2023 Nebula nominees!
Mar. 9th, 2023 10:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
psocopteraThis happened two days ago why did I not hear about it.
Here, or below the cut with my commentary.
Nebula Award for Novel
Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
Spear, Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
Nettle and Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler (MCD; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Very interesting! I've read three of these (Kingfisher, Kuang, Muir) and had the Griffith and Nayler on my maybe-to-read list at a middle priority. Let's talk about what's not here: the second Jemisin cities book (which I haven't read), Siren Queen (which I thought was maybe getting some buzz), Half-Built Garden (on my personal list). I probably shouldn't try to predict based on only having read half but I think it goes to Babel.
Nebula Award for Novella
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
“Bishop’s Opening”, R.S.A. Garcia (Clarkesworld 1/22)
I Never Liked You Anyway, Jordan Kurella (Vernacular)
Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
High Times in the Low Parliament, Kelly Robson (Tordotcom)
Not a great sign for my anti-Prayer for the Crown-Shy agenda. (It was fine! But slight! We could do better!) I've never even heard of the Kurella (seriously, it's not on the Locus list) but it seems to be an Orpheus-and-Eurydice retell, a genre which I feel has already been pretty saturated lately, and I bounced hard off that Garcia novella in Clarkesworld. Rooting for Polk. (Missing here: the second of that Harrow duology (Mirror Mended), Roanhorse's angel fantasy standalone (maybe Polk took the angel slot), any of my candidates.)
Nebula Award for Novelette
“If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu (Uncanny 7–8/22)
“Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold”, S.B. Divya (Uncanny 5–6/22)
“Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness”, S.L. Huang (Clarkesworld 12/22)
“A Dream of Electric Mothers”, Wole Talabi (Africa Risen)
“The Prince of Salt and the Ocean’s Bargain”, Natalia Theodoridou (Uncanny 9/22)
“We Built This City”, Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld 6/22)
Welp, my reading has not gotten to any of these yet, so I'm in the dark. Something to look forward to if I ever make any more progress I guess.
Nebula Award for Short Story
“Destiny Delayed”, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Asimov’s 5–6/22)
“Give Me English”, Ai Jiang (F&SF 5–6/22)
“Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills (Uncanny 11–12/22)
“Douen”, Suzan Palumbo (The Dark 3/22)
“Dick Pig”, Ian Muneshwar (Nightmare 1/22)
“D.I.Y”, John Wiswell (Tor.com 8/24/22)
Told you re D.I.Y. :)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion, K. Tempest Bradford (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)
The Scratch Daughters, H. A. Clarke (Erewhon)
The Mirrorwood, Deva Fagan (Atheneum)
The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, Maya MacGregor (Astra Young Readers)
Every Bird a Prince, Jenn Reese (Henry Holt)
No love for Golden Enclaves, and also I've never heard of any of these.
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Andor: “One Way Out”
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Our Flag Means Death
The Sandman: Season 1
Severance
Gotta watch Nope one of these days.
Nebula Award for Game Writing
Elden Ring
Horizon Forbidden West
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Pentiment
Stray
Vampire: The Masquerade – Sins of the Sires
Sure, I think it's great SFWA is taking an interest, although why no graphic novels category if they're willing to consider other collaborative/multimedia forms.
Here, or below the cut with my commentary.
Nebula Award for Novel
Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree (Cryptid; Tor)
Spear, Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
Nettle and Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler (MCD; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Very interesting! I've read three of these (Kingfisher, Kuang, Muir) and had the Griffith and Nayler on my maybe-to-read list at a middle priority. Let's talk about what's not here: the second Jemisin cities book (which I haven't read), Siren Queen (which I thought was maybe getting some buzz), Half-Built Garden (on my personal list). I probably shouldn't try to predict based on only having read half but I think it goes to Babel.
Nebula Award for Novella
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
“Bishop’s Opening”, R.S.A. Garcia (Clarkesworld 1/22)
I Never Liked You Anyway, Jordan Kurella (Vernacular)
Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
High Times in the Low Parliament, Kelly Robson (Tordotcom)
Not a great sign for my anti-Prayer for the Crown-Shy agenda. (It was fine! But slight! We could do better!) I've never even heard of the Kurella (seriously, it's not on the Locus list) but it seems to be an Orpheus-and-Eurydice retell, a genre which I feel has already been pretty saturated lately, and I bounced hard off that Garcia novella in Clarkesworld. Rooting for Polk. (Missing here: the second of that Harrow duology (Mirror Mended), Roanhorse's angel fantasy standalone (maybe Polk took the angel slot), any of my candidates.)
Nebula Award for Novelette
“If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You”, John Chu (Uncanny 7–8/22)
“Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold”, S.B. Divya (Uncanny 5–6/22)
“Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness”, S.L. Huang (Clarkesworld 12/22)
“A Dream of Electric Mothers”, Wole Talabi (Africa Risen)
“The Prince of Salt and the Ocean’s Bargain”, Natalia Theodoridou (Uncanny 9/22)
“We Built This City”, Marie Vibbert (Clarkesworld 6/22)
Welp, my reading has not gotten to any of these yet, so I'm in the dark. Something to look forward to if I ever make any more progress I guess.
Nebula Award for Short Story
“Destiny Delayed”, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Asimov’s 5–6/22)
“Give Me English”, Ai Jiang (F&SF 5–6/22)
“Rabbit Test”, Samantha Mills (Uncanny 11–12/22)
“Douen”, Suzan Palumbo (The Dark 3/22)
“Dick Pig”, Ian Muneshwar (Nightmare 1/22)
“D.I.Y”, John Wiswell (Tor.com 8/24/22)
Told you re D.I.Y. :)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion, K. Tempest Bradford (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)
The Scratch Daughters, H. A. Clarke (Erewhon)
The Mirrorwood, Deva Fagan (Atheneum)
The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, Maya MacGregor (Astra Young Readers)
Every Bird a Prince, Jenn Reese (Henry Holt)
No love for Golden Enclaves, and also I've never heard of any of these.
Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Andor: “One Way Out”
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Our Flag Means Death
The Sandman: Season 1
Severance
Gotta watch Nope one of these days.
Nebula Award for Game Writing
Elden Ring
Horizon Forbidden West
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Pentiment
Stray
Vampire: The Masquerade – Sins of the Sires
Sure, I think it's great SFWA is taking an interest, although why no graphic novels category if they're willing to consider other collaborative/multimedia forms.
