Nebula Finalists 1981

Poll #31116 Nebula Finalists 1981

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Which 1981 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

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Timescape by Gregory Benford
38 (50.7%)

Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
38 (50.7%)

Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
9 (12.0%)

The Orphan by Robert Stallman
3 (4.0%)

The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
46 (61.3%)

The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
57 (76.0%)

Which 1981 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

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Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
24 (45.3%)

Dangerous Games by Marta Randall
7 (13.2%)

Lost Dorsai by Gordon R. Dickson
30 (56.6%)

The Autopsy by Michael Shea
3 (5.7%)

The Brave Little Toaster by Thomas M. Disch
32 (60.4%)

There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me by Avram Davidson
2 (3.8%)

Which 1981 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

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The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop
37 (74.0%)

Beatnik Bayou by John Varley
21 (42.0%)

Ginungagap by Michael Swanwick
16 (32.0%)

Strata by Edward Bryant
6 (12.0%)

The Feast of Saint Janis by Michael Swanwick
6 (12.0%)

The Way Station by Stephen King
15 (30.0%)

Which 1981 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

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Grotto of the Dancing Deer by Clifford D. Simak
21 (72.4%)

Secrets of the Heart by Charles L. Grant
3 (10.3%)

The War Beneath the Tree (variant of War Beneath the Tree) by Gene Wolfe
9 (31.0%)

Window by Bob Leman
5 (17.2%)

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Which 1981 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Timescape by Gregory Benford
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
The Orphan by Robert Stallman
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge


Which 1981 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
Dangerous Games by Marta Randall
Lost Dorsai by Gordon R. Dickson
The Autopsy by Michael Shea
The Brave Little Toaster by Thomas M. Disch
There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me by Avram Davidson


Which 1981 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop
Beatnik Bayou by John Varley
Ginungagap by Michael Swanwick
Strata by Edward Bryant
The Feast of Saint Janis by Michael Swanwick
The Way Station by Stephen King


Which 1981 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

Grotto of the Dancing Deer by Clifford D. Simak
Secrets of the Heart by Charles L. Grant
The War Beneath the Tree (variant of War Beneath the Tree) by Gene Wolfe
Window by Bob Leman

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