Novelette: “Blood Child” by Octavia Butler
Short Story: “Morning Child” by Gardner Dozois
1985
Novel: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Novella: “Sailing to Byzantium” by Robert Silverberg
Novelette: “Portraits of His Children” by George R. R. Martin
Short Story: “Out of All Them Bright Stars” by Nancy Kress
Grand Master: Arthur C. Clarke
1986
Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Novella: “R&R” by Lucius Shepard
Novelette: “The Girl Who Fell into the Sky” by Kate Wilhelm
Short Story: “Tangents” by Greg Bear
Grand Master: Isaac Asimov
1987
Novel: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
Novella: “The Blind Geometer” by Kim Stanley Robinson
Novelette: “Rachel in Love” by Pat Murphy
Short Story: “Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm
Grand Master: Alfred Bester
1988
Novel: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novella: “The Last of the Winnebagos” by Connie Willis
Novelette: “Schrödinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger
Short Story: “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” by James Morrow
Grand Master: Ray Bradbury
1989
Novel: The Healer’s War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Novella: “The Mountains of Mourning” by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novelette: “At the Rialto” by Connie Willis
Short Story: “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” by Geoffrey A. Landis
1990
Novel: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella: “The Hemingway Hoax” by Joe Haldeman
Novelette: “Tower of Babylon” by Ted Chiang
Short Story: “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson
Grand Master: Lester del Rey
1991
Novel: Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
Novella: “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress
Novelette: “Guide Dog” by Mike Conner
Short Story: “Ma Qui” by Alan Brennert
1992
Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Novella: “City Of Truth” by James Morrow
Novelette: “Danny Goes to Mars” by Pamela Sargent
Short Story: “Even the Queen” by Connie Willis
Grand Master: Fred Pohl
1993
Novel: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Novella: “The Night We Buried Road Dog” by Jack Cady
Novelette: “Georgia on My Mind” by Charles Sheffield
Short Story: “Graves” by Joe Haldeman
1994
Novel: Moving Mars by Greg Bear
Novella: “Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” by Mike Resnick
Novelette: “The Martian Child” by David Gerrold
Short Story: “A Defense of the Social Contracts” by Martha Soukup
Grand Master: Damon Knight
Author Emeritus: Emil Petaja
1995
Novel: The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
Novella: “Last Summer at Mars Hill” by Elizabeth Hand
Novelette: “Solitude” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Short Story: “Death and the Librarian” by Esther M. Friesner
Grand Master: A. E. van Vogt
Author Emeritus: Wilson “Bob” Tucker
1996
Novel: Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Novella: “Da Vinci Rising” by Jack Dann
Novelette: “Lifeboat on a Burning Sea” by Bruce Holland Rogers
Short Story: “A Birthday” by Esther M. Friesner
Grand Master: Jack Vance
Author Emeritus: Judith Merril
1997
Novel: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
Novella: “Abandon in Place” by Jerry Oltion
Novelette: “Flowers of Aulit Prison” by Nancy Kress
Short Story: “Sister Emily’s Lightship” by Jane Yolen
Grand Master: Poul Anderson
Author Emeritus: Nelson Slade Bond
1998
Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
Novella: “Reading the Bones” by Sheila Finch
Novelette: “Lost Girls” by Jane Yolen
Short Story: “Thirteen Ways to Water” by Bruce Holland Rogers
Grand Master: Hal Clement (Harry Stubbs)
Author Emeritus: William Tenn (Philip Klass)
1999
Novel: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
Novella: “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang
Novelette: “Mars Is No Place for Children” by Mary A. Turzillo
Short Story: “The Cost of Doing Business” by Leslie What
Script: The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan
Grand Master: Brian W. Aldiss
Author Emeritus: Daniel Keyes
2000
Novel: Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
Novella: “Goddesses” by Linda Nagata
Novelette: “Daddy’s World” by Walter Jon Williams
Short Story: “macs” by Terry Bisson
Script: Galaxy Quest by Robert Gordon and David Howard
Ray Bradbury Award: Yuri Rasovsky and Harlan Ellison
Grand Master: Philip José Farmer
Author Emeritus: Robert Sheckley
2001
Novel: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
Novella: “The Ultimate Earth” by Jack Williamson
Novelette: “Louise’s Ghost” by Kelly Link
Short Story: “The Cure for Everything” by Severna Park
Script: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang
President’s Award: Betty Ballantine
2002
Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Novella: “Bronte’s Egg” by Richard Chwedyk
Novelette: “Hell Is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang
Short Story: “Creature” by Carol Emshwiller
Script: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, and Peter Jackson
Grand Master: Ursula K. Le Guin
2003
Novel: Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Novella: “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman
Novelette: “The Empire of Ice Cream” by Jeffrey Ford
Short Story: “What I Didn’t See” by Karen Joy Fowler
Script: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson
Grand Master: Robert Silverberg
Author Emeritus: Charles L. Harness
2004
Novel: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novella: “The Green Leopard Plague” by Walter Jon Williams
Novelette: “Basement Magic” by Ellen Klages
Short Story: “Coming to Terms” by Eileen Gunn
Script: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, and Peter Jackson
Grand Master: Anne McCaffrey
2005
Novel: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
Novella: “Magic for Beginners” by Kelly Link
Novelette: “The Faery Handbag” by Kelly Link
Short Story: “I Live with You” by Carol Emshwiller
Script: Serenity by Joss Whedon
Grand Master: Harlan Ellison
Author Emeritus: William F. Nolan
2006
Novel: Seeker by Jack McDevitt
Novella: “Burn” by James Patrick Kelly
Novelette: “Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle
