Nebula awards!
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psocopteraWatched the livestream. I'm all emoootional about sff right now.
Novel
Amberlough, Lara Elena Donnelly
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss
Spoonbenders, Daryl Gregory
The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin
Six Wakes, Mur Lafferty
Jade City, Fonda Lee
Autonomous, Annalee Newitz
Part of me wanted this to go to Autonomous, which didn't make the Hugo ballot, since I am very hopeful that Stone Sky will get the Hugo. But I can't quarrel with this outcome. It felt a little weird that Jemisin wasn't there, like, I don't know, it's more satisfying to see the awards go to people who are there to be excited about it, but I respect that she needs to manage her time and her interactions as works for her.
Novella
River of Teeth, Sarah Gailey (Tor.com Publishing)
Passing Strange, Ellen Klages (Tor.com Publishing)
“And Then There Were (N-One)”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 3-4/17)
Barry’s Deal, Lawrence M. Schoen (NobleFusion Press)
All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
The Black Tides of Heaven, JY Yang (Tor.com Publishing)
I guessed Black Tides but I also like this outcome. (Man, when will the library give me the second one of these.)
Novelette
“Dirty Old Town”, Richard Bowes (F&SF 5-6/17)
“Weaponized Math”, Jonathan P. Brazee (The Expanding Universe, Vol. 3)
“Wind Will Rove”, Sarah Pinsker (Asimov’s 9-10/17)
“A Series of Steaks”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Clarkesworld 1/17)
“A Human Stain”, Kelly Robson (Tor.com 1/4/17)
“Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time”, K.M. Szpara (Uncanny 5-6/17)
Interesting! I glanced at this one when I was browsing through Tor stuff and rejected it as gothic horror and not to my interest, but apparently a bunch of people though it was pretty good if it beat the Pinzker, Prasad, and Szpara stories, which I have read and are great. Maybe I'll have to give it another try. [ETA: Nope!]
Short Story
“Fandom for Robots”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Uncanny 9-10/17)
“Welcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM”, Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex 8/17)
“Utopia, LOL?”, Jamie Wahls (Strange Horizons 6/5/17)
“Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand”, Fran Wilde (Uncanny 9-10/17)
“The Last Novelist (or A Dead Lizard in the Yard)”, Matthew Kressel (Tor.com 3/15/17)
“Carnival Nine”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/11/17)
Called this one! God, she said in her speech it was her first short story, hell of a way to start your career. I think we have decent odds of giving her a Hugo in a few months too.
The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Get Out (Written by Jordan Peele)
The Good Place: “Michael’s Gambit” (Written by Michael Schur)
Logan (Screenplay by Scott Frank, James Mangold, and Michael Green)
The Shape of Water (Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Written by Rian Johnson)
Wonder Woman (Screenplay by Allan Heinberg)
I called this as they were reading the nominees, which was satisfying. And this is a very satisfying outcome.
The Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book
Exo, Fonda Lee (Scholastic Press)
Weave a Circle Round, Kari Maaren (Tor)
The Art of Starving, Sam J. Miller (HarperTeen)
Want, Cindy Pon (Simon Pulse)
One of the two I've read! (Still in the library queue for the other two.) I liked this a lot and am pleased to see it recognized (even though I ended up ranking other stuff over it in the Hugos).
Novel
Amberlough, Lara Elena Donnelly
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss
Spoonbenders, Daryl Gregory
The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin
Six Wakes, Mur Lafferty
Jade City, Fonda Lee
Autonomous, Annalee Newitz
Part of me wanted this to go to Autonomous, which didn't make the Hugo ballot, since I am very hopeful that Stone Sky will get the Hugo. But I can't quarrel with this outcome. It felt a little weird that Jemisin wasn't there, like, I don't know, it's more satisfying to see the awards go to people who are there to be excited about it, but I respect that she needs to manage her time and her interactions as works for her.
Novella
River of Teeth, Sarah Gailey (Tor.com Publishing)
Passing Strange, Ellen Klages (Tor.com Publishing)
“And Then There Were (N-One)”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 3-4/17)
Barry’s Deal, Lawrence M. Schoen (NobleFusion Press)
All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
The Black Tides of Heaven, JY Yang (Tor.com Publishing)
I guessed Black Tides but I also like this outcome. (Man, when will the library give me the second one of these.)
Novelette
“Dirty Old Town”, Richard Bowes (F&SF 5-6/17)
“Weaponized Math”, Jonathan P. Brazee (The Expanding Universe, Vol. 3)
“Wind Will Rove”, Sarah Pinsker (Asimov’s 9-10/17)
“A Series of Steaks”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Clarkesworld 1/17)
“A Human Stain”, Kelly Robson (Tor.com 1/4/17)
“Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time”, K.M. Szpara (Uncanny 5-6/17)
Interesting! I glanced at this one when I was browsing through Tor stuff and rejected it as gothic horror and not to my interest, but apparently a bunch of people though it was pretty good if it beat the Pinzker, Prasad, and Szpara stories, which I have read and are great. Maybe I'll have to give it another try. [ETA: Nope!]
Short Story
“Fandom for Robots”, Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Uncanny 9-10/17)
“Welcome to Your Authentic Indian ExperienceTM”, Rebecca Roanhorse (Apex 8/17)
“Utopia, LOL?”, Jamie Wahls (Strange Horizons 6/5/17)
“Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand”, Fran Wilde (Uncanny 9-10/17)
“The Last Novelist (or A Dead Lizard in the Yard)”, Matthew Kressel (Tor.com 3/15/17)
“Carnival Nine”, Caroline M. Yoachim (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/11/17)
Called this one! God, she said in her speech it was her first short story, hell of a way to start your career. I think we have decent odds of giving her a Hugo in a few months too.
The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Get Out (Written by Jordan Peele)
The Good Place: “Michael’s Gambit” (Written by Michael Schur)
Logan (Screenplay by Scott Frank, James Mangold, and Michael Green)
The Shape of Water (Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Written by Rian Johnson)
Wonder Woman (Screenplay by Allan Heinberg)
I called this as they were reading the nominees, which was satisfying. And this is a very satisfying outcome.
The Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book
Exo, Fonda Lee (Scholastic Press)
Weave a Circle Round, Kari Maaren (Tor)
The Art of Starving, Sam J. Miller (HarperTeen)
Want, Cindy Pon (Simon Pulse)
One of the two I've read! (Still in the library queue for the other two.) I liked this a lot and am pleased to see it recognized (even though I ended up ranking other stuff over it in the Hugos).
