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Nebula Award Stories Sixteen (1982)

by Jerry Pournelle (Editor), John F. Carr (Editor)

Other authors: Gregory Benford (Contributor), Algis Budrys (Contributor), Suzy McKee Charnas (Contributor), Philip K. Dick (Contributor), Michael Glyer (Contributor)5 more, Charles L. Grant (Contributor), Clifford D. Simak (Contributor), Michael Swanwick (Contributor), Howard Waldrop (Contributor), Bill Warren (Contributor)

Series: Nebula Award Stories (16)

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I will always stand by the fact that, if you want to get a good taste of science fiction for any year, read the annual collection of Nebula Award Stories. You will never go completely wrong with these collections. With that in mind, this must not have been that great a year. Don’t get me wrong – this has some nice content. But it didn’t hold the punch that collections in this series have contained.

There are stories you may remember from other sources. For Example, Clifford D. Simak’s “Grotto of the Dancing Dear” in which an anthropologist finds truly anthropomorphized drawings of animals. (This is a reminder of just how good Simak was at writing short stories.) Also “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop which follows an ornithologist as he finds what happened to the last of the dodos. There were also a couple of nice discoveries. “The Unicorn Tapestry” by Suzy McKee Charnas in which a psychiatrist takes on a new patient who thinks he is a vampire. (I am not a follower of the genre, so this story may be old hat. However, I found the psychiatrist’s personal discovery throughout their time together to be engrossing. Unfortunately, the end felt a little cliché.) Also Charles L. Grant’s “Secret of the Heart” which, even though it felt it owed a little too much to “It’s a Good Life” by Jerome Bixby, still took an interesting turn on the little child (this time a girl) with more power than maturity.

In addition, the extra essays – the discussions of the state of books, and fans, and movies, and other aspects of science fiction – didn’t feel the same. Interesting, but not the same passion that came from similar essays in the other Nebula collections. In his introduction, Pournelle talks about the ebb and flow of science fiction. And this all comes together to make it feel like a year when it was ebbing. ( )
  figre | Oct 6, 2008 |
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Pournelle, JerryEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carr, John F.Editormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Benford, GregoryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Budrys, AlgisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Charnas, Suzy McKeeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dick, Philip K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Glyer, MichaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Grant, Charles L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Simak, Clifford D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Swanwick, MichaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Waldrop, HowardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Nebula Winners 16, aka Nebula Award Stories Sixteen, edited by Jerry Pournelle, contains stories from 1980 which won Nebulas, interspersed with commentary:

* Introduction: by Jerry Pournelle

* Grotto of the Dancing Deer: by Clifford D Simak

* Why is there so little science in literature, commentary by Gregory Benford

* Ginungagap: by Michael Swanwick

* The Unicorn Tapestry: by Suzy McKee Charnas

* 1980: whatever weirdness lingers, commentary by Michael Glyer

* Rautavaara's Case: by Philip K. Dick

* 1980: the year in fantastic films, commentary by Bill Warren

* The Ugly Chickens: by Howard Waldrop

* What did 1980 mean, commentary by Algis Budrys

* Secrets of the Heart: by Charles L. Grant

Appendices contain lists of Nebula and Hugo winners up to 1979.
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