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2011 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced
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- Published on Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:26 am
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has announced the nominees for the 2011 Nebula Awards.
Novel
- God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade)
- The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
- Embassytown, China Miéville (Del Rey)
- Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime)
- Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
Novella
- ‘‘With Unclean Hands’’, Adam-Troy Castro (Analog 11/11)
- ‘‘The Ice Owl’’, Carolyn Ives Gilman (F&SF 11-12/11)
- ‘‘The Man Who Bridged the Mist’’, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 10-11/11)
- ‘‘Kiss Me Twice’’, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s 6/11)
- ‘‘The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary’’, Ken Liu (Panverse Three)
- Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)
Novelette
- ‘‘Six Months, Three Days’’, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 6/8/11)
- ‘‘The Old Equations’’, Jake Kerr (Lightspeed 7/11)
- ‘‘What We Found’’, Geoff Ryman (F&SF 9-10/11)
- ‘‘The Migratory Pattern of Dancers’’, Katherine Sparrow (GigaNotoSaurus 7/11)
- ‘‘Sauerkraut Station’’, Ferrett Steinmetz (GigaNotoSaurus 11/11)
- ‘‘Fields of Gold’’, Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse 4)
- ‘‘Ray of Light’’, Brad R. Torgersen (Analog 12/11)
Short Story
- ‘‘Her Husband’s Hands’’, Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed 10/11)
- ‘‘Mama, We Are Zhenya, Your Son’’, Tom Crosshill (Lightspeed 4/11)
- ‘‘Shipbirth’’, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s 2/11)
- ‘‘Movement’’, Nancy Fulda (Asimov’s 3/11)
- ‘‘The Axiom of Choice’’, David W. Goldman (New Haven Review Winter ’11)
- ‘‘The Paper Menagerie’’, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
- ‘‘The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees’’, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld 4/11)
Anne McCaffrey has passed away
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 November 2011 10:30 am
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
Prolific science fiction and fantasy author Anne McCaffrey died Monday at her home in Ireland shortly after suffering a stroke. She was 85.
Anne McCaffrey published nearly 100 books in her lifetime and was best known for her popular "Dragonriders of Pern" novels.
Anne McCaffrey was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for a work of fiction and the first woman to win a Nebula Award.
Discuss this article in the forums (1 replies).Locus Awards 2011 Winners
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- Published on Sunday, 26 June 2011 5:17 pm
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
The winners of the 2011 Locus Awards have been announced:
Best Science Fiction Novel
- Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)
- Surface Detail, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
- Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
- Zero History, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK)
- The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr; Gollancz)
Best Fantasy Novel
- Kraken, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
- Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Canada; Roc)
- Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
- The Fuller Memorandum, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
- The Sorcerer’s House, Gene Wolfe (Tor)
Best First Novel
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
- The Loving Dead, Amelia Beamer (Night Shade)
- Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
- The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz; Tor)
- How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu (Pantheon)
Best Young Adult Book
- Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
- Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
- Enchanted Glass, Diana Wynne Jones (HarperCollins UK; Greenwillow)
- I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; HarperCollins)
- Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)
2011 Hugo Award nominees
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- Published on Monday, 25 April 2011 5:24 pm
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
Hugo Award nominees are:
Best Novel
- Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
- Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
- The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
- Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Best Novella
- “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window”, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
- The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
- “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon”, Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
- “The Sultan of the Clouds”, Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
- “Troika”, Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)
Best Novelette
- “Eight Miles”, Sean McMullen (Analog, September 2010)
- “The Emperor of Mars”, Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)
- “The Jaguar House, in Shadow”, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s, July 2010)
- “Plus or Minus”, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s, December 2010)
- “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made”, Eric James Stone (Analog, September 2010)
Best Short Story
- “Amaryllis”, Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed, June 2010)
- “For Want of a Nail”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)
- “Ponies”, Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010)
- “The Things”, Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)