Nebula awards showcase 2001 : the year's best SF and fantasy chosen by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

edited By The Widely Acclaimed Sf Author Robert Silverberg, The Nebula Awards Series Is The Pulse Of Modern Science Fiction (the New York Times Book Review) the Nebula Awards Are The Academy Awards Of Science Fiction, The Finest Works Each Year In The Genre As Voted By The Members Of Sfwa, The Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Of America. the Nebula Awards Anthology Series Has Now Reached Its Thirty-fifth Year. This Edition Contains The Complete Award-winning Texts By Ted Chiang, Mary A. Turzillo, Leslie What, And Octavia E. Butler (an Excerpt From Her Novel The Parable Of The Talents); A Report On The Field (still Inarguably Dynamic) By Gary K. Wolfe; Runner-up Stories By David Marusek And Michael Swanwick; An Early Story By 2000 Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss; And 2000 Author Emeritus Daniel Keyes's Account Of How He Wrote Flowers For Algernon. in His Introduction, Editor Robert Silverberg Looks Back Wryly At Damon Knight, The Beginnings Of Sfwa, And The First Nebula Banquets. kliatt this Compilation Includes Various 1999 Nebula Award Winners: A Novella, Story Of Your Life, By Ted Chiang; A Novelette, Mars Is No Place For Children, By Mary A. Turzillo; A Short Story, The Cost Of Doing Business, By Leslie What; And Epilogue From A Novel, Parable Of The Talents, By Octavia E. Butler. It Also Includes Essays Discussing Sf's Literary Role, Some Of The Other Novelettes And Short Stories From The Final Ballot, The Rhysling Award-winning Poems, An Essay By Daniel Keyes As Author Emeritus, And One Of Brian W. Aldiss's Stories. (he Was The Winner Of The Grand Master Award.) The Stories The Writers Themselves Feel Are The Best And Brightest For The Past Year Are Compiled Here. There Is Less Literary Discussion In This Volume Than In Previous Years, And A Breezier Tone In Silverberg's Introduction, Which Will Endear This Volume To Its Teen Readers. As Always, Some Of The Runner-ups Strike Me As Better Than The Winners. The Appended Listing Of Past Nebula Award Winners Is Convenient As A Reading List For Budding Sf Fans. Kliatt Codes: Jsa—recommended For Junior And Senior High School Students, Advanced Students, And Adults. 2001, Harcourt, 252p., $14.00. Ages 13 To Adult. Reviewer: Sherry S. Hoy; Libn., Tuscarora Jr. H.s., Mifflintown, Pa , September 2001 (vol. 35 No. 5) Ted Chiang Ted Chiang -- Mary A. Turzillo -- The Ted Chiang -- Mary A. Turzillo -- The -- Leslie What Ted Chiang -- Mary A. Turzillo -- The -- Leslie What -- Octavia E. Butler Ted Chiang -- Mary A. Turzillo -- The -- Leslie What -- Octavia E. Butler -- Gary K. wolfe -- The Ted Chiang -- Mary A. Turzillo -- The -- Leslie What -- Octavia E. Butler -- Gary K. wolfe -- The -- David Marusek Ted Chiang -- Mary A. Turzillo -- The -- Leslie What -- Octavia E. Butler -- Gary K. wolfe -- The -- David Marusek -- Michael Swanwick -- The Ted Chiang -- Mary A. Turzillo -- The -- Leslie What -- Octavia E. Butler -- Gary K. wolfe -- The -- David Marusek -- Michael Swanwick -- The -- Harry Harrison Ted Chiang -- Mary A. Turzillo -- The -- Leslie What -- Octavia E. Butler -- Gary K. wolfe -- The -- David Marusek -- Michael Swanwick -- The -- Harry Harrison -- Brian W. Aldiss -- Author emeritus 2000: Daniel Keyes / -- Barry N. Malzberg Ted Chiang -- Mary A. Turzillo -- The -- Leslie What -- Octavia E. Butler -- Gary K. wolfe -- The -- David Marusek -- Michael Swanwick -- The -- Harry Harrison -- Brian W. Aldiss -- Author emeritus 2000: Daniel Keyes / -- Barry N. Malzberg Ted Chiang-- Mary A. Turzillo-- The-- Leslie What-- Octavia E. Butler-- Gary K. wolfe-- The-- David Marusek-- Michael Swanwick-- The-- Harry Harrison-- Brian W. Aldiss-- Author emeritus 2000: Daniel Keyes /-- Barry N. Malzberg-- Bruce Boston, Laurel Winter. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 IN MEMORIAM......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 6 Introduction NEBULAS AT CENTURY'S END......Page 8 FOR NOVELETTE......Page 13 FOR SCRIPT......Page 14 Story of Your Life......Page 18 Mars Is No Place for Children......Page 65 The Cost of Doing Business......Page 102 Epilogue from Parable of theTalents......Page 112 Unhidden Agendas, Unfinished Dialogues......Page 124 Agendas......Page 125 Dialogues......Page 131 Fantasy......Page 136 Movies......Page 137 The Wedding Album......Page 140 Radiant Doors......Page 194 The Grand Master Award......Page 210 Judas Danced......Page 213 Flowers for Daniel......Page 227 Algernon, Charlie, and I......Page 229 Editing Pulps and Writing Comic Books......Page 230 Looking for Charlie......Page 236 Charlie Finds Me......Page 237 Getting There......Page 242 Rejection and Acceptanc......Page 249 Rhysling Award Winners......Page 253 Confessions of a Body Thief......Page 254 egg horror poem......Page 258 APPENDIXES......Page 259 About the Nebula Awards......Page 260 1967......Page 261 1972......Page 262 1976......Page 263 1980......Page 264 1986......Page 265 1990......Page 266 1995......Page 267 About the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America......Page 268 PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 269

The Nebula Awards are the Academy Awards of science fiction, the finest works each year in the genre as voted by the members of SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

The Nebula Awards anthology series has now reached its thirty-fifth year. This edition contains the complete award-winning texts by Ted Chiang, Mary A. Turzillo, Leslie What, and Octavia E. Butler (an excerpt from her novel The Parable of the Talents); a report on the field ("still inarguably dynamic") by Gary K. Wolfe; runner-up stories by David Marusek and Michael Swanwick; an early story by 2000 Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss; and 2000 Author Emeritus Daniel Keyes's account of how he wrote Flowers for Algernon.

In his introduction, editor Robert Silverberg looks back wryly at Damon Knight, the beginnings of SFWA, and the first Nebula banquets.

A collection of the best of the fiction and poetry that earned Nebula Awards for 2000, bestowed by the Science-fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, includes award-winning texts by Ted Chiang, Leslie What, Octavia Butler, and Mary A. Turzillo, as well as stories by Michael Swanwick, Brian W. Aldiss, and other notables. Simultaneous. 15,000 first printing. Collection of fiction, poetry, and essays judged to represent the best in science fiction and fantasy for 1995 by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America