Nebula Awards — die Gewinner 2011

Am Wo­chen­ende wur­den die Ne­bula Awards der SFWA ver­lie­hen. Man möge mir die ver­spä­tete Be­richt­er­stat­tung ver­zei­hen, aber ich war ges­tern mit dem Launch der Steampunk-Chroniken ein klein we­nig ein­ge­spannt… Des­halb also nun hier die Liste der Ge­win­ner des re­nom­mier­ten Prei­ses, der all­jäh­lich von den Sci­ence Fic­tion and Fan­tasy Wri­ters Of Ame­rica (SFWA) ver­lie­hen wird. In die­sem Jahr ge­schah dies am letz­ten Wo­chen­ende im Rah­men des »Ne­bula Awards Wee­kend« in Wa­shing­ton D.C.

Als bes­ter Ro­man wurde BLACKOUT/ALL CLEAR von Con­nie Wil­lis aus­ge­zeich­net. Das bei Spec­tra er­schie­nene Buch er­zählt von zeit­rei­sen­den Oxford-Geschichtsforschern aus dem Jahr 2060, die den zwei­ten Welt­kriegs er­for­schen wol­len und plötz­lich im Jahr 1940 fest­hän­gen… Wa­rum gleich zwei Willis-Romane ge­ehrt wur­den, konnte ich noch nicht her­aus­fin­den, ich ver­mute Stim­men­gleich­heit. BLACK­OUT und ALL CLEAR er­schie­nen im Sep­tem­ber und Ok­to­ber 2010 und wa­ren des­we­gen beide im Ren­nen.

Den Ray Brad­bury Award heimste nicht ganz un­er­war­tet der Film IN­CEP­TION ein (und ich er­kenne im­mer deut­li­cher, dass es höchste Zeit ist, sich den end­lich mal an­zu­se­hen, Asche auf mein Haupt).

Beim Andre Nor­ton Award zog Terry Prat­chetts I SHALL WEAR MID­NIGHT an Fa­vo­ri­ten wie SHIP BREA­KER von Paolo Ba­ci­ga­lupi oder Scott Wes­ter­felds BE­HE­MOTH vor­bei.

Die voll­stän­dige Ge­win­ner­liste af­ter the break…

Win­ning No­vel: Blackout/All Clear by Con­nie Wil­lis (Spec­tra)

Also No­mi­na­ted:
The Na­tive Star by M.K. Hob­son (Spec­tra)
The Hund­red Thousand King­doms by N.K. Je­mi­sin (Or­bit UK; Or­bit US)
Shades of Milk and Ho­ney by Mary Ro­bi­nette Ko­wal (Tor)
Echo by Jack Mc­De­vitt (Ace)
Who Fears De­ath by Nnedi Oko­ra­for (DAW)

Win­ning No­vella: “The Lady Who Plu­cked Red Flowers Be­ne­ath the Queen’s Win­dow” by Ra­chel Swirsky (Sub­ter­ra­nean Sum­mer ’10)

Also No­mi­na­ted:
The Al­che­mist by Paolo Ba­ci­ga­lupi (Au­di­ble; Sub­ter­ra­nean)
“Iron Shoes” by J. Kath­leen Che­ney (Alem­bi­cal 2)
The Lifecy­cle of Soft­ware Ob­jects by Ted Chiang (Sub­ter­ra­nean)
“The Sul­tan of the Clouds” by Ge­off­rey A. Lan­dis (Asimov’s 9/10)
“Ghosts Do­ing the Orange Dance” by Paul Park (F&SF 1–2/10)

Win­ning No­ve­lette: “That Le­via­than Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric Ja­mes Stone (Ana­log 9/10)

Also No­mi­na­ted:
“Map of Seven­teen” by Chris­to­pher Barzak (The Be­astly Bride)
“The Ja­guar House by in Shadow” by Ali­ette de Bo­dard (Asimov’s 7/10)
“The For­tui­tous Mee­ting of Ge­r­ard van Oost and Olu­dara” by Chris­to­pher Kas­tens­midt (Realms of Fan­tasy 4/10)
“Plus or Mi­nus” by Ja­mes Pa­trick Kelly (Asimov’s 12/10)
“Pis­haach” by Sh­weta Nara­yan (The Be­astly Bride)
“Stone Wall Truth” by Ca­ro­line M. Yoa­chim (Asimov’s 2/10)

Win­ning Short Story (tie): “Po­nies” by Kij John­son (Tor.com1/17/10) and “How In­te­res­ting: A Tiny Man” by Har­lan Ell­i­son (Realms of Fan­tasy 2/10)

Also No­mi­na­ted:
“Ar­vies” by Adam-Troy Cas­tro (Light­speed 8/10)
“I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno” by Vy­lar Kaf­tan (Lightspeed6/10)
“The Green Book” by Amal El-Mohtar (Apex 11/1/10)
“Ghosts of New York” by Jen­ni­fer Pel­land (Dark Faith)
“Con­di­tio­nal Love” by Fe­li­city Shoul­ders (Asimov’s 1/10)

Ray Brad­bury Award: In­cep­tion

Also No­mi­na­ted:
De­s­pica­ble Me
Doc­tor Who: “Vin­cent and the Doc­tor”
How to Train Your Dra­gon
Scott Pil­grim vs. the World
Toy Story 3

Andre Nor­ton Award: I Shall Wear Mid­night by Terry Prat­chett (Gol­lancz; Har­per)

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

Logo Ne­bula Award und Quelle der Ge­win­ner: SFWA