
1996 NESFA Hugo recommendations
NESFA 1996 Hugo Recommendations
24 March 1997 -- 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.



Novels
Catch the Lightning             Catherine Asaro         Tor                 pg, po
Excession                       Iain M. Banks           Orbit               mlo, kp, ca, gf
One for the Morning Glory       John Barnes             Tor                 mlo, arl, gf, po,
                                                                            by, mab, kp
Voyage                          Stephen Baxter          HarperCollins       ca, mlo, ec
Pirates of the Universe         Terry Bisson            Tor                 ebh
Memory                          Lois McMaster Bujold    Baen                mlo, ec, mw
Children of the Mind            Orson Scott Card        Tor                 mab, mw
Branch Point                    Mona Clee               Ace                 mab
The Long Hunt                   Debra Doyle and James   Tor                 pal
                                D. Macdonald
Firestar                        Michael Flynn           Tor                 mlo, by, daa, ca,
                                                                            mdh, pg, gf, mab,
                                                                            ebh
Celestial Matters               Richard Garfinkle       Tor                 mlo, gf, kp, mab,
                                                                            ebh
Wildside                        Steven Gould            Tor                 mlo, ca, daa, po,
                                                                            by, gf, mab, pg,
                                                                            ebh, mw, dmg
River of Dust                   Alexander Jablokov      AvoNova             ec
Ancient Shores                  Jack McDevitt           HarperPrism         ca, daa, gf
A Game of Thrones               George R. R. Martin     BantamSpectra       pal, gf
Blameless in Abaddon            James Morrow            Harcourt Brace      ecl
The Prestige ('95 in UK)        Christopher Priest      St. Martins         pg
Blue Mars                       Kim Stanley Robinson    HarperPrism         mlo, gf
The Sparrow                     Mary Doria Russell      Villard             ecl, ca
Starplex                        Robert J. Sawyer        ASF Jul-Oct 96;     arl, pg, mab, ebh,
                                                        Ace                 ec
Night Sky Mine                  Melissa Scott           Tor                 pal, ec
Higher Education                Charles Sheffield &amp;     Analog, Feb-May 96  mab, mw
                                Jerry Pournelle
Archangel                       Sharon Shinn            Ace                 po, ec
Endymion                        Dan Simmons             Bantam              pg, esa
Holy Fire                       Bruce Sterling          Bantam Spectra      ca
City on Fire ('97)              Walter Jon Williams     HarperPrism         mlo, ebh, ec
Bellwether                      Connie Willis           Future Imperfect    arl
Night Lamp                      Jack Vance              Tor                 mlo, arl
Paris in the Twentieth Century  Jules Verne                                 ecl, ec

Novella
The Saddle Point Sequence       Stephen Baxter          SF Age Jul 96       arl, gf
The Longer Voyage               Michael Cassutt         F&amp;SF Jul 96         ca
The City of God (Omni Online    Gardner Dozois and      Asimov's Oct/Nov    arl
Dec 95)                         Michael Swanwick        96
Airborn                         Nina Kiriki Hoffman     F&amp;SF May 96         rb
Blood of the Dragon             George R. R. Martin     Asimov's Jul 96     arl, gf
Time Travelers Never Die        Jack McDevitt           Asimov's May 96     gf, ca, mab
The Cost to Be Wise             Maureen McHugh          Starlight 1         ca, gf, ec
Verglas                         Ian MacLeod             F&amp;SF Oct/Nov 96     gf
Abandon in Place                Jerry Oltion            F&amp;SF Dec 96         mab
Chrysalis                       Robert Reed             Asimov's Sep 96     gf
Gas Fish                        Mary Rosenblum          Asimov's Feb 96     arl, rb, gf, ca
Human History ('95)             Lucius Shepard          Asimov's Apr 96;    rb
                                                        1995 WFC Souvenir
                                                        Book
The Tree That Grew from the     Robert Silverberg       SF Age Sep 96       arl, gf
Sky
The Dechronization of Sam       George Gaylord Simpson  St. Martin's        ca, jam, po
Magruder
The Kikes of Peter's Town       Strugatsky brothers     NYRSF               ecl

Novelette
The Dog's Story                 Elanor Arnason          Asimov's May 96     gf
Locusts                         Adam-Troy Castro        F&amp;SF Feb 96         rb, gf, mab
Bulldog Drummond and the Grim   Michael Coney           F&amp;SF Jan 96         rb
Reaper
A Dry, Quiet War                Tony Daniel             Asimov's Jun 96     gf, ca
Never Seen by Waking Eyes       Stephen Dedman          F&amp;SF Aug 96         gf
The Weighing of Ayre            Gregory Feeley          Starlight 1         mlo, ca, gf, ec
Blowup                          Astrid Julian           F&amp;SF May 96         rb
The Flowers of Aulit Prison     Nancy Kress             Asimov's Oct/Nov    arl, ca, gf
                                                        96
The Dealings of Daniel          Fritz Leiber            Omni On-Line; Tor   ecl
Kesserich: A Study of the                               97
Mass-Insanity at Smithville
The Copyright Notice Case       Paul Levinson           Analog Apr 96       mab
The Land of Nod                 Mike Resnick            Asimov's Jun 96     arl, rb
The Peacock Throne              Charles Sheffield       Asimov's Feb 96     gf
Out of the Waste Land           W. R. Thompson          Analog Mar 96       rb, ca
Foreign Devils                  Walter Jon Williams     Asimov's Jan 96     rb, gf, ca
Blood Harp                      Laurel Winter           F&amp;SF May 96
Try and Kill It                 Gene Wolfe              Asimov's Oct/Nov    gf
                                                        96

