FINALISTS: 2009 Nebula Awards
[2/19 UPDATE: Added story links from Torque Control and Adventures in Reading]
[2/27 UPDATE: Added story links from Adventures in Reading]
[3/1 UPDATE: Added audio links to some stories, via Asimov’s]
The Science Fiction Writers of America announced the 2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot:
Novel
- The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Nightshade, Sep09) [See SF Signal review]
- The Love We Share Without Knowing, Christopher Barzak (Bantam, Nov08) [See SF Signal review]
- Flesh and Fire, Laura Anne Gilman (Pocket, Oct09)
- The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey, May09)
- Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor, Sep09) [See SF Signal review]
- Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland Press, Oct09) [See SF Signal review]
Short Story
- “Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela,” Saladin Ahmed (Clockwork Phoenix 2, Norilana Press, Jul09)
- “I Remember the Future,” Michael A. Burstein (I Remember the Future, Apex Press, Nov08)
- “Non-Zero Probabilities,” N. K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld, Nov09, also in audio format)
- “Spar,” Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld, Oct09, also in audio format)
- “Going Deep,” James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Jun09, Alternate link, plus audio)
- “Bridesicle,” Will McIntosh (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Jan09. Also an audio version)
Novelette
- “The Gambler,” Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2, Pyr Books, Oct08) [See SF Signal review]
- “Vinegar Peace, or the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage,” Michael Bishop (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Jul08, also in audio)
- “I Needs Must Part, The Policeman Said,” Richard Bowes (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Dec09)
- “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast,” Eugie Foster (Interzone, Feb09) (audio version)
- “Divining Light,” Ted Kosmatka (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Aug08, also in audio)
- “A Memory of Wind,” Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com, Nov09)
Novella
- The Women of Nell Gwynne’s, Kage Baker (Subterranean Press, Jun09) [See SF Signal review]
- “Arkfall,” Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sep09)
- “Act One,” Nancy Kress (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Mar09)
- Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon, Feb09) [See SF Signal review]
- “Sublimation Angels,” Jason Sanford (Interzone, Oct09) [See SF Signal review]
- The God Engines, John Scalzi ( Subterranean Press, Dec09)
Bradbury Award
- Star Trek, JJ Abrams (Paramount, May09)
- District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (Tri-Star, Aug09)
- Avatar, James Cameron (Fox, Dec 09) [See SF Signal review]
- Moon, Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker (Sony, Jun09)
- Up, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar, May09)
- Coraline, Henry Selick (Laika/Focus Feb09)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Hotel Under the Sand, Kage Baker (Tachyon, Jul09) [See SF Signal review]
- Ice, Sarah Beth Durst (Simon and Schuster, Oct09)
- Ash, Malinda Lo (Little, Brown and Company, Sep09)
- Eyes Like Stars, Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel and Friends, Jul09)
- Zoe’s Tale, John Scalzi (Tor Aug08) [See SF Signal review]
- When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books, 2009)
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (Catherynne M. Valente, Jun09)
- Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Simon, Oct09)
Congratulations to all the nominees!
See also: Past winners
Most years I’ve at least heard of most of the nominated novellas and other short fiction…but I don’t recognize any of this year’s short stories or novelettes. Which is weird, because I read Clarkesworld, Asimov’s, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Sci-Fi–or, rather, I buy them (the latter two, at least)…hoping against hope that maybe one of the stories will be worth reading. I think I’ve finished maybe three stories in the last 10 issues of each.
This is the strongest Nebula list in a long time. Looks like the recent reforms in the voting process paid off.
One more link for you…
The audio version of “Spar” can be found here: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_10_09/
I’m particularly torn in the movie category. Up? Coraline? Star Trek? Moon? I’d really hate to have to pick…
It’s a great ballet. I love award season, because so many more short stories get put online and I get to read them.
>>It’s a great ballet…
By which I’m sure you mean that the nomination ballot is like a smoothly performed dance of goodness. 🙂
“Sinner, Baker…” on Escape Pod, read by Lawrence Santoro: http://escapepod.org/2009/09/03/ep214/
Pretty good.
Thanks, Neil and Ragi — I added a link to the audio versions.
As you noted yesterday elsewhere on this Web site, “I Remember the Future” is now available online at http://www.apexbookcompany.com/blog/2010/05/i-remember-the-future-by-michael-a-burstein/ .