jdnicoll, 20 days ago

Which 1982 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe ✓
Little, Big by John Crowley ✓
Radix by A. A. Attanasio ✓
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban ✓
The Many-Colored Land by Julian May ✓
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas ✓

jdnicoll, 20 days ago

Which 1982 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson #
Amnesia by Jack Dann
In the Western Tradition by Phyllis Eisenstein
Swarmer, Skimmer by Gregory Benford ✓
The Winter Beach by Kate Wilhelm
True Names by Vernor Vinge ✓

jdnicoll, 20 days ago

I will die angry that not only did Anderson's stupid story win a Hugo AND a Nebula, Anderson unnecessarily inserted it into the Technic timeline.

nitpicking, 20 days ago

@jdnicoll I enjoyed "The Saturn Game". I don't care about awards, so that didn't affect me much.

I think it shows one of Anderson's strengths (vivid, poetic language) and perhaps a weakness (plot logic).