Friday,
January 11, 2008

The 2007 Nebula Preliminary Ballot

Is live. And I am pleased and proud to share the Short Story ballot with six killer authors and kick-ass stories.

Congratulations to all the writers!

Novels - 13

• Vellum: The Book of All Hours - Duncan, Hal (Del Rey, Apr06 (Macmillan hardcover Nov05 (UK)))
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Rowling, J. K. (Scholastic Press, Jul07)
• Odyssey - McDevitt, Jack (Ace, Nov06)
• Mainspring - Lake, Jay (Tor, Jun07)
• The Accidental Time Machine - Haldeman, Joe (Ace, Aug07)
• Species Imperative #3: Regeneration - Czerneda, Julie E. (DAW, May06)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Chabon, Michael (HarperCollins, May07)
• The New Moon's Arms - Hopkinson, Nalo (Warner Books, Feb07)
• Blindsight - Watts, Peter (Tor, Oct06)
• Rollback - Sawyer, Robert J. (Analog, Feb07 (serialized in Oct06 through Jan/Feb07 issues; Tor book, Apr07))
• The Outback Stars - McDonald, Sandra (Tor, May07)
• Strange Robby - Rosen, Selina (Meisha Merlin Publishing, Jul06
• Ragamuffin - Buckell, Tobias (Tor, Jun07)

Novellas - 5

• Kiosk - Sterling, Bruce (F&SF, Jan07)
• Memorare - Wolfe, Gene (F&SF, Apr07)
• Stars Seen Through Stone - Shepard, Lucius (F&SF, Jul07)
• The Helper and His Hero - Hughes, Matt (F&SF, Mar07 (Feb07 & Mar07))
• Fountain of Age - Kress, Nancy (Asimov's, Jul07)

Novelettes - 13

• The Sun God at Dawn, Rising from a Lotus Blossom - Kail, Andrea (Writers of
  the Future Volume 23, Algis Budrys, Ed., Galaxy Press, Sep07)
• A Flight of Numbers Fantastique Strange - Bernobich, Beth (Asimov's, Jun06)
• The Fiddler of Bayou Teche - Sherman, Delia (Coyote Road, Trickster Tales, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Ed., Viking Juvenile, Jul07)
• Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter - Ryman, Geoff (F&SF, Nov06)
• Sister of the Hedge - Hines, Jim C. (Realms of Fantasy, Jun06)
• The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs Of North Park After the Change - Johnson, Kij (Coyote Road, Trickster Tales, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Ed., Viking Juvenile, Jul07)
• Things That Aren't - Burstein, Michael A.; and Greenberger, Robert (Analog, Apr07)
• Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders - Resnick, Mike (Asimov's, Jan08)
• Safeguard - Kress, Nancy (Asimov's, Jan07)
• Tonino and the Incubus - Robinson, Peg (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct06 (Fall06 issue -- #2))
• The Children's Crusade - Bailey, Robin Wayne (Heroes in Training, Martin H. Greenberg and Jim C. Hines, Ed., DAW, Sep07)
• The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate - Chiang, Ted (F&SF, Sep07)
• Not of this Fold - Shunn, William (An Alternate History of the 21st Century, Spilt Milk Press, Sep07)

Short Stories -- 7

• Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse - Duncan, Andy (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07)
• Titanium Mike Saves the Day - Levine, David D. (F&SF, Apr07)
• Captive Girl - Pelland, Jennifer (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct06 (Fall06 issue -- #2))
• Always - Fowler, Karen Joy (Asimov's, May07 (Apr/May07 issue))
• For Solo Cello, op. 12 - Kowal, Mary Robinette (Cosmos, Mar07 (Feb/Mar07))
• The Padre, the Rabbi, and the Devil His Own Self - Fletcher, Melanie (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, WS & LWE, Ed., Oct06 (Fall06 issue -- #2))
• The Story of Love - Nazarian, Vera (Salt of the Air, Prime Books, Sep06)

Scripts -- 7

• Children of Men - Cuaron, Alfonso & Sexton, Timothy J. and Arata, David and Fergus, Mark & Ostby, Hawk (Universal Studios, Dec06)
• The Prestige - Nolan, Christopher and Nolan, Jonathon (Newmarket Films, Oct06 (Oct 20, 2006 -- based on the novel by Christopher Priest))
• Pan's Labyrinth - del Toro, Guillermo (Time/Warner, Jan07)
• The Discarded - Ellison, Harlan and Olson, Josh (Masters of Science Fiction, ABC-TV, Apr07)
  * V for Vendetta - Wachowski, Larry & Wachowski, Andy (Warner Films, Mar06 (released 3/17/2006 -- Written by the Wachowski Brothers, based on the graphic novel illustrated by David Lloyd and published by Vertigo/DC Comics))
• World Enough and Time - Zicree, Marc Scott and Reeves, Michael (Star Trek: New Voyages, http://www.startreknewvoyages.com, Aug07 (Aired 8/23/07))
• Blink - Moffat, Steven (Doctor Who, BBC/The Sci-Fi Channel, Sep07 (Aired on SciFi Channel 14 Sep07))

Norton Books -- 4

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Rowling, J. K. (Scholastic Press, Jul07)
• Into the Wild - Durst, Sarah Beth (Penguin Razorbill, Jun07)
• Vintage: A Ghost Story - Berman, Steve (Haworth Positronic Press, Mar07)
• Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog - Wilce, Ysabeau S. (Harcourt, Jan07)

And speaking of the Nebula

While "The Padre, the Rabbi and the Devil His Own Self" is available online at Helix SF for anyone to read at their leisure (I'm looking at you, Active SFWA members), I am aware that some people aren't fond of reading off a screen. For those folks who prefer to read from a printout, a 66 KB PDF version is available at http://www.melaniefletcher.com/padre.pdf.

Share and enjoy!

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