The 2010 Awards Thread

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The nominations for the SFWA's Nebula Awards are out, so I thought I'd start a thread. I know, I know, awards are meaningless and have no correlation with quality, but sometimes it's interesting to see what's new and allegedly noteworthy.

Linked items are freely available online.

EDIT: Winners are in red.

Short Story (tie)

‘‘Ponies’’, Kij Johnson (Tor.com 1/17/10)
‘‘How Interesting: A Tiny Man’’, Harlan Ellison® (Realms of Fantasy 2/10)
‘‘Arvies’’, Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine 8/10)
‘‘I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno’’, Vylar Kaftan (Lightspeed Magazine 6/10)
‘‘The Green Book’’, Amal El-Mohtar (Apex Magazine 11/1/10)
‘‘Ghosts of New York’’, Jennifer Pelland (Dark Faith)
‘‘Conditional Love’’, Felicity Shoulders (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 1/10)

Novelette

‘‘That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made’’, Eric James Stone (Analog Science Fiction and Fact 9/10)
‘‘Map of Seventeen’’, Christopher Barzak (The Beastly Bride)
‘‘The Jaguar House, in Shadow’’, Aliette de Bodard Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 7/10)
‘‘The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara’’, Christopher Kastensmidt (Realms of Fantasy 4/10)
“Plus or Minus’’, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 12/10)
‘‘Pishaach’’, Shweta Narayan (The Beastly Bride)
‘‘Stone Wall Truth’’, Caroline M. Yoachim (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 2/10)

Novella

‘‘The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window’’, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine Summer ’10)
The Alchemist, Paolo Bacigalupi (Audible; Subterranean)
‘‘Iron Shoes’’, J. Kathleen Cheney (Alembical 2)
The Life Cycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
‘‘The Sultan of the Clouds’’, Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 9/10)
‘‘Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance’’, Paul Park (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1-2/10)

Novel

Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)
The Native Star, M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
Echo, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; Harper)
Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
White Cat, Holly Black (McElderry)
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
The Boy from Ilysies, Pearl North (Tor Teen)
A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

I left out the Ray Bradbury award nominations, since that's for movies and TV, but you can find it here.

[JeffreyWKramer]

Wow, I have seriously fallen out of touch with SF. For the first time since I was old enough to know what the Nebula Award was, I've not read a single one of this year's nominees.

[jesse_custer]

I just finished "Ponies." It's a lot like Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." Kinda interesting.

I tried reading "Arvies," but it's an unfunny Vonnegut imitation.

Edit: "Ghosts of New York" is horrifying and sad but ultimately positive. The best one I've read so far.

[berk]

I just finished "Ponies." It's a lot like Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." Kinda interesting.

I tried reading "Arvies," but it's an unfunny Vonnegut imitation.

Edit: "Ghosts of New York" is horrifying and sad but ultimately positive. The best one I've read so far.

Where do you read newer SF like this in general - periodicals, anthologies, on-line? I'm even more out of touch than Jeffrey - I haven't even heard of most of these writers, let alone read them.

[edit:] I saw the links to things like the Ted Chiang story and will follow up on some of those. I was just wondering how you keep up with the new or recent SF in a general sort of way.

[jesse_custer]

Oh, I don't read any of this stuff regularly; I saw this thread and thought I would give some of the linked stories a shot today.

I believe the online publications where these stories are published would be good places to start. Lightspeed Magazine seems to be more on the sci-fi rather than fantasy side.

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I saw the links to things like the Ted Chiang story and will follow up on some of those. I was just wondering how you keep up with the new or recent SF in a general sort of way.

I like the "best of the year" anthologies. They each have their particular biases (Dozois' especially), but they generally give a good idea of who and what are current. Also, they've been featuring a lot of online sources over the last few years, like Lightspeed, and I've discovered a bunch of good stuff by branching out from those sites. For instance, this year's The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy anthology is about half print and half electronic.

Beyond that, it's just the usual round-up of blogs and RSS feeds.

[berk]

Oh, I don't read any of this stuff regularly; I saw this thread and thought I would give some of the linked stories a shot today.

I believe the online publications where these stories are published would be good places to start. Lightspeed Magazine seems to be more on the sci-fi rather than fantasy side.

I like the "best of the year" anthologies. They each have their particular biases (Dozois' especially), but they generally give a good idea of who and what are current. Also, they've been featuring a lot of online sources over the last few years, like Lightspeed, and I've discovered a bunch of good stuff by branching out from those sites. For instance, this year's The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy anthology is about half print and half electronic.

Beyond that, it's just the usual round-up of blogs and RSS feeds.

Thanks to both of you, that's helpful.

[Libaax]

Im 1 year or 2 after new SF short stories,novellas. You wont get them in the library like new SF novels....

I wish i could read them online because i prefer short stories to novells in SFF.

Wish because i can only read paper books.

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The Hugo Awards nominations are out. I figured I'd combine it with the Nebula Awards thread, because why not?

EDIT: Updated with winners.

BEST NOVEL

Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)
Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr; Gollancz)

BEST NOVELLA

The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
‘‘The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon'', Elizabeth Hand (Stories)
‘‘The Sultan of the Clouds'', Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's 9/10)
‘‘Troika'', Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines)
‘‘The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window'', Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer 2010)

BEST NOVELETTE

‘‘The Emperor of Mars'', Allen M. Steele (Asimov's 6/10)
‘‘The Jaguar House, in Shadow'', Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's 7/10)
‘‘Plus or Minus'', James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 12/10)
‘‘Eight Miles'', Sean McMullen (Analog 9/10)
‘‘That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made'', Eric James Stone (Analog 9/10)

BEST SHORT STORY

‘‘For Want of a Nail'', Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's 12/10)
‘‘Ponies'', Kij Johnson (Tor.com 11/17/10)
‘‘Amaryllis'', Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed 6/10)
‘‘The Things'', Peter Watts (Clarkesworld 1/10)

BEST RELATED WORK

Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, Lynne M. Thomas & Tara O'Shea, eds. (Mad Norwegian)
Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr. (Tor)
The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing, Mike Resnick & Barry N. Malzberg (McFarland)
Writing Excuses, Season 4, Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells
Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)

BEST GRAPHIC STORY

Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, Phil & Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio (Airship Entertainment)
The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man, Mike Carey; art by Peter Gross (Vertigo)
Grandville Mon Amour, Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, Howard Tayler (Hypernode)
Fables: Witches, Bill Willingham; art by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)

The rest of the nominations (film, TV, fan awards, etc) are in the link.

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Might as well keep this up. Here are this year's British Science Fiction Association Award nominees (winners in red):

Novel
The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Orbit)
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
The Restoration Game, Ken Macleod (Orbit)
Lightborn, Tricia Sullivan (Orbit)

Short Fiction
“The Shipmaker”, Aliette de Bodard (Interzone #231)
‘‘Flying in the Face of God”, Nina Allan (Interzone #227)
“The Things”, Peter Watts (Clarkesworld 1/10)
“Arrhythmia”, Neil Williamson (Music for Another World)

Non-Fiction

“Blogging the Hugos: Decline”, Paul Kincaid (Big Other)
“With Both Feet in the Clouds”, Abigail Nussbaum (Asking the Wrong Questions)
“The Wheel of Time” review, Adam Roberts (Punkadiddle)
Red Plenty, Francis Spufford (Faber & Faber)
Notes from Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe

And this year's Phillip K. Dick award went to The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder.

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And here are this year's nominees for the Shirley Jackson Award (horror and dark fantasy). I'll see if I can track down URLs for any publicly available stuff later on, although there doesn't seem to be much.

Novel

Dark Matter, Michelle Paver (Orion)
A Dark Matter, Peter Straub (Doubleday)
Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
Mr. Shivers, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
The Reapers Are the Angels, Alden Bell (Holt)
The Silent Land, Graham Joyce (Gollancz)

Novella

The Broken Man, Michael Byers (PS)
Chasing the Dragon, Nicholas Kaufmann (ChiZine)
“Mysterium Tremendum”, Laird Barron (Occultation)
One Bloody Thing After Another, Joey Comeau (ECW)
Subtle Bodies, Peter Dubé (Lethe)
The Thief of Broken Toys, Tim Lebbon (ChiZine)

Novelette

“–30–”, Laird Barron (Occultation)
“The Broadsword”, Laird Barron (Black Wings)
“Holderhaven”, Richard Butner (Crimewave 11: Ghosts)
“The Redfield Girls”, Laird Barron (Haunted Legends)
“The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains”, Neil Gaiman (Stories)

Short Story

“As Red as Red”, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Haunted Legends)
“Booth’s Ghost”, Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn’t See and Other Stories)
“The Foxes”, Lily Hoang (Haunted Legends)
“six six six”, Laird Barron (Occultation)
“The Things”, Peter Watts (Clarkesworld 1/10)

Single-Author Collection

Occultation, Laird Barron (Night Shade)
The Ones That Got Away, Stephen Graham Jones (Prime)
The Third Bear, Jeff VanderMeer (Tachyon)
What I Didn’t See and Other Stories, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer)
What Will Come After, Scott Edelman (PS)

Edited Anthology

Black Wings, S.T. Joshi, ed, (PS)
Haunted Legends, Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas, eds. (Tor)
My Mother, She Killed Me, My Father, He Ate Me, Kate Bernheimer, ed. (Penguin)
Stories, Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, eds. (Morrow)
Swords & Dark Magic, Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, eds. (HarperCollins)

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Here're this year's nominees for the Locus Awards.

EDIT: The winners are in red.

Science Fiction Novel

Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)
Surface Detail, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
Zero History, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK)
The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr; Gollancz)

Fantasy Novel

Kraken, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Canada; Roc)
Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
The Fuller Memorandum, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
The Sorcerer’s House, Gene Wolfe (Tor)

First Novel

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
The Loving Dead, Amelia Beamer (Night Shade)
Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz; Tor)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu (Pantheon)

Young Adult Book

Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
Enchanted Glass, Diana Wynne Jones (HarperCollins UK; Greenwillow)
I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; HarperCollins)
Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

Novella

The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
Bone and Jewel Creatures, Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)
“The Mystery Knight”’, George R.R. Martin (Warriors)
“Troika”, Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines)
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window”, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer ’10)

Novelette

“The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains”, Neil Gaiman (Stories)
“The Fool Jobs”, Joe Abercrombie (Swords & Dark Magic)
“The Mad Scientist’s Daughter”, Theodora Goss (Strange Horizons 1/18-1/25/10)
“Plus or Minus”, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s 12/10)
“Marya and the Pirate”, Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s 1/10)

Short Story

“The Thing About Cassandra”, Neil Gaiman (Songs of Love and Death)
“Booth’s Ghost”, Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn’t See and Other Stories)
“Names for Water”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 10-11/10)
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/10)
“The Things”, Peter Watts (Clarkesworld 1/10)

Magazine

Asimov’s
Analog
F&SF
Subterranean
Tor.com

Publisher

Tor
Baen
Night Shade Books
Orbit
Subterranean Press

Anthology

Warriors, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Tor)
Zombies vs. Unicorns, Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier, eds. (McElderry)
The Beastly Bride, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Viking)
The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin’s)
Swords & Dark Magic, Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, eds. (HarperCollins)

Collection

Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories, Fritz Leiber (Night Shade)
Mirror Kingdoms, Peter S. Beagle (Subterranean)
What I Didn’t See and Other Stories, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer)
The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson (Night Shade)
The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny: Volume Five: Nine Black Doves, Roger Zelazny (NESFA)

There're a couple more categories in the link.

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And this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award nominees (winner in red):

Zoo City, Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
Monsters of Men, Patrick Ness (Walker)
Generosity, Richard Powers (Atlantic)
Declare, Tim Powers (Corvus)
Lightborn, Tricia Sullivan (Orbit)

Declare is a bit older, but apparently the criteria for this one is based on when it was first published in the UK.

[sHayden]

zombies vs. unicorns? Jesus icedancing Christ, just stop with that type of crap already!

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Some updates:

The SF&F Translation Awards (given out at Eurocon) went to:

Long Form
Winner: A Life on Paper: Stories, Georges-Olivier Chateaureynaud, translated by Edward Gauvin (Small Beer Press). Original publication in French.
Honorable Mention: The Golden Age, Michal Ajvaz, translated by Andrew Oakland (Dalkey Archive Press). Originally published in Czech as Zlatý Věk.

Short Form
Winner: “Elegy for a Young Elk”, Hannu Rajaniemi, translated by Hannu Rajaniemi (Subterranean Online, Spring 2010). Original publication in Finnish.
Honorable Mention: “Wagtail”, Marketta Niemelä, translated by Liisa Rantalaiho (Usva International 2010, ed. Anne Leinonen). Original publication in Finnish as “Västäräkki”.

The Sidewise Award for Alternate History nominees are:

Short Form
Mammoths of the Great Plains, Eleanor Arnason (PM Press)
“Alter Kameraden,” Barry B. Longyear (Asimov’s, 4/10)
“Sidewinders,” Ken MacLeod, in The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories, ed. Ian Watson and Ian Whates (Robinson Publishing/Running Press)
“A Clash of Eagles,” Alan Smale, in Panverse Two, ed. Derwin Mak & Eric Choi. (DAW)
“Goin’ Down to Anglotown”, William F. Wu, The Dragon and the Stars, ed. Derwin Mak & Eric Choi. (DAW)

Long Form
Columbia and Britannia, Adam Chamberlain and Brian Dixon (Fourth Horseman Press)
Red Inferno: 1945, Robert Conroy (Ballantine)
Pinion, Jay Lake (Tor)
When Angels Wept, Eric Swedin (Potomac Books)

The David Gemmell Legend Awards were announced (winner in red):

The Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel
The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
The Desert Spear, Peter V. Brett (Voyager)
War of the Dwarves, Markus Heitz (Orbit)
Towers of Midnight, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
The Alchemist in the Shadow, Pierre Pevel (Gollancz)
The Black Prism, Brent Weeks (Orbit)

The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer
Warrior Priest, Darius Hinks (Black Library)
Spellwright, Blake Charlton (Tor)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Shadow Prowler, Alexey Pehov (Tor)
Tymon’s Flight, Mary Victoria (HarperCollins Australia)