Marta Randall (note the lack of dates)

got a Nebula nomination? Huh.

This...this was amusing (winners in bold):

1967 	Samuel R. Delany+ 	Babel-17 	 
1967 	Daniel Keyes+ 	Flowers for Algernon 	 	 
1967 	Robert A. Heinlein 	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Marta Randall (note the lack of dates)

got a Nebula nomination? Huh.

This...this was amusing (winners in bold):

1967 	Samuel R. Delany+ 	Babel-17 	 
1967 	Daniel Keyes+ 	Flowers for Algernon 	 	 
1967 	Robert A. Heinlein 	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

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Nebulas, Best Novel f/m

Yeah, this got long.

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2000 Plus: Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart

Humanity's ship to Neptune is en route (at the leisurely pace of 12 km/s, if I heard right) when suddenly they find themselves within the debris field of a comet! Flung off course by encounter, all seems hopeless until ( Read more... )

Suddenly I asked myself

"So how do the authors of the Pompous Rose do against Le Guin on an ngram?"

And then I tossed in the rest of the Killer Bs because why not?

Suddenly I asked myself

"So how do the authors of the Pompous Rose do against Le Guin on an ngram?"

And then I tossed in the rest of the Killer Bs because why not?

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This surprised me

Ngram for Joanna Russ,Larry Niven,Jerry Pournelle, and Jim Baen

What makes this even more impressive is Russ was hobbled by health issues for much of the period covered in the ngram.

As pointed out in email

Plot holes in World War II

Nebulas, Best Novella f/m

Long.

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Drueselstein in WWII

Axis? Allies? Neutral?

Drueselstein in WWII

Axis? Allies? Neutral?

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