Question via e-mail. Does
the 2011 Hugo Voters packet include both parts of Connie Willis's alternate history/SF novel? I hadn't thought about this at all! Sadly, the answer is no. _Blackout_ is included as a PDF but _All Clear_ isn't. Which is a pity because it turns out that _All Clear_ isn't a sequel, but volume 2 of the same novel
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Differentiation between the main characters is definitely a problem - they're often all generic History Buff. And where the characters are differentiated, they (almost) descend into stereotype.
Apart from _The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms_, I haven't read any of the other Nebula nominees, but I'm astonished _Blackout_/_All Clear_ won. As fond as I've been of Willis's work in the past, I hope she doesn't win the Hugo for this.
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