Nebula Finalists 2011

[james_davis_nicoll]

2011! Revolutions across the Middle East signal the inevitable rise of democracy, the American space shuttle makes its final landing, and some really quite fuck-awful SF won awards in this, the annus horriblis of speculative fiction.

Poll #32270 Nebula Finalists 2011

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 79

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Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

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Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis
32 (43.2%)

Echo by Jack McDevitt
6 (8.1%)

Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
20 (27.0%)

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
61 (82.4%)

The Native Star by M. K. Hobson
4 (5.4%)

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
27 (36.5%)

Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

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The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window by Rachel Swirsky
10 (29.4%)

Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance by Paul Park
4 (11.8%)

Iron Shoes by J. Kathleen Cheney
1 (2.9%)

The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi
8 (23.5%)

The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
27 (79.4%)

The Sultan of the Clouds by Geoffrey A. Landis
4 (11.8%)

Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

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That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made by Eric James Stone
3 (18.8%)

Map of Seventeen by Christopher Barzak
0 (0.0%)

Pishaach by Shweta Narayan
3 (18.8%)

Plus or Minus by James Patrick Kelly
3 (18.8%)

Stone Wall Truth by Caroline M. Yoachim
5 (31.2%)

The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard Van Oost and Oludara by Christopher Kastensmidt
0 (0.0%)

The Jaguar House, in Shadow by Aliette de Bodard
12 (75.0%)

Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

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How Interesting: A Tiny Man by Harlan Ellison
5 (21.7%)

Ponies by Kij Johnson
18 (78.3%)

Arvies by Adam-Troy Castro
1 (4.3%)

Conditional Love by Felicity Shoulders
2 (8.7%)

Ghosts of New York by Jennifer Pelland
1 (4.3%)

I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno by Vylar Kaftan
3 (13.0%)

The Green Book by Amal El-Mohtar
8 (34.8%)

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

Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis
Echo by Jack McDevitt
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
The Native Star by M. K. Hobson
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor


Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window by Rachel Swirsky
Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance by Paul Park
Iron Shoes by J. Kathleen Cheney
The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
The Sultan of the Clouds by Geoffrey A. Landis


Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made by Eric James Stone
Map of Seventeen by Christopher Barzak
Pishaach by Shweta Narayan
Plus or Minus by James Patrick Kelly
Stone Wall Truth by Caroline M. Yoachim
The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard Van Oost and Oludara by Christopher Kastensmidt
The Jaguar House, in Shadow by Aliette de Bodard


Which 2011 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
How Interesting: A Tiny Man by Harlan Ellison
Ponies by Kij Johnson
Arvies by Adam-Troy Castro
Conditional Love by Felicity Shoulders
Ghosts of New York by Jennifer Pelland
I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno by Vylar Kaftan
The Green Book by Amal El-Mohtar

Comments

[patrick_morris_miller]

Yikes, a complete miss for me.

[kgbooklog]

Three for me, which may be a personal best. Certainly the most I've read in a single category.

[(Anonymous)]

"Across the Middle *East*"?

At least the Chiang was good.

[julian]

I didn't read the Willis because my partner did and was both bored and irritated; did read Kowal, Jemisin, and Okorafor. And then Swirsky, Narayan, and no short stories.

(Why no Outstanding Dramatic Presentation anymore?)

[patrick_morris_miller]

(Why no Outstanding Dramatic Presentation anymore?)

It was replaced by the Bradbury, which was not a Nebula at this point (but was retroactively made one).

[julian]

Aha. Thank you. (It's listed in the Nebula site, at this point, as an actual Nebula. If it wasn't at the time, it doesn't have to be retroactive. That's really only useful for like, union contracts.)

[oh6]

After 2 years in which I read none of the finalists, this year I read two, the Jemisin on recommendation and the Chiang because I read the collection it's in, because why wouldn't I.

[mikeda]

The Kowal and Jemisin novels and (I think) the Johnson short story.

[petrea_mitchell]

I did not read the Willis, but boy do I remember the online discourse about it!

[dormouse1953]

Indeed. I read the first part but had no urge to read the rest.

[rezendi]

Unusually, I think, The 100K Kingdoms is my favorite Jemisin.

[thomasyan]

Wow, if you had asked earlier this year, I would not have read any of these. I only read the Ted Chiang fairly recently

Gowachin Innocence Verdict

[frith]

Reading the list, Ponies had me opening a Duckduckgo tab post haste. Oh boy, nope nope nope. Not reading that one. I'd rather an A Boy and His Dog or even The Lottery twist, not The Yearling again. This one is a wee bit too real.

[agharta75]

I thought in 2011 that Jemisin was robbed. I still think so.