2009 Nebula Awards Winners
This past weekend the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. held their annual banquet and announced their picks for 2009. The results were:
Novel: The Windup Girl (Paolo Bacigalupi)
Novella: The Women of Nell Gwynne’s (Kage Baker)
Novelette: Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast (Eugie Foster)
Short Story: Spar (Kij Johnson) (Warning: Link is to the story published online at Clarkesworld Magazine & contains strong language)
Ray Bradbury Award: District 9 (Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell)
Andre Norton Award: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Catherynne M. Valente) (Originally published online but will be published by Feiwel & Friends in May 2011)
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Although I claim to be a fan of the sci-fi/fantasy genres, I now have to humbly admit that the only title I recognized was District 9. I’m slinking off to acquire the others now and will let you know what I think. How about you? Have you read any of these?
