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Nebula Awards Showcase 2010

by Bill Fawcett

Other authors: Lynn Abbey (Contributor), Kevin J. Anderson (Contributor), Catherine Asaro (Contributor), Greg Beatty (Contributor), F. J. Bergmann (Contributor)21 more, Algis Budrys (Contributor), Tom Doherty (Contributor), David Drake (Contributor), MJ Engh (Contributor), Martin H. Greenberg (Contributor), Harry Harrison (Contributor), Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Contributor), Elizabeth Anne Hull (Contributor), John Kessel (Contributor), Ursula K. Le Guin (Contributor), Jody Lynn Nye (Contributor), Frederik Pohl (Contributor), Jim Reardon (Contributor), Mike Resnick (Contributor), Robert Silverberg (Contributor), Andrew Stanton (Contributor), Catherynne M. Valente (Contributor), Robert Weinberg (Contributor), Joss Whedon (Contributor), Ysabeau S. Wilce (Contributor), Kate Wilhelm (Contributor)

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The annual commemoration of the year's best sci-fi and fantasy writing returns. The Nebula Awards are presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to those members whose imaginations refine and re-define the infinite storytelling possibilities found within the genre. The Nebula Awards Showcase represents the best of the best in one indispensable collection. This year's collection includes work from Ursula K. LeGuin, Catherine Asaro, John Kessel, Nina Kiriki Hoffman and Harry Harrison. 'The pulse of modern science fiction.' - The New York Times… (more)
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I am so disappointed.

One of the joys of my life is reading each Nebula Awards Showcase as it comes out. These are consistently good, representing the best science fiction (and a little bit of fantasy) as selected by the authors themselves. This has resulted in fantastic collections of winners and runners-up and essays on the state of the genre. I own a copy of every single year’s book.

And this year I was more than disappointed. This collection…well, it stunk. I’m not going to go into the details. I am just going to say I was uniformly disappointed in the stories (including the winners) in this collection. Trite, clichéd, uncompelling. Not a good collection.

The evidence of this really shows up in the excerpt from LeGuinn’s award-winning novel Powers. This is the way stories are supposed to be written. LeGuinn has proven time and again she knows the craft, and the inclusion of this winner just helps emphasize how loudly the other stories clink,

And, in the category of insult to injury, the essays just don’t seem to say that much. And they say it quite poorly.

If you are a completist like me, then you need this book. Otherwise, there is little to suggest it. ( )
  figre | Sep 4, 2011 |
Good picks. I enjoyed the novella and novelette. The SciFi poetry doesn't do anything more for me than regular poetry.
  jcopenha | Jul 2, 2010 |
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Bill Fawcettprimary authorall editionscalculated
Abbey, LynnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Anderson, Kevin J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Asaro, CatherineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Beatty, GregContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bergmann, F. J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Budrys, AlgisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doherty, TomContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Drake, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Engh, MJContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Greenberg, Martin H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Harrison, HarryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hoffman, Nina KirikiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hull, Elizabeth AnneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kessel, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Le Guin, Ursula K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nye, Jody LynnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pohl, FrederikContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Reardon, JimContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Resnick, MikeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Silverberg, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stanton, AndrewContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Valente, Catherynne M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Weinberg, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Whedon, JossContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wilce, Ysabeau S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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The annual commemoration of the year's best sci-fi and fantasy writing returns. The Nebula Awards are presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to those members whose imaginations refine and re-define the infinite storytelling possibilities found within the genre. The Nebula Awards Showcase represents the best of the best in one indispensable collection. This year's collection includes work from Ursula K. LeGuin, Catherine Asaro, John Kessel, Nina Kiriki Hoffman and Harry Harrison. 'The pulse of modern science fiction.' - The New York Times

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