It's award time already? Damn, felt like I just made this list. It's only February people. The year just woke up.
Like I do every year, in my attempt to make myself seem like a legitimate writer (see previous post), I list what got nominated and where you can read 'em to judge for yourself. Personal judgement and winners to come.
Remember -- the Nebulas are not a popular vote, they're voted on by SFWA members and lean towards stories with more literary merit than popularity.
BEST NOVEL (40,000+ words)
• Among Others by Jo Walton (Excerpt) (Google Books Preview) (Amazon Excerpt) Thumbs Up! WINNER!
• Embassytown by China Miéville (Excerpt) (Amazon Excerpt) Skip it
• Firebird by Jack McDevitt (Excerpt) (Google Books Preview) (Amazon Excerpt) Either way
• God's War by Kameron Hurley (Excerpt) (Amazon Excerpt) Skip it
• Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine (Excerpt) (Amazon Excerpt) Thumbs Up!
• The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin (Excerpt) (Amazon Excerpt) Skip it
BEST NOVELLA (17,500 - 40,000 words)
• "Kiss Me Twice" by Mary Robinette Kowal (Full) Thumbs Up!
• "Silently and Very Fast" by Catherine M. Valente (Full) Skip it
• "The Ice Owl" by Caroly Ives Gilman (Interview)
• "The Man Who Bridged the Mist" by Kij Johnson (Excerpt) Either way WINNER!
• "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary" by Ken Liu (Full) Thumbs Up!
• "With Unclean Hands" by Adam-Troy Castro
BEST NOVELLETTE (7,500 - 17,500 words)
• "Fields of Gold" by Rachel Swirsky (Full) Thumbs Up!
• "Ray of Light" by Brad R. Torgenson (Excerpt) Thumbs Up!
• "Sauerkraut Station" by Ferrett Steinmetz (Full) Thumbs Up!
• "Six Months, Three Days" by Charlie Jane Anders (Full) Thumbs Up!
• "The Migratory Pattern of Dancers" by Katherine Sparrow (Full) Thumbs Up!
• "The Old Equations" by Jake Kerr (Full) Thumbs Up!
• "What We Found" by Geoff Ryman WINNER!
BEST SHORT STORY (less than 7,500 words)
• "Her Husband's Hands" by Adam-Troy Castro (Full + Audio) Thumbs Up!
• "Mama, We are Zhenya, Your Son" by Tom Crosshill (Full + Audio) Either way
• "Movement" by Nancy Fulda (Full + Audio) Either way
• "Shipbirth" by Aliette de Bodard (Full) Skip it
• "The Axiom of Choice" by David W. Goldman (Full) Thumbs Up!
• "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" by E. Lily Yu (Full) Either way
• "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (Full) (Audio) Thumbs Up! WINNER!
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Book
• Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (Excerpt) (Google Books Preview) (Amazon Excerpt)
• Chime by Franny Billingsley (Excerpt) (Google Books Preview) (Amazon Excerpt)
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (Excerpt) (Google Books Preview) (Amazon Excerpt)
• Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King (Excerpt) (Google Books Preview) (Amazon Excerpt)
• The Boy at the End of the World by Greg van Eekhout (Excerpt) (Google Books Preview) (Amazon Excerpt)
• The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman (Excerpt) (Google Books Preview) (Amazon Excerpt) WINNER!
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (Excerpt) (Google Books Preview) (Amazon Excerpt)
• Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson (Excerpt) (Amazon Excerpt)
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