| Description |
301 pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
"The latest volume of the prestigious anthology series, published annually across six decades! The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories in the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. The editor selected by SFWA's anthology committee (chaired by Mike Resnick) is American fantasy writer Kij Johnson, author of three novels and associate director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas. This year's Nebula winners, and expected contributors, are Kim Stanley Robinson, Nancy Kress, Andy Duncan, and Aliette de Bodard, with E.C. Myers winning the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Kij Johnson -- About the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America -- About the Nebula Awards -- 2012 Nebula Awards final ballot -- Nebula Award, best short story: Immersion / Aliette de Bodard -- Nebula Award, best novelette: Close encounters / Andy Duncan -- Nebula Award: best novella: After the fall, before the fall, during the fall / Nancy Kress -- Nebula Award, best novel: excerpt from 2312 / Kim Stanley Robinson -- Nebula Award finalist, best short story: The bookmaking habits of select species / Ken Liu -- Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: excerpt from Fair Coin / E.C. Myers -- Nebula Award finalist, best short story: Five ways to fall in love on Planet Porcelain / Cat Rambo -- About the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award -- Gene Wolfe / Michael Dirda -- How to read Gene Wolfe / Neil Gaiman -- Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master: Gene Wolfe -- Christmas Inn -- About the Rhysling Awards -- 2012 Rhysling Award: best short poem: The library, after / Shira Lipkin -- 2012 Rhysling Award, best long poem: The curator speaks in the Department of Dead Languages / Megan Arkenberg -- 2012 Dwarf Stars Award: Blue Rose Buddha / Marge Simon -- Past Nebula Award winners. |
| Subject |
Science fiction, American.
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Fantasy fiction, American.
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FICTION / Science Fiction / Short Stories.
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FICTION / Fantasy / Short Stories.
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FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors).
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| Added Author |
Johnson, Kij, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781616149017 (pbk.) |
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1616149019 (pbk.) |
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9781616149024 (ebook) |
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