Question

[james_davis_nicoll]

Noticed because this mentions me and the review I am going to link to in the next sentence.

This raises an interesting question: what is the worst Nebula-winning novel that you've read?

A list of winners and nominees.

I wonder if we could get Jo Walton to do for the Nebulas what she did for the Hugos?

Comments

[nelc.livejournal.com]

I never finished Rite of Passage, though I wouldn't say it was a bad book. I think the trouble was that I tried to read it a dozen years or so after publication, and it had already influenced a generation of writers. I haven't finished The Wind-Up Girl either, though it's still on my iPad. Maybe one day. I didn't enjoy Timescape much, though I did finish it. Blackout/All Clear is one I never want to read, thanks to the bad press it got.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

I have finished Rite Of Passage and I think it was a pretty good claim to being the worst Nebula winner. Nothing surpasses Blackout/All Clear though.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

I found Rite of Passage<./em> a bit slow, but non-terrible (if also far from great). After several tries with different books, and having several people who like her work tell me why they like it, I've come to the conclusion that I actively dislike Willis' writing and so I didn't ever try Blackout/All Clear.

[nathan helfinstine (from livejournal.com)]

I read it [Right of Passage] and was underwhelmed, but it's a long way from some of the actively bad books on the list. YMMV of course.

[Edited for clarity.]