23 April 1998 — 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
(1997).
| Novels |
| War of the Gods |
Poul Anderson |
Tor |
mlo, pg |
| The Last Hawk |
Catherine Asaro |
Tor |
pg |
| Titan |
Stephen Baxter |
Harper Prism |
cle |
| Shadow Matrix |
Marion Zimmer Bradley |
HarperPrism |
pal |
| Finity’s End |
C. J. Cherryh |
Warner |
pal, ec |
| Diaspora |
Greg Egan |
Orion |
mlo, gf |
| Corrupting Dr. Nice |
John Kessel |
Tor |
pg, ca, ecl, jam |
| An Exchange of Hostages (’96) |
Susan Matthews |
AvoNova |
dea, esa |
| Eternity Road |
Jack McDevitt |
HarperPrism |
ca, cle |
| Wicked (’95) |
Gregory McGuire |
Harper Collins |
pg, ec, ebh |
| St. Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman |
Walter m. Miller, Jr. |
Bantam |
gf |
| The Gift |
Patrick O’Leary |
Tor |
pg, po |
| Earthquake Weather |
Tim Powers |
Tor |
jam, by |
| The Prestige (’95) |
Christopher Priest |
St. Martin’s |
mlo, pg, ecl |
| Antarctica |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
HarperCollins |
cle |
| The Sparrow (’96) |
Mary Doria Russell |
Villard |
mlo, po, pg, ecl, ec, ebh, jam |
| Frameshift |
Robert Sawyer |
Tor |
ecl |
| Jack Faust |
Michael Swanwick |
Avon |
mlo, cle, ecl, jam |
| How Few Remain |
Harry Turtledove |
del Rey |
by |
| City on Fire |
Walter Jon Williams |
HarperCollins |
mlo, ec, ebh, esa, by |
| The Woodwife (’96) |
Terri Windling |
Tor |
dms, ebh |
| Donnerjack |
Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold |
Avon |
mlo |
| Novella |
| The Funeral March of theMarionettes |
Adam-Troy Castro |
F&SF Jul 97 |
js, gf |
| Quinn’s Deal |
L. Timmel Duchamp |
Asimov’s Apr 97 |
gf |
| Three hearings on the Existence of Snaks in the Human
Bloodstream |
James Alan Gardner |
Asimov’s Feb 97 |
gf |
| Ecopoeisis |
Geoffrey A. Landis |
SF Age |
ca |
| The Golden Keeper |
Ian R. Macleod |
Asimov’s Oct/Nov 98 |
ca |
| Residuals |
Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman |
Asimov’s Jun 97 |
gf |
| After Kerry |
Ian McDonald |
Asimov’s Mar 97 |
gf |
| The Dragons of Springplace |
Robert Reed |
F&SF Feb 97 |
ca, gf |
| Marrow |
Robert Reed |
SF Age Jul 97 |
ca |
| In the Furnace of the Night |
James Sarafin |
Asimov’s May 97 |
gf |
| …Where Angels Fear to Tread |
Allen Steele |
Asimov’s Oct/Nov 97 |
ca, cle |
| Novelette |
| Moon Six |
Stephen Baxter |
SF Age Mar 97 |
ca, mlo |
| Reasons to Be Cheerful |
Greg Egan |
Interzone Apr 97 |
ecl, ca, gf |
| On the Ice Islands |
Gregory Feeley |
Asimov’s Oct/Nov 97 |
ca |
| The Truest Chill |
Gregory Feeley |
SF Age Nov 97 |
ca |
| Second Skin |
Paul J. McAuley |
Asimov’s Apr 97 |
gf |
| London Bone |
Michael Moorcock |
New Worlds |
ca |
| Great Western |
Kim Newman |
New Worlds |
ca |
| A Spy in Europa |
Alastair Reynolds |
Interzone Jun 97 |
ca |
| The Undiscovered |
William Sanders |
Asimov’s Mar 97 |
ca, mlo, gf |
| What Would You Like to Know |
Charles Sheffield |
SF Age Sep 97 |
ca |
| Beauty in the Night |
Robert Silverberg |
SF Age Sep 97 |
ca |
| The Pipes of Pan |
Brian Stableford |
F&SF Jun 97 |
gf |
| Heart of Whitenesse |
Howard Waldrop |