Short Story: “Echo” by Elizabeth Hand
Script: H
owl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt
Andre Norton Award: Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier
Grand Master: James Gunn
Author Emeritus: D. G. Compton
2007
Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
Novella: “Fountain of Age” by Nancy Kress
Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang
Short Story: “Always” by Karen Joy Fowler
Script: Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Grand Master: Michael Moorcock
Author Emeritus: Ardath Mayhar
SFWA Service Awards: Melisa Michaels and Graham P. Collins
2008
Novel: Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella: “The Spacetime Pool” by Catherine Asaro
Novelette: “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel
Short Story: “Trophy Wives” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Script: WALL-E by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon. Original story by Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter
Andre Norton Award: Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room) by Ysabeau S. Wilce
Grand Master: Harry Harrison
Author Emeritus: M. J. Engh
Solstice Award: Kate Wilhelm, Martin H. Greenberg, and the late Algis Budrys
SFWA Service Award: Victoria Strauss
2009
Novel: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Novella: “The Women of Nell Gwynne’s” by Kage Baker
Novelette: “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” by Eugie Foster
Short Story: “Spar” by Kij Johnson
Andre Norton Award: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
Grand Master: Joe Haldeman
Author Emeritus: Neal Barrett Jr.
Solstice Award: Tom Doherty, Terri Windling, and the late Donald A. Wollheim
SFWA Service Awards: Vonda N. McIntyre and Keith Stokes
2010
Novel: Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
Novella: “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky
Novelette: “That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James Stone
Short Story: “Ponies” by Kij Johnson and “How Interesting: A Tiny Man” by Harlan Ellison (tie)
Ray Bradbury Award: Inception by Christopher Nolan
Andre Norton Award: I Shall Wear Midnight, by Terry Pratchett
2011
Novel: Among Others, Jo Walton
Novella: “The Man Who Bridged the Mist,” Kij Johnson
Novelette: “What We Found,” Geoff Ryman
Short Story: “The Paper Menagerie,” Ken Liu
Ray Bradbury Award: Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Wife” by Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director)
Andre Norton Award: The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman
Damon Knight Grand Master Award: Connie Willis
Solstice Award: Octavia Butler (posthumous) and John Clute
SFWA Service Award: Bud Webster
2012
Novel: 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Novella: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
Novelette: “Close Encounters” by Andy Duncan
Short Story: “Immersion” by Aliette de Bodard
Ray Bradbury Award: Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin (director); Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Abilar (writers)
Andre Norton Award: Fair Coin by E. C. Myers
2013
Novel: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Novella: “The Weight of the Sunrise” by Vylar Kaftan
Novelette: “The Waiting Stars” by Aliete de Bodard
Short Story: “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” by Rachel Swirsky
Ray Bradbury Award: Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón (director); Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón (writers)
Andre Norton Award: Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson
Damon Knight Grand Master Award: Samuel R. Delany
Distinguished Guest: Frank M. Robinson
Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Service to SFWA Award: Michael Armstrong
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many thanks to:
Kij Johnson, editor of Nebula Awards Showcase 2014, who generously shared information about the nuts and bolts of putting together this anthology.
Eleanor Wood, literary agent extraordinaire, who handled contracts and payments with aplomb and style.
Lou Anders, who acquired the anthology for Pyr, and his capable successor as editor, Rene Sears, who brought it to completion.
Melissa Raé Shofner, assistant editor, who ferreted out all typos and copyediting issues. Any remaining problems are caused by a malign universe.
And Catherine Roberts-Abel and the rest of the production staff at Pyr, who produced the lovely volume you now hold in your hands.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Photo by Astrid Anderson Bear
Greg Bear is the author of Blood Music, Forge of God, Eon, Darwin’s Radio, and War Dogs, as well as the forthcoming Killing Titan. He sold his first short story in 1967, helped found San Diego Comic-Con shortly thereafter, and has been invited to consult on numerous topics, including space, biotech, and national security. He is married to Astrid Anderson Bear, and they have two children, Erik and Alexandra.
ABOUT THE COVER ARTIST
John Harris’s art looms large over science fiction. Since the 1970s he has painted covers for some of the greats of the genre, including Isaac Asimov, Orson Scott Card, Jack McDevitt, Ben Bova, John Scalzi, and Ann Leckie, among many others. In 1984, NASA invited Harris to watch the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour and commissioned a painting of the launch, which now hangs as part of the Smithsonian Museum collection.
In addition to illustrating writers’ works, Harris has created a series of over seventy pieces envisioning his own created world, a visual archaeology of imagined places and culture. A selection of his paintings was collected in 2014’s The Art of John Harris: Beyond the Horizon. Also in 2014, Harris was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Artist. In 2015, Harris won the Chesley Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.
Harris brings a sense of monumental scale to his future landscapes, but even the weightiest planet or most isolated spaceship invites the viewer in. The vibrant color and impressionistic brushwork of his paintings only emphasize the concrete realism of his imagined worlds.