Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 Read online

  1972

  Best Novel: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov

  Best Novella: “A Meeting with Medusa” by Arthur C. Clarke

  Best Novelette: “Goat Song” by Poul Anderson

  Best Short Story: “When It Changed” by Joanna Russ

  1973

  Best Novel: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

  Best Novella: “The Death of Doctor Island” by Gene Wolfe

  Best Novelette: “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand” by Vonda N. McIntyre

  Best Short Story: “Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death” by James Tiptree Jr.

  Best Dramatic Presentation: Soylent Green screenplay by Samuel R. Greenberg (based on the novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison)

  1974

  Best Novel: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin

  Best Novella: “Born with the Dead” by Robert Silverberg

  Best Novelette: “If the Stars Are Gods” by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford

  Best Short Story: “The Day Before the Revolution” by Ursula K. LeGuin

  Best Dramatic Presentation: Sleeper by Woody Allen

  Grand Master: Robert A. Heinlein

  1975

  Best Novel: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

  Best Novella: “Home Is the Hangman” by Roger Zelazny

  Best Novelette: “San Diego Lightfoot Sue” by Tom Reamy

  Best Short Story: “Catch that Zeppelin!” by Fritz Leiber

  Best Dramatic Writing: Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder for Young Frankenstein

  Grand Master: Jack Williamson

  1976

  Best Novel: Man Plus by Frederik Pohl

  Best Novella: “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” by James Tiptree Jr.

  Best Novelette: “The Bicentennial Man” by Isaac Asimov

  Best Short Story: “A Crowd of Shadows” by Charles L. Grant

  Grand Master: Clifford D. Simak

  1977

  Best Novel: Gateway by Frederik Pohl

  Best Novella: “Stardance” by Spider and Jeanne Robinson

  Best Novelette: “The Screwfly Solution” by Racoona Sheldon

  Best Short Story: “Jeffty Is Five” by Harlan Ellison

  Special Award: Star Wars

  1978

  Best Novel: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre

  Best Novella: “The Persistence of Vision” by John Varley

  Best Novelette: “A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn’s Eye” by Charles L. Grant

  Best Short Story: “Stone” by Edward Bryant

  Grand Master: L. Sprague de Camp

  1979

  Best Novel: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke

  Best Novella: “Enemy Mine” by Barry Longyear

  Best Novelette: “Sandkings” by George R. R. Martin

  Best Short Story: “giANTS” by Edward Bryant

  1980

  Best Novel: Timescape by Gregory Benford

  Best Novella: “The Unicorn Tapestry” by Suzy McKee Charnas

  Best Novelette: “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop

  Best Short Story: “Grotto of the Dancing Deer” by Clifford D. Simak

  Grand Master: Fritz Leiber

  1981

  Best Novel: The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe

  Best Novella: “The Saturn Game” by Poul Anderson

  Best Novelette: “The Quickening” by Michael Bishop

  Best Short Story: “The Bone Flute” by Lisa Tuttle (declined by the author)

  1982

  Best Novel: No Enemy but Time by Michael Bishop

  Best Novella: “Another Orphan” by John Kessel

  Best Novelette: “Fire Watch” by Connie Willis

  Best Short Story: “A Letter from the Clearys” by Connie Willis

  1983

  Best Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin

  Best Novella: “Hardfought” by Greg Bear

  Best Novelette: “Blood Music” by Greg Bear

  Best Short Story: “The Peacemaker” by Gardner Dozois

  Grand Master: André Norton

  1984

  Best Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson

  Best Novella: “PRESS ENTER” by John Varley

  Best Novelette: “Bloodchild” by Octavia E. Butler

  Best Short Story: “Morning Child” by Gardner Dozois

  1985

  Best Novel: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

  Best Novella: “Sailing to Byzantium” by Robert Silverberg

  Best Novelette: “Portraits of His Children” by George R. R. Martin

  Best Short Story: “Out of All Them Bright Stars” by Nancy Kress

  Grand Master: Arthur C. Clarke

  1986

  Best Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

  Best Novella: “R & R” by Lucius Shepard

  Best Novelette: “The Girl Who Fell into the Sky” by Kate Wilhelm

  Best Short Story: “Tangents” by Greg Bear

  Grand Master: Isaac Asimov

  1987

  Best Novel: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy

  Best Novella: “The Blind Geometer” by Kim Stanley Robinson

  Best Novelette: “Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy

  Best Short Story: “Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm

  Grand Master: Alfred Bester

  1988

  Best Novel: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold

  Best Novella: “The Last of the Winnebagos” by Connie Willis

  Best Novelette: “Schrodinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger

