Part one was the Hugo Awards (where I went 36-for-53, or 68%); part two was the Nebulas (where I went 23-of-42, or 55%). Now I'll see how many of the World Fantasy Award-winning novels I've read in my checkered reading career:
- 2005 Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Yes - 2004 Walton, Jo: Tooth and Claw
Yes -- how could I not, since I'm an Anthony Trollope fan? (And something of a Jo Walton fan, come to think of it.) - 2003 (tie) Joyce, Graham: The Facts of Life
No -- though, reading his most recent book for WFA this year, I might want to go back. - 2003 (tie) McKillip, Patricia A.: Ombria in Shadow
No -- though reading her 2005 books for WFA makes me interested. - 2002 Le Guin, Ursula K. : The Other Wind
Yes - 2001 (tie) Powers, Tim: Declare
Oh, yes. A wonderful, wonderful book -- impressive even for Powers. - 2001 (tie) Stewart, Sean: Galveston
Yes. Not one of my favorites of his, though. - 2000 Scott, Martin: Thraxas
No. On the other hand, hardly anyone else has, either... - 1999 Erdrich, Louise: The Antelope Wife
No - 1998 Ford, Jeffrey : The Physiognomy
Yes - 1997 Pollack, Rachel: Godmother Night
I read about the first third of it, and was very disappointed -- I'd loved her novels Unquenchable Fire and Temporary Agency for the way they had a very grounded, realistic, matter-of-fact contemporary world with magic added to it, but Godmother was far too woo-woo and "goddessy" for me to enjoy. - 1996 Priest, Christopher: The Prestige
Not yet, but I do have a copy of it. - 1995 Morrow, James: Towing Jehovah
Yes - 1994 Shiner, Lewis : Glimpses
No - 1993 Powers, Tim : Last Call
Of course. - 1992 McCammon, Robert R.: Boy's Life
No - 1991 (tie )Morrow, James: Only Begotten Daughter
Of course. - 1991 (tie) Kushner, Ellen: Thomas the Rhymer
Not yet. It's short, so I probably will get to it. - 1990 Vance, Jack: Lyonese: Madouc
Absolutely. - 1989 Straub, Peter: Koko
No - 1988 Grimwood, Ken: Replay
Strangely, no. I don't think I even have a copy of it, though it's a book I've intended to read for nearly twenty years now. - 1987 Suskind, Patrick: Perfume
Yes - 1986 Simmons, Dan: Song of Kali
No - 1985 (tie) Holdstock, Robert: Mythago Wood
Yes - 1985 (tie) Hughart, Barry: Bridge of Birds
Yes - 1984 Ford, John M.: Dragon Waiting
Yes - 1983 Shea, Michael: Nifft the Lean
Yes - 1982 Crowley, John: Little, Big
Yes - 1981 Wolfe, Gene: The Shadow of the Torturer
Yes - 1980 Lynn, Elizabeth A.: Watchtower
No - 1979 Moorcock, Michael: Gloriana
Yes - 1978 Leiber, Fritz: Our Lady of Darkness
Yes - 1977 Kotzwinkle, William: Dr. Rat
No. However, I have read his The Fan Man and The Bear Went Over the Mountain, so I think I should get partial credit. Actually, I don't think I've ever even seen a copy of this book. - 1976 Matheson, Richard: Bid Time Return (Somewhere in Time)
No - 1975 McKillip, Patricia A.: Forgotten Beasts of Eld
No. Though I hope to, someday.
So I've read 19 of 35 (plus part of Godmother Night): not bad at 55%. It's exactly the same as I did on the Nebulas, which is a mixed message: I'm not a member of SFWA (not being a writer) but I am a WFA judge this year...
Side note: It's interesting that a panel of five judges has produced so many ties. I'm not sure what that means; perhaps that WFA judges prefer to share the wealth, or that they get hopelessly deadlocked far too often.
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Replay was excellent, IMHO - if you ever break your 20-year (and growing) streak . . . I hope you enjoy it.
What 20-year streak? I seem to have read more or less every other WFA-winning novel, though the pattern isn't as obvious as it was with the Nebulas...
I hate realizing what a person was saying just after I post a reply showing how dim-witted I am.
So let me say officially, for the record -- oh, that 20-year streak!
(Some days I'm so thick I'm surprised people can walk around me...)
;-) Sorry, I wasn't very clear.
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