Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The 2009 Nebula Nominees Are...

Here are the finalists on the 2009 Nebula ballot straight from the SFWA:

Novel:
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak
Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman
The City & The City by China Miéville
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Finch by Jeff VanderMeer

Novella:
The Women of Nell Gwynne’s by Kage Baker
“Arkfall” by Carolyn Ives Gilman
“Act One by” Nancy Kress
Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow
“Sublimation Angels” by Jason Sanford
The God Engines by John Scalzi

Novelette:
“The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi
“Vinegar Peace, or the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage” by Michael Bishop
“I Needs Must Part, The Policeman Said” by Richard Bowes
“Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” by Eugie Foster
“Divining Light” by Ted Kosmatka
“A Memory of Wind” by Rachel Swirsky

Short Story:
“Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela” by Saladin Ahmed
“I Remember the Future” by Michael A. Burstein
“Non-Zero Probabilities” by N. K. Jemisin
“Spar” by Kij Johnson
“Going Deep” by James Patrick Kelly
“Bridesicle” by Will McIntosh

Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy:
Hotel Under the Sand by Kage Baker
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
Ash by Malinda Lo
Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev
Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Dramatic Presentation
Star Trek by JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
District 9 by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
Avatar by James Cameron
Moon by Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker
Up by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter
Coraline by Henry Selick

If you're wondering why those people get the credit for the dramatic presentation award it's because the Nebula goes to the credited screenwriter.