Nebula Finalists 2009

[james_davis_nicoll]

2009: Minecraft is released, the Treaty of Lisbon comes into force, and the common vernacular now includes the term "alt-right".

Poll #32206 Nebula Finalists 2009

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 80

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Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

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Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
20 (27.4%)

Brasyl by Ian McDonald
11 (15.1%)

Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
6 (8.2%)

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
36 (49.3%)

Making Money by Terry Pratchett
50 (68.5%)

Superpowers by David J. Schwartz
3 (4.1%)

Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

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The Spacetime Pool by Catherine Asaro
3 (33.3%)

Dangerous Space by Kelley Eskridge
2 (22.2%)

Dark Heaven by Gregory Benford
1 (11.1%)

The Duke in His Castle by Vera Nazarian
1 (11.1%)

The Political Prisoner by Charles Coleman Finlay
5 (55.6%)

Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

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Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel
8 (66.7%)

Baby Doll (translation of Baby Doll) by Johanna Sinisalo
1 (8.3%)

Dark Rooms by Lisa Goldstein
3 (25.0%)

If Angels Fight by Richard Bowes
3 (25.0%)

Kaleidoscope by K. D. Wentworth
2 (16.7%)

Night Wind by Mary Rosenblum
0 (0.0%)

The Ray-Gun: A Love Story by James Alan Gardner
8 (66.7%)

Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

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Trophy Wives by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
6 (37.5%)

26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss by Kij Johnson
12 (75.0%)

Don't Stop by James Patrick Kelly
2 (12.5%)

Mars: A Traveler's Guide by Ruth Nestvold
3 (18.8%)

The Button Bin by Mike Allen
1 (6.2%)

The Dreaming Wind by Jeffrey Ford
1 (6.2%)

The Tomb Wife by Gwyneth Jones
2 (12.5%)

Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?

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WALL-E by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, and Peter Docter
50 (79.4%)

Stargate Atlantis: “The Shrine” by Brad Wright
12 (19.0%)

The Dark Knight by Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer
43 (68.3%)

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



Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
Superpowers by David J. Schwartz


Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

The Spacetime Pool by Catherine Asaro
Dangerous Space by Kelley Eskridge
Dark Heaven by Gregory Benford
The Duke in His Castle by Vera Nazarian
The Political Prisoner by Charles Coleman Finlay


Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel
Baby Doll (translation of Baby Doll) by Johanna Sinisalo
Dark Rooms by Lisa Goldstein
If Angels Fight by Richard Bowes
Kaleidoscope by K. D. Wentworth
Night Wind by Mary Rosenblum
The Ray-Gun: A Love Story by James Alan Gardner


Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Trophy Wives by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss by Kij Johnson
Don't Stop by James Patrick Kelly
Mars: A Traveler's Guide by Ruth Nestvold
The Button Bin by Mike Allen
The Dreaming Wind by Jeffrey Ford
The Tomb Wife by Gwyneth Jones

Which 2009 Nebula Finalist Script's Film Have You Seen?
WALL-E by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, and Peter Docter
Stargate Atlantis: “The Shrine” by Brad Wright
The Dark Knight by Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer

I am struck by how poorly reprinted some of these stories are. Also, appalled at my low hit rate, given that the SFBC, RT, and PW were all funnelling books to me by the wheelbarrow load.

Comments

[julian]

Read the Le Guin, Doctorow, Pratchett. (Don't need that much Doctorow, all things considered. Nice person, though.)

Read the Eskridge, want to read Nazarian in general; also, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and all the films. (I guess I can see why that SG:A episode was nominated. It's an Event, and so on. Don't remember it being *that* good, though.)

[mikeda]

The Pratchett and the Wall-E and Dark Knight movies.

Although I didn't watch Wall-E until afterwards.

[jreynolds197]

I've read the novel-length version of Pride and Prejudice. Quite enjoyable.

[xeger]

Still wishing for a box for "none of the above" over here ... (apparently 2009 wasn't a good year)

[james_davis_nicoll]

2009 was when I encountered an unfortunate consequence of having adopted a bunch of cats with health issues around the same time: between 2009 and 2014, pretty much all my cats died of one medical ailment or another.