From: mlo@bio-rad.COM (Mark L. Olson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: NESFA's Hugo recommendations
Date: 25 Jan 93 20:43:17 GMT
Reply-To: mlo@bio-rad.com

NESFA 1992 Hugo Recommendations
24 January 1993

Each year the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) holds a
series of SF discussion groups to talk about current new SF and to pass
on tips about what's good to read.  This year we decided to go one step
further and maintain a written list which we print from time to time in
our clubzine, Instant Message, and occaisionally post electronically.

This is not intended as an exhaustive list.  We've made no particular
attempt to read everything (though our members are very well-read). 
This is simply the combined recommendations of a diverse group of fans. 
Many nominations means a popular book or story, but few or no
nominations may mean only that few of our members have had a chance
to read it yet.

Novels
A Million Open Doors    John Barnes        Tor     (ec, mlo, by)
Count Geiger's Blues    Michael Bishop     Tor     (jam, gf)
Anvil of Stars          Greg Bear          Warner  (mlo, rk)
Hard Landing            Algis Budrys       F&SF    (by)
                                              Oct/Nov
The Spirit Ring         Lois McMaster      Baen    (daa, ca)
                           Bujold          
Servant of the Empire   Raymond Feist      Doubleday (pav, kp)
                           and Janny Wurts
Jumper                  Steve Gould        Tor     (ca, daa, jam, lm)
Worlds Enough and Time  Joe Haldeman       Morrow  (gf)
Fatherland              Robert Harris      Random  (rk, ec, daa, ca)
                                              House
Jack the Bodiless       Julian May         Knopf   (mlo, rk)
China Mountain Zhang    Maureen McHugh     Tor     (gf)
Flying in Place         Susan Palwick      Tor     (lm, gf, ec)
Last Call               Tim Powers         Morrow  (by, po, ged, kp, gf)
The Remarkables         Robert Reed        Bantam  (gf)
Oracle                  Mike Resnick       Ace     (arl, rk)
Red Mars                Kim Stanley        ('92 in (jam, mlo)
                           Robinson           UK, '93 in US)
Dreamships              Melissa Scott      Tor     (ec)
Cold as Ice             Charles Sheffield  Tor     (ged)
The Grail of Hearts     Susan Shwartz      Tor     (lm, pal, gf)
Guns of the South       Harry Turtledove   Ballantine (ec)
                                              Books
Steel Beach             John Varley        Putnam  (mw)
A Fire Upon the Deep    Vernor Vinge       Tor     (mlo, rk, kp, jam, po,
                                                    arl, mh, gf, daa, ec, 
                                                    ca, by)
Aristoi                 Walter Jon         Tor    (po, mlo, by)
                           Williams
Doomsday Book           Connie Willis      Bantam  (el, jr)
Briar Rose (non genre?) Jane Yolen         Tor     (lm, po, ec, by)


