Re: 2007 Nebula Winners

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Gene Ward Smith  <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (James Nicoll) wrote in news:fv281m$l7u$1
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>>>> Novel: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
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>>>No big shock.
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>>      What, you don't think McDevitt could pull off a back to back
>> Nebula victory? 
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>Just a strong contender. I started with Chabon with the Mysteries of 
>Pittsburgh, and have had a hard time grasping that he's serious about
being a 
>genre author. Not that that is a requirement for winning the award...

	IIRC, he recently joined SFWA, a remarkable act of faith given
that organization's last year.

	In related news Andrew Burt is not SFWA's new president. Russell
Davis is. The margin of victory was 330 to 53. 


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