Nebula Finalists 1980

[james_davis_nicoll]

Poll #31088 Nebula Finalists 1980

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Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

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The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
43 (59.7%)

On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
23 (31.9%)

Titan by John Varley
52 (72.2%)

Jem by Frederik Pohl
21 (29.2%)

Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
16 (22.2%)

The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper
13 (18.1%)

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

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Enemy Mine by Barry B. Longyear
36 (78.3%)

Fireship by Joan D. Vinge
18 (39.1%)

The Tale of Gorgik by Samuel R. Delany
10 (21.7%)

Mars Masked by Frederik Pohl
2 (4.3%)

The Battle of the Abaco Reefs by Hilbert Schenck
6 (13.0%)

The Story Writer by Richard Wilson
2 (4.3%)

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

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Sandkings by George R. R. Martin
49 (80.3%)

Options by John Varley
27 (44.3%)

The Ways of Love by Poul Anderson
4 (6.6%)

Camps by Jack Dann
2 (3.3%)

The Angel of Death by Michael Shea
1 (1.6%)

The Pathways of Desire by Ursula K. Le Guin
22 (36.1%)

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

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giANTS by Edward Bryant
11 (20.8%)

Unaccompanied Sonata by Orson Scott Card
30 (56.6%)

The Way of Cross and Dragon by George R. R. Martin
28 (52.8%)

Red As Blood by Tanith Lee
31 (58.5%)

The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand by Joanna Russ
11 (20.8%)

Vernalfest Morning by Michael Bishop
2 (3.8%)

Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, and underline for never heard of it.



Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
Titan by John Varley
Jem by Frederik Pohl
Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper


Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Enemy Mine by Barry B. Longyear
Fireship by Joan D. Vinge
The Tale of Gorgik by Samuel R. Delany
Mars Masked by Frederik Pohl
The Battle of the Abaco Reefs by Hilbert Schenck
The Story Writer by Richard Wilson

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Sandkings by George R. R. Martin
Options by John Varley
The Ways of Love by Poul Anderson
Camps by Jack Dann
The Angel of Death by Michael Shea
The Pathways of Desire by Ursula K. Le Guin


Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

giANTS by Edward Bryant
Unaccompanied Sonata by Orson Scott Card
The Way of Cross and Dragon by George R. R. Martin
Red As Blood by Tanith Lee
The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand by Joanna Russ
Vernalfest Morning by Michael Bishop

Comments

[anne]

Titan was very popular among my high school friend group because there was a prostitution license from My County, Texas, and we thought that was the funniest thing ever. (Is that all I remember about it? No! There was a spaceship too!)

[jreynolds197]

A very weak year for me. I've read Clarke's The Fountains of Paradise & Varley's Titan. I might have read some of the other works, but if so, I have no recollection of them.

Funny. That was my personal golden age of science fiction.

[james_davis_nicoll]

This is, of course, also the year that Thomas M. Disch published a scathing essay titled The Labor Day Group (pdf), in which he expressed his dissatisfaction with the state of science fiction and with the Hugos in particular and offered speculations about why things were as they were. Edward Bryant in particular was a target for Disch's ire.

1980 was a good year for Disch in terms of being a finalist (He was up for the Hugo, Campbell Memorial, Nebula, Locus, and the BSFA), and in terms of wins (he won both the Campbell and the BSFA). That said, he placed second to the Clarke in the Nebulas and dead last in the Hugos. It's been decades since I read either and I don't know if I'd have put the Clarke first.

[chrysostom]

Disch...was not a happy man.

[oh6]

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
Titan by John Varley
Jem by Frederik Pohl
Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Enemy Mine by Barry B. Longyear
Fireship by Joan D. Vinge
The Tale of Gorgik by Samuel R. Delany
Mars Masked by Frederik Pohl
The Battle of the Abaco Reefs by Hilbert Schenck
The Story Writer by Richard Wilson

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Sandkings by George R. R. Martin
Options by John Varley
The Ways of Love by Poul Anderson
Camps by Jack Dann
The Angel of Death by Michael Shea
The Pathways of Desire by Ursula K. Le Guin

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

giANTS by Edward Bryant
Unaccompanied Sonata by Orson Scott Card
The Way of Cross and Dragon by George R. R. Martin
Red As Blood by Tanith Lee
The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand by Joanna Russ
Vernalfest Morning by Michael Bishop

I'd never heard of Hilbert Schenck, and haven't read anything by Michael Bishop or Barry B. Longyear.

