The Paean's Progress: October 2009

Friday, October 23, 2009

Bogged down in Books and Life

I'm behind (on many things, including this project). I've read two additional books from the list, but can't work up sufficient motivation to write interesting and coherent posts about them. Meh. I'll get around to it eventually. Probably. ;)

The Books

Here's a list of the books I hope to tackle, with the award abbreviated to a single letter (H: Hugo, N: Nebula, L: Locus):

1953
H: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester--Rating: 4/5
1954
(no awards)
1955
H: They'd Rather Be Right (aka: The Forever Machine) by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley--Rating: 3/5
1956
H: Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein--Rating: 5/5
1957
(no awards)
1958
H: The Big Time by Fritz Leiber--Rating: 2/5
1959
H: A Case of Conscience by James Blish--Rating: 3/5
1960
H: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein--Rating: 4/5
1961
H: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.--Rating: 3/5
1962
H: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein--Rating: 4/5
1963
H: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick--Rating: 4/5
1964
H: Here Gather the Stars (aka: Way Station) by Clifford D. Simak--Rating: 4/5
1965
H: The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber--Rating: 3/5
1966
H & N: Dune by Frank Herbert--Rating: 4/5
H (tie): …And Call Me Conrad (aka: This Immortal) by Roger Zelazny--Rating: 4/5
1967
H: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein--Rating: 4/5
N: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany--Rating: 5/5
N (tie): Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes--Rating: 5/5
1968
H: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
N: The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
1969
H: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
N: Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
1970
H & N: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
1971
H, N, & L: Ringworld by Larry Niven
1972
H: To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
N: A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
L: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
1973
H, N, & L: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
1974
H, N, & L: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
1975
H, N. & L: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
1976
H, N, & L: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
1977
H & L: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
N: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
1978
H, N, & L: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
1979
H, N, & L: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
1980
H & N: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
L: Titan by John Varley
1981
H & L: The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
N: Timescape by Gregory Benford
1982
H: Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
N: The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
L: The Many Coloured Land by Julian May
1983
H & L: Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
N: No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
1984
H, N, & L: Startide Rising by David Brin
1985
H & N: Neuromancer by William Gibson
L: The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
1986
H & N: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
L: The Postman by David Brin
1987
H, N, & L: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
1988
H & L: The Uplift War by David Brin
N: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
1989
H & L: Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
N: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
1990
H & L: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
N: The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
1991
H: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
N: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
L: The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
1992
H & L: Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
N: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
1993
H, N, & L: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
H (tie): A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
1994
H & L: Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
N: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
1995
H & L: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
N: Moving Mars by Greg Bear
1996
H & L: The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
H: 1946 retroactive, The Mule by Isaac Asimov (republished as Part II of Foundation and Empire)
N: The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
1997
H & L: Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
N: Slow River by Nicola Griffith
1998
H & N (1999): Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
N: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda McIntyre
L: The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
1999
H & L: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
2000
H: A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
N: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
L: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
2001
H: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
H: 1951 retroactive, Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
N: Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
L: The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
2002
H & N (2003): American Gods by Neil Gaiman
N: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
L: Passage by Connie Willis
2003
H: Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
L: The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
2004
H & N (2005): Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
H: 1954 retroactive, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
N: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
L: Ilium by Dan Simmons
2005
H: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
L: The Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver; The Confusion; The System of the World) by Neal Stephenson
2006
H: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
N: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
L: Accelerando by Charles Stross
2007
H & L: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
N: Seeker by Jack McDevitt
2008
H, N, & L: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
2009
H: (not yet awarded)
N: Powers by Ursula K. LeGuin
L: Anathem by Neal Stephenson

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