The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011
Author | edited by Kevin J. Anderson |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Nebula Awards Showcase |
Genre | Science fiction short stories |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | 2011 |
Media type | Print (paperback & ebook) |
Pages | 412 pp. |
ISBN | 978-0-7653-2842-7 |
Preceded by | Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 |
Followed by | Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 |
The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 is an anthology of award-winning science fiction short works edited by Kevin J. Anderson. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by Tor Books in May 2011. The first British edition was published in trade paperback and ebook by Robinson in February 2012 under the alternate title The Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF.[1]
The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards for best novella, novelette and short story for the year 2010, profiles of 2010 Grand Master winner Joe Haldeman and Author Emeritus Neal Barrett, Jr., and representative early stories by each, various other nonfiction pieces and bibliographical material related to the awards, and the three Rhysling and Dwarf Stars Award-winning poems for 2009, together with an introduction by the editor. Not all nominees for the various awards are included.
Contents
- "Introduction" (Kevin J. Anderson)
- "Final 2009 Nebula Ballot"
- "Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela" [Best Short Story nominee, 2010] (Saladin Ahmed)
- "I Remember the Future" [Best Short Story nominee, 2010] (Michael A. Burstein)
- "Non-Zero Probabilities" [Best Snort Story nominee, 2010] (N. K. Jemisin)
- "Going Deep" [Best Short Story nominee, 2010] (James Patrick Kelly)
- "Bridesicle" [Best Short Story nominee, 2010] (Will McIntosh)
- "Spar" [Best Short Story winner, 2010] (Kij Johnson)
- "Neal Barrett, Jr.: Writer of Excellence, and My Brother" [essay] (Joe R. Lansdale)
- "Getting Dark" [short story] (Neal Barrett, Jr.)
- "The Gambler" [Best Novelette nominee, 2010] (Paolo Bacigalupi)
- "Vinegar Peace (or, The Wrong-Way, Used-Adult Orphanage)" [Best Novelette nominee, 2010] (Michael Bishop)
- "I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said" [Best Novelette nominee, 2010] (Richard Bowes)
- "Divining Light" [Best Novelette nominee, 2010] (Ted Kosmatka)
- "A Memory of Wind" [Best Novelette nominee, 2010] (Rachel Swirsky)
- "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" [Best Novelette winner, 2010] (Eugie Foster)
- "SFWA Damon Knight Grand Master: Joe Haldeman (Introduction)" [essay] (Mark Kreighbaum)
- "SFWA Damon Knight Grand Master: Joe Haldeman (Appreciation)" [essay] (Connie Willis)
- "A !Tangled Web" [novelette] (Joe Haldeman)
- "The Women of Nell Gwynne's" [Best Novella winner, 2010] (Kage Baker)
- "Song for an Ancient City" [Rhysling Award for Short Poem winner, 2009] (Amal El-Mohtar)
- "Search" [Rhysling Award for Long Poem winner, 2009] (Geoffrey A. Landis)
- "Fireflies" [Dwarf Stars Award winner, 2009] (Geoffrey A. Landis)
- "Other Awards"
Notes
- ^ The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database