The 2009 Nebula Awards final ballot is out , and it ’s “ as hunky-dory a reading list as you ’re given to find , ” say Cory Doctorow . Best novel finalists are Cherie Priest ’s Boneshaker , Paolo Bacigalupi ’s The Windup Girl , Laura Anne Gilman ’s Flesh and Fire , Finch by Jeff VanderMeer and The Love We apportion Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak . ( And just a admonisher : Windup girlfriend isthis month ’s io9 book nine pick , starting next week . )
Here ’s the full list :
Short Story
“ Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela , ” Saladin Ahmed ( Clockwork Phoenix 2 , Norilana Press , Jul09 )
“ I think back the future tense , ” Michael A. Burstein ( I Remember the Future , Apex Publications , Nov08 )
“ Non - Zero Probabilities , ” N. K. Jemisin ( Clarkesworld , Nov09 )
“ Spar , ” Kij Johnson ( Clarkesworld , Oct09 )
“ run Deep , ” James Patrick Kelly ( Asimov ’s Science Fiction , Jun09 )
“ Bridesicle , ” Will McIntosh ( Asimov ’s Science Fiction , Jan09 )
novella
“ The Gambler , ” Paolo Bacigalupi ( Fast Forward 2 , Pyr Books , Oct08 )
“ Vinegar Peace , or the Wrong - path Used - Adult Orphanage , ” Michael Bishop ( Asimov ’s Science Fiction , Jul08 )
“ I call for Must Part , The Policeman articulate , ” Richard Bowes ( The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , Dec09 )
“ Sinner , Baker , Fabulist , Priest ; Red Mask , Black Mask , Gentleman , Beast , ” Eugie Foster ( Interzone , Feb09 )
“ Divining Light , ” Ted Kosmatka ( Asimov ’s Science Fiction , Aug08 )
- “ A Memory of Wind , ” Rachel Swirsky ( Tor.com , Nov09 )
Novella
- The Women of Nell Gwynne ’s , Kage Baker ( Subterranean Press , Jun09 )
“ Arkfall , ” Carolyn Ives Gilman ( The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , Sep09 )
“ Act One , ” Nancy Kress ( Asimov ’s Science Fiction , Mar09 )
Shambling Towards Hiroshima , James Morrow ( Tachyon , Feb09 )
“ Sublimation Angels , ” Jason Sanford ( Interzone , Oct09 )
The God Engines , John Scalzi ( Subterranean Press , Dec09 )
Novel
The Windup Girl , Paolo Bacigalupi ( Nightshade , Sep09 )
The Love We Share Without Knowing , Christopher Barzak ( Bantam , Nov08 )
Flesh and Fire , Laura Anne Gilman ( Pocket , Oct09 )
The City & The City , China Miéville ( Del Rey , May09 )
Boneshaker , Cherie Priest ( Tor , Sep09 )
Finch , Jeff VanderMeer ( Underland Press , Oct09 )
The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Star Trek , JJ Abrams , Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman ( Paramount , May09 )
District 9 , Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell ( Tri - Star , Aug09 )
Avatar , James Cameron ( Fox , Dec 09 )
moonlight , Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker ( Sony , Jun09 )
Up , Bob Peterson and Pete Docter ( Disney / Pixar , May09 )
- Coraline , Henry Selick ( Laika / Focus Feb09 )
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Hotel Under the Sand , Kage Baker ( Tachyon , Jul09 )
Ice , Sarah Beth Durst ( Simon and Schuster , Oct09 )
Ash , Malinda Lo ( small , Brown and Company , Sep09 )
eye Like Stars , Lisa Mantchev ( Feiwel and Friends , Jul09 )
Zoe ’s Tale , John Scalzi ( Tor Aug08 )
When You touch Me , Rebecca Stead ( Wendy Lamb Books , 2009 )
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making , Catherynne M. Valente ( Catherynne M. Valente , Jun09 )
- Leviathan , Scott Westerfeld ( Simon , Oct09 )
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