From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
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Subject: Hugo Recommendations
Date: 9 Nov 92 13:28:12 GMT
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Every year, NESFA (the New England SF Association) has a series of
discussion groups on the Hugos. We sit around and tell one another
what we think is good, what is worth reading and worth at least
considering at Hugo time, etc.  This year, we decided to take
notes, to try to pass our recommendations along to others who
might be looking for something good to read. Besides, it's always
a good way to start a discussion.

NESFA 1992 Hugo Recommendations
6 November 1992

The purpose of this list is to provide tips on Good Stuff to read. 
(The initials in the last column refer to those people who 
recommended the books listed. The key is at the end of this posting.)

Novels
Count Geiger's Blues		Michael Bishop		(jam)
Anvil of Stars			Greg Bear		(mlo)
Hard Landing			Algis Budrys		(by)
Servant of the Empire		Raymond Feist		(pv)
Jumper				Steve Gould		(ca, daa, 
							jam)
Worlds Enough and Time		Joe Haldeman		(gf)
Fatherland			Robert Harris		(rk, ec, daa, 
							ca)
Resurrection (novella?)		Katherine Kerr		(ec)
Jack the Bodiless		Julian May		(mlo)
Glass Houses 			Laura Mixon		(ca, jam, by, 
							po)
Flying in Place 			Susan Palwick		(lm, jam, gf)
Last Call			Tim Powers	 	(po, ged)
Dreamships			Melissa Scott		(ec)
Cold as Ice			Charles Sheffield	(ged)
The Grail of Hearts		Susan Shwartz		(lm, pal)
Guns of the South		Harry Turtledove	(ec)
A Fire Upon the Deep		Vernor Vinge		(mlo, rk, kp, 
							jam, po, arl, 
							mh, gf. daa)
Aristoi				Walter Jon Williams	(po, mlo)
Briar Rose (non genre?)		Jane Yolen		(lm, po)
			
Short Fiction			
Faith			Poul and Karen Anderson		
				After the King  	(mlo)
Silver or Gold		Emma Bull		 	
				After the King 		(mlo, po)
The Winterberry		Nicholas DiChario		
				Alt. Kennedys 		(rk, lm, gf)
Stopping at Slowyear	Fred Pohl			(ec)
A Long Night's Vigil at the Temple	
			Robert Silverberg		
				After the King 		(mlo)
The Seven Swans		Lois Tilton			(po)
			
Non Fiction			
Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man	Dave Langford		(mlo, sls, 
							jam)
Dinotopia (novella?)		Jim Gurney		(pf, ss, ged)
A Wealth of Fable		Harry Warner		(mlo, po, 
							ged)

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, 
pal: Paula Leiberman, arl: Tony Lewis, jam: Jim Mann, 
lm: Laurie Mann, mlo: Mark Olson, po: Priscilla Olson, 
kp: Kelly Persons, sls: Sharon Sbarsky, pav: Pat Vandenberg, 
by: Ben Yalow


The following items have been noted as having received good reviews,  
but have not yet been recommended by any NESFAn:

Novels
John Barnes: A Million Open Doors
Orson Scott Card: The Memory of Earth
Doris Egan: Quarantine
Guy Gaverial Kay: A Song for Ardonna
Ian McDonald: The Broken Land
Michael Kube-McDowell: Exile
Kim Stanley Robinson: Red Mars
Dan Simmons: The Hollow Man
Sheri Tepper: Sideshow
John Varley: Steel Beach

Shorts

Other
Jane Yolen: Storyteller (Contains substantial non-fiction)

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