which 1977 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?

Harlan! Harlan Ellison Reads Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison
Logan's Run by David Zelag Goodman, George Clayton Johnson, and William
F. Nolan
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Paul Mayersberg and Walter Tevis

Just the final two. I feel like Ellison could have worked his name
in there a few more times.
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On 4/1/2024 10:44 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

Another week, another year of Nebula finalists. For some reason,
1977 seems to have been my personal golden age, so I've read a lot
of them.

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg
Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Islands by Marta Randall
Triton by Samuel R. Delany

All but Wilhelm and Randall

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree, Jr.
The Samurai and the Willows by Michael Bishop
Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Richard Cowper
The Eyeflash Miracles by Gene Wolfe

Tiptree and Cowper

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov
In the Bowl by John Varley
Custer's Last Jump by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop
His Hour Upon the Stage by Grant Carrington

Only Asimov and Varley

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Crowd of Shadows by Charles L. Grant
Tricentennial by Joe Haldeman
Stone Circle by Lisa Tuttle
Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep by Thomas F. Monteleone
Mary Margaret Road-Grader by Howard Waldrop
Back to the Stone Age by Jake Saunders

None

Which 1977 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?

Harlan! Harlan Ellison Reads Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison
Logan's Run by David Zelag Goodman, George Clayton Johnson, and William
F. Nolan
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Paul Mayersberg and Walter Tevis

Logan's Run, and TMWFtE.




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On 2024-04-01, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Another week, another year of Nebula finalists. For some reason,
1977 seems to have been my personal golden age, so I've read a lot
of them.

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg
Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Islands by Marta Randall
Triton by Samuel R. Delany

All of them.

Read all. Only the Wilhelm is on my Favorite bookcase. The
Silverberg was good.

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree, Jr.
The Samurai and the Willows by Michael Bishop
Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Richard Cowper
The Eyeflash Miracles by Gene Wolfe

Also all of them, although in the case of the Cowper it was as part
of a novel.

All but the Bishop (the Cowper as part of _The Road to Corlay_)

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov
In the Bowl by John Varley
Custer's Last Jump by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop
His Hour Upon the Stage by Grant Carrington

All but the final, which is new to me. A new author to seek out!

The Asimov and the Varley

Which 1977 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Crowd of Shadows by Charles L. Grant
Tricentennial by Joe Haldeman
Stone Circle by Lisa Tuttle
Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep by Thomas F. Monteleone
Mary Margaret Road-Grader by Howard Waldrop
Back to the Stone Age by Jake Saunders

Just the Haldeman and the Waldrop. For the most part, the oversights
were inadvertent. The exception is Laser-author Montelone. A day
without Montelone is like a day without papercuts.

A complete miss.

Which 1977 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?

Harlan! Harlan Ellison Reads Harlan Ellison by Harlan Ellison
Logan's Run by David Zelag Goodman, George Clayton Johnson, and William
F. Nolan
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Paul Mayersberg and Walter Tevis

Just the final two. I feel like Ellison could have worked his name
in there a few more times.

The last two also.

Chris

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