15 March 1999 — mlo
NESFA continues to maintain a list of Good Stuff to read. Any
NESFA member who reads something that they would like to recommend to others to be
considered for a Hugo nomination can add it to the list. We will publish it from time to
time in Instant Message and on the nets. (Feel free to reproduce it provided you
reproduce it intact!) It’s neither definitive nor complete, but it contains the stories,
novels and non-fiction works that a bunch of well-read fans feel may be worthy of a Hugo
nomination. Items in bold indicate the Hugo winner for this year (1998).
| Novels |
| Earth Made of Glass |
John Barnes |
Tor |
mlo, pg, ec, arl, gf, by |
| Dinosaur Summer |
Greg Bear |
Warner Aspect |
mlo, po, kp, ec, pg |
| Cosm |
Gregory Benford |
Avon |
gf |
| Komarr |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
Baen |
by |
| The Art of Arrow Cutting (’97) |
Stephen Dedman |
Tor |
mlo |
| Rogue Star |
Michael F. Flynn |
Tor |
pg, mh, by |
| Brown Girl in the Ring |
Nalo Hopkinson |
|
ebh |
| Newton’s Cannon |
J. Gregory Keyes |
Del Rey |
arl, ca |
| Moonfall |
Jack McDevitt |
Harper |
arl |
| The Centurion’s Empire |
Sean McMullen |
Tor |
pg |
| Antarctica (’97) |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
pg |
| Children of God |
Mary Doria Russell |
Villard |
mlo, po, pg, jam, ec |
| Distraction |
Bruce Sterling |
BantamSpectra |
pg, gf, js2 |
| Island in the Sea of Time |
S. M. Stirling |
Roc |
ca, daa, rk |
| The Death of the Necromancer |
Martha Wells |
Avon |
pg, pal |
| To Say Nothing of the Dog |
Connie Willis |
Bantam Spectra |
jam, pg, arl, gf, by |
| Darwinia |
Robert Charles Wilson |
Tor |
ca, daa, arl, po, mlo, mh, ec |
| Novella |
| Get Me to the Church on Time |
Terry Bisson |
Asimov’s 5/98 |
ca |
| Story of Your Life |
Ted Chiang |
Starlight 2 |
ca, gf, mlo |
| Ancestral Voices |
Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick |
Asimov’s 8/98 |
ca |
| Oceanic |
Greg Egan |
Asimov’s 8/98 |
gf |
| A Princess of Helium |
R. Garcia y Robertson |
F&SF 9/98 |
ca, gf |
| The Summer Isles |
Ian R. MacLeod |
Asimov’s 10-11/98 |
ca, gf |
| The Days of Solomon Gursky |
Ian McDonald |
Asimov’s 6/98 |
gf |
| The Cuckoo’s Boys |
Robert Reed |
SF Age 9/98 |
ca, gf |
| Novelette |
| The Question |
Ben Bova |
Analog 1/98 |
ca, gf |
| The Planck Dive |
Greg Egan |
Asimov’s 2/98 |
arl, mlo |
| The Allies |
Mark S. Geston |
F&SF 5/98 |
ca, gf |
| Approaching Perimelasma |
Geoffrey Landis |
Asimov’s 1/98 |
gf, ca |
| Getting to Know You |
David Marusek |
Asimov’s 3/98 (’97 reprint) |
ca |
| The Gardens of Saturn |
Paul J. McAuley |
Interzone 11/98 |
gf |
| On the Oodnadatta |
Alastair Reynolds |
Interzone, 2/99 |
ca |
| Echea |
Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
Asimov’s 7/98 |
gf |
| Waiting for the End |
Robert Silverberg |
Asimov’s 10-11/98 |
ca |
| Taklamakan |
Bruce Sterling |
Asimov’s 10-11/98 |
ca, gf |
| Divided by Infinity |
Robert Charles Wilson |
Starlight 2 |
ca, mlo, gf |
| Short Story |
| Moon-Calf |
Stephen Baxter |
Analog 7-8/98 |
ca |
| The Mars Convention |
Timons Esaias |
Interzone 9/98 |
ca |
| The Thing Over There |
Dominic Green |
Interzone 6/98 |
ca |
| A Game of Consequences |
David Langford |
Starlight 2 |
mlo |
| The Secret of My Success |
Paul J. McAuley |
Interzone 5/98 |
gf, ca |
| Whiptail |
Robert Reed |
Asimov’s 10-11/98 |
gf |
| Stroboscopic |
Alastair Reynolds |
Interzone 8/98 |
ca |
| Maneki Neko |
Bruce Sterling |
F&SF 5/98 |
ca, gf |
| The Very Pulse of the Machine |