  Best Short Story: “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” by James Morrow

  Grand Master: Ray Bradbury

  1989

  Best Novel: The Healer’s War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

  Best Novella: “The Mountains of Mourning” by Lois McMaster Bujold

  Best Novelette: “At the Rialto” by Connie Willis

  Best Short Story: “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” by Geoffrey A. Landis

  1990

  Best Novel: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin

  Best Novella: “The Hemingway Hoax” by Joe Haldeman

  Best Novelette: “Tower of Babylon” by Ted Chang

  Best Short Story: “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson

  Grand Master: Lester del Rey

  1991

  Best Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick

  Best Novella: “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress

  Best Novelette: “Guide Dog” by Mike Conner

  Best Short Story: “Ma Qui” by Alan Brennert

  1992

  Best Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

  Best Novella: “City of Truth” by James Morrow

  Best Novelette: “Danny Goes to Mars” by Pamela Sargent

  Best Short Story: “Even the Queen” by Connie Willis

  Grand Master: Frederik Pohl

  1993

  Best Novel: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

  Best Novella: “The Night We Burned Road Dog” by Jack Cady

  Best Novelette: “Georgia on My Mind” by Charles Sheffield

  Best Short Story: “Graves” by Joe Haldeman

  1994

  Best Novel: Moving Mars by Greg Bear

  Best Novella: “Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” by Mike Resnick

  Best Novelette: “The Martian Child” by David Gerrold

  Best Short Story: “A Defense of the Social Contracts” by Martha Soukup

  Grand Master: Damon Knight

  Author Emeritus: Emil Petaja

  1995

  Best Novel: The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer

  Best Novella: “Last Summer at Mars Hill” by Elizabeth Hand

  Best Novelette: “Solitude” by Ursula K. LeGuin

  Best Short Story: “Death and the Librarian” by Esther M. Friesner

  Grand Master: A. E. van Vogt

  Author Emeritus: Wilson “Bob
” Tucker

  1996

  Best Novel: Slow River by Nicola Griffith

  Best Novella: “Da Vinci Rising” by Jack Dann

  Best Novelette: “Lifeboat on a Burning Sea” by Bruce Holland Rogers

  Best Short Story: “A Birthday” by Esther M. Friesner

  Grand Master: Jack Vance

  Author Emeritus: Judith Merril

  1997

  Best Novel: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre

  Best Novella: “Abandon in Place” by Jerry Oltion

  Best Novelette: “The Flowers of Aulit Prison” by Nancy Kress

  Best Short Story: “Sister Emily’s Lightship” by Jane Yolen

  Grand Master: Poul Anderson

  Author Emeritus: Nelson Slade Bond

  1998

  Best Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman

  Best Novella: “Reading the Bones” by Sheila Finch

  Best Novelette: “Lost Girls” by Jane Yolen

  Best Short Story: “Thirteen Ways to Water” by Bruce Holland Rogers Bradbury Award: J. Michael Straczynski

  Grand Master: Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)

  Author Emeritus: William Tenn (Philip Klass)

  1999

  Best Novel: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

  Best Novella: “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang

  Best Novelette: “Mars Is No Place for Children” by Mary A. Turzillo

  Best Short Story: “The Cost of Doing Business” by Leslie What

  Best Script: The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan

  Grand Master: Brian W. Aldiss

  Author Emeritus: Daniel Keyes

  2000

  Best Novel: Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear

  Best Novella: “Goddesses” by Linda Nagata

  Best Novelette: “Daddy’s World” by Walter Jon Williams

  Best Short Story: “macs” by Terry Bisson

  Best Script: Galaxy Quest by Robert Gordon and David Howard

  Bradbury Award: Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison

  Grand Master: Philip José Farmer

  Author Emeritus: Robert Sheckley

  2001

  Best Novel: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro

  Best Novella: “The Ultimate Earth” by Jack Williamson

  Best Novelette: “Louise’s Ghost” by Kelly Link

  Best Short Story: “The Cure for Everything” by Severna Park

  Best Script: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang (from the book by Du Lu Wang)

