Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 [Paperback]

Bill Fawcett (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 6, 2010 | Series: Nebula Awards Showcase

The year's best science fiction and fantasy in one essential volume.

An annual commemoration, the Nebula Awards are presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to those members whose imaginations refine and re-define the infinite storytelling possibilities found within the genre. The Nebula Awards Showcase represents the best of the best in fantasy in one indispensible collection.

This year's compilation includes stories by:
?Ursula K. LeGuin
?Catherine Asaro
?John Kessel
?Nina Kiriki Hoffman
?Harry Harrison, this year's Grandmaster

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About the Author

Bill Fawcett has been a professor, teacher, corporate executive, college dean, and computer game designer. He has edited or co-edited more than forty anthologies including The Fleet science fiction series with David Drake. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Roc Trade (April 6, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451463161
• ISBN-13: 978-0451463166
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,097,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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F.J. Bergmann frequents Wisconsin, and writes poetry and science fiction, often simultaneously. An eclectic background, including a childhood spent partly in France and partly in Hell, has produced mixed results. A previous life was spent working with horses. Educational attainments include a B.S. in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, certificates in web design and development, and Viable Paradise XII. Bergmann is currently the poetry editor of Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, and editor of Star*Line, the journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association.

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2.0 out of 5 stars More stories, less essays, please!, June 13, 2010

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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 2010 (Paperback)

I have bought all the Nebula Stories collections from the very first. The best ones include as many of the winners and runners-up as possible with maybe a few essays on the state of SF in the past year. This year's volume has only the winners, no runners-up, and a whole slew of essays on this and thst criticism and tributes. Stories are maybe 1/3 of the volume. Next year, more stories and less essays, please (and more cowbell)!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Where's the beef?, December 30, 2010

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This review is from: Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 (Paperback)

I completely agree with L.B. Guernsey. I recall the first Nebula I picked up years ago and it contained only the great sci-fi stories with, perhaps, a few commentaries. I am wholly disappointed with this year's Nebula book. Why are there not more stories? At the end of the day, the reader will decide which story is the best, regardless of how the committee selected their winners. So, give them to us! Another thing...we live in the age of information. I can travel through space and time with search engines and come across volumes of information regarding sci-fi, how it is written, what were the influences, who were the authors, etc. Please do not make this book turn into a useless compendium of critics notes on what sci-fi is. That is what other books are for. At the end of the day, I hope future editions of the Nebula books capture the stories and authors, as they would have liked, rather than serve as a platform to define the term "science fiction".

1.0 out of 5 stars Shame, November 3, 2011

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Dimitri Shvorob - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 (Paperback)

"Very well." His laugh grated. "The combination that releases the chain is the same as the number of terminal zeros in 4089 factorial."

If the hack who wrote this received a Nebula award, things have gone downhill for the once-respected prize, and I'd rather get my reading suggestions from Oprah. A re-printed Harry Harrison story highlights the contrast between the illustrious past and the second-rate present. A rip-off even at five bucks.