Short Story
The Great Moon Hoax or A        Ben Bova                F&amp;SF Sep 96         arl
Princess of Mars
An Ever-Reddening Glow          David Brin              Analog Feb 96       gf
Gone                            John Crowley            F&amp;SF Sep 96         gf, ca
Breakaway, Backdown             James Patrick Kelly     Asimov's Jun 96     arl, ca, gf
The Content of Their Character  Doug Larsen             Analog Jun 96       mab
On Sequoia Time                 Daniel Keys Moran       Asimov's Sep 96     gf
Killing the Morrow              Robert Reed             Starlight 1         ca
Decency                         Robert Reed             Asimov's Jun 96     ca, gf
In the Shade of the Slowboat    Dean Wesley Smith       F&amp;SF Jan 96         ca
Man
Living It Is the Best Revenge   Ian Randal Strock       Analog Feb 96       rb, mab
The Dead                        Michael Swanwick        Starlight 1         ged, po, gf
Early, in the Evening           Ian Watson              Asimov's Apr 96     gf
Forget Luck                     Kate Wilhelm            F&amp;SF Apr 96
The Soul Selects Her Own        Connie Willis           Asimov's Apr 96     by, gf, ca, arl,
Society                                                                     mlo
Counting Cats in Zanzibar       Gene Wolfe              Asimov's Aug 96     gf

Non-Fiction
Time &amp; Chance                   L. Sprague de Camp      Donald M. Grant     mlo
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland  Diana Wynne Jones       Vista               mlo, ged, po, ebh,
                                                                            ca, gf
H. P. Lovecraft: A Life         S. T. Joshi             Necronomicon Press  gf
The Silence of the Langford     Dave Langford           NESFA               mlo, gf, arl, ged,
                                                                            po, ebh, by
The Faces of Fantasy            Patti Perret            Tor                 gf, mlo
Inside Star Trek, the Real      Herb Solow and Robert   Pocket Books        arl, mab, ged
Story                           Justman






Dramatic Presentation
The Frighteners                                                    daa, ca, gf
Gulliver's Travels                                NBC              ecl, ebh, ec
The Whole Wide World                                               ecl
Hamlet                                                             ecl, ged, mlo
Breaking the Waves                                                 ecl
Trials and Tribbleations                          Star Trek: DS 9  po, ged, ebh, ec,
                                                                   sls
Fannotchka                                        Play at Lacon 3  gf
Memoirs of a                                      X-Files          ca
Cigarette-Smoking Man
Severed Dreams                                    Babylon 5        arl, mab, ec
Z'ha'dum                                          Babylon 5        arl, mab, ec
Shadow Dancing                                    Babylon 5        mab
War without End                                   Babylon 5        mab, ebh
Interludes and Examinations                       Babylon 5        mab



Other Good Reads


Novels
Catch the Lightning          Catherine Asaro       Tor             mlo
Voyage                       Stephen Baxter        HarperCollins   pg
Memory                       Lois McMaster Bujold  Baen             arl, sl, pg, gf
The Fortunate Fall           Raphael Carter        Tor              pg
Inheritor                    C. J. Cherryh         DAW              pg
The Long Hunt                Debra Doyle and       Tor              by, gf
                             James D. Macdonald
The Two Georges              Richard Dreyfuss      Tor              arl, mlo, gf, by
                             and Harry Turtledove
Voices of Hope               David Feintuch        Warner Aspect    gf
Genellan: In the Shadow of   Scott Gier            Del Rey          pal
the Moon
River of Dust                Alexander Jablokov    AvoNova          pg, gf
Night Calls                  Katharine Kimbriel    Harper Collins   by
Magnificat                   Julian May            Knopf            pg, mlo
Ancient Shores               Jack McDevitt         HarperPrism      mlo, pg
Mordred's Curse              Ian McDowell          AvoNova         gf
Starplex                     Robert J. Sawyer      ASF Jul-Oct     gf
                                                   96; Ace
Archangel                    Sharon Shinn          Ace             gf
Endymion                     Dan Simmons           Bantam          gf
Honor Among Enemies          David Weber           Baen             by, gf, pal, ged
The Galactic Gourmet         James White           Tor              arl, ged
The Price of Blood and       Elizabeth Willey      Tor              mlo, ec, pal
Honor
Bellwether                   Connie Willis         Bantam           pg
Exodus from the Long Sun     Gene Wolfe            Tor              mlo, gf
Reclamation                  Sarah Zettel          Warner           arl

Short
Jack Stacey, A.S.B.R.        Robert J. Levy        F&amp;SF Apr 96      arl, gf, ca
The Three Labors of Bubba    Bud Webster           Analog Jun 96    arl
Forget Luck                  Kate Wilhelm          F&amp;SF Apr 96      arl, gf

Non-Fiction

Dramatic Presentation
Independence Day                                                   gf



Key to nominators:  arl: Tony Lewis, by: Ben Yalow, ca: Claire Anderson,
cjh: Chip Hitchcock, daa: Dave Anderson, ebh: Lisa hertel, ec: Elisabeth Carey,
ecl: Evelyn Leeper, ged: Gay Ellen Dennett, gf: George Flynn; jam: Jim Mann,
jb: Judy Bemis, jr: Joe Rico, kp: Kelly Persons, mab: Michael A. Burstein, 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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