  President’s Award: Betty Ballantine

  2002

  Best Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

  Best Novella: “Bronte’s Egg” by Richard Chwedyk

  Best Novelette: “Hell Is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang

  Best Short Story: “Creature” by Carol Emshwiller

  Best Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (based on The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien)

  Grand Master: Ursula K. LeGuin

  Author Emeritus: Katherine MacLean

  2003

  Best Novel: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

  Best Novella: “Caroline” by Neil Gaiman

  Best Novelette: “The Empire of Ice Cream” by Jeffrey Ford

  Best Short Story: “What I Didn’t See” by Karen Joy Fowler

  Best Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson (based on The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien)

  Grand Master: Robert Silverberg

  Author Emeritus: Charles L. Harness

  2004

  Best Novel: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

  Best Novella: “The Green Leopard Plague” by Walter Jon Williams

  Best Novelette: “Basement Magic” by Ellen Klages

  Best Short Story: “Coming to Terms” by Eileen Gunn

  Best Script: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (based on The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien)

  Grand Master: Anne McCaffrey

  2005

  Best Novel: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman

  Best Novella: “Magic for Beginners” by Kelly Link

  Best Novelette: “The Faery Handbag” by Kelly Link

  Best Short Story: “I Live with You” by Carol Emshwiller

  Best Script: Serenity by Joss Whedon André Norton Award: Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie by Holly Black

  Grand Master: Harlan Ellison

  Author Emeritus: William F. Nolan

  THE AUTHORS EMERITI

  The Author Emeritus Award is SFWA’s way of recognizing writers who have made significant contributions to the field of science fiction and fantasy. The award is decided by the board of directors through discussion and consensus.

  The Authors Emeriti are:

  Emil Petaja

  (1994)

  Wilson “Bob” Tucker

  (1995)

  Judith Merril

  (1996)

  Nelson Slade Bond

  (1997)

  William Tenn (Philip Klass)

  (1998)

  Daniel Keyes

  (1999)

  Robert Sheckley

  (2000)

  Katherine MacLean

  (2002)

  Charles L. Harness

  (2003)

  William F. Nolan

  (2005)

  D. G. Compton

  (2006)

  COPYRIGHT NOTICES

  “Introduction,” by Ben Bova. Copyright © 2008 by Ben Bova. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

  “Echo,” by Elizabeth Hand. Copyright © 2005 by Elizabeth Hand. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 2005. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Burn,” by James Patrick Kelly. Copyright © 2005 by James Patrick Kelly. First published by Tachyon Publications. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Anthopology 101: The Books That Saved SFWA,” by Bud Webster. Copyright © 2008 by Bud Webster. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

  “Two Hearts,” by Peter S. Beagle: Copyright © 2005 by Peter S. Beagle. First published in the United States of America in the October/November 2005 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, a publication of Spilogale, Inc., PO Box 3447, Hoboken NJ 07030. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Science Fiction Poetry,” by Joe Haldeman. Copyright © 2008 by Joe Haldeman. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

  “The Strip Search,” by Mike Allen. Copyright © 2005 by Mike Allen. First appeared in Strange Horizons, October 2005. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Tin Men,” by Kendall Evans and David C. Kopaska-Merkel. Copyright © 2005 by Kendall Evans and David C. Kopaska-Merkel. First appeared in The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, vol. 7, no. 1. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

  “Knowledge Of” by Ruth Berman. Copyright © 2005 by Ruth Berman. First published in Kerem, 2005–6/5766. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The State of Amazing, Astounding, Fantastic Fiction in the Twenty-first Century,” by Orson Scott Card. Copyright © 2008 by Orson Scott Card. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

  “The Woman in Schrödinger’s Wave Equation,” by Eugene Mirabelli. Copyright © 2006 by Spilogale, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 2006. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “James Gunn, Grand Master,” by John Kessel. Copyright © 2008 by John Kessel. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

  “The Listeners,” by James Gunn. Copyright © 1972 by James E. Gunn. Reprinted by permission of the author.

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  Seeker (excerpt), by Jack McDevitt. Copyright © 2005 by Cryptic, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “I Have Seen the Future—and It Ain’t Got a Lot of Dead Trees in It,” by Mike Resnick. Copyright © 2008 by Mike Resnick. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.

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