Another round of Nebula finalist, these granted in 1978.

Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Gateway by Frederik Pohl
In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford
Cirque by Terry Carr
Moonstar Odyssey by David Gerrold
Sword of the Demon by Richard A. Lupoff

All but the Lupoff.


Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Stardance by Jeanne Robinson & Spider Robinson
Aztecs by Vonda N. McIntyre

Both.


Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

The Screwfly Solution by James Tiptree, Jr.
A Rite of Spring by Fritz Leiber
Particle Theory by Edward Bryant
The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven (...) by Carter Scholz
The Stone City by George R. R. Martin

All of them.

Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Jeffty Is Five by Harlan Ellison
Air Raid by John Varley
The Hibakusha Gallery by Edward Bryant
Camera Obscura by Thomas F. Monteleone
Tin Woodman by Dennis R. Bailey and Dave Bischoff

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


Which 1978 Special Award (Not a Nebula) Have You Seen?

Star Wars by George Lucas

I've seen this. There was talk of a sequel, as I recall.
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James Nicoll wrote:

Another round of Nebula finalist, these granted in 1978.

Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Gateway by Frederik Pohl
In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford
Cirque by Terry Carr
Moonstar Odyssey by David Gerrold
Sword of the Demon by Richard A. Lupoff

All but the Lupoff.

All but the Gerrold, which I have never seen.

Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Stardance by Jeanne Robinson & Spider Robinson
Aztecs by Vonda N. McIntyre

Both.

Neither. As far as I can recall, anyway.

Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

The Screwfly Solution by James Tiptree, Jr.
A Rite of Spring by Fritz Leiber
Particle Theory by Edward Bryant
The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven (...) by Carter Scholz

Ah, the only time I "won" a YASID was with this story.

The Stone City by George R. R. Martin

All but the Bryant.

All of them.

Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Jeffty Is Five by Harlan Ellison
Air Raid by John Varley
The Hibakusha Gallery by Edward Bryant
Camera Obscura by Thomas F. Monteleone
Tin Woodman by Dennis R. Bailey and Dave Bischoff

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

Only the first two. I seem to have missed a lot of Bryant.

William Hyde

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On 2024-04-08, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Another round of Nebula finalist, these granted in 1978.

Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Gateway by Frederik Pohl
In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford
Cirque by Terry Carr
Moonstar Odyssey by David Gerrold
Sword of the Demon by Richard A. Lupoff

All but the Lupoff.

Just the Pohl and the Benford. _Gateway_ is a borderline Favorite.

Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Stardance by Jeanne Robinson & Spider Robinson
Aztecs by Vonda N. McIntyre

Both.

Just Stardance

Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

The Screwfly Solution by James Tiptree, Jr.
A Rite of Spring by Fritz Leiber
Particle Theory by Edward Bryant
The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven (...) by Carter Scholz
The Stone City by George R. R. Martin

All of them.

The Tiptree.

Which 1978 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Jeffty Is Five by Harlan Ellison
Air Raid by John Varley
The Hibakusha Gallery by Edward Bryant
Camera Obscura by Thomas F. Monteleone
Tin Woodman by Dennis R. Bailey and Dave Bischoff

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

Ellison and Varley.

Which 1978 Special Award (Not a Nebula) Have You Seen?

Star Wars by George Lucas

I've seen this. There was talk of a sequel, as I recall.

Saw it (multiple times on first release.)

Chris

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