Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 [Paperback]

Ben Bova (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Nebula Awards Showcase | Publication Date: April 1, 2008

This annual tradition from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America collects the best of the year's stories, as well as essays and commentary on the current state of the genre and predictions for future science fiction and fantasy films, art, and more.

This year's award-winning authors include Jack McDevitt, James Patrick Kelly, Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Hand, and more. The anthology also features essays from celebrated science fiction authors Orson Scott Card and Mike Resnick.

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About the Author

Ben Bova is a former editor of Analog Science Fiction and Omni Magazine. He is the author of over 100 fiction and nonfiction books and a past president of the Science Fiction Writers of America. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Roc Trade; First Edition edition (April 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451461886
• ISBN-13: 978-0451461889
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,222,030 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mike Allen works as the arts and culture columnist for the daily newspaper in Roanoke, Va., where he lives with his wife Anita, a goofy dog, and two cats with varying degrees of psychosis.

In his spare time he does a ridiculous number of things, including editing the critically-acclaimed anthology series CLOCKWORK PHOENIX and the long-running poetry journal MYTHIC DELIRIUM. His own poetry has won the Rhysling Award three times, and his fiction has been nominated for the Nebula Award. His short stories have popped up in places like WEIRD TALES, INTERZONE, and the anthologies SKY WHALES AND OTHER WONDERS, CTHULHU'S REIGN and STEAM-POWERED.

He's also recorded podcasts for STARSHIPSOFA and CLARKESWORLD MAGAZINE and participated in local improv theater, where he's often asked to provide the voice of an Ominous Narrator or play the part of Satan.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the Best of the Year, June 20, 2008

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L. B. Guernsey (Campbell, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 (Paperback)

I mostly agree with the previous reviewer but liked it maybe one star better. I have all the Nebula collections from the first, and this had about the fewest actual stories in it ever. Maybe the editor figured hardcore fans have already read the nominated stories in the magazines, but I read only a few SF collections a year instead to get the cream of the crop. Also, even the Nebula winners included are not that impressive. Try Gardner Dozois's Year Best collection instead.

27 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Contains essays not stories, May 31, 2008

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a_guy_in_boston "a_guy_in_boston" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 (Paperback)

The book's title says "the year's best SF and fantasy" -- but the book really contains essays that are *about* the year's best SF and fantasy. The actual SF and fantasy stories are, with a handful of exceptions, not actually in this book.