Nebula Awards

[nwhyte]

Full list is here (SFWA) or here (Tor).

The good news: Terry Pratchett at long last gets a nod, though the Andre Norton Award rather than a Nebula proper. Three out of five Nebula winners for written fiction are women. Rachel Swirsky, who turned 29 last month, is the first Hugo or Nebula winner to have been born in the 1980s, and the youngest

Comments

[beamjockey]

If you're sure you're not going to like a novel, why should you feel obligated to read it anyway?

[nwhyte]

In this case, because it has now won the Nebula, and I aim to read all the Nebula winners (though I also still haven't got around to Powers).

Before voting in the ficton categories of the Hugos, I do like to make sure I have read all of the nominees. In fact this year I was going to make an exception for Blackout / All Clear, in that I certainly didn't want to spend any money on a book I think I probably won't like, but since Blackout is part of the Hugo voters' package I will now give it a try. I won't rush to read All Clear and will wait until second-hand copies become available for bargain prices.

[iansales]

But it is both books which have been nominated - as a single volume.

[nwhyte]

Yes, I know that. I anticipate that I will be so underwhelmed by Blackout (which I now have thanks to the Hugo Voters Packet) that I will feel no pressing urge to read All Clear before the voting deadline. I must get around to it eventually, since it has now won the Nebula, but can wait until prices drop for second-hand copies.