[frith]

Two of those items I know from their film adaptations: Enemy Mine (made for TV movie) and Sand Kings (Outer Limits episode, they control the vertical and the horizontal, please stand by). As for The Fountains of Paradise, I'd read anything by Arthur C. Clarke. All I remember is the CORA emergency on the space elevator.

[jamoche]

Definitely one, possibly more, from Omni magazine, which I had a subscription to. Or rather my parents got me one (I was 15), in a surprising recognition of my interests..

[chrysostom]

Three stories first appeared in Omni. Pretty good start for them!

Novellas:
Enemy Mine - Asimov's
Fireship - Analog
Tale of Gorgik - Asimov's Adventure magazine
Abaco Reefs - F&SF
Story Writer - Destinies

Novelette:
Sandkings - Omni
Options - Universe 9
Ways of Love - Destinies
Camps - F&SF
Angel of Death - F&SF
Pathways of Desire - New Dimensions 9

Shorts:
giANTS - Analog
Unaccompanied Sonata - Omni
Cross and Dragon - Omni
Red as Blood - F&SF
Extraordinary Voyages - F&SF
Vernalfest - Chrysalis 3

[patrick_morris_miller]

Omni was a pretty darn good source for short fiction of a certain stripe. Pity about the rest of the rag.

[chrysostom]

The cartoons were good!

[snippy]

Observing my results from several of these, it's clear that at the time I did not read a lot of shorter works. I pick up the occasional short story or novelette from OMNI or the annual collections I was fond of buying but novellas are rare in my history until the 2000s.

Braxis

[(Anonymous)]

Unknown authors:
Richard Cowper
Hilbert Schenck
Jack Dann
Michael Shea
Michael Bishop

There are definitely no cats in Titan.

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
Titan by John Varley
Jem by Frederik Pohl
Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper


Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Enemy Mine by Barry B. Longyear
Fireship by Joan D. Vinge
The Tale of Gorgik by Samuel R. Delany
Mars Masked by Frederik Pohl
The Battle of the Abaco Reefs by Hilbert Schenck
The Story Writer by Richard Wilson

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Sandkings by George R. R. Martin
Options by John Varley
The Ways of Love by Poul Anderson
Camps by Jack Dann
The Angel of Death by Michael Shea
The Pathways of Desire by Ursula K. Le Guin


Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

giANTS by Edward Bryant
Unaccompanied Sonata by Orson Scott Card
The Way of Cross and Dragon by George R. R. Martin
Red As Blood by Tanith Lee
The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand by Joanna Russ
Vernalfest Morning by Michael Bishop

[andrewducker]

Fountains of Paradise is probably my favourite Clarke. I absolutely love the structure.

[ba_munronoe]

Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?


The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
Titan by John Varley
Jem by Frederik Pohl
Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper




Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?


Enemy Mine by Barry B. Longyear (Saw the movie)
Fireship by Joan D. Vinge
The Tale of Gorgik by Samuel R. Delany
Mars Masked by Frederik Pohl (Kinda sorta: want to finish the “Cool War” someday)
The Battle of the Abaco Reefs by Hilbert Schenck
The Story Writer by Richard Wilson


Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?


Sandkings by George R. R. Martin
Options by John Varley
The Ways of Love by Poul Anderson (Description I saw while looking it up intrigued me)
Camps by Jack Dann (think I heard of it?)
The Angel of Death by Michael Shea
The Pathways of Desire by Ursula K. Le Guin




Which 1980 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?


giANTS by Edward Bryant
Unaccompanied Sonata by Orson Scott Card
The Way of Cross and Dragon by George R. R. Martin
Red As Blood by Tanith Lee (Found a place to read it online, so will have read soon)
The Extraordinary Voyages of Amélie Bertrand by Joanna Russ
Vernalfest Morning by Michael Bishop