Short Fiction
In Memorium             Poul Anderson      Omni, Dec           (gf)
Faith                   Poul and Karen     After the King (Tor)(mlo)
                          Anderson
Down the River Road     Gregory Benford    After the King (Tor)(gf)
Carl's Lawn and Garden  Terry Bisson       Omni, Jan           (ca, gf)
Epsilon Dreams          Eric Brown         Interzone 59        (arl)
Silver or Gold          Emma Bull          After the King (Tor)(mlo, po, by,
                                                                gf)
No Prisoners            Pat Cadigan        Alt. Kennedys (Tor) (el)
Oak and Ash             Suzy McKee Charnas Pulphouse 11        (arl)
Far-Off Things          Rob Chilson        F&SF, May           (ca, gf)
Corsairs of the         Warwick Colvin, Jr. New Worlds 2       (ca)
  Second Ether
The Winterberry         Nicholas DiChario  Alt. Kennedys (Tor) (rk, lm, gf,
                                                                ca)
The Careful Man         Tony Daniel        Asimov's, July      (ca)
  Goes West
Death of Reason         Tony Daniel        Asimov's, Sept      (arl, jr, ca, 
                                                                gf)
The Territory           Bradley Denton     F&SF, July          (ca)
Fractal Paisleys        Paul DiFilippo     F&SF, May           (ca, gf)
Broken Highway          J. R. Dunn         Amazing, Oct        (ca)
Crux Gammata            J. R. Dunn         Asimov's, Oct       (ca)
The Passing             Donna Farley       Universe 2          (el)
Going to Texas          Joe Clifford Faust Amazing, May        (ca)
  (Extradition Version)
All Vows                Esther Friesner    Asimov's, Nov       (ca)
Her American Cousin     Esther Friesner    The Crafters 2      (ca)
The Young Person's      James Alan Gardner Amazing, Apr        (arl)
   Guide to the Organism
Fighting Words          Janet Kagan        Isaac's Universe #3 (arl)
The Nutcracker Coup     Janet Kagan        Asimov's, Dec       (arl)
Resurrection            Katherine Kerr     Axolotl/Bantam      (ec, ca)
Bootstrap Enterprise    Victor Koman       F&SF, Feb           (ca)
Chimaera                Barry B. Longyear  Amazing, Dec        (arl)
Mark on the World       Dean McLaughlin    Analog, Jul         (arl, gf)
Stopping at Slowyear    Fred Pohl          Axolotl/Bantam      (ec)
Suppose They Gave a     Susan Shwartz      Alt Presidents (Tor)(arl, gf)
   Peace
A Long Night's Vigil    Robert Silverberg  After the King (Tor)(mlo, gf)
   at the Temple
Persepolis              Judith Tarr        Aladdin (Tor)       (arl)
A Gift Before Leaving   W. R. Thompson     Analog, Mid-Dec     (ca)
The Twelve Swans        Lois Tilton        F&SF, June          (po, ca, jr,
                                                                gf)
The Glowing Cloud       Steven Utley       Asimov's, Jan       (arl, ca, gf)
The Rebirth of Wonder   Lawrence Watt-Evans Wildside Press     (arl)
The Coming of Vertumnus Ian Watson         Interzone 56        (arl)

Non Fiction
Enterprising Women: TV  Camille            University of       (ca)
   Fandom and the          Bacon-Smith        PA Press
   Creation of Popular
   Myth             
Graven Images           Ronald V. Borst,   Grove Press         (ca)
                           et al.
Canadian SF & F         David Ketterer     Indiana Univ. Press (ca)
Let's Hear It for       Dave Langford      NESFA Press         (by, mlo, sls,
   the Deaf Man                                                 gf, jr, po)
Double Memory           Phil Hale &        Donald M. Grant     (ca)
                           Rick Berry
Dinotopia               Jim Gurney         Turner              (pf, ss, ged,
   (fiction-novella?                                            kp, rk)
   ineligible?)
The Universal Database  Jean-Marc          Virgin Dr. Who      (arl)
                           Lofficier           Books     
The Art of Robert       Robert McCall      Bantam              (ca)
   McCall
Science Fiction and     Robert Reginald    Gale                (arl, gf)
   Fantasy Literature 
   1975-1991
A Wealth of Fable       Harry Warner       SCIFI Press         (mlo, po, 
   (this edition is                                             ged, by, gf) 
   a major revision)


People who have nominated: ca: Claire Anderson, daa: Dave Anderson, ec:
Elisabeth Carey, ged: Gay Ellen Dennett, gf: George Flynn, pf: Pam
Fremon, mh: Mark Hertel, rk: Rick Katze, el: Evelyn Leeper, pal: Paula
Leiberman, arl: Tony Lewis, jam: Jim Mann, lm: Laurie Mann, mlo: Mark
Olson, po: Priscilla Olson, kp: Kelly Persons, jr: Joe Rico, sls:
Sharon Sbarsky, pav: Pat Vandenberg, mw: Monty Wells, by: Ben Yalow


--mlo
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