LAUREAȚII PREMIILOR NEBULA

Laureații Premiilor Nebula pentru 2009 au fost anunțați ieri, sîmbătă 15 mai în timpul ceremoniei SFWA Nebula Awards Weekend (14-16 mai 2010), Cocoa Beach (Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Hotel), Cape Canaveral, Florida, S.U.A.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) decernează anual Premiile Nebula, Bradbury, Andre Norton, Solstice.
Decernarea premiilor poate fi văzută la adresa :
http://www.sfwa.org/nebula-awards-live-broadcast/

Au participat Paolo Bacigalupi, Neal Barrett,Jr., Christopher Barzak,
Ben Bova, Richard Bowes, Jeffrey A. Carver, Adam-Troy Castro, Kathryn Cramer, A. C. Crispin, Sarah Beth Durst, Marianne Dyson, Eugie Foster, Carolyn Gilman, Laura Anne Gilman, Joe W. Haldeman (SFWA Grand Master),David Hartwell, Peter J. Heck, Kij Johnson, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel,Ted Kosmatka, Mary Robinette Kowal, Edward M. Lerner, Lee Martindale, Jack McDevitt,Will McIntosh, China Mieville, John Moore, James Morrow, John Scalzi, Stanley Schmidt,Bud Sparhawk, Allen Steele, Catherynne Valente, Rick Wilber, Connie Willis.

Roman:

"The Windup Girl" - Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)

[celelalte nominalizări au fost "The Love We Share Without Knowing" - Christopher Barzak (Bantam), "Flesh and Fire" - Laura Anne Gilman (Pocket), "The City & The City"-China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK), "Boneshaker" - Cherie Priest (Tor),
"Finch" - Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)]

Nuvelă:

"The Women of Nell Gwynne’s" - Kage Baker (Subterranean)

[celelalte nominalizări au fost “Arkfall”-Carolyn Ives Gilman (F&SF 9/08),
“Act One”-Nancy Kress (Asimov’s 3/09),"Shambling Towards Hiroshima"-James Morrow (Tachyon),“Sublimation Angels”-Jason Sanford (Interzone 9-10/09),"The God Engines"- John Scalzi (Subterranean)]

Nuveletă:

“Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast”-Eugie Foster (Interzone 2/09)
http://www.apexbookcompany.com/apex-online/2009/08/novelette-sinner-baker-fabulist-priest-red-mask-black-mask-gentleman-beast-by-eugie-foster/

[celelalte nominalizări au fost “The Gambler” - Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2),
“Vinegar Peace, or, the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage”-Michael Bishop (Asimov’s 7/08), “I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said”-Richard Bowes (F&SF 12/09),“Divining Light”-Ted Kosmatka (Asimov’s 8/08),“A Memory of Wind”, Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 11/09)]

Povestire:

“Spar” -Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09)
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/johnson_10_09/

[celelalte nominalizări au fost “Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela”-Saladin Ahmed (Clockwork Phoenix 2),“I Remember the Future”-Michael A. Burstein (I Remember the Future),“Non-Zero Probabilities”-N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9/09),“Going Deep”- James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s 6/09),“Bridesicle”-Will McIntosh (Asimov’s 1/09]

Premiul Ray Bradbury ("best dramatic presentation") :

"District 9" - Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell (Tri-Star)


[celelalte nominalizări au fost "Star Trek" - J.J. Abrams (Paramount),"Avatar" -
James Cameron (Fox), "Moon" - Duncan Jones&Nathan Parker (Sony),"Up"- Bob Peterson & Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar), "Coraline" - Henry Selick (Laika/Focus)]

Premiul Andre Norton ("best Young Adult spec-fic"):

"The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making" -Catherynne M. Valente
http://www.catherynnemvalente.com/fairyland/

[celelalte nominalizări au fost "Hotel Under the Sand" - Kage Baker (Tachyon)
"Ice" - Sarah Beth Durst (McElderry),"Ash"-Malinda Lo (Little, Brown)
"Eyes Like Stars" - Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel & Friends),"Zoe’s Tale" - John Scalzi (Tor)
"When You Reach Me"-Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb),"Leviathan" - Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)]

Joe Haldeman (laureat al premiilor Nebula și Hugo) a fost celebrat ca Damon Knight Grand Master("lifetime achievement").
Neal Barrett a fost numit Autor Emerit.
Tom Doherty, Terri Windling și Donald Wollheim au primit Premiul Solstice ("significance to the field"), Vonda N. McIntyre și Keith Stokes au primit Premiul SFWA Service.