Nebula Winners

Last night the Nebula Award winners for this year were announced. The winners in each category are as follows:

Novel
The Windup Girl – Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books, Sept. 2009)

Novella
The Women of Nell Gwynne’s – Kage Baker (Subterranean Press, June 2009)

Novelette
“Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast,”
Eugie Foster (Interzone, Feb. 2009)

Short Story
“Spar,” Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld, Oct. 2009)

Ray Bradbury Award
District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (Tri-Star, Aug. 2009)

Andre Norton Award
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making,
Catherynne M. Valente (Catherynne M. Valente, June 2009)

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making is a free story that is available to read online. The short story "Spar" can also be read online.

Congratulations to all the winners! I'm especially glad to see Catherynne M. Valente win an award since she is a very talented writer based on the novel by her I have read (The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden). I haven't read any of the other authors, but I'm starting to think I should read The Windup Girl and sort of wish I'd picked it up when I saw it at Borders yesterday.

Nebula Award Winners Announced

This year's Nebula Award winners have been announced on the Science Fiction Awards Watch Blog. The following is a list of the winners:

• Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union - Michael Chabon (HarperCollins, May07)
• Novella: “Fountain of Age” - Nancy Kress (Asimov’s, Jul07)
• Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” - Ted Chiang (F&SF, Sep07)
• Short Story: “Always” - Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov’s, Apr/May07)
• Script: Pan’s Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro (Time/Warner, Jan07)
• Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling (Scholastic Press, Jul07)

Nebula Finalists for 2008 Announced

Locus Online (and many other places) have a complete list of the finalists for this year's Nebula awards.

The finalists for the novel category are as follows:

• The Accidental Time Machine, Joe Haldeman (Ace)
• The New Moon's Arms, Nalo Hopkinson (Warner)
• Odyssey, Jack McDevitt (Ace 2006)
• Ragamuffin, Tobias S. Buckell (Tor)
• The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)

I have yet to read any of these, although I really want to read Buckell's Crystal Rain and the follow-up Ragamuffin (if I like Crystal Rain anyway).