Much like last year I didn’t manage to read all the Nebula nominees. Not for lack of trying. I was able to lay hold of all the novels, but several of the anthologies weren’t to be found in the library. Maybe there’s less room in the budget to buy obscure small press collections. While I read all the shorter works I could find, I simply ran out of time on the novels.
Here they are, ordered roughly by how much I enjoyed them.
Novels
- Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
- Powers, by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Brasyl, by Ian McDonald
Didn’t Read
- Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
- Making Money by Terry Pratchett
- Superpowers by David J. Schwartz
What I suspect will win: Powers
Novellas
- “Dangerous Space,” by Kelley Eskridge
- “The Political Prisoner“, by Charles Coleman Finlay
- “The Space Time Pool,” by Catherine Asaro
Couldn’t find:
- “Dark Heaven,” by Gregory Benford
- “The Duke in His Castle,” by Vera Nazarian
What I suspect will win: “The Political Prisoner”
Novelettes
- “Kaleidoscope” by K.D. Wentworth
- “The Ray-Gun: A Love Story,” by James Alan Gardner
- “Pride and Prometheus,” by John Kessel
- “Dark Rooms,” by Lisa Goldstein
- “Baby Doll,” by Johanna Sinisalo
- “If Angels Fight,” by Richard Bowes
Couldn’t find:
- “Night Wind,” by Mary Rosenblum
What I suspect will win: “The Ray-Gun: A Love Story”
Short Stories
- “Don’t Stop,” by James Patrick Kelly
- “Mars: A Traveler’s Guide,” by Ruth Nestvold
- “The Tomb Wife,” by Gwyneth Jones
- “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss,” by Kij Johnson
- “Trophy Wives” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- “The Dreaming Wind,” by Jeffrey Ford
- “The Button Bin,” by Mike Allen
What I suspect will win: “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss”
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