Preliminary Nominees: 2007 Nebula Awards

The preliminary nominees for the 2007 Nebula Awards have been announced.

[Note: Book/Story title links go to FREE online versions. ]

NOVELS

• Vellum: The Book of All Hours by Hal Duncan [See SF Signal review]
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling [See SF Signal review]
• Odyssey by Jack McDevitt
• Mainspring by Jay Lake [See SF Signal review]
• The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
• Species Imperative #3: Regeneration by Julie E. Czerneda
• The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
• The New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkinson
• Blindsight by Peter Watts [See SF Signal review]
• Rollback by Robert Sawyer
• The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald
• Strange Robby by Selina Rosen
• Ragamuffin by Tobias Buckell [See SF Signal review]

NOVELLAS

• “Kiosk” by Bruce Sterling
• “Memorare” by Gene Wolfe
• “Stars Seen Through Stone” by Lucius Shepard
• “The Helper and His Hero” by Matt Hughes
• “Fountain of Age” by Nancy Kress

NOVELETTES

• “The Sun God at Dawn, Rising from a Lotus Blossom” by Andrea Kail (Writers of the Future Volume 23 edited by Algis Budrys)
• “A Flight of Numbers Fantastique Strange” by Beth Bernobich (Asimov’s, Jun06)
• “The Fiddler of Bayou Teche” by Delia Sherman (Coyote Road, Trickster Tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling)
• “Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter” by Geoff Ryman (F&SF, Nov06)
• “Sister of the Hedge” by Jim C. Hines (Realms of Fantasy, Jun06)
• “The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs Of North Park After the Change” by Kij Johnson (Coyote Road, Trickster Tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling)
• “Things That Aren’t” by Michael A. Burstein & Robert Greenberger (Analog, Apr07)
• “Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders” by Mike Resnick (Asimov’s, Jan08)
• “Safeguard” by NancyKress (Asimov’s, Jan07)
• “Tonino and the Incubus” by Peg Robinson (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, Oct06 (Fall06 issue — #2))
• “The Children’s Crusade” by Robin Wayne Bailey (Heroes in Training edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Jim C. Hines)
• “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang (F&SF, Sep07)
• “Not of this Fold” by William Shunn (An Alternate History of the 21st Century, Spilt Milk Press, Sep07)

SHORT STORIES

• “Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse” by Andy Duncan (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy edited by Jonathan Strahan)
• “Titanium Mike Saves the Day” by David D. Levine (F&SF, Apr07)
• “Captive Girl” by Jennifer Pelland (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct06 (Fall06 issue — #2))
• “Always” by Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov’s, May07 (apr/may07 issue))
• “For Solo Cello, op. 12” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Cosmos, Mar07 (Feb/Mar07))
• “The Padre, the Rabbi, and the Devil His Own Self” by Melanie Fletcher (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct06 (Fall06 issue — #2))
• “The Story of Love” by Vera Nazarian (Salt of the Air, Prime Books, Sep06)

SCRIPTS

• Children of Men by Cuaron, Alfonso & Sexton, Timothy J. and Arata, David and
• Fergus, Mark & Ostby, Hawk (Universal Studios, Dec06)
• The Prestige by Nolan, Christopher and Nolan, Jonathon (Newmarket Films, Oct06
• (Oct 20, 2006 — based on the novel by Christopher Priest))
• Pan’s Labyrinth by del Toro, Guillermo (Time/Warner, Jan07)
• “The Discarded” by Harlan Ellison and Josh Olson (Masters of Science Fiction,
• ABC-TV, Apr07)
• V for Vendetta by Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski (Warner Films, Mar06 (released
• 3/17/2006)
• “World Enough and Time” by Zicree, Marc Scott and Reaves, Michael (Star Trek: New Voyages, Aug07 (Aired 8/23/07))
• “Blink” by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, BBC/The Sci-Fi Channel, Sep07 (Aired on SciFi Channel 14 Sep07))

ANDRE NORTON AWARD

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
• Into the Wild by Sarah Durst
• Vintage: A Ghost Story by Steve Berman
• Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog by Ysabeau S. Wilce

See also: Reactions from nominees Nancy Kress and Kij Johnson.

Reactions from Farah Mendlesohn, Jason Sanford and Niall Harrison.

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