Michael Swanwick |
Asimov’s 2/98 |
ca, gf |
| Microcosmic Dog |
Michael Swanwick |
SF Age 11/98 |
ca |
| Radiant Doors |
Michael Swanwick |
Asimov’s 9/98 |
ca, gf |
| Wild Minds |
Michael Swanwick |
Asimov’s 5/98 |
gf, ca |
| Non-Fiction |
| Northern Dreamers |
Edo van Belkom |
Quarry Press |
ca |
| Science Fiction: The Gernsback Years |
E. F. Bleiler |
Kent State |
mlo, arl, gf |
| The Realm of Tolkien |
|
|
mlo |
| The Works of Jack Williamson |
Richard Hauptman |
NESFA Press |
mlo, arl |
| Spectrum 5 |
Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner |
Underwood |
ca, ged |
| Dramatic Presentation |
| The Truman Show |
|
ca, daa, jam, pf, sls |
| Sliding Doors |
|
ca |
| Dark City |
|
ca, daa, gf |
| In the Pale Moonlight |
st:ds9 |
jam, ec, ebh |
| The Borrowers |
|
mlo |
| Far Beyond the Stars |
st:ds9 |
jam, ec |
| Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night |
st:ds9 |
jam, ec |
| Pleasantville |
|
ca, daa, sls, pf |
| Practical Magic |
|
sls |
| Six String Samurai |
|
ca, daa |
| The Sticky Fingers of Time |
|
ca, daa |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Amends (Christmas ’98 show) |
|
by |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Becoming (2 part 2nd season finale |
|
by |
| Star Trek: Insurrection |
|
pf, ged |
Other Good Reads
| Novels |
| Starfarers |
Poul Anderson |
Tor |
gf, mlo |
| In the Garden of Iden (’97) |
Kage Baker |
Harper |
pg, po |
| Foundation and Chaos |
Greg Bear |
|
mlo, arl, ec |
| Dinosaur Summer |
Greg Bear |
Warner Aspect |
gf |
| Komarr |
Lois McMaster Bujold |
Baen |
mlo, arl, sl, pg, ec, gf, daa |
| The Art of Arrow Cutting (’97) |
Stephen Dedman |
Tor |
po |
| The Centurion’s Empire |
Sean McMullen |
Tor |
mlo |
| Helm |
Steven Gould |
Tor |
mlo, ca, ec, daa |
| Deepdrive |
Alexander Jablokov |
|
pg, mh, ec |
| Moonfall |
Jack McDevitt |
Harper |
arl, pg, ca, mh, daa |
| Song for the Basilisk |
Patricia McKillip |
|
po, pal |
| Dust |
Charles Pellegrino |
Avon |
gf |
| Circle of Magic: Sandy’s Book |
Tamora Pierce |
Scholastic |
pal |
| Circle of Magic: Tris’ Book |
Tamora Pierce |
Scholastic |
pal |
| Circle of Magic: Darja’s Book |
Tamora Pierce |
Scholastic |
pal |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone |
J. K. Rowling |
Scholastic |
ged, po, pf |
| Factoring Humanity |
Robert Sawyer |
|
pg, ec |
| Aftermath |
Charles Sheffield |
BantamSpectra |
pg |
| Island in the Sea of Time |
S. M. Stirling |
Roc |
mlo, kp, ec, po, ec, gf |
| Six Moon Dance |
Sheri Tepper |
|
esa, po |
| Ports of Call |
Jack Vance |
Tor |
mlo, gf |
| Golden Globe |
John Varley |
Ace |
pg |
| Empire of the Ants |
Bernard Werber |
|
pg, ca |
| The Death of the Necromancer |
Martha Wells |
Avon |
gf |
| To Say Nothing of the Dog |
Connie Willis |
Bantam Spectra |
mlo, arl |
| Darwinia |
Robert Charles Wilson |
Tor |
arl |
| Non-Fiction |
| The Rocket Boys |
Homer Hickham, Jr. |
|
pf |
Key to nominators:
arl: Tony Lewis, by: Ben Yalow, ca: Claire Anderson, cjh: Chip
Hitchcock, cle: Chris Logan Edwards, daa: Dave Anderson, dea: Deb Atwood, ebh: Lisa
Hertel, ec: Elisabeth Carey, ecl: Evelyn Leeper, esa: Ted Atwood, ged: Gay Ellen Dennett,
gf: George Flynn; jam: Jim Mann, jb: Judy Bemis, jr: Joe Rico, js: Joe Siclari, js2: Joyce
Scrivner, kp: Kelly Persons, mdh: Mark Hertel, mlo: Mark Olson, pal: Paula Lieberman, pf:
Pam Fremon, pg: Paul Giguere, po: Priscilla Olson, rb: Ray Bowie, rk: Rick Katze, sl:
Suford Lewis, sls: Sharon Sbarsky
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