Nebula Awards Showcase 2004
Award-winning sci-fi
0-451-45957-1Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 is an anthology of award-winning science fiction short works edited by Vonda N. McIntyre. It was first published in trade paperback by Roc/New American Library in March 2004.[1]
Summary
The book collects pieces that won or were nominated for the Nebula Awards for best novel, novella, novelette and short story for the year 2003, tributes to recently deceased author and SWFA founder Damon Knight, profiles of 2003 grand master winner Ursula K. Le Guin and 2003 Author Emeritus Katherine MacLean, with representative pieces by both, and various other nonfiction pieces related to the awards, together with an introduction by the editor. Not all nominees for the various awards are included, and the best novel is represented by an excerpt. Each story is prefaced with a short introduction by its author.
Contents
- "Introduction: The Heart of the Nebula" (Vonda N. McIntyre)
- "Bronte's Egg" [Best Novella winner, 2003] (Richard Chwedyk)
- "Hell Is the Absence of God" [Best Novelette winner, 2003] (Ted Chiang)
- "Remembering Damon Knight"
- "Damon Knight" [essay] (Frederik Pohl)
- "Damon" [essay] (Carol Emshwiller)
- "I Remember Damon" [essay] (James Gunn)
- "Damon Knight the Teacher" [essay] (Robin Wilson)
- "Oh You Kid! A Personal View of Damon Knight" [essay] (Edward Bryant)
- "Curious Damon Knight" [essay] (Eileen Gunn)
- "Sensei Wonder" [essay] (Leslie What)
- American Gods (excerpt) [Best Novel winner, 2003] (Neil Gaiman)
- "Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl's" [Best Novella nominee, 2003] (Adam-Troy Castro)
- "A Few Things I Know about Ursula" [essay] (Molly Gloss)
- Changing Planes (excerpt from the collection) [short fiction] (Ursula K. Le Guin)
- "Nothing Ever Happens in Rock City" [Best Short Story nominee, 2003] (Jack McDevitt)
- "Cut" [Best Short Story nominee] (Megan Lindholm)
- "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" [Best Short Story nominee, 2003] (Michael Swanwick)
- "Appreciating Katherine MacLean" [essay] (Sharon Lee)
- "Games" [short story] (Katherine MacLean)
- "Lobsters" [Best Novelette nominee, 2003] (Charles Stross)
- "Creature" [Best Short Story winner, 2003] (Carol Emshwiller)
- "2003 Final Nebula Ballot"
- "Past Nebula Awards Winners"
Reception
Michael M. Jones, writing in Chronicle, calls the anthology "a perfect book to pick up" if "you really want to see what the SF field itself thinks best represents its efforts in a year." After noting the story contents briefly, he calls attention to "the various introductions written for each story by the authors, and the assorted essays touching upon relevant topics" as "[a]dding to the qualities of this book," highlighting those honoring LeGuin, Knight and MacLean.[2]
The book was also reviewed by Edward Carmien in SFRA Review no. 270, 2004.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Jones, Michael M. Review in Chronicle, v. 26, iss. 10, Oct. 2004, pages 49-50.
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- Nebula Award Stories 1965 (1966) (Damon Knight)
- Nebula Award Stories Two (1967) (Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison)
- Nebula Award Stories 3 (1968) (Roger Zelazny)
- Nebula Award Stories 4 (1969) (Poul Anderson)
- Nebula Award Stories 5 (1970) (James Blish)
- Nebula Award Stories 6 (1971) (Clifford D. Simak)
- Nebula Award Stories 7 (1972) (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.)
- Nebula Award Stories Eight (1973) (Isaac Asimov)
- Nebula Award Stories 9 (1974) (Kate Wilhelm)
- Nebula Award Stories 10 (1975) (James E. Gunn)
- Nebula Award Stories 11 (1976) (Ursula K. Le Guin)
- Nebula Winners Twelve (1978) (Gordon R. Dickson)
- Nebula Winners Thirteen (1980) (Samuel R. Delany)
- Nebula Winners Fourteen (1980) (Frederik Pohl)
- Nebula Winners Fifteen (1981) (Frank Herbert)
- Nebula Award Stories Sixteen (1982) (Jerry Pournelle, John F. Carr)
- Nebula Award Stories Seventeen (1983) (Joe Haldeman)
- The Nebula Awards #18 (1983) (Robert Silverberg)
- The Nebula Awards #19 (1984) (Marta Randall)
- Nebula Awards 20 (1985) (George Zebrowski)
- Nebula Awards 21 (1986) (George Zebrowski)
- Nebula Awards 22 (1988) (George Zebrowski)
- Nebula Awards 23 (1989) (Michael Bishop)
- Nebula Awards 24 (1990) (Michael Bishop)
- Nebula Awards 25 (1991) (Michael Bishop)
- Nebula Awards 26 (1992) (James Morrow)
- Nebula Awards 27 (1993) (James Morrow)
- Nebula Awards 28 (1994) (James Morrow)
- Nebula Awards 29 (1995) (Pamela Sargent)
- Nebula Awards 30 (1996) (Pamela Sargent)
- Nebula Awards 31 (1997) (Pamela Sargent)
- Nebula Awards 32 (1998) (Jack Dann)
- Nebula Awards 33 (1999) (Connie Willis)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 (2000) (Gregory Benford)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 (2001) (Robert Silverberg)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2002 (2002) (Kim Stanley Robinson)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2003 (2003) (Nancy Kress)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 (2004) (Vonda N. McIntyre)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (2005) (Jack Dann)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 (2006) (Gardner Dozois)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 (2007) (Mike Resnick)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 (2008) (Ben Bova)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 (2009) (Ellen Datlow)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 (2010) (Bill Fawcett)
- The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 (2011) (Kevin J. Anderson)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (2012) (James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2013 (2013) (Catherine Asaro)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 (2014) (Kij Johnson)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 (2015) (Greg Bear)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 (2016) (Mercedes Lackey)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2017 (2017) (Julie E. Czerneda)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2018 (2018) (Jane Yolen)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2019 (2019) (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 54 (2020) (Nibedita Sen)
- Nebula Awards Showcase 55 (2021) (Catherynne M. Valente)