New Worlds |
ca |
| Lethe |
Walter Jon Williams |
Asimov’s Sep 97 |
ca |
| Newsletter |
Connie Willis |
Asimov’s Dev 97 |
ca |
| Guest Law |
John C. Wright |
Asimov’s Jul 97 |
ca |
| Short Story |
| The Voice |
Gregory Benford |
SF Age May 97 |
ca |
| In the Bleak Mid-Solstice |
David Bischoff |
F&SF Dec 97 |
ca |
| Beluthahatchie |
Andy Duncan |
Asimov’s Mar 97 |
ca |
| The Nostalginauts |
S. N. Dyer |
Asimov’s Mar 97 |
ca |
| Standing Room Only |
Karen Joy Fowler |
Asimov’s Aug 97 |
ca |
| Fortune and Misfortune |
Lisa Goldstein |
Asimov’s May 97 |
ecl |
| Jew on a Chip |
Robert Grossbach |
F&SF Dec 97 |
arl |
| Winter Fire |
Geoffrey A. Landis |
Asimov’s Aug 97 |
gf |
| Get a Grip |
Paul Park |
F&SF Dec 97 |
ca |
| That Cruel Pauli Exclusion |
Kent Patterson |
F&SF Feb 97 |
ca |
| Blooming Ice |
Robert Reed |
SF Age Jan 97 |
ca |
| Graffiti |
Robert Reed |
F&SF Jun 97 |
gf, ca |
| The 43 Antarean Dynasties |
Mike Resnick |
Asimov’s Dev 97 |
arl, gf |
| No Planets Strike |
Gene Wolfe |
F&SF Jan 97 |
gf, ca |
| Non-Fiction |
| Space Travel |
Ben Bova and Anthony R. Lewis |
Writer’s Digest Books |
mlo |
| Encyclopedia of Fantasy |
John Clute & John Grant |
St. Martin’s |
mlo, by |
| Infinite Worlds |
Vincent Di Fate |
Penguin Studio |
mlo, gf, ca, ged, sls, pal, by, js |
| Dramatic Presentation |
| Contact |
20th Century
Fox |
po, mlo, sls, ca, daa, pf, pg, ec, ged, cle, gf, jam |
| The Deconstruction of Falling Stars |
Babylon 5 |
cle |
| Riven |
Cyan/Broderbund |
po |
| Gattaca |
|
ecl |
| Men in Black |
|
ecl, ec, gf, jam, by |
| Worlds Finest |
Warner Bros |
sls |
| Mimic |
|
ca |
| The Post-Modern Prometheus |
X-Files |
gf, ca, jam |
Other Good Reads
| Novels |
| God’s Fires |
Patricia Anthony |
Ace |
pg |
| Titan |
Stephen Baxter |
HarperPrism |
pg |
| Freedom & Necessity |
Steven Brust & Emma Bull |
Tor |
gf, mlo, ec, dms, by |
| How Like a God |
Brenda Clough |
Tor |
jam |
| Fortress on the Sun |
Paul Cook |
Roc |
pg |
| The Book of Night With Moon |
Diane Duane |
Hodder & Stoughton /Warner Aspect |
by |
| King’s Dragon |
Kate Elliott |
DAW |
pal |
| Prince of Dogs (’98) |
Kate Elliott |
DAW |
pal |
| Rewind |
Terry England |
AvoNova |
pg |
| Wizard and Glass |
Stephen King |
D. M. Grant |
esa |
| Oaths and Miracles (’96) |
Nancy Kress |
Forge |
pg |
| Cold Iron |
Melisa Michaels |
ROC |
pal |
| Once a Hero |
Elizabeth Moon |
Baen |
pal, ec, ged |
| Destiny’s Road |
Larry Niven |
Tor |
mlo |
| Circle of Magic |
Tamora Pierce |
Scholastic |
pal |
| The Subtle Knife |
Philip Pullman |
Knopf |
ebh, gf |
| Frameshift |
Robert Sawyer |
Tor |
pg, ec |
| The Rise of Endymion |
Dan Simmons |
Bantam Spectra |
pg |
| Crown Duel |
Sherwood Smith |
Harcourt |
pal, ged |
| In Enemy Hands |
David Weber |
Baen |
by |
| City on Fire |
Walter Jon Williams |
HarperCollins |
gf |
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, dgm: Monty
Wells, dms: Davey Snyder, 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, 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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