Nebula Finalists 1984

Poll #31314 Nebula Finalists 1984

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Which 1984 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

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Startide Rising by David Brin
59 (86.8%)

Against Infinity by Gregory Benford
13 (19.1%)

Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance
11 (16.2%)

Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy
45 (66.2%)

The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
39 (57.4%)

The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad
14 (20.6%)

Which 1984 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

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Hardfought by Greg Bear
13 (44.8%)

Eszterhazy and the Autogondola-Invention by Avram Davidson
5 (17.2%)

Her Habiline Husband by Michael Bishop
5 (17.2%)

Homefaring by Robert Silverberg
2 (6.9%)

The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis (or, the Astrogator's Testimony) by Michael Bishop
2 (6.9%)

Transit by Vonda N. McIntyre
14 (48.3%)

Which 1984 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

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Blood Music by Greg Bear
45 (90.0%)

Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson
8 (16.0%)

Blind Shemmy by Jack Dann
1 (2.0%)

Cicada Queen by Bruce Sterling
10 (20.0%)

Slow Birds by Ian Watson
12 (24.0%)

The Monkey Treatment by George R. R. Martin
7 (14.0%)

The Sidon in the Mirror by Connie Willis
13 (26.0%)

Which 1984 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

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The Peacemaker by Gardner Dozois
6 (28.6%)

Cryptic by Jack McDevitt
2 (9.5%)

Ghost Town by Chad Oliver
1 (4.8%)

Her Furry Face by Leigh Kennedy
7 (33.3%)

The Geometry of Narrative by Hilbert Schenck
2 (9.5%)

Wong's Lost and Found Emporium by William F. Wu
11 (52.4%)

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Which 1984 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

Startide Rising by David Brin
Against Infinity by Gregory Benford
Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance
Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy
The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad


Which 1984 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?

Hardfought by Greg Bear
Eszterhazy and the Autogondola-Invention by Avram Davidson
Her Habiline Husband by Michael Bishop
Homefaring by Robert Silverberg
The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis (or, the Astrogator's Testimony) by Michael Bishop
Transit by Vonda N. McIntyre


Which 1984 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?

Blood Music by Greg Bear
Black Air by Kim Stanley Robinson
Blind Shemmy by Jack Dann
Cicada Queen by Bruce Sterling
Slow Birds by Ian Watson
The Monkey Treatment by George R. R. Martin
The Sidon in the Mirror by Connie Willis


Which 1984 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?

The Peacemaker by Gardner Dozois
Cryptic by Jack McDevitt
Ghost Town by Chad Oliver
Her Furry Face by Leigh Kennedy
The Geometry of Narrative by Hilbert Schenck
Wong's Lost and Found Emporium by William F. Wu

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2 The Endless Frontier, Vol. II (1982) [A] by John F. Carr and Jerry Pournelle
3 Cities in Space (1991) [A] by John F. Carr and Jerry Pournelle
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