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)

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