Nebula Awards Showcase 2017

by Julie E. Czerneda

Overview

The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories of the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). This year's editor, selected by SFWA's anthology Committee (chaired by Mike Resnick), is Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer and editor Julie Czerneda. This year's Nebula Award winners are Naomi Novik, Nnedi Okorafor, Sarah Pinsker, and Alyssa Wong, with Fran Wilde winning the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. Also included in this volume are works by N. K. Jemisin and Ann Leckie.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633882713
Publisher:	Pyr
Publication date:	05/16/2017
Series:	Nebula Awards Showcase
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Since 1997, Canadian author and former biologist Julie E. Czerneda has shared her curiosity about living things through her science fiction and fantasy (SF/F), published by DAW Books. Julie has edited or co-edited sixteen anthologies of SF/F, including the Aurora Award-winning Space Inc. and Under Cover of Darkness and, most recently, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's Nebula Awards Showcase 2017, published by Pyr. She has presented internationally on writing, scientific literacy, and SF in the classroom; produced the award-winning Tales from the Wonder Zone and Realms of Wonder-themed anthologies; and was Toastmaster for Anticipation, the Montreal Worldcon. Julie is presently completing her SF series, the Clan Chronicles, with the final book, To Guard Against the Stars, to be released October 2017. Please visit www.czerneda.com for more.

Editorial Reviews

★ 03/27/2017
This compilation of Nebula Award–nominated and –winning fiction from 2016 is indispensable reading for anyone interested in fantastic fiction. The three short-fiction winners show the breadth of themes and ideas and the sheer creativity of the genre’s leading writers. Alyssa Wong’s “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” is an unsettling tale of horror and also a haunting love story. Sarah Pinsker’s novelette “Our Lady of the Open Road” is a rumination on artistic integrity in a near future in which canned StageHolos are stifling the future of live musical performance. Nnedi Okorafor’s exceptional novella “Binti” explores cultural tribalism as humans and extraterrestrials face off. In addition to all six nominated short stories, the anthology includes excerpts from all six nominated novels, two Rhysling Award–winning poems, and tributes by Betsy Wollheim for C.J. Cherryh (winner of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award) and by Michelle Sagara for Terry Pratchett (posthumous winner of the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award). Czerneda has curated a sterling collection of outstanding work. (May)

Publishers Weekly

"Indispensable reading for anyone interested in fantastic fiction… Czerneda has curated a sterling collection of outstanding work.”

—Publishers Weekly STARRED review

PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS VOLUMES:

“Nearly every story, essay, and excerpt featured here is demonstrative of speculative fiction at its very best.”
—Tor.com

"Each of these tales offers something compelling and the collection will appeal to a wide range of tastes."
—Publishers Weekly

"The main sense we come away with is that the line between genre and literary fiction is increasingly arbitrary."
—Chicago Tribune

“Excels at showing the breadth of modern science fiction.”
—Portland Book Review

"There is not a story in the bunch that is not engaging to the reader.... An excellent book for lovers of science fiction."
—SeattlePI.com

 

From the Publisher

05/15/2017
Every year, members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America vote for Nebula Award winners in various categories. Since 1966, the winning and nominated short stories, novellas, and novelettes, along with poems and excerpts from other lauded works, have been collected in an annual volume. This 51st edition features the winners and finalists for the year 2015 (the awards were announced in May 2016). As heated as the last couple of years have been in the speculative fiction universe thanks to the Sad Puppies controversy (ow.ly/ckLK30b1QDH), the tales showcased here push the boundaries of sexuality, diversity, and genre, reflecting the ability of sf/fantasy always to surprise and reward. Contributors include Naomi Novik and Nnedi Okorafor, Naomi Kritzer, as well as Michelle Sagara, Betsy Wollheim, and others. VERDICT This collection will speak to anyone who has a passion for diverse, imaginative speculative fiction.—KC A stellar steampunk launch; a fresh dystopian twist

